Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon, part 11: the fox tricks the wolf, and Ian gets a hard task

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

Lesson 1145 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 ✗

Mate, did the fox actually sus the wolf or nah?

1. Nah, the cheese got nicked — no support
2. Nah, the wolf played her — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Yeah, she played him proper — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. Nope, the giant did it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 362, line 4: «The Wolf plays, the Kid frisks about, and the Shepherd Dogs recognize the feast-song and race back to the pasture.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «play» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, why was the wolf's bucket dropping so fast?

1. Cos the well was wonky — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Cos he was massive, like four times the fox — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Cos someone pushed it down — no support
4. Cos the rope snapped right away — 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, what did she say the cheese was for?

1. Her own dinner, lol — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Her babies, innit — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. The king's tea party — score 2
4. The wolf's little cousins — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1021, line 17: «The old woman says she saw "eleven swans, with gold crowns on their heads," swimming on the river.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old woman» (+3). Against it: the same action «say» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the wolf gutted when he found out?

1. Nah, he just laughed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nope, he went to sleep — no support
3. Nah, he was buzzing and chill — no support
4. Yeah, he was raging, like proper mad — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what did Ian shoot at on the hill?

1. A goose, lol — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. A blue falcon, obvs — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. A wolf, mad — score 2
4. A deer, I reckon — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1145, line 14: «he shoots at a blue falcon but takes only "a feather from her wing".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «ian» (+3). Against it: the same action «shoot» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Ngl, did Ian actually get the bird?

1. Nah, just one feather, sadly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, but she flew off — no support
3. Yeah, he got her straight away — no support
4. Nope, he got a whole deer — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, who looks after the falcon?

1. His stepmum, obvs — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. The Big Women, the sisters — score 0
3. The Giant of the Five Heads — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Gille Mairtean, the fox — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1126, line 6: «WHO: Ivan, the parson and his wife, the lark Tsar, the mouse Tsaritsa, an eagle and an archer all appear in this part.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «appear» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, what did the giant want for the falcon?

1. Five chickens and a cheese — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. A big pile of gold — score 2
3. A boat, like, a massive one — score 2
4. The White Sword of Light — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 741, line 9: «Why: the giant wants to test him, so he squeezes a stone until "water dropped out of it".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «giant» (+3). Against it: the same action «want» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Was Ian's feather-brush a big mistake?

1. Yeah, the giant came back in three strides — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Nah, the giant didn't even notice — no support
3. Nah, the giant was out for the day — no support
4. Nope, the giant was asleep — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1145, line 4: «Ian serves the giant, but a feather touches the door-post, and the giant comes back at once.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «come back» (+2); the same doer «giant» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what did the fox feed Ian for supper?

1. A whole roast chicken — score 1
2. Bread and honey — score 1
3. Fish from the stream — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Cheek and hoof of a sheep — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 667, line 9: «Why: the king is angry at first, but he keeps his promise because he gave "my royal word" to spare the thief.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Honestly, what's Ian's big problem at the end?

1. He's got no shoes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He's lost his bow — no support
3. He's run out of arrows — no support
4. He's got no boat, mate — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what do the giant's birds have to be?

1. Left alone all day — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Locked up in a shed — no support
3. Treated kindly, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Fed only bread — 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 744, line 7: «Where: a snow-white bird leads them to a little house, and "the windows were of clear sugar."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lead» (+2). Against it: the same doer «white bird» (-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 · wrong ✗

Pursuant to the narrative, state the manner in which the vixen effected the wolf's descent into the well.

1. By lowering him with a rope — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. By pushing the bucket with her paws — no support
3. By shouting from the top of the wall — no support
4. By directing him into the second bucket — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the reason the wolf's bucket rose and fell as it did, in accordance with the text.

1. His greater weight drew his bucket down — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The water level rose sharply — no support
3. The fox had tied the buckets together — no support
4. The wolf climbed up the wall — 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 ✓

Describe the object which the giant required Ian Direach to obtain before the falcon could be released.

1. A golden cage — no support
2. The White Sword of Light — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. The blue falcon's nest — no support
4. A boat of silver — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1145, line 5: «The giant sends Ian to fetch the White Sword, and at the shore Ian finds he has no boat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Explain why Ian Direach could not proceed to the isle of Dhiurradh, as stated in the closing passage.

1. He had not been given the sword — score 6
2. He possessed no boat with which to cross — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. He was forbidden by the giant — score -2
4. He had lost the fox on the shore — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 823, line 8: «What: the youngest son says the elf hill is "a hole in Norway," and his father answers that "a hole goes in, and a hill stands out."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «hole» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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