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# Fifty Famous Stories, The Story of Cincinnatus: a plowman leaves his field to save Rome and then gives back his power

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

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Lesson 350 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/350-pg18442-part10/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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bruh, what was Cincinnatus up to when the messengers showed up?

- **1.** Sleeping — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Plowing his field — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Hunting — no support
- **4.** Building a stone wall — 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/350-pg18442-part10/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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lowkey, who did the Romans call on to save them?

- **1.** Cincinnatus — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Lucius Flaccus — no support
- **3.** The wise old general from the hills nearby — no support
- **4.** The old farmer who was plowing his land — 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/350-pg18442-part10/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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no cap, how many days was Cincy the boss of Rome?

- **1.** Twelve days — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Sixteen weeks — no support
- **3.** Six days — no support
- **4.** Sixteen days — **✓ the right answer** · 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/350-pg18442-part10/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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wait, why was the Roman army stuck?

- **1.** Lost in fog — no support
- **2.** Out of food — no support
- **3.** Trapped in a narrow pass — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** Caught in a deep ravine — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 350, line 3: «Fierce mountain tribes trap the Roman army in a narrow pass, and five horsemen gallop into Rome with the news.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trap» (+3); the same place «narrow pass» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/350-pg18442-part10/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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bro, what did the mountain dudes say they would do to Rome?

- **1.** Starve the people out — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Burn the farms — no support
- **3.** Tear the walls down — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Steal the gold — 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/350-pg18442-part10/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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ngl, what did Napoleon say a real winner never says?

- **1.** Impossible — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Surrender — no support
- **3.** Retreat when the enemy outnumbers your men — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **4.** Give up when things look too hard to bear — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 350, line 1: «Napoleon leads sixty thousand men over the Alps, where there is no road, and says a man who means to win never says "Impossible."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «thousand men» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). 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/350-pg18442-part10/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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wild, what did Cinci do after saving Rome?

- **1.** Left Rome and returned to his little farm again — no support
- **2.** Gave the power back — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Led the army home — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **4.** Marched the army back to the mountains to rest — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 350, line 12: «The Fathers ask, "Who is wise enough to lead them, and thus save Rome?" and one answers, "Send for Cincinnatus."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-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/350-pg18442-part10/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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be real, who was the general who never broke his word?

- **1.** Regulus — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Brutus — no support
- **3.** The old farmer who ruled Rome for sixteen days — no support
- **4.** The consul who guarded the southern coast — 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/350-pg18442-part10/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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mate, where did Regulus get taken as a prisoner?

- **1.** Across the sea to a foreign land in Africa — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** To Carthage — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Back to the prison in the city of the enemy — no support
- **4.** To Alexandria — 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/350-pg18442-part10/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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bruv, what did Carthage want Regulus to tell Rome?

- **1.** That Carthage had won the war — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** That they had gained nothing — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** That Rome had lost — no support
- **4.** That the war was lost for them — 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/350-pg18442-part10/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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proper gutted for Regulus, yeah? why?

- **1.** He worried about his sons in Rome — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He missed his farm and his fields — no support
- **3.** He feared never seeing family again — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He lost a battle — 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/350-pg18442-part10/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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dude, what did Regulus say his first duty was to?

- **1.** His country — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** His god — no support
- **3.** His family — no support
- **4.** His king — 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/350-pg18442-part10/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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lol, did the Fathers keep the power Cincinnatus gave them?

- **1.** No, it was never returned — score 5
- **2.** No, they got it back from him — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** Yes, they kept it for years — score 8
- **4.** No, they kept it — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 339, line 3: «The boys go to school, lose the power to fly, and grow up into ordinary men.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «boys» (+4); the same thing acted on «power» (+2); 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/350-pg18442-part10/t13/)

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

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Which individual was entrusted by the Roman Fathers with supreme authority over the city?

- **1.** Cincinnatus — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** Lucius Flaccus — score 1
- **3.** The old farmer who was plowing in the field — no support
- **4.** Napoleon — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 193, line 18: «What: his father left "seven hundred silver drachmas", which made one hundred for each son.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «father» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/350-pg18442-part10/e1/)

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

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What condition did the Carthaginian rulers impose upon the release of Regulus?

- **1.** He must give Carthage all of Sicily and its harbors — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He must break his oath to the Roman Senate at once — no support
- **3.** He must return to prison if peace is refused — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He must surrender the whole army to Carthage — 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/350-pg18442-part10/e2/)

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

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What was the duration of Cincinnatus's term as ruler of the city?

- **1.** Six days — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Twelve days — no support
- **3.** Two days — no support
- **4.** Sixteen days — **✓ the right answer** · 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/350-pg18442-part10/e3/)

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

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By what route did Napoleon's army cross into the plains of Italy?

- **1.** Through the Pyrenees by a sandy coastal road — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** By sea — no support
- **3.** Through Spain — no support
- **4.** Over the Alps, where no road existed — **✓ the right answer** · 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/350-pg18442-part10/e4/)

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