Irish Fairy Tales, Becfola, part 20: a wolf chase and a handsome stranger

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1052 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, who's up before the birds even, like proper dawn-early?

1. The king Dermod himself, like — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Becfola's maid, like, the girl — no support
3. Becfola — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Dermod — 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 ✗

So what's the big engagement she's got, like seriously?

1. Sorting out her old dresses — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Like, fetching all her gold stuff and her smocks from the old place — no support
3. Collecting her gold from home — no support
4. Fetching her gold stuff — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, the king said a Sunday trip is bad luck, right?

1. Yeah, that's what he said — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Yep, a Sunday trip is cursed — no support
3. Yeah, that's what he said, but he didn't really care much about it at all — score 6
4. Yeah, that's what he said, and he went back to sleep straight after — 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 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 «say» (+4); the same doer «king» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dermod was well strict about Sundays, yeah?

1. Totally, no wolves on Sundays — no support
2. Totally, no fairies allowed out — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Totally, he banned fairies from using the earth on any Sunday, no matter what — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. Totally, no fairies allowed out, not even for a single minute on Sunday — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1052, line 9: «Dermod's Sunday rule: he forbids fairies to use the earth on Sunday, so "the Shi' folk stayed in their hills."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+4); the same doer «dermod» (+2); the same thing acted on «earth» (+2); the same place «sunday» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, the doorway thing, did she like get zapped or something?

1. Yeah, she went right into Faery, like totally out of the normal world — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, she went into Faery — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, she got lost outside — no support
4. Yeah, she stepped through the doorway and went off into Faery for good — 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 6 · ★ · right ✓

Did she forget her fella Crimthann or nah?

1. Nope — no support
2. Remembered him fine — no support
3. Forgot him totally — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. Nah — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 94, line 3: «The Cat hides in the woods for a long time, till the Woman forgets him. Only the little upside-down Bat knows where he is and brings him news: there is a new B…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «forget» (+2); the same doer «woman» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Ha, the maid crying the whole way, what was her deal?

1. She can't climb trees — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. She's lost her shoes — no support
3. She can't climb trees and she's worried the wolves will find them — score 6
4. She can't climb trees, so she's stuck if the wolves come — 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 1052, line 4: «A pack of wolves chases them, and Becfola climbs a tree while her maid, who cannot climb, is left crying on the ground.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «climb» (+4); the same doer «maid» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Those wolves though, how many were there?

1. A small few of them — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. A proper big pack of grey wolves, like loads of them all snarling — no support
3. Maybe twenty or so — no support
4. A proper big pack — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 700, line 8: «Why the wolf is worried: "They had made a rule always to dine off the smallest of the party," so once the fox is gone, the wolf is smaller than the bear.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wolf» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the wolves just give up and go or what?

1. Their leader told them to leave, since the lady was under protection from the hill — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Their leader said to leave, so they all trotted off back into the woods — score -2
3. The leader called them back — score -5
4. Their leader said to leave — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 614, line 1: «Mowgli skins Shere Khan himself, and the wolves tug the hide where he tells them to.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same receiver «wolves» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

The youth was proper fit, right?

1. Ten times fitter than Crimthann and way more handsome than any man at Tara — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Five times fitter than Crimthann — no support
3. Ten times fitter than Crimthann, like the fittest guy she had ever seen in Ireland — no support
4. Ten times fitter than Crimthann — ✓ the right answer · 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 722, line 2: «The king sees the handsome youths, decides his daughter will marry the prince, and poisons the friend.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did he chat her up or nah?

1. Nope, he didn't even look at her once, not even for a moment, really — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nope, he didn't even look — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, he gave her a smile — no support
4. Nope, he didn't even look at her, and he didn't say a single word all night — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where'd they end up in the end, like where's the island?

1. On land — no support
2. Out on the calm sea — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. At the lake — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Inside a dark cave — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 863, line 13: «The little island has "three acacias" and looks "like a bouquet rising from the lake".», 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 «lake» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, 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 most accurately describes the reason King Dermod gives for objecting to Becfola's departure?

1. He states that a journey undertaken on a Sunday brings misfortune — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. He states that a journey on a Sunday brings misfortune and that Becfola has already promised to remain in the palace until spring — score 2
3. He argues that the maid should stay home to care for the king — score 2
4. He states that a journey undertaken on a Sunday brings misfortune, and that fairies must never leave the earth on that day at all — 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 1010, line 12: «Why: the traveller leaves because "my time is up now; I have only paid my debt to you."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following most accurately describes the circumstances in which Becfola and her maid become separated from the known world?

1. Becfola passes through the palace doorway into Faery without her knowledge — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Becfola passes through the palace doorway into Faery without her knowledge, and her maid is left behind in the mortal world for good — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Becfola is pulled by a fairy wind through the old stone gateway of Tara — score -1
4. Becfola steps through the palace doorway into Faery without knowing it, forgetting Crimthann as she goes, while her maid follows behind her — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 427, line 6: «Who: the youngest prince, who had been left in the other world by his brothers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+2); the same place «other world» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which Becfola escapes the pursuing wolves?

1. She climbs a tree and remains among its branches until the animals depart, then climbs back down to the path again — score -2
2. She climbs a tree and remains among its branches until the animals depart — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. She sends the maid for help and hides behind a fallen tree trunk nearby — score -2
4. She throws her cloak and runs away from the pack — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1052, line 4: «A pack of wolves chases them, and Becfola climbs a tree while her maid, who cannot climb, is left crying on the ground.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «climb» (+2); the same thing acted on «tree» (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-2); the same doer «becfola» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following most accurately describes the conclusion of the passage?

1. The maid stays behind while Becfola sails to a wide green land — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. The youth rows Becfola in a boat to a high, pleasant island — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. The youth leads Becfola on foot to a dark and windy cave — score -3
4. The youth carries her home — score -3

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 1052, line 5: «After the wolves leave, Becfola follows a red glow to a youth roasting a boar, and he rows her across the sea to a pleasant island.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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