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title: Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo founds Delphi and his love affa… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 509 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 14 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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# Greek Myths, Apollo, part 15: Apollo founds Delphi and his love affairs go wrong

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**Tests:** 6 of 14 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 509 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/509-pg22381-part15/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Yo, so who even was this Python snake dude?

- **1.** A giant serpent guarding the oracle — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A monster that ate the sailors — no support
- **3.** A bull-headed beast — no support
- **4.** A three-headed hound at the gates — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/509-pg22381-part15/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Bruh, why did Apollo turn into a dolphin, lol?

- **1.** To win a race — no support
- **2.** To scare the Cretan sailors — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **3.** To punish the Cretan merchants — no support
- **4.** To impress his nymph lover — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 509, line 4: «He turns into a dolphin, whips up the sea and a wind, and drives a Cretan ship into harbour, where he makes its sailors his priests.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «sailors» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/509-pg22381-part15/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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No cap, what did Eros shoot at Apollo?

- **1.** A golden arrow — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** A silver dart — score -1
- **3.** A shining golden arrow tipped with desire, shot from his bow — no support
- **4.** A spear — 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, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 509, line 5: «Then Eros shoots him with a golden arrow and Daphne with a leaden one, so she flees until she is turned into a laurel-bush.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shoot» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same property (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/509-pg22381-part15/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Wait, so Daphne turned into what exactly?

- **1.** A tree — score 8
- **2.** A laurel-bush — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **3.** A cypress — no support
- **4.** A rose — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 509, line 5: «Then Eros shoots him with a golden arrow and Daphne with a leaden one, so she flees until she is turned into a laurel-bush.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same place «laurel bush» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/509-pg22381-part15/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Lowkey, why did Marpessa pick Idas over Apollo?

- **1.** He'd make her a queen one day — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** He was handsome — score 6
- **3.** He promised her a golden home — score 6
- **4.** He'd still be around when she got old — **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 509, line 21: «Marpessa chose Idas because a mortal "growing old with herself" would be less likely to leave her than a god.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «marpessa» (+6). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/509-pg22381-part15/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Mate, which girl got the gift of prophecy and then ghosted Apollo?

- **1.** Coronis — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Cassandra — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Ariadne — no support
- **4.** Marpessa — 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/509-pg22381-part15/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Ok but who warned everyone about the wooden horse, innit?

- **1.** Cassandra — **✓ the right answer** · score -3
- **2.** Andromache — score -3
- **3.** Laocoon, the priest of Poseidon who threw his spear at the horse — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** Cassandra, the Trojan princess whom nobody believed when she warned the city — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 430, line 18: «Hard word: A "steed" is an old word for a horse, usually a fine one for riding or fighting, and a "pyre" is a heap of wood for burning a body.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4). The right option, 1, scored -3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/509-pg22381-part15/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Bro, who told Apollo his wife was cheating on him?

- **1.** Hawk — score 0
- **2.** Owl — score 0
- **3.** A swan — score 0
- **4.** A crow — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · 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 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 401, line 16: «WHAT: a Crow forgets his promise to Apollo, and Mercury scolds him as "O thou most base fellow."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/509-pg22381-part15/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Fr fr, where was the harbour of Crissa again?

- **1.** Below the southern cliffs of Parnassus, facing the gulf — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Below Parnassus — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Beside Olympus — no support
- **4.** Under Helicon — 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/509-pg22381-part15/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Dude, what was Gaea's oracle actually for?

- **1.** Keeping the sacred flame — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Healing the sick — no support
- **3.** Guarding the gods — no support
- **4.** Telling the future to people — **✓ 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/509-pg22381-part15/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Ngl, who did the grateful people thank for killing the serpent?

- **1.** Poseidon — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Zeus — no support
- **3.** Apollo — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Ares — 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/509-pg22381-part15/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Yo, which river-god was Daphne's dad?

- **1.** Ladon, the river-god who lived beside the mountain of Parnassus — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** Peneus — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Peneus, the river-god of Thessaly and the Tempe valley — no support
- **4.** Alpheus — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 509, line 4: «He turns into a dolphin, whips up the sea and a wind, and drives a Cretan ship into harbour, where he makes its sailors his priests.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «apollo» (+2); a different action (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/509-pg22381-part15/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Lol, what does Apollo wear on his head?

- **1.** Olive sprigs — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** Laurel leaves — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** Golden laurel leaves that Daphne had once worn in her hair — score 2
- **4.** A wreath of laurel leaves woven by the Muses — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 509, line 19: «Daphne asked the gods for help, and her body was changed into a laurel-bush, whose leaves Apollo wore as a crown.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «apollo» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/509-pg22381-part15/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · right ✓ {#t14}

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Bruh, which place got a temple built by a bunch of volunteers?

- **1.** Delphi — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Olympia — no support
- **3.** Corinth — no support
- **4.** Crete — 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/509-pg22381-part15/t14/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Upon what site did Apollo, having examined several regions, resolve to establish his oracle?

- **1.** Below the eastern cliffs of Helicon — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Beneath the southern cliffs of Parnassus — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Beneath the southern cliffs of Parnassus, after he had surveyed many regions — no support
- **4.** Beside the northern shore of Corinth — 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/509-pg22381-part15/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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By what stratagem did Apollo procure ministers for his newly founded temple?

- **1.** By sending a storm to drive the Cretan crew onto the coast — no support
- **2.** By transforming into a dolphin and driving a ship ashore — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** By bribing the sailors — no support
- **4.** By calling the Cretan sailors to offer sacrifice in his name — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 509, line 4: «He turns into a dolphin, whips up the sea and a wind, and drives a Cretan ship into harbour, where he makes its sailors his priests.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drive» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «cretan ship» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/509-pg22381-part15/e2/)

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

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Which arrow did Eros discharge into the breast of Apollo, thereby inspiring his ardent affection?

- **1.** The leaden dart — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The golden shaft — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The golden arrow of love that struck Apollo's heart and set his passion alight — no support
- **4.** The golden shaft that Eros fired from his bow into Apollo's breast — 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/509-pg22381-part15/e3/)

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

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What did Cassandra promise in return for prophecy, and how did Apollo punish her treachery?

- **1.** She promised marriage; he made her prophecies doubted — no support
- **2.** She promised marriage; he made her warnings unbelieved — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** She promised marriage to Apollo; he made her warnings unbelieved by all the people of Troy — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** She promised to wed him; he made her warnings ignored — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 401, line 16: «WHAT: a Crow forgets his promise to Apollo, and Mercury scolds him as "O thou most base fellow."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «promise» (+3); a different doer (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/509-pg22381-part15/e4/)

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