Irish Fairy Tales, Tuan mac Cairill, part 2: Tuan's lonely years, a plague, and a stag

Tests: 6 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1034 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.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, how many couples rolled up with Partholon?

1. twenty-four couples, proper — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nine couples, proper — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. forty-eight couples, all their gear and their horses, proper — no support
4. twenty-four couples and their whole crew, proper mad — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 779, line 14: «Mrs Fox asks: "Has he nine as beautiful tails as the late Mr Fox?" She only accepts a suitor who looks like her husband.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3); the same thing acted on «nine» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, who was the holy man just chatting away?

1. Tuan, the old hermit — no support
2. Nemed, the sea captain — no support
3. Finnian, the saint dude — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Tuan, the stag man who was just chatting after the storm — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 599, line 4: «The orator asks how he got mauled, and the old man says a slick-looking fellow in a bee-gum hat bumped into him while he chatted with Sis Tempy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «chat» (+4); the same doer «man» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, how did the sickness hit Partholon's lot?

1. out of nowhere, one night to morning — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a fever over a few weeks — score -2
3. from a plague in spring — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. slowly, bit by bit — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 404, line 15: «Old word: "forsooth" means "truly" or "indeed," a word old storytellers used a lot.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «lot» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, how many days till they all dropped?

1. three days — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. nine days, all dead — score 0
3. four days, all done — no support
4. seven days, all gone — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 181, line 14: «On a calm day, when "the wind dropped suddenly", the sailors landed on what they thought was an island.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Be real, who was the last man standing?

1. Tuan, the lone survivor — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Tuan, the stag — no support
3. Tuan, the last hermit — no support
4. Finnian, the old monk — no support

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

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what spooked Tuan when he was on his own?

1. the ghosts of his dead people calling his name — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a falling branch — no support
3. a loud crack — no support
4. his own shadow — ✓ the right answer · no support

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

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Dude, how long was he on his tod?

1. two tens of years and two years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a score and five years — no support
3. seven tens of years and a few more — no support
4. all his life since the plague took his people, years without end — no support

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

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what had he forgotten about being human?

1. all that a man had known — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. every prayer and hymn his mother taught him as a boy — no support
3. the names of his kin — no support
4. how to sail a ship across the great and dangerous sea — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1034, line 13: «Tuan was alone so long that "my own shadow frightened me," and he forgot "all that a man had known."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «know» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «man» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Fam, how many ships came with Nemed?

1. thirty-four barques — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. thirty-two ships — score 1
3. four barques — score 1
4. nine ships — score 1

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 179, line 10: «fact: Where does Sinbad hide after the ship arrives? He hides "among the branches of a tree that grew near by."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «ship» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ok, what did Tuan see in the pool?

1. his pale, drawn face — no support
2. his grey and tired look — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. his wild, withered, weathered old face staring back — no support
4. his manky, wrinkled self — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1034, line 15: «At the pool Tuan sees that he is "greyer than a badger" and "naked as a fish," and he looks like nothing known.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «pool» (+5); the same doer «tuan» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper sad, what did he do then?

1. He wept loudly and then cursed the pool and all of Ireland — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He howled to the sky and begged the gods for death — no support
3. He prayed to the saints — no support
4. He wept his loneliness out — ✓ the right answer · no support

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

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, did the storm sink the whole fleet?

1. Nah, a huge wave flipped and sank the whole lot of them — no support
2. Yeah, the whole fleet went down in the big storm — score 3
3. Yeah, a wave sank a ship — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Nah, they all survived — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1034, line 4: «Nemed's fleet arrives, Tuan sees his wild reflection in a pool and weeps, then a storm sinks the ships.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sink» (+4); the same thing acted on «ships» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Like, what did he dream about?

1. a stag — score 0
2. a bird — no support
3. turning into a stag — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. becoming a hunter — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1034, line 18: «Why does Tuan turn into a stag? He dreams it, and then "I awoke from the dream, and I was that which I had dreamed."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same place «stag» (+3); the same action «turn» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what happened when he woke up?

1. he was a wolf he dreamed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he was a stag, just as he had dreamed, stamping on a rock — no support
3. he was still Tuan but he could hear the stags calling everywhere — no support
4. he was the stag he dreamed — ✓ the right answer · no support

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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon the sickness that destroyed the followers of Partholon, which individual alone survived?

1. Nemed mac Agnoman — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nemed — no support
3. Fintan mac Bochra — no support
4. Tuan mac Cairill — ✓ the right answer · no support

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

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which number of couples is recorded in the narrative as having accompanied Partholon to Ireland?

1. twenty-six couples — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. forty couples and all their horses and cattle — no support
3. twenty-four couples and their whole household — no support
4. twenty-four couples — ✓ the right answer · no support

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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did Tuan employ in order to perceive the alteration of his own appearance?

1. a cup of cold ale — ← Mova's choice · score -3
2. a stream — score -3
3. a pool — score -3
4. a pool of chill water — ✓ the right answer · score -3

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 798, line 15: «Why the earwig mothers talk so much: each thinks her own child is the best, and one says "Our dear son has engaged himself."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dear son» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-4). The right option, 4, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which animal form did Tuan assume in his dream, and which form did he possess upon awakening?

1. a wolf — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. an owl — score 5
3. a fox — score 5
4. a stag — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 421, line 15: «After the father dies, the son thumps the Demon "three times right on the forehead" and spits in its face on holy days.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «face» (+5); the same doer «son» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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