Irish Fairy Tales, Iollan and Tuiren, part 14: Uct Dealv turns the queen into a hound and sends her to Fergus

Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1046 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, was Uct Dealv just jealous or was she proper bonkers?

1. Mad jealous, like totally gone off her head — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Jealous as anything, and kinda off her rocker — no support
3. Bonkers, yeah — no support
4. Jealous, sure, but mostly just a bit daft — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so Iollan was the fella from the Fianna, yeah?

1. Yeah, he was a lad from Ulster — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, he was a druid from the west — no support
3. Yeah, he was the Fianna lad, like — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Aye, a Fenian — 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 ✗

Did Uct Dealv turn Tuiren into a cat or a dog?

1. A badger, a bit of a thing — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A hound, a right wee dog — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A right wee dog, a hound, and nothing else at all, mind — no support
4. A hound, a right wee dog that she turned her back on — 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

Why did she pick Fergus, like, of all people?

1. Cause he's the best at magic — no support
2. Cause he's the meanest, pal — no support
3. Cause he hates dogs more than anyone, the eejit, and he'd never let one in — score 1
4. Cause he hates dogs, the eejit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1046, line 16: «Fergus agreed to take the hound because "if I could refuse anything to Fionn it would be a dog."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fergus» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «hound» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Was the servant well scared of Fionn or what?

1. Yeah, dead scared — score 2
2. Yeah, he nearly fell out of his boots — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Yeah, he shook like a leaf in wind — score 0
4. Yeah, he near jumped out his skin — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1039, line 1: «Fionn stays silent in his tree all night, trying not to sneeze, until he finally falls out of it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall» (+2); the same doer «fionn» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Tuiren get a fair deal in all that?

1. Nah, she got a terrible run of it, all because her man picked someone else — no support
2. Nah, she got a terrible run of it and Iollan never even said sorry to her — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Nah, she got a terrible run of it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, she got a rotten deal, mate — 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 1046, line 3: «She changed herself into Fionn's female runner, went to Iollan's stronghold, and asked Tuiren to walk out with her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «iollan» (+2); the same receiver «tuiren» (+1); a different action (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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Fergus really want the dog, or was he just being a sap?

1. He wanted the dog, sure — score 5
2. He took it cause he's scared of the dogs anyway — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. He was just being soft — no support
4. He only took it cause he can't say no to Fionn — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 107, line 7: «WHAT: Catherine lets the dog take the sausage and the beer run out, and she then wastes the gold and the food.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same doer «dog» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's the bit about the bones, like, what's that about?

1. It was a curse so Tuiren would dig for graves all night — no support
2. Something about bones — no support
3. She wanted Tuiren to dig for old bones and chew them — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. She wanted bones — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 94, line 7: «The Woman to the Cat: «I have braided up my hair, and I have put away the magic blade-bone, and we have no more need of either friends or servants in our Cave.»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «woman» (+2); the same thing acted on «magic blade bone» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

So the sister thought mortal love was rubbish, yeah?

1. Yeah, she said it dies off quick, and then she laughed and went back inside — score 6
2. Yeah, she did — no support
3. Yeah, she said it dies off quick — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Nah, she said it lasts a while — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 959, line 13: «the sister's feeling: she says "I love it very much" about the tree, and she believes the old couple had something that "attracts my heart."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «sister» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Did Uct Dealv feel bad about turning her into a hound?

1. Nope, she felt dead happy about it, and she'd do it again if Iollan came back — no support
2. Nah, she was pleased with it — no support
3. Nope, she felt dead happy about it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Nope, she felt glad and proud — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1046, line 5: «Fergus took the hound only because he could not refuse Fionn, and the next day he found it still shivering.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's the story gonna be next, d'you reckon?

1. Fionn sorts it out in the end — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Dunno, maybe Fionn — no support
3. Fergus has to sort the shivery hound out — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Fergus gets the dog — 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 938, line 4: «He has four clever sons and a blind daughter, and he tells them stories about the world shown on the castle walls.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «man» (+2); the same thing acted on «stories» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following best describes the motive of Uct Dealv for transforming Tuiren into a hound?

1. Her desire to win back Fergus's favour — no support
2. Her jealousy of Iollan's marriage to Tuiren — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Her jealousy of Iollan's marriage to Tuiren, which she could not forgive or forget at all — score 4
4. Her jealousy of Iollan's marriage to Tuiren and her hatred of all dogs in general — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1046, line 2: «When Iollan married Tuiren instead, Uct Dealv was so jealous that she decided to get her revenge.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+2); the same doer «iollan» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In which of the following locations does Fergus Fionnliath reside at the close of this part?

1. At Fionn's hall, far to the east — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. At home — no support
3. In the west — no support
4. At his stronghold, to the west — ✓ 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the response of the servant when Uct Dealv demanded admittance to the stronghold?

1. He instructed her to leave the dog outside — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He instructed her to leave the dog outside and to come back another day with a gift — no support
3. He instructed her to leave the dog outside the gate while he ran to fetch his master — score 2
4. He ordered her to put the hound on a lead — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1046, line 7: «Uct Dealv said of Iollan, "He said I was the Berry of the Mountain, the Star of Knowledge, and the Blossom of the Raspberry."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «uct» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which statement most accurately describes the condition of the hound on the following day?

1. It continued to shiver, and was examined by Fergus, who was baffled by the strange illness — score 2
2. It continued to shiver and was examined by Fergus — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. It went quiet and Fergus fed it some bread — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. It continued to shiver violently and was examined closely by Fergus and the whole household — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1046, line 4: «On the road she struck Tuiren with a hazel rod, turned her into a shivering hound, and dragged her west to Fergus Fionnliath, who hated dogs.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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