Irish Fairy Tales, The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, part 7: Fionn is spared by the robber Fiacuil and carried off to his marsh den

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1039 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, so where's Fionn chilling at the start?

1. Under a bush — no support
2. In the woods — score -2
3. Hiding — no support
4. Up a tree — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 3, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1039, line 6: «Who: Fionn is a boy hiding in a tree, "as silent as a mouse and as watchful".», 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 place «tree» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, what did the women do with him in the morning?

1. Handed him to the poets — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Sent him to the robber — no support
3. Handed him over to the poets who had come to the hut — no support
4. Tied him up and left him to the robber in the marsh — 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Like, who did the poets say was coming?

1. The men of Leinster — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. The robber — no support
3. Cumhall — no support
4. The sons of Morna — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 987, line 19: «The fifth brother says "I shall not imitate you" and means to "criticize what you do".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what did Fiacuil do to the poets?

1. Killed every single one — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Killed them — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. Spared them all alive — score 5
4. Robbed them — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1039, line 4: «The Leinster robber Fiacuil mac Cona kills the poets, then spares Fionn when he gives his name.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «leinster robber» (+4); the same thing acted on «poets» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, was Fionn actually scared of the robber?

1. He showed his teeth and then gave his name to the robber — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. He turned pale and begged the robber for his life quietly — score 5
3. He sat down calmly — no support
4. He showed his teeth — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1039, line 4: «The Leinster robber Fiacuil mac Cona kills the poets, then spares Fionn when he gives his name.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same doer «fionn» (+2); the same thing acted on «name» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Lowkey, how did Fionn get out of being killed?

1. Begged — no support
2. Gave his name — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Told a lie — score 2
4. Ran away — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1039, line 4: «The Leinster robber Fiacuil mac Cona kills the poets, then spares Fionn when he gives his name.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «name» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sus, where's the robber's hideout?

1. A cave — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A cold marsh — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A dark wood — no support
4. A hill — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, whose aunt was Bovmall?

1. Dael's — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Bran's — score 6
3. Fionn's — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Caoilte's — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 931, line 5: «Then the story turns to an aunt who lives only for the theatre, judging her life by the plays and her health by the stage.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «aunt» (+3); the same thing acted on «aunt» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

No way, how did the robber carry him home?

1. In a wooden cart — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Slung across a horse's back at the end of the rope — score -2
3. On his shoulder, through the marsh and over the hills — score 2
4. On his shoulder — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 825, line 5: «When the wood-cutters come, the tree is chosen for Christmas, and it is carried to a grand room and dressed with lights and gifts.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «carry» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Cringe, what's so special about the spear?

1. Silver studs — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Gold rivets — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Its ability to cut through any shield or bone — no support
4. Its thirty gold rivets from Arabia and faery — 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 ✗

Fr fr, what did Fiacuil warn about the marsh?

1. Avoid the deep pools — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Don't put a toe in it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Don't swim — no support
4. Never cross it alone — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what did the poets get from their great schools?

1. Gold — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Tricks of rhyme — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Old tales of war — no support
4. Songs — 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 13 · ★ · right ✓

Ya know that tree bit? Why did Fionn stay so still?

1. He had made a vow — no support
2. He was ordered to stay — score 1
3. His word was passed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Scared — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1039, line 7: «Why: Fionn stays in the tree because "His word was passed", so he keeps his promise to keep still.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+3); the same action «pass» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

In what manner did the women dispose of Fionn upon the arrival of the travelling poets?

1. They gave him to a robber — score 1
2. They handed him over to them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. They locked him in a hut and let the robber take him away later — score -1
4. They tied him up and handed him over to the travelling poets at dawn — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1039, line 2: «Next morning travelling poets pass by, the women hand him over to them, and he overhears "The sons of Morna!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «poets» (+2); the same action «hand over» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «fionn» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which individual perpetrated the slaughter of the junior poets, and by what name was he known?

1. Fiacuil mac Cona, the great robber who came out of Leinster to kill them all — score -1
2. Fiacuil mac Cona, a Leinsterman — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The sons of Morna, who had come from Ulster to slay the young poets with spears — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Caoilte mac Ronan, a Connachtman — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 21, line 9: «There are twelve jurors, some animals and some birds, so Alice calls them «creatures»; she is proud of knowing the word «jurors», because she thinks very few l…», 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 doer «jury men» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

By what declaration did Fionn secure his preservation from the robber's blade?

1. He swore an oath on his spear and his gold — score -3
2. He recited a poem about the robber's great spear — no support
3. He stated "The son of Uail, son of Baiscne" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. He begged for mercy — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1039, line 14: «Why: Fionn is spared after he says "The son of Uail, son of Baiscne", and the robber becomes his servant.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «fionn» (+2); the same action «say» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Describe the locale wherein the robber maintained his dwelling and the treasures he kept there.

1. A marsh with gold — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A dry hall on a hill, with bronze shields and silver cups lining its walls — no support
3. A cold den — no support
4. A vast cold marsh, with damp winding hiding places — ✓ 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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