Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Covan catches the roe, duck and salmon and wins back his sister

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1185 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, where did Covan kip that night?

1. Beside the loch shore — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Under a fallen oak — no support
3. In a barn — score 3
4. On the riverbank — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1185, line 1: «Covan walks behind the cows all day until night, when they stop by a river to graze.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «covan» (+3); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wicked, what did the otter give him?

1. A warm fire, a dry den, and a basket of fresh trout for the morning — no support
2. Safe passage over the river and a golden bracelet for each brother — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Food and a safe hiding place — score 0
4. Warmth, shelter and fish — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1184, line 1: «Covan the Brown-haired sets out with the small cake and gives a bit of it to the black raven.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «give» (-1); the same thing acted on «bit» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who's the sick dog that catches the roe?

1. The Dog of Maol-mor — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The raven from the peak — no support
3. The hunting wolf — no support
4. The old hound — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 977, line 6: «Who: the Snow Man, a figure of snow standing in a garden, talks with an old yard-dog who has lived there a long time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old yard dog» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Was that roe proper hard to catch, or what?

1. She kept jumping to another peak — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Covan kept missing her because the rain made his bow slip badly — no support
3. The dog gave up the hunt — no support
4. She leapt to a far crag — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, what colour was the duck's body?

1. Green — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Bright emerald green with a grey patch on the back — no support
3. Dark blue-green with pale speckles along its sides — no support
4. Black — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the salmon's gills red, innit?

1. They were brown, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No — no support
3. Not really — no support
4. Yes, they were red — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did Covan's line get no bites, mate?

1. The fish was too clever — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The salmon ignored the bait — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Wrong river — no support
4. The line was too short — 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 ✗

Who ended up grabbing the salmon by its tail?

1. The Dog of Maol-mor — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. The great otter who had helped Covan on the riverbank — no support
3. The old man's young son — score 1
4. Doran-donn the otter — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1036, line 10: «Who caught him: "THE fisherman of Cairill, the King of Ulster, took me in his net," so he was caught by a king's man.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different action (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 9 · ★ · right ✓

Gutted, what does the old man say Covan gets?

1. His sister taken home — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Silver coins — no support
3. A horse — no support
4. The gift of a sword — 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 10 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, who was the old bloke really?

1. The Spirit of Age — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The guardian of the cows, who was once a king in the north — no support
3. The king of the glen — no support
4. The old man who had watched over the valley since before the flood — 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 ✗

Proper, how long were the siblings gone?

1. Two days — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A year — no support
3. Three years — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Four seasons — 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 ✗

Quick one, was the raven good to Covan?

1. Yes, it helped him — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It stole his bait — no support
3. Not really — no support
4. No, it stole the duck and left Covan standing alone on the bank — ← Mova's choice · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1185, line 10: «The roe leads him "further and further" up the mountain, so he calls the Dog of Maol-mor.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Covan attempted to procure the salmon?

1. He waded in with a net and tried to scoop the fish out of the shallows — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. He dived into the river deep — score 1
3. He waited on the bank rocks — score 1
4. He cast a baited line from a pole — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1136, line 3: «A fire-eating flame-spirit tries to burn him, but Makoma jumps behind a rock and hammers the spirit down too.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «try» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what extent did the raven's assistance contribute to the retrieval of the duck?

1. It drove the duck toward him — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. It chased the duck toward the shore — no support
3. It lifted the duck to Covan's feet — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It swooped down and carried the duck over the river to the bank — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 981, line 6: «Who: Gerda, a little girl, is walking alone in the wide world to find her friend Kay.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «friend» (+2). Against it: 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the reward which the old man formally conferred upon Covan son of Gorla.

1. Restoration of his sister to his home — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Return of his lost brothers home — score 2
3. Return of his sister and brothers to their home in the glen — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Permission to rule the valley and to keep all the cows he found — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1167, line 12: «His brothers "had become great men," so when Jack asks for food they give him only "hard words."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «brothers» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). 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 · right ✓

Which individual did the old man reveal himself to be at the conclusion of this passage?

1. The Spirit of Age — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. The spirit who guards the river and all who cross the glen — score -1
3. The Spirit of Time — score 1
4. The ancient keeper of the cows, who had lived since the first winter — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1184, line 1: «Covan the Brown-haired sets out with the small cake and gives a bit of it to the black raven.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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