pg3454, The Wonderful Tune: Maurice Connor's magic pipes set fish, feet and folk dancing
Tests: 7 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1304 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 ✗
Who's the blind lad with the pipes that gets everyone's feet going?
- 1. Maurice Connor, the sovereign of all pipers in Munster — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Maurice Connor — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The blind piper Maurice Connor from Iveragh — no support
- 4. Paddy Dorman — 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 ✓
Oi, what happened when the wind blew the fire at the tribe?
- 1. They ran off — no support
- 2. They fell in the pool — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Into the sea — score 3
- 4. They ran into the sea — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1304, line 1: «First, Guddhu coaxes a fire to life, but a gust blows it onto his tribe, who tumble into a pool, where the fire follows them and keeps burning under the water.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «pool» (+5). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Like, where's the dancing spot, yeah?
- 1. Ballinskellig Bay — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The clean smooth strand at Ballinskellig Bay — no support
- 3. A quiet bay on the western coast of Iveragh — no support
- 4. Kerry Coast Village — ← Mova's choice · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1202, line 7: «What: The prince sneaks into the garden and fakes madness, because a riddle has cost many men their heads.», 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 place «garden» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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 ✓
Who gave Maurice the bottle, the hump-backed man, like?
- 1. Paddy Dorman — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. Maurice's uncle — score 2
- 3. Tom Ryan — score 2
- 4. The hump-backed man at the dance — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1228, line 6: «Who: a mermaid rises from the waves and says "give me your solemn word" to the king.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+4). Against it: the same thing acted on «solemn word» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the bottle full when Maurice finished, gas or what?
- 1. It was empty — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Half full — no support
- 3. It was full — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. Nearly dry — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 402, line 18: «Hard word, "unfledged": it describes a young bird without full feathers, so it cannot fly yet.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «word» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
What was Maurice's mam doing during the dance, ha?
- 1. Watching — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Stamping on the wooden floor — no support
- 3. Dancing like a young girl — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Cheering from the back row — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Mate, what do the crabs do, I'm dying to know?
- 1. Spin round on one claw — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Scuttle sideways fast — no support
- 3. Hide away — no support
- 4. Snap at the swimmers — 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 ✗
Did the seals join in the dancing craic, or what?
- 1. Yes, in a ring — ← Mova's choice · score -2
- 2. Yes, they swam in circles around the whole crowd of dancers — no support
- 3. Yes, they rolled and bobbed like the waves on the shore — no support
- 4. Yes, like waves — ✓ 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 1304, line 4: «Maurice drinks the whole bottle in one pull, then blasts out his tune again, and seals, crabs and fish join the dancing.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «seals» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-4). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Where did the fire go when it got blown out?
- 1. Into the sea — no support
- 2. Down into the pool — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Right down into the pool and under the water — score 5
- 4. Back to the cave — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1045, line 8: «Where: Fionn's mantle stopped the fire, which "sped down into the earth to the depth of twenty-six spans," and that slope is still called the Glen of the Mantl…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fire» (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
What did Maurice say he drinks, like, anything at all?
- 1. Whisky, ale, or any strong wine — score -2
- 2. Whisky and cider too — score -2
- 3. Anything, barring raw water — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Whatever is poured for him, but never the cold raw water — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1304, line 11: «Maurice says he drinks "anything, barring raw water", and asks for the loan of a glass of whisky.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bar» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «raw water» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
What made the whole dance go mental, yeah?
- 1. The bottle of strong whisky — score 1
- 2. Maurice's wonderful tune — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. The wonderful tune Maurice played on his bagpipes — score -2
- 4. Maurice's wonderful tune and the sea that came in — score -2
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1304, line 2: «Then the story turns to Maurice Connor, a blind piper of Munster whose secret tune makes every shoe and foot dance.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «secret tune» (-1); the same thing acted on «shoe» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Were the cod and turbot dancing too, ya?
- 1. Yes, they caper'd gaily — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yes, every fish in the sea came up and capered gaily — no support
- 3. Yes, they hopped about — no support
- 4. No, they just swam slowly — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did the whole shore look like in the end, like?
- 1. Covered in fish and crowded — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Full of fish — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Quiet and very bare and grey — score 2
- 4. Empty — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 124, line 15: «Old word: a "ducat" was an old gold coin used in Europe, and now it only appears in stories.», 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 «old word» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
What's the best bit of the lot, the big finish?
- 1. The sky and sea seemed joined — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Heaven and earth seemed to meet as the whole bay roared with joy — no support
- 3. The waves rose up and heaven and earth seemed to meet together — no support
- 4. Heaven and earth seemed to meet — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which individual is described as the sovereign of all pipers in Munster?
- 1. Father Conry — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. The blind piper of Iveragh and Munster — no support
- 3. Paddy Dorman — no support
- 4. Maurice Connor — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1110, line 11: «fact: Tremsin's leaps make him younger each time: he comes out "an old man," then "a youth," and then so handsome that "no pen can describe it."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). 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
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
In which location does the dancing assembly convene upon the strand?
- 1. On the clean smooth strand at the bay's edge — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Trafraska Strand — no support
- 3. Iveragh Harbour — no support
- 4. Ballinskellig Bay — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · right ✓
What quantity of whisky did Maurice ingest in a single draught?
- 1. An entire bottle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. Half a glass — score 2
- 3. A cup — score -2
- 4. Two large glasses — 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 1304, line 12: «Paddy has only the bottle, so Maurice takes it, and his throat has a hole, so the bottle takes "many a filling".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the principal consequence of the fire at the base of the pool?
- 1. It continued to burn brightly beneath the surface of the pool — no support
- 2. It kept on burning fiercely under the water for many hours — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. It continued to burn — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It sank out of sight — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1304, line 1: «First, Guddhu coaxes a fire to life, but a gust blows it onto his tribe, who tumble into a pool, where the fire follows them and keeps burning under the water.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «water» (+4); the same action «burn» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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