Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3: Tuan becomes a stag, a boar, a hawk, then a salmon

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

Lesson 1035 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, did you actually read the bit where Tuan turns into a salmon?

1. Yeah, he dreams he's a stag and gallops, then wakes up as one — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Nah, he dreams he's a bird and flies off, then wakes up as one — score 6
3. Yeah, he dreams he's a fish and drowns, then wakes up as one — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Nah, he dreams he's a fish and drowns in some river, then wakes up as a fish in Ulster and his mates laugh at him for days — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1035, line 15: «Why he becomes a hawk: "Old age again overtook me," so he dreams his way into a new shape.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «dream» (+4); the same doer «tuan» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so he goes from stag to boar to hawk, yeah?

1. Nah, he's a boar, then a hawk for years, then a salmon, sound, innit mate — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, stag, boar, hawk, then he's a salmon in the sea, sound, mad — score 4
3. Yeah, and then he's a salmon, sound — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Yeah, then he's a wolf, proper — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1035, line 3: «Wolves surround his cave and promise to eat him, but he dreams he is a boar and bursts out to frighten them off.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «tuan» (+2); the same thing acted on «boar» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the bear actually scared of the boar, or what?

1. Yeah, it went off crying like a kid — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yeah, it rolled over and ran off whimpering like a baby back to its den — score 6
3. Nah, it sat there and grinned — no support
4. Yeah, it ran off whimpering like a baby — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 581, line 4: «Rabbit hides in a mud-hole with only his eyes sticking out, then Brer Bear asks Brer Frog if he saw Rabbit, and Bear runs off like a scared mule.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run off» (+4); the same doer «bear» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd the wolves run away, bruv?

1. The boar's wriggling snout and his huge tusks scared them off, like, and they bolted into the hills — no support
2. Cos the boar's snout wriggled and he went mad, bruv, so they legged it all the way home — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. The boar's snout and tusks scared them, like — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Cos the stag's antlers scared them, bruv — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 6, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 314, line 5: «Peter admits he ran away the day he was born, because he never wants to grow up.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «peter» (+6). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the people of Nemed just vanish or what?

1. Nah, they stayed, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Yeah, all gone, only bones left, mad — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Yeah, all gone, only bones left in the land, mad, like nobody survived — score 3
4. Yeah, they all died, nothing left, sad — 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 509, line 17: «Old word: "celibacy" means living unmarried; now it is used mostly for people who stay single for religious reasons.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+2); the same doer «people» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Who's the Tuatha De' lot, then, like gods or what?

1. Nah, just people, mate — score 0
2. Yeah, all these are the gods, innit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Nah, they're giants from the sea — no support
4. Yeah, kings, innit — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1034, line 6: «Who: Finnian is a saint who loves God and Ireland, and Tuan is his host and the teller of the tale.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «host» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

How long did the hawk bit last, though?

1. Years and years, like proper — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Long years, like loads of ages — no support
3. Long, long years, like proper ages — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Just a year, like — 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 8 · ★ · right ✓

Did the stag have a proper loud voice or what?

1. Nah, it was rough and hoarse, mad — no support
2. Yeah, loud and clear and sweet, sick, like a harp in the night air over Ulster — score 0
3. Yeah, loud and clear and sweet, sick — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Nah, it was harsh and screechy at first, then loud and clear and sweet, sick, innit mate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 148, line 11: «The Sick Stag dies because his friends were "thoughtless", and they "one and all nibbled" the grass around him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sick stag» (+1). Against it: the same property (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Tuan actually fancy being a hawk, or was it rubbish?

1. He moaned about it, said the sky was dull — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. He loved it, said he had his fill of sweetness and joy in the sky, mate, and wouldn't come down — score 6
3. He loved it, said he had his fill of sweetness — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. He hated it at first, then loved it, said he had his fill of sweetness up high — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1034, line 8: «Tuan says Partholon came to Ireland "not long after the Flood," so the story reaches back to the very beginning of the world.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «tuan» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

So Tuan's cave was in Ulster, yeah?

1. Yeah, his Ulster cave by the sea — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, his cave was by the lake — no support
3. Nah, in Munster, mate — no support
4. Nah, his cave was in Connacht — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who won that battle Tuan watched from the sky?

1. Iarbonel, mate, his side won — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Beothach, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Semion, mate — score 3
4. Semion's lot, mate, they won — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 551, line 5: «Calirrhoe's sons grow up in a moment, kill the murderers, and the Heraclidae win a battle at Athens and then wait for an oracle's answer.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «battle» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the wolves say they'd do to the stag?

1. Trample him and drag him to the bog — no support
2. Tear out his throat, gnaw his haunch, then howl over him all night long — ← Mova's choice · score 11
3. Tear out his throat, gnaw his haunch and leave his bones in the bog — score 11
4. Tear out his throat and gnaw his haunch — ✓ the right answer · score 11

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 11, tied with another option at 11 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1035, line 11: «The wolves plan his death: "To-morrow," they said, "we will tear out your throat, and gnaw on your living haunch."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «throat» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «tear out» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 11. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Why is it hard to kill a bear, then?

1. He's too big, mate — no support
2. His life is packed deep under his stinky pelt — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. His hide is thick as stone, mate, too tough — no support
4. He's too strong — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1035, line 10: «The bear is hard to kill: "it is not easy to kill the bear, so deeply is his life packed under that stinking pelt."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pack» (+3); the same place «stinking pelt» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the sequence of animal forms assumed by the narrator during the events of this part.

1. boar, salmon — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. stag, boar, hawk, salmon — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. boar, stag, bear, hawk — no support
4. stag, hawk — 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 ✗

State the principal reason given by the narrator for his transformation into a hawk.

1. the spell of a jealous queen — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a wizard's spell from the west — no support
3. the onset of old age overtook him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he was bored — 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 ✗

Explain the outcome of the narrator's contest with the bear, as recorded in the text.

1. the bear was killed and the boar went on his way — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. the bear fled, whimpering, after being rolled over — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. the bear escaped into the forest and slept — score 6
4. the bear fled, whimpering, after being rolled over and over by the boar until it begged for mercy — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1035, line 10: «The bear is hard to kill: "it is not easy to kill the bear, so deeply is his life packed under that stinking pelt."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kill» (+4); the same thing acted on «bear» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Describe the fate of the people of Nemed as presented in this section of the narrative.

1. they perished, leaving only bones in the land — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. they perished to the last man, leaving nothing but bones scattered across the plain of Ulster — score 6
3. they wandered off and settled far across the sea — score 6
4. they perished in the great war, leaving only bones in the land and the sea — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 925, line 5: «That night the tired lamp dreams that the old people have died and that it is taken to the iron foundry to be melted down.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «die» (+4); the same doer «old people» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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