Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge, part 9: Fionn beats the king at chess, is unmasked, and goes to learn from Finegas

Tests: 7 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1041 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, how many games did yer man Fionn bang the king out of in a row?

1. three — no support
2. seven — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. twenty-seven times, in a row — no support
4. seventeen, bro, every single one — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1041, line 7: «What: Fionn wins seven games of chess in a row from the king, "the king himself!!!"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ach, who even was Fionn's ma?

1. the king's wife, Muirne of the Luigne hills — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Muirne — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Muirne, the daughter of the chief — no support
4. Sadbh — 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 ✗

Gonna be dead honest, whose son did the king say Fionn really was?

1. Uall mac Balscne's, from the Luigne of Tara — no support
2. that Uall mac Balscne bloke from the Luigne — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. Uall mac Balscne's — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Dathi mac Fergus — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1033, line 15: «Quote: Tuan says "man needs forgetfulness as well as memory" when Finnian asks him to tell his past.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «man» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

How was the king feeling after getting totally bate?

1. totally amazed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. totally furious — score 1
3. bored — score -1
4. very cross — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1041, line 10: «The king is amazed and asks, "Who are you at all?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). Against it: the same property (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where did Finegas gaff himself, like?

1. on a bank of the great Boyne Water in the valley — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. in a cosy hut beside the Boyne Water and the salmon pool — no support
3. beside the Shannon bank — no support
4. beside the Boyne Water — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · right ✓

Yer man was calling himself what on the trip?

1. Deimne — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Finn the Fair of the Hunt — score 4
3. Demne — score 4
4. Fin — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 860, line 4: «Up in the snow, the Ice Maiden sneers at the men blasting tunnels and at the fast train, calling people worms.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+2); the same doer «men» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd Fionn go off to the poet, like?

1. for gold — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. to fight — no support
3. for wisdom — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. for fish — 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 ✓

What did Fionn do round the hut, grand?

1. fetched wood and cooked — no support
2. drew water, lit the fire — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. drew water from the well and lit the fire and mended his nets — score 5
4. drew water, lit the fire, and sang to the river every night — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 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 1041, line 19: «Fionn's work in the hut: he draws water, lights the fire, and carries rushes for the floor and the beds.», 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 «draw» (+1); the same thing acted on «water» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's the Salmon of Knowledge supposed to be, sound?

1. a trout that sings in the pool — no support
2. a fish that brings all knowledge — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a fish that brings all knowledge to whoever eats it from the river — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. a fish that grants great wisdom — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. 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 remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «tuan» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

What did Finegas say his poems were, like?

1. the ones he's fit for — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. the ones he can make — score 2
3. fine verses — score 1
4. his old songs — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 508, line 6: «who: Eos is the goddess of the dawn, and the poets say she is "a beautiful maiden with rosy arms and fingers" with large wings.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «beautiful maiden» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

What was Fionn hoping for while he was there?

1. to catch the salmon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. to win the hazel — score 2
3. to meet the king — score 1
4. to catch the Salmon of Knowledge and become the wisest man alive — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1040, line 12: «WHAT: As a hunter for the King of Finntraigh he caught so many deer that "the animals sought him".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «catch» (+2); the same doer «fionn» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

What did Fionn reckon the best music was?

1. the music of what happens — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. the music of what is happening now and what will happen — score 4
3. the music of the hunt — no support
4. the music of the battle and the feast and the river — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1041, line 1: «Fionn asks his friends what the finest sound is, and each one gives an answer; Fionn says the music of what happens is best.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «happen» (+2); the same doer «music» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's the story saying about asking questions?

1. we get tired of asking — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. we get wise even unanswered — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. it's pointless — no support
4. we learn a bit from each try — 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 what basis does the king pronounce the boy's true parentage?

1. By the boy's own word — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. He sees a sign — score 2
3. He names Uall mac Balscne as father, having heard the boy's whole story — score 2
4. He names Uall mac Balscne as father — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1033, line 15: «Quote: Tuan says "man needs forgetfulness as well as memory" when Finnian asks him to tell his past.», 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, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What reason does the king give for dismissing the boy from his court?

1. He wishes the boy to go home — score 3
2. He wants him to leave — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. He is jealous — score 4
4. He fears the boy's death under his protection — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1001, line 11: «The rat asks for a passport and says the soldier "has not paid toll," so he is a stranger in the drain.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same doer «soldier» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What prophecy is foretold concerning the poet Finegas?

1. He will catch the Salmon of Knowledge after seven years at the river and become wise — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He will catch the Salmon of Knowledge and his pupil will eat it and be wise at the court — score 2
3. He will lose the Salmon in the river — no support
4. He will catch the Salmon of Knowledge — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 517, line 8: «Whom does Thetis marry? She becomes the wife of Peleus, son of AEacus, a mortal man.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «become» (+2); the same doer «prophecy» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the stated limit of the poet's answers to questions?

1. a man's readiness is his limit, not the poet's own knowledge or the river's depth — no support
2. a man's readiness is the only limit, as the poet told the boy at the river in summer — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. a man's readiness is his limit — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a man's strength is the limit — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 663, line 13: «The prince answers the question "Tell me, what sort of man are you?" by saying he is "not dumb," which is an old word for unable to speak.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+5); the same receiver «prince» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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