Irish Fairy Tales, The Fairy Nurse: the farmer's wife is carried off by fairies and rescued by her husband

Tests: 7 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1285 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 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, what's the lion wanna chow down on, like?

1. the guts — no support
2. the creature's heart — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. the donkey's ticker — no support
4. a heart — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1284, line 16: «Why the lion wants the heart: he says, "the only part I want for myself is the heart."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «heart» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, who did the hare's brain-box trick get?

1. the fox — no support
2. the lion — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. the ox — no support
4. the monkey — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1281, line 2: «The prince confesses that he swore to marry the old woman, but the king insists he must keep his word.», 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 question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Bruv, did the monkey say he's a washerman's donkey?

1. No, he's not one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah — no support
3. Yeah, he is — no support
4. Yeah, he is one — 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 ✓

Like, how many times did the donkey come back, innit?

1. seven times — score 1
2. twice — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. four times — score 1
4. once — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1088, line 19: «Old word: "thrice" means three times, so the mother bought "thrice as much meat as would sup two people" with the lord's money.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ma, why was the farmer's wife late for Mass, like?

1. she was lost — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. she was sleepy and the cows got loose — score 1
3. she was sleepy — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. she got lost — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1072, line 6: «fact: Who: Mongan, a king, and his servant mac an Da'v, who both have lost their wives to the King of Leinster.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lose» (+2); the same doer «mongan» (+1); the same thing acted on «wives» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Fam, what'd the husband find when he woke up?

1. the wife was gone — score 3
2. she's gone — no support
3. no wife there — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. no wife — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 847, line 18: «Holger's beard "has become firmly rooted" in the marble table, so he wakes only when the table bursts as he draws it out.», 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 «beard» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Blud, what'd the neighbour ride on, like?

1. a white pony — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a black horse from the castle stable — no support
3. a big black horse with silver shoes — no support
4. a black horse — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · right ✓

Dead ting: what was the fairy castle really, bruv?

1. a manky cave — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a dirty hole — no support
3. a mess — no support
4. a cave — 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, which cross would the fairy court pass?

1. the cross — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. by the bog — no support
3. near the old mill — no support
4. near Templeshambo — ✓ 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 1285, line 10: «Where: the farmer's wife was at the chapel in Coolgarrow, and the fairy court will pass the cross near Templeshambo.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pass» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «cross» (-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 ✓

Who'd ya say grabbed the wife, fam?

1. the fairies — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. the Dark Man — score 4
3. the neighbour — score 1
4. the monks — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 1281, line 4: «One night he peeps into her room and finds a young, beautiful lady who tells him about the wicked fairy's spell.», 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 «wicked fairy» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wha did the guineas turn into, like?

1. withered oak leaves that crumbled — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. oak leaves — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. bog reeds — no support
4. dry grass — 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 1285, line 16: «The king's guineas turned into "five withered leaves of oak", a sign that the fairies' gifts bring bad luck.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wither» (+3); the same thing acted on «leaves» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, wha'd the husband do to the fairies, bro?

1. shouted at them — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. made the sign of the cross — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. made the sign of the cross and prayed — no support
4. made the sign of the cross three times — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1171, line 7: «What: the crab-fairy cries "So I am forgotten!" and her crab's shell falls away once the fairies flatter her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Blud, how'd the husband hold his wife, like?

1. like iron — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. tight as iron — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. tight — score 5
4. soft as silk — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1169, line 5: «Her husband keeps coming to check on her, and on the third try she leaves the shed still working her magic.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same doer «husband» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

What conclusion does the lion finally reach regarding the donkey's return?

1. That the donkey had no heart at all inside — score 7
2. That the donkey was a witch — score -5
3. That the hare had tricked him — score 5
4. That the donkey had no heart — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 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 1285, line 1: «The hare eats the lion's supper heart, then tells the lion the donkey has no heart, and the lion agrees.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «donkey» (+5); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «heart» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the purpose of the monkey's final words to the shark?

1. To dismiss the shark on his homeward voyage — ✓ the right answer · score -4
2. To warn the shark of danger ahead — score -4
3. To dismiss the shark so the monkey can escape the water and climb — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. To dismiss the shark on his long homeward voyage back to sea — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1283, line 7: «What: a "huge monkey" comes "leaping straight to the doorway" and escapes into the open fields.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «huge monkey» (+5); the same action «escape» (+1). The right option, 1, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which object did the neighbour receive from the king in return for her service?

1. Five guineas — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Ten shillings — score 4
3. Two sovereigns — score 4
4. Five guineas and a silver cup — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1254, line 6: «Who: the old woman, a foundling named Nur Mahomed, a neighbour who "was one of those people who make mischief by talking too much", and the king, who is the di…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «neighbour» (+5). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What action did the husband take when the fairies attempted to pull his wife away?

1. He made the sign of the cross — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. He made the sign of the cross over the crying fairies — score 5
3. He shouted at the fairies — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. He made the sign of the cross and prayed — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 1170, line 11: «The husband: he cries "I did not know it", and he returns sadly home across the mountains.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «husband» (+5); the same action «cry» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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