Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn and the Man from the Shi', part 12: Fionn waits alone in the dark, meets his old friend Fiacuil, and gets ready for the Man of the Shi'

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1044 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 did u get what fionn did w the spear at the end

1. he threw it away — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. he unwrapped it lol — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. nah — no support
4. he hid it in his cloak — 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 231, line 19: «Old word: a javelin was a light spear thrown by hand; today it is still used as a name for a throwing spear in sport.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «throw» (+4); the same thing acted on «light spear» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl the bit where fiacuil just bounced was sus

1. he was just messing about — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he was fine — no support
3. it was kinda funny tbh — no support
4. he was lowkey scared fr — ✓ 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 ✗

wait so the dude with the music puts everyone to sleep??

1. no the fire is fine — no support
2. the music sends everyone to sleep and then the fire burns everything it touches up lol — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. yeah and he sings loud — no support
4. yeah and his fire melts stuff — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1044, line 4: «Fiacuil warns him that Aillen mac Midna's music sends everyone to sleep, and he gives Fionn the spear Birgha.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+4); the same doer «music» (+2); the same thing acted on «everyone» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

bruh fionn wasn't scared of the dark at all no cap

1. he knew the dark well — score 6
2. he knew every sound it made — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. he had heard it all before — score 6
4. he just wasn't bothered — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1044, line 2: «He is not frightened of the dark or the wind, because he knows every sound they make.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «know» (+4); the same doer «fionn» (+2); the same thing acted on «sound» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

why did fionn walk out on samhain night tho

1. cos only a madman would — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. because the whole city was locked in and only a crazy person would walk out there — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. cos he was bored at home — no support
4. cos everyone else was too scared to leave the house on that night of the year — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1044, line 1: «Fionn walks out past the city walls on the night of Samhain, when nobody else dares to be outside.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «walk out» (+4); the same property (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

u reckon fiacuil was actually brave or just mate

1. brave but he was shook — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. just scared mate tbh — no support
3. he was properly brave until the music started and then he got really shook — no support
4. brave lol but a bit scared — 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 · ★ · right ✓

that spear had thirty rivets of gold innit

1. yeah it looked mint — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. yeah it was pure gold — no support
3. nah — no support
4. gold — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 86, line 8: «Taffy explains the spear looked as if it «stuck into Daddy's head» because «there wasn't room on the birch-bark», and that the «bad people» were her beavers sh…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+4); the same doer «spear» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

mate did fionn get paid for helping

1. yeah a third and a seat — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah a cow and a horse — no support
3. yeah he got a whole load of gold and a horse and a seat at the council — no support
4. nah he didn't get paid at all cos fiacuil ran off before he got anything — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1041, line 15: «Why Fionn goes to Finegas: he wants wisdom, and "he would go anywhere and forsake anything for wisdom."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fionn» (+2); the same thing acted on «anything» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok so the moon was like barely there yeah

1. yeah just a faint light — no support
2. it was a full bright moon — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. pretty bright — no support
4. just a thin gleam through clouds — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 913, line 10: «Why the courtiers blamed her: they said she was "a very ungrateful creature" for leaving the palace.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «moon» (+2); the same thing acted on «ungrateful creature» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

i was gutted when fiacuil ran off wasnt u

1. nah — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. not really — no support
3. yeah it was a bit boring — no support
4. yeah it was proper creepy — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

lol fionn heard only his heartbeat at the end

1. wild — no support
2. nope he heard the wind — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. that was wild and quiet — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. that was actually wild — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1044, line 11: «He listens to the night and names each sound, such as "a rabbit" and "a hare", and each "gradation of sound that formed the chorus."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «listen» (+4); the same doer «fionn» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

what was that thing coming in the dark

1. a darker movement and a presence — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a horse with a rider on it — no support
3. a dark shape and a huge noise that made everything go silent for ages — no support
4. a man with a torch — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

ok so was the wind still going at the end

1. yeah it kept blowing hard — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. yeah it kept blowing and got stronger over the marsh the whole time — score 6
3. nah it had stopped — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. nah it was still blowing — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 378, line 3: «The Wind blows harder and harder, but the man only holds his cloak tighter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «blow» (+4); the same property (+3); the same doer «wind» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which entity is it that Fionn perceives approaching in the final passage of this part?

1. A darker presence, moving through the moonlit night — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A great black creature from the Shi', rising from the mound and moving through the moonlit night toward the plain — no support
3. A hidden warrior, approaching slowly across the marsh — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. A darker presence, moving through the moonlit night, carrying a spear wrapped in cloth and blood — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 153, line 12: «Old word: "wile away" means to pass time pleasantly; today we say "kill time".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What is the precise function of the spear that Fiacuil conveys to Fionn during this part?

1. To keep Fionn awake by its heat and stench — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. To warn the city of the coming danger — no support
3. To protect Fionn from the music of the Shi' — no support
4. To wound Aillen so badly that he will never sing again in his life — 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 1044, line 15: «Fiacuil tells Fionn to bend his face over the spear because "the stench of it" will keep him from sleep.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon what grounds does Fiacuil justify his own presence on the plain at that hour?

1. He comes to help Fionn in return for payment — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. For gold — no support
3. To be paid — no support
4. He came because Fionn asked him to come — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1044, line 15: «Fiacuil tells Fionn to bend his face over the spear because "the stench of it" will keep him from sleep.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «fiacuil» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following does the narrative identify as the source of Fionn's composure in the dark?

1. His knowledge of the sounds of the night — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. His ability to see in the dark better than any man of the city — no support
3. His courage — no support
4. His trust in the spear and the gods — 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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