Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairill, the salmon's journey and rebirth

Tests: 7 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1036 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 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, did the salmon really get eaten by the king's wife, or is that just a legend bit?

1. Nah, not really — no support
2. Yeah, she roasted him and ate him, for real — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Yeah, she ate him — score 8
4. Nah, she didn't eat him, it's just a myth — score 8

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 1036, line 12: «What happened next: the king's wife ate him, and he was born again as "the son of Cairill the king."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+4); the same doer «wife» (+2); the same thing acted on «tuan» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what was the salmon's whole deal with Ulster?

1. He was just bored and swam off east — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He was mad homesick and swam all the way back — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He was mad homesick for Ulster and swam all the way back up the river, no stopping — no support
4. He hated the sea and swam away — 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, who's the fisherman who grabbed him?

1. The fisherman of Cairill, the Ulster king, who was out on the water that day — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. The fisherman of Cairill, the Ulster king — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The fisherman from the Ulster coast — no support
4. Some random guy — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 164, line 15: «The fisherman's rule: he "made a rule not to throw his nets more than four times" in a day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «fisherman» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Did the salmon actually like the air at all?

1. Nah, the air was like a fiery mountain, mad painful — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Yeah, the air was cool and kind of nice — no support
3. Nah, the air was like a fiery mountain pressing on him, mad painful, he hated it so much — score 4
4. Nah, the air was like a hot wind, pretty bad — no support

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 1036, line 11: «What hurt him: the air "pressed on me like a fiery mountain" and "scorched" his scales when he was on the grass.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «air» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what happened to the otter and the wild cat?

1. They chased him around and dragged his tail — score -2
2. They hunted him all over, ripped the reeds — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. They chased him loads, ripped through the river, and nearly ate him up completely — score 3
4. They chased him loads, ripped through the river — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 49, line 10: «This time it is serious: he has been missing «for some days now», the Otters have hunted everywhere, and «young Portly hasn't learnt to swim very well yet».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hunt» (+4); the same doer «otters» (+2). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

What's the big deal with the sea, anyways?

1. It's big and deep — no support
2. It hides all its fish, kinda like a cave — no support
3. It keeps all its creatures, like a parent — score 5
4. It guards all its creatures, like a mum — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1036, line 7: «What: He says he was "the king of the salmon" and swam over the whole sea, where "the sea guards all her creatures."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «guard» (+4); the same doer «sea» (+2); the same thing acted on «creatures» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the salmon make it back to Ireland in the end?

1. Nah, he swam back but got netted up — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, he got caught — no support
3. Yeah, he got to the rivers, then got caught — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, he reached the rivers and died there — 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 ✓

Bruv, why did he say he kept those memories?

1. Cos he forgets nothing from when he was eaten — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Cos he forgot — no support
3. Because he's a fish with a good memory — no support
4. Cos he remembers all of his fishy life — 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

What was Finnian doing with him at the end?

1. Baptizing him in the river, so he's now part of the family of God forever more — no support
2. Blessing him, so he's a child of God — no support
3. Cooking him, so he's in the king's house — no support
4. Baptizing him, so he's in the family of God — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 910, line 21: «The sad end: "she lay dead near the neighbouring family, the beautiful fresh roses."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «neighbouring family» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Tuan hold a grudge against the men who chased him?

1. Yes, he swore revenge on every one — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Nah, he just says he got loads of scars from the chase, and that's all he cares about — score 6
3. Nah, he just says he got loads of scars — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Yeah, he said he'd get them back later — 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 670, line 13: «What does the king say? He "has never cried in all his life and cannot bear anyone else to do so."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Wow, is the salmon one of the fish with bones like legs?

1. Yes, he has bones like little legs — score -1
2. Nah, he's just one piece from nose to tail — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Yes, he's got legs from the fins down — score 4
4. Yes, he has long legs for swimming there — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 819, line 13: «What the fishes do: they "stared out into the twilight" and "did not understand a word of it."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fishes» (+2); the same thing acted on «word» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

What was the thing about the fisherman that made him so happy?

1. He shouted for joy at the big salmon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. He shouted for joy at the big salmon he had caught in his net that morning on the river — score 6
3. He laughed hard at the huge trout — no support
4. He sang loudly over the great fish — 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 733, line 15: «The fisherman calls to the sea: "Hearken to me! My wife Ilsabill Will have her own will", which is how he asks the fish for a favour.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+4); the same doer «fisherman» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal character whose sea-journey and subsequent metamorphosis are narrated in the first person in this extract.

1. Finnian, the monk who baptizes the child — no support
2. Tuan, the salmon who becomes the son of Cairill — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Tuan, the otter who turns into a king — score 3
4. Tuan, the salmon who becomes the son of Cairill and is later baptized in the family of God — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1036, line 13: «Why he is reborn: Finnian says "you will be born again, for I shall baptize you into the family of the Living God."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «baptize» (+4); the same place «family» (+1). Against it: 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

State which creature, according to the narrator, possesses a body of one piece from nose to tail, and note its capacity to turn.

1. The hawk, which hovers in one place and drops in one long swoop over the river — no support
2. The otter, which spins in one turn and glides in one smooth motion across the water — no support
3. The fish, which turns in one turn and moves in one sole movement, and never bends its back at all in the water — score 3
4. The fish, which turns in one turn and moves in one sole movement — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 989, line 2: «The mouse-king promises that the young mouse who learns to make this soup will become his queen.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «become» (+2); the same doer «young mouse» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Specify the precise reason, given in the narrative, for which the salmon resolved to return to Ulster from the distant sea.

1. He was seized by an uncontrollable anguish to be in that place, and he could not sleep or eat until he got there — no support
2. He was pulled by a fierce longing to return to his mother's river — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. He was overcome by a strong desire to go back to the cold sea — score 3
4. He was seized by an uncontrollable anguish to be in that place — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 430, line 17: «Why: Marya runs out to Ivan and asks "By what means has God brought you back to life?" because she thought he was dead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring back» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Determine the manner in which the narrator was reborn according to the account, and identify the person who undertook the rite.

1. He was cooked by the queen and born again, Finnian blessing him at the river's edge — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Eaten by the queen, baptized — no support
3. He was eaten by the king's wife and born as Cairill's son, Finnian baptizing him — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. He was roasted by the king's wife and reborn as a prince, with a monk baptizing him — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 813, line 10: «Why she is so black: the sealing-wax came off, yet she thinks "black makes a person look slender."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same thing acted on «person» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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