Crock of Gold, The Wooing of Becfola, part 19: the High King asks a silent lady in a chariot to marry him

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1051 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 the king actually ask the lady her name or nah?

1. yeah, he asked her straight out — score 6
2. nah, he said he didnt even need it cos he knew — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. yeah, he asked and she told him in the end — score 6
4. nah, he said he didnt even need it — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1051, line 12: «Why: the king says he does not need the lady's name, because "what I do wish to know is, Will she marry me?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+4); the same doer «king» (+2); the same thing acted on «name» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro, why did the king call her "Becfola the Dowerless"?

1. cos she was a stranger — no support
2. cos she turned up with nothing at all from her da — no support
3. cos she brought no dowry — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. cos her family never sent a single gift over the river — ← Mova's choice · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 775, line 4: «The huntsman spares the prince, they swap coats, and the old king's sorrow turns to joy when the grateful kings send rich gifts.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «rich gifts» (-1); a different doer (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 3 · ★ · right ✓

was Crimthann well gutted when she got married?

1. yeah, he was proper sad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. nah, he was buzzing cos he got the crown — no support
3. nah, he was dead chuffed — no support
4. yeah, he was proper upset — 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 ✓

wait, how did the lady get the chariot across the river?

1. she got the men to carry it over on poles — score 0
2. she drove straight in and through — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. she jumped the horses over — score 2
4. she waited for the tide — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 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 1051, line 10: «What: the lady drives her two horses straight "into the shallows" and across the river "in a tumult of foam and spray".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «drive» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

sound, what did the king say about women and houses?

1. women belong in the house and should not drive — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. they are home-dwellers — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. they are home-dwellers who should never ride out to battle — score -1
4. they belong in the house — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1051, line 11: «Why: the king is surprised that a woman is driving a chariot, and he says "women are home-dwellers", so a woman far from a house is strange to him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the king kiss Crimthann on the cheek or what?

1. on both cheeks and both hands — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. a kiss — score 1
3. both cheeks — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. the cheek — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1051, line 14: «Why: the king kisses Crimthann "on both cheeks" and the text says this "is part of the art of a ruler".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «cheeks» (+5); the same doer «king» (+1). Against it: the same action «kiss» (-2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

was she happy in the palace with the king, like?

1. yeah, she was happy and settled in well with him — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. nah, she was miserable and wanted to go home to her father — no support
3. yeah, she loved the king — no support
4. nah, she still wanted Crimthann — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 413, line 14: «Why: the husband is angry because the guests say his wife "never goes to church."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «wife» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

what did the king reckon a ruler should never do?

1. think with the nose and eyebrows — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. think with the heart and the hands — score 1
3. decide everything by the flight of birds and omens — no support
4. listen to every rumour and every whisper of the court — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 973, line 8: «The princess believes she is cured because she thinks the watering-place is wonderful, and "watering-place" means a spa town where people went to take the wate…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

how did the king feel about the lady at first?

1. he thought she was a witch and wanted her gone — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. he was furious that she had not stopped for him — score 3
3. he was quite unsure — no support
4. he was dead impressed — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 776, line 13: «The spinning-wheels test: the maidens "never once looked at the spinning-wheels", so the king again refuses to believe the lion.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «believe» (+1); the same doer «king» (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

did Crimthann think the driving was class?

1. yeah, he thought it was deadly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. nah, he thought it was poor — score 3
3. nah, he said a woman should never hold the reins — no support
4. yeah, he found it quite odd — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 800, line 13: «The little bell: it hangs on a hut of bark, and the king's son thinks it is "too small and too thin" to be the one he heard.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+2); the same doer «son» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did Crimthann look like when he was crowned?

1. he wore a golden torc — no support
2. his hair was cut short — no support
3. his curls were the crown — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a golden crown — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 695, line 5: «That son refuses food to a hungry beggar, then finds no supper and no bed in the wood, and must go on looking for shelter.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «son» (+1). Against it: the same action «look» (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the lady look away from Crimthann straight away?

1. yeah, she looked at the water — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. nah, she looked at the horses — score 6
3. nah, she stared — score 6
4. nah, she couldnt look away from him — ✓ the right answer · score -5

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 957, line 6: «Who: Karen, a poor girl, and the old lady who looks after her, who "could not see very well".», 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 «old lady» (+2). The right option, 4, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

With reference to the passage, state the name by which the lady was known after her marriage to the High King.

1. Becfola the Dowerless — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Becfola the Gentle — no support
3. Becfola of the Ford — no support
4. Becfola the Dowerless, Queen of the Hill Fort — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

With reference to the passage, identify the reason the king gave for his surprise at seeing a woman in a chariot.

1. Women stay near the hearth and avoid riding — score 6
2. Women are home-dwellers who seldom drive two horses — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Women rarely ride — score 6
4. Women are weak and seldom drive chariots — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1051, line 11: «Why: the king is surprised that a woman is driving a chariot, and he says "women are home-dwellers", so a woman far from a house is strange to him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drive» (+4); the same doer «woman» (+2); the same thing acted on «chariot» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

With reference to the passage, identify the question the king considered the only one worth asking the lady.

1. Whether she would consent to marry him and leave her homeland forever — score 8
2. Whether she would consent to marry him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Whether she could ride the horses — score 6
4. Who her father was and whether she would consent to marry him as his queen — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1051, line 12: «Why: the king says he does not need the lady's name, because "what I do wish to know is, Will she marry me?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+4); the same doer «woman» (+2); the same thing acted on «king» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

With reference to the passage, state the emotion Crimthann displayed when the lady was taken to the palace as queen.

1. Melancholy mood — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Great contentment — no support
3. Anger — no support
4. He was filled with bitter rage and a melancholy mood — 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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