Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts, A Lost Paradise: a hungry couple is given a palace, then loses it by lifting a lid
Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1286 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 ✗
Yer wan in the hut was mad sick of not knowin', like, what was in the soup-thing?
- 1. She was dyin' to know what was in the tureen, like, and she wouldn't shut up about it — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yer wan kept naggin' the poor fella all day about bein' dyin' to see the king's silver — no support
- 3. She was dyin' to know what was in the tureen — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. She was grumpy 'cause the fire had gone out — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Who came knockin' at the hut door, like, grand?
- 1. The king's steward with his men — score 2
- 2. The king — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. A posh stranger — score 4
- 4. The steward — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 783, line 5: «The proud princess mocks every suitor, her father makes her wed the first beggar to come to the door, and she sighs at the lost king's lands.», 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 «princess» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the king give them a gaff of a palace?
- 1. Aye, a castle with silver towers — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, a palace with green marble baths — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, a massive palace with gold coaches and green marble baths — no support
- 4. Yeah, a gaff full of golden stuff, a coach and marble baths — 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 ✗
What were the baths made of, boss?
- 1. White stone — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Gold — no support
- 3. Green marble — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Red brick — 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 ✗
What were the coach sides covered in, like?
- 1. Red tulips — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Little wreaths of forget-me-nots, like — no support
- 3. Golden lilies — no support
- 4. Forget-me-nots — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
What wee wan jumped out of the tureen?
- 1. A wee ginger mouse wearing a little crown — no support
- 2. A wee brown mouse with bright eyes — no support
- 3. A wee mouse — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A grey cat — ← Mova's choice · score -3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 587, line 17: «Dog: out jumps "a big bull-dog", which chases the imps until the Ole Boy opens the gate and runs it out.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Where'd they hide when the mouse was messin' about?
- 1. Under the table — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Behind the big velvet curtains by the fire, like — no support
- 3. Inside a big press in the corner — no support
- 4. Behind the big chair — no support
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1286, line 15: «How they feel: "In one instant both the man and his wife were hiding under the table", ashamed of their chase.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «hide» (+2); the same place «table» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
Who had the key, like, the messer?
- 1. The husband — score 3
- 2. The wee old woman who lived with them — score 4
- 3. The wife — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. The grandmother — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1286, line 16: «The king's ending: he says "A guard of soldiers will take you back to your hut", and "Your wife has the key".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «key» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: the same doer «wife» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
What were the grandkids sayin' about them, like?
- 1. Lift it — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They'd never have touched the pot — no support
- 3. Never — no support
- 4. They'd never have lifted the lid — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the king say would happen, boss?
- 1. It would end their good luck for ever and ever — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Their whole good fortune would end right away, boss — no support
- 3. It would end their happy days — no support
- 4. It would end their good luck — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
How'd the husband end up liftin' it, like?
- 1. She kept on at him — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. She begged him every day — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. He was bored of her — score 4
- 4. She kept nagging him until he gave in — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1286, line 13: «What the husband thinks: "It is no affair of ours", he says, until his wife begs him to raise "one corner".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «beg» (+3); the same doer «wife» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the wife reckon the king was, lads?
- 1. Too good-natured — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Mean — no support
- 3. Far too good-natured for his own good — score 4
- 4. Too foolish — ← Mova's choice · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1286, line 3: «They live like royalty, but he forbids them to lift the lid of the soup-tureen, and the wife cannot stop thinking about it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+5); the same action «think» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the wife a total grump at the end, like?
- 1. Nah, cheerful — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, she was barely talkin' — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Aye, she was well sulky — no support
- 4. Yeah, she was dead quiet — 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 ✓
Which object did the king expressly forbid the couple to uncover?
- 1. The soup-tureen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. The golden coach — score 5
- 3. The green bath — score 5
- 4. Plate — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1286, line 3: «They live like royalty, but he forbids them to lift the lid of the soup-tureen, and the wife cannot stop thinking about it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+5); the same action «forbid» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
What did the king require in exchange for the palace hospitality?
- 1. Strict obedience to his commands — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Complete and unquestioning obedience to all his royal commands — score 6
- 3. Careful service to the throne — score 6
- 4. Strict obedience to his every command and wish — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 695, line 10: «The prince is given a baby, and the king is so pleased that "he commanded the ceremony to be performed without delay."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+5); the same action «command» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Where did the husband and wife conceal themselves upon the mouse's escape?
- 1. Beneath the long dining table in the great hall — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Beneath the dining table — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Behind the kitchen door — no support
- 4. Behind 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What became of the couple after their disobedience was discovered by the king?
- 1. They were returned to their hut under guard — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They were sent back to their hut — no support
- 3. Sent home — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 4. They were locked in the palace cellar — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1286, line 5: «The king sends them home with soldiers, and the grandchildren say they would never have been so silly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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