West Highland Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 7: Ian outwits the raven and slays the second giant
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 5 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1141 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 raven actually peck the first two brothers blind?
- 1. Aye — no support
- 2. Nah — no support
- 3. Aye, it nearly blinded them — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. Aye, it nearly sorted them out — ✓ the right answer · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1141, line 10: «Why the brothers fail: a fat black raven flies at them and pecks them "till he was nearly blind."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «fat black raven» (+3); the same thing acted on «brothers» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Ian was only sixteen, right? Like, a wee lad?
- 1. Aye, but he was still a beast in a scrap — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Aye, but he was still a beast in a scrap, though only sixteen years old — no support
- 3. Aye, but he was a big strong lad — no support
- 4. Aye, but he was still a beast in a scrap, and nobody could beat him — 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 ✓
So what's the deal wi the tobacco, bruv?
- 1. The raven wanted a wee bit, so he got it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The raven wanted a wee bit for the peck, so Ian gave him it — no support
- 3. The raven wanted a wee bit of tobacco, so he got it from the pouch and ate it — no support
- 4. The raven asked for it, so he got it — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did Ian actually win the wrestle with the second giant?
- 1. Nah, he lost — no support
- 2. Aye, he threw him down — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. Nah, the giant pinned him — no support
- 4. Aye, he flipped him right over — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1141, line 17: «How Ian is cleverer: he tells the giant "I will wrestle with you as if I were he," and does not give his name.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «ian» (+2); the same thing acted on «giant» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Why was the second daughter greetin in her sewing?
- 1. She had to wed the giant next day — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. She was sad — no support
- 3. She had to wed the giant tomorrow — no support
- 4. She was hungry — 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 ✓
How did the ship get all the way to the beach, dude?
- 1. Sailed for seven days across the sea, no bother at all — score 7
- 2. Rowed for seven days, no bother — score 1
- 3. Sailed for seven days, no bother — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. Sailed fast — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1028, line 14: «Why is the ship not bought? "The hint was not taken," so the ship stays on the shore and never sails.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sail» (+3); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+3); the same doer «ship» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate, did the first giant really fancy a bit of Ian?
- 1. Nah, no way — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, he thought it was a bird — no support
- 3. Nah, he thought it was the lad's noise — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Aye, he fancied the lad's noise — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ian wasnae scared of the giants, was he?
- 1. Aye, he was terrified — no support
- 2. Aye, he cried — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. Nah, he just got on wi it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, he ran — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1141, line 11: «Why Ian succeeds: he shouts "Quick! quick!" and the men on the rope pull "with all their might."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shout» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Right, so the raven's no a bad guy then?
- 1. Aye, it tricked the brothers — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, it was dead loyal in the end, helping the lad all the way — no support
- 3. Nah, it was dead loyal in the end — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, it was dead loyal in the end, though it had pecked the brothers blind — 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 10 · ★ · right ✓
So what was the knife's big deal?
- 1. It was sharp enough to chop a head off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It was sharp — no support
- 3. It was big enough to kill a bull — no support
- 4. It was sharp enough to cut a rope — 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 ✗
Did the girls get rescued, ya reckon?
- 1. Aye, Ian's sorting them both out, and they'll be home by dinner — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Aye, Ian's sorting them both out after he kills the giants — score -2
- 3. Aye, Ian's sorting them both out — ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 4. Aye, Ian's freeing them both — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 810, line 14: «What the girl says: "I am a child of the court," and she claims "no one who was not well-born could rise in the world."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who was the proper hero in all this, pal?
- 1. Ian, the soldier's son, dead clever and brave in a scrap — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ian, the soldier's son, dead clever, and the raven helped a bit — no support
- 3. Ian, the miller's son, dead clever — no support
- 4. Ian, the soldier's son, dead clever — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · right ✓
What is the principal event recounted in the portion of the narrative under consideration?
- 1. The defeat of the second giant by Ian, aided by the raven — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The escape of Ian from the house — no support
- 3. The capture of the raven by the giant — no support
- 4. The rescue of the brothers — 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 ✗
Which implement does the raven furnish to Ian for the decapitation of the first giant?
- 1. A sword kept beneath the giant's bed — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A knife hidden beneath the raven's left wing — no support
- 3. A knife concealed beneath the raven's right wing — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A knife concealed beneath the raven's right wing, sharp enough to cut a rope — 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 · right ✓
In what manner does Ian prepare himself, according to the counsel of the raven, before confronting the second giant?
- 1. He bathes in clean water and anoints his body with balsam — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He bathes in water — no support
- 3. He washes in clean water and dries himself — no support
- 4. He eats a meal and rests his body — 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 4 · formal language · right ✓
What is the precise reward which the raven requests from Ian upon the completion of his undertaking?
- 1. A piece of tobacco — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A cup of wine — no support
- 3. Tobacco — no support
- 4. A piece of bread — 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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