Celtic Fairy Tales, The Castle of Kerglas, part 43: the stones crush the sorcerer, and Peronnik hears of the magic basin

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1318 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 ✗

So the wizard got smushed flat, right?

1. Yeah, the rock crushed him, then he flew off as a raven and vanished totally — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Yeah, he was like pancake dust, totally — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nope, the sorcerer escaped through a hole in the floor and the stone cracked the well — no support
4. Nope, he's still alive up in his tower — 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 1318, line 10: «The sorcerer dies: "leaving the wizard crushed into powder in the heather."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «crush» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «wizard» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, why did the rock let Bernez live?

1. cause the cross he carved made it holy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. cause he was nice — no support
3. cause he prayed really hard to God — no support
4. cause the sea was calm that day — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1318, line 9: «Why Bernez lives: "It was the stone on which Bernez had carved the cross".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «carve» (+4); the same thing acted on «cross» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what was Peronnik's whole deal?

1. a stable lad with no kin — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a poor boy — no support
3. a fool — no support
4. a poor fool with no home — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Peronnik eat, like, anything good?

1. Yeah, bread, bro — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, just milk — no support
3. Yeah, some warm pie with honey, bro — no support
4. Yeah, a new loaf with butter, dude — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what does the knight totally want?

1. the gold basin and diamond lance — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. the holy relic and iron lance — score 3
3. the gold — score 3
4. the silver cup and ruby sword — 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 850, line 5: «The boatman brings news that the innkeeper's son wants to marry Christina, and Ib, white-faced, tells her to accept, but cannot write the letter.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+2); the same doer «son» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Is that basin, like, magic for real?

1. Yep, but only on Sundays, and only if you carry it past the sea and the hills — no support
2. Yep, it shines at night and fixes boots — no support
3. Yep, it heals you and wakes dead folks — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nope, it's just a fancy bowl, dude — ← 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 355, line 17: «Old word: "basin" is a wide bowl for water; today we say bowl or sink.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «basin» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «wide bowl» (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Can that lance cut through, like, anything?

1. Nah, just wood — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nope, it bends on rock, dude — no support
3. Nope, bro — no support
4. Yep, any rock or metal, bro — ✓ 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 ✓

Who's the magic dude at the castle?

1. Rogear, the giant on a black mare — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Rogear, the wizard in a tower — no support
3. The hermit who guards the lake — no support
4. Rogear, the knight on a brown horse — 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 ✗

Why can't Rogear swing his lance inside?

1. a spell says no lance in there — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the castle roof is made of gold — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. the door is too low for lances — no support
4. a holy spell from the hermit says no lance may enter the walls of the castle — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1223, line 6: «The chief of the bears is a magician who sends a bear to lure the boys into his mountain.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «magician» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (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 10 · ★ · right ✓

Who told the knight the whole plan, man?

1. the hermit of Blavet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. the wise old hermit who lived in a cave beside the Blavet river — no support
3. the wizard Rogear — score 3
4. the miller's wife — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 68, line 14: «The plan, told in turns — Badger: «We shall creep out quietly into the butler's pantry—» Rat: «—with our pistols and swords and sticks—» Mole: «—and rush in up…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «plan» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

What is Peronnik stuck minding, dude?

1. the farmer's cows and the sorcerer's black mare in the far pasture beyond the hill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the farmer's cows in the pasture — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. all of the farmer's cows, sheep, and geese grazing near the sea and the castle — no support
4. the farmer's hens in the yard — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Where's Peronnik when Rogear shows up?

1. crouched beside the old oak tree — no support
2. hiding in a barn near the road — no support
3. peeping through leaves in the forest — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. peeping through the leaves of a thick hazel bush near the castle gate in the forest — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 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 1318, line 20: «Where Peronnik is at the end: among the trees, "peeping through the leaves", where he sees Rogear coming.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «peep» (+5); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Which cow gave him the most trouble, lol?

1. the white calf by the pond — score -4
2. the naughty black cow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. the red cow — score -1
4. the stubborn grey heifer — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1314, line 2: «The next morning a fine red cow stands on the shore, eating seaweed and giving the best milk.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «fine red cow» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

What was the principal reason the baptized stone did not crush Bernez?

1. It had been struck by lightning before he came along and bore a mark of God — no support
2. It bore the cross that he had carved — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. It bore the cross that he had carved in the sand near the sea at low tide — score 5
4. It had been blessed by the old hermit — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 action «hold» (+3); the same doer «bonnach stone» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Upon what condition was the magician Rogear's lance rendered inoperative?

1. Upon his entry into the castle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Inside the wall — no support
3. Once the sun had set over hills — no support
4. When he rode into the forest — 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 ✓

Which of the following substances is the diamond lance capable of severing?

1. any stone or metal — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. silk — no support
3. wood — no support
4. thick oak and wool — 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 ✗

Who undertook to instruct the knight concerning his route to the castle?

1. the hermit of Blavet — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the knight of Kerglas — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. the miller — no support
4. the old hermit who lived in a cave beside the river Blavet — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 261, line 15: «At the end the king says "You shall have my daughter and my estate", so the boy becomes a king.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «boy» (-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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