Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 5: Fionn grows up hidden in the woods, climbs trees, and is secretly visited by his mother

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1037 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 ✗

Yo, who was the squad of minders in the woods, innit?

1. Cumhal and Morna — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Bovmall and Lia Luachra — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Bovmall, Lia Luachra and their sister — no support
4. Bovmall and Lia Luachra of the wood — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, why'd Fionn's mum sneak in, like, lowkey?

1. she feared the sons of Morna would take the boy away at once — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. she feared the sons of Morna and the hunt — no support
3. she dreaded the king's spies — no support
4. she feared the sons of Morna — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fam, what did the nurse do when he fell over?

1. she hugged him tight — no support
2. she wiped his knee — no support
3. she patted the bruise — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. she patted the bruise and gave him a sweet — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 674, line 21: «Old word: "brimming over with joy" means so full of happiness that it overflows, and "take heed" means pay close attention.», 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 action «pay» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, what did he do to the nettles, no cap?

1. he burned them with a torch — no support
2. he slashed them with a stick until none were left standing — score 6
3. he slashed them down with a stick and stamped — no support
4. he slashed them with a stick — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 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 1037, line 3: «He grows up among birds, horses, cows and sheep, slashing nettles and climbing trees no one else can climb.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «nettles» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «slash» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what did the women say about the tree, bro?

1. not yet — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. next week you may climb it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. try again later — no support
4. wait for the summer rain — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1037, line 12: «The tree: the women say "Next week, you may climb this one," but he soon finds "a bigger one near by."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+1); the same doer «women» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the lark mad loud up in the sky, like proper loud?

1. yes, thrilling and thrilling, far above the trees and clouds — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yes, thrilling and thrilling and very loud indeed — no support
3. yes, thrilling and thrilling — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yes, piercing and clear — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did Fionn reckon a boy couldn't do, like a horse can?

1. wag his tail for the midges — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. wag his tail for the flies in the summer heat — no support
3. wag his tail for the flies — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. wag his tail for the flies and the midges too — 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 ✓

Why's he called Fionn, what's the vibe?

1. because he was fair-haired — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. because he was very quick — no support
3. for his hair — no support
4. because he was born there — 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

What song did his mum sing to get him off, fam?

1. a lullaby — no support
2. a soft old tune — no support
3. a sleepy song — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. a song — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 1030, line 15: «Her last song was a psalm, and the Wind says he sang over her grave and over her father's grave.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did his mum stay till morning, or what?

1. yes, she stayed till dawn — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no, she was gone when he woke at first light — no support
3. no, she was gone when he woke — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. no, she had slipped away quietly when he woke up in the dark wood — 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 ✗

Where's she headed back to, innit?

1. her brother in Ulster — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. her husband in Kerry — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. back to her husband and the lands in Kerry by the sea — no support
4. her husband, the lord, in the far west of Kerry — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Whose whistle never got tired, bruv?

1. the throstle's — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the throstle's whistle in the wood at dusk — no support
3. the blackbird's — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the thrush's song — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did he climb the big tree in the end, or what?

1. yes, the one that nobody in the glen could climb — no support
2. yes, the one nobody could climb — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. no, he gave up at the bottom — no support
4. yes, the tall one by the well — ← Mova's choice · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 832, line 20: «At the end the child is now an old woman, and in her last hour she remembers Inge and prays for her.», 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). Against it: the same place «end» (-3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which two women were appointed as the guardians of the infant Fionn in the woods of Slieve Bloom?

1. Bovmall and Lia Luachra — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Bovmall, Lia Luachra and the nurse of the glen — score 6
3. Bovmall and Lia Luachra, the two druidesses of Slieve Bloom — score 6
4. Bovmall and Muirne Dhu — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 76, line 18: «Real biology: rhinos have poor eyesight but a very good sense of smell and hearing, which may be why some (like the black rhino) charge at things that startle…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «things» (+5); the same action «charge» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

For what reason did Muirne refrain from keeping her son in her own company?

1. She dreaded the clann-Morna — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. She feared Morna — score 5
3. She feared the king's men — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. She dreaded the clann-Cumhal — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1037, line 8: «Why he is hidden: his mother Muirne feared the sons of Morna, who had killed his father Uail, so "she could not keep him with her."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «boy» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon what occasion did Muirne visit her son in the hut?

1. When he was five years of age — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. When he was six years of age, in the winter snow — no support
3. When he was six years of age — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. When he was seven years old — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what name was the boy known during his infancy in the wood?

1. Fionn — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Dermot — no support
3. Cael — no support
4. Deimne — ✓ 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

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