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title: Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 2061 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 13 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon-born warriors to build a city, finds a magic palace, and meets Harmonia

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**Tests:** 5 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 16 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 2061 of the books course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose.

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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bruh so those five dragon-tooth dudes, what'd Cadmus make em do?

- **1.** quarry huge stones from the hills and build grand city walls — no support
- **2.** ask the gods for help and wait for a sign — no support
- **3.** quarry stones and build a city — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** chop wood and sail home — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2057, line 3: «Other homeless people find his bower, build huts, and make a city, and they crown Cilix as their king.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «city» (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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lol wait, what was the palace even made of?

- **1.** plain river rock stacked with mud and sticks — score -1
- **2.** polished marble, gold, and many other fancy stones brought from far away — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** marble and other fancy stone — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** gold and silver tiles — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 221, line 8: «Where: the first judging is a game in a house, and the real judging takes place in the Caliph's palace in Bagdad.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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ok but who was that queen lady who showed up?

- **1.** Harmonia, a daughter of the sky — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** a princess of Troy who had come to the city with the soldiers — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** a sea nymph from Crete — no support
- **4.** Aphrodite, the sea goddess — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1234, line 20: «Old word "veils": thin cloths worn over the face, which the girls made to sell to ladies in the city.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «girls» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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fr, what did the voice say she was for Cadmus?

- **1.** sister, cousin, and servant — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** sister, brothers, friend, and mom — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** sister and brothers, and a guide through the hills — score 3
- **4.** sister, brothers, friend, nurse, and mom, who would guard the whole city — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1917, line 8: «Why: he must stand in the shallow water because the slaves want the process repeated "in spite of all he could say or do".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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no cap, what did the little kids call the king?

- **1.** father — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** king — score 3
- **3.** the father of the gods and ruler of the sky — score 5
- **4.** sire — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1686, line 20: «Old word: "samite" was a rich silk cloth, once worn by kings and nobles; today we would call it fine silk.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «call» (+4); the same thing acted on «word» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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so why did Cadmus teach the kids their ABCs?

- **1.** so the dragon meanness wouldn't rub off — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** so the palace guards would never have to teach them — no support
- **3.** so the dragon meanness from their fathers wouldn't rub off on them as they grew — no support
- **4.** so they'd learn the gods' laws — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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wait, who's Ulysses supposed to be?

- **1.** a prince from Crete — no support
- **2.** a king who ruled the sea and sank many ships at Troy — score 1
- **3.** a poet who sang of Troy — no support
- **4.** a king who fought at Troy — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2007, line 11: «the son says, "I will not oppose you", so he is brave and loyal to his father.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «oppose» (+3); the same doer «son» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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why'd the sailors even open those bags?

- **1.** they wanted to check the winds — no support
- **2.** they hoped the bags would bring them a fair wind home — score 1
- **3.** they thought the bags held gold and treasure that the king had hidden from them — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** they thought there was treasure inside — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 558, line 15: «Why does the ship fail near Ithaca? The comrades open the bag, thinking it holds "a treasure", and the adverse winds blow them back.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+3); the same doer «bag» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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what came flying out when the bags popped open?

- **1.** whistling winds that rushed out and scattered all the ships across the wide sea — score -1
- **2.** whistling winds that scattered the ships — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **3.** a thick fog that covered the sea and hid the coast — no support
- **4.** loud storms that sank the boat — **← Mova's choice** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1330, line 14: «Old word: a "skiff" is a small open boat, rowed or sailed, and it is still used as a name for a light rowing boat.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «small open boat» (+2). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-2). The right option, 2, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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which giants ate Ulysses's crew, lowkey?

- **1.** the sirens of the sea — no support
- **2.** the giants of Crete who guarded the harbour at night — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** the giants of Laestrygonia — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **4.** the giants of Laestrygonia who lived on the cliffs above the harbour — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1188, line 5: «The swallows tell a story of a king, a queen, a crystal cradle, and a Bird of Truth guarded by a giant.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «guard» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «giant» (-2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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how'd the giants sink the boats?

- **1.** dragged the ships onto the rocks with long hooks and ropes — score 0
- **2.** chucked huge rocks off the high cliffs onto the boats in the harbour below — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** shot arrows from the rocks — score 0
- **4.** chucked huge rocks off the cliffs — **✓ the right answer** · score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1103, line 20: «Old word: "scot-free" means without punishment, so the bee might "get off scot-free" if he dropped them.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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what was the island like, dude?

- **1.** green and pleasant — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** rocky and grey — no support
- **3.** dry and barren — no support
- **4.** flat and sandy, with a few dry trees and no water — **← Mova's choice** · score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 637, line 15: «Why buns grow on trees: the island "spun the wrong way", so in Rotundia the buns grow on trees and bushes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «island» (-1); the same thing acted on «wrong way» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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ok last one, what did the workmen shout at the dome?

- **1.** Long live King Cadmus — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** Hail Cadmus — score 3
- **3.** Long live — no support
- **4.** Glory to the gods — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1526, line 17: «The King shouts "Let her be shut up in my great tower", and the nurse and her helpers are to lose their heads.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «shout» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/t13/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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With reference to the passage, which person instructed the five surviving warriors to return their weapons to the scabbards?

- **1.** Ulysses — no support
- **2.** Ares — no support
- **3.** Europa — no support
- **4.** Cadmus — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1289, line 3: «The brown horse carries him through the dark to the castle of the king of the oak windows, and he creeps in and takes the sword out of its sheath.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «king» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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According to the passage, what was the principal reason the palace remained unfinished when the workmen retired to rest?

- **1.** The builders had reserved it for last, intending to introduce new architectural improvements. — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The soldiers were too tired to finish. — no support
- **3.** The workmen had been told by the gods to leave the palace unfinished until the next spring. — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** The workmen had no time left in the day. — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1884, line 3: «He thinks she is jealous and cold-shoulders her, then leaves the palace for good in a few hours.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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With regard to the passage, what did Cadmus first mistakenly believe the approaching female figure to be?

- **1.** His long-lost sister Europa, grown to womanhood. — **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **2.** His cousin Europa, come back from Crete. — score -3
- **3.** A nymph of the nearby spring. — score 0
- **4.** His mother, grown old. — **← Mova's choice** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2018, line 1: «The giant comes back for the king's son, because the prince promised him his first son when the boy turned seven.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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According to the narrator, to what did the misfortune of Ulysses's fleet principally owe its origin?

- **1.** The cruel anger of the sea gods. — score -2
- **2.** The foolish curiosity of his shipmates, who untied the leathern bags. — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The poor steering of the captain's helm. — no support
- **4.** A storm from the north. — **← Mova's choice** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1850, line 8: «The guest's words about the field, "whether it was eaten or not," mean that if the owner is in debt, the crop must go to his creditors, the people he owes.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «words» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/e4/)

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