Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Soul, part 15: the king reaches his wife, but the giant's soul stays hidden

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1290 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 ✗

Eh, what were the king's servants tied up with, like, pure bound?

1. strong ropes round their gobs and their hands — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. ropes round their wrists — score 7
3. cloths round their gobs and their backs — score 7
4. cloths round their gobs — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 177, line 19: «Old word: a "eunuch" was a male servant who guarded the women's rooms; today this word is rarely used at all.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «male servant» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, which wee beastie showed up when the fire was lit in the wood?

1. a hare — no support
2. a slim yellow dog — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a tall grey wolf — no support
4. a wee brown bird — ← Mova's choice · score -4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 303, line 18: «Hard word: "mahogany" here is a reddish-brown wood, and in a Danish joke it means "excessively fine".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same property (-1); it fills the role the question asks for (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead giant's gonnae get wrecked, aye? What did the horses dae to him?

1. bit and kicked him — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. kicked — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. stamped on him hard — no support
4. kicked and stamped on him — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1290, line 4: «The horses bite and kick the giant, and the queen moves the Bonnach stone, which the giant says holds his soul.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «horses» (+6). Against it: the same action «kick» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Ken what the king was feart of, like, when the giant came?

1. being beaten by him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. being cut by the sword — no support
3. being bitten by it — no support
4. being beaten by him in a fight — 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 ✗

Pal, where did the king spot his wife at the bottom, honest?

1. under a broken tree — no support
2. in a pit — ← Mova's choice · score 11
3. in a split rock — ✓ the right answer · score 11
4. in a cave — score 11

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 11, tied with another option at 11 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1072, line 4: «Mongan spots the King of Leinster coming, pulls his hood down over his brow, and sighs; mac an Da'v roars and wants to throw a rock at him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+5); the same receiver «king» (+4); the same action «spot» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 11. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, what did the otter promise the king, like?

1. his wife back by noon tomorrow, no question — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. his horses by dusk — score 5
3. wife and horses back by noon tomorrow — score 5
4. wife by noon tomorrow — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 68, line 17: «Badger: «just let us once get past the stoats, with those detestable guns of theirs, and I assure you we shan't want any swords or pistols. We four, with our s…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «assure» (+3); the same doer «otter» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Whit wis the hawk's big line about things being bad?

1. bad — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. worse — no support
3. always as good as before — no support
4. never so bad but worse — ✓ 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 ✓

Mate, why did the wife greet when her man turned up?

1. she was frightened — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. she was happy — no support
3. she was frightened of the giant's return — score 3
4. she was frightened that he had been killed — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1290, line 3: «At last he finds his wife and horses at the bottom of a split rock, and he climbs round to the cave where they are hiding.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+1); the same thing acted on «wife» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Quick one, pal: what was the giant's soul hidden in?

1. the giant's oak — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the Bonnach stone on the threshold — no support
3. the Bonnach stone — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the Bonnach stone above the cave door — 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 ✗

So what did the queen do to the stone, like?

1. tugged it steady on its ledge — score 3
2. pushed it back — score 3
3. tugged it steady — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. tugged it steady and then swept the floor — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1021, line 1: «The wicked queen stains Eliza's face brown and tangles her hair, so even her father does not know her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tangle» (+3); the same doer «wicked queen» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Eh, what did the queen wash on the threshold?

1. the stones — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
2. the step — no support
3. the floor — no support
4. stones — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1116, line 11: «After washing, she "came back so lovely and splendid", and "shone like the sun", so her stepmother "had not another word to say".», 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 question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Honest, did the king sleep out in the wood or in the cave?

1. in the cave between the horses — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. in the wood near the fire and the horses — no support
3. in the cave between the horses and the giant's bed — no support
4. beside the stream near the horses — 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 · wrong ✗

Which object did the king employ to pierce the Gruagach's mole?

1. the sword bearing a knob — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the spear bearing a point — no support
3. a sword — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. a knife — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1290, line 1: «The king wins his sword, pokes the Gruagach's mole with it, then finds his servants tied up and his wife and horses stolen by a giant.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which action did the queen perform upon the Bonnach stone?

1. she tugged it steady on its ledge — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. she tugged it steady on its ledge and swept the floor — score 3
3. she tugged it steady on its ledge by the cave door at night — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. she lifted it off the cold ledge — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 886, line 10: «What does the queen do all night? She carries her sick child "through the long, dreary night".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «queen» (+6). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

According to the giant's second statement, where was his soul located?

1. upon the threshold — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. inside the iron box — no support
3. outside — no support
4. the stone — 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 ✗

Which creature first advised the king to eat, sleep, and be watched over?

1. the slim yellow dog that came first to the fire — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. the grey otter — score -2
3. the yellow dog that came from the wood — score 6
4. the yellow dog — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 363, line 20: «Old word: "sparingly" means in small amounts, so the Town Mouse nibbles rather than eats heartily.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «old word» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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