Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 46: Peronnik saves Nantes with the magic bowl, then a king's son wins a bundle and a giant's bargain

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 16 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1321 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 ✓

Mate, what's a "ben" even mean, is it like a dug?

1. A river — no support
2. A high hill or mountain top — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. A deep valley by the sea — no support
4. A hill — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1321, line 16: «Old word: a "ben" is a high hill or mountain peak, and a "glen" is a narrow valley; both are Scottish words.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «high hill» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so the bowl brings people back, like full reboot?

1. Yeah, it makes them fight again — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. No way, it's just a bowl, it wakes up nobody at all, mate — score 3
3. Yeah, it wakes the dead soldier up — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, it wakes the dead soldier up and sends him straight back to the battle — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1321, line 7: «What: He touches a soldier with the magic lance and the man falls dead, then the golden bowl makes him sit up again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same doer «golden bowl» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Was Peronnik actually thick or just pure chancing it?

1. He was called an idiot but he was clever — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. He pretended to be simple but he was sharp — no support
3. He was actually a complete fool who only got lucky by accident in the end — score 3
4. Thick as a brick, but he got lucky every time he tried anything at all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1320, line 6: «WHO: Peronnik, a young man whom everyone thinks is an idiot, but who is clever and brave.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «peronnik» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd the snake nearly chokey the raven, was it hangry?

1. It was trying to strangle him — ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. Because the snake wanted to coil around the raven and drag him down to its den under the earth — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. It wanted to eat the raven — no support
4. It was trying to strangle him because the raven had stolen its eggs from the nest — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 375, line 11: «Why: the Snakes wanted the Porcupine gone because "his sharp quills pricked them at every turn."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+2). Against it: the same doer «snakes» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, how far did they fly, like Glasgow to Edinburgh?

1. Over seven bens and seven glens — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Across seven seas and seven mountains to a land across the ocean — no support
3. Over the whole of Scotland from the west coast to the east coast and back — no support
4. Over five lochs and some rivers — 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 ✗

Was the bundle actually a whole castle, or was it a bit of a bluff?

1. A full castle with towers, gardens and a great orchard surrounded by walls — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Nothing but a tiny model castle with a painted orchard on the lid of the bundle — no support
3. A small wooden chest of gold — no support
4. A castle with an orchard inside — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1002, line 14: «In the town people tell him about the princess who lives in "a large copper castle, surrounded by walls and towers."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «surround» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Why did the king's son wish he hadn't opened the bundle early?

1. The castle had vanished into the mist — no support
2. The giant had come to claim his prize early — no support
3. It was too early — no support
4. The castle was in the middle of the forest — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1294, line 9: «what: The eldest prince is sent to fetch the bridegroom, but he is so proud that he "did not like doing this."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same circumstance (-1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the giant want a grown man or a wee boy, naw?

1. The first girl born at seven — score 1
2. The first boy when he is seven — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. A boy of seven years old — score 3
4. The first boy the king's son has when he turns seven years of age — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1191, line 5: «The drowned man becomes a plank, then a baby who grows into a man, and he lures his own son up a magic tree to a maize land.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grow» (+3); the same doer «baby» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the queen just swapped the kids, sneaky move, right?

1. She swapped them — score 1
2. She dressed the cook's son as the prince — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. She hid the real prince away — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. She put the prince in the kitchen — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1159, line 3: «Iarlaid's queen hides Manus on a sunny hilltop, then locks him in a tower for a whole year.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+3); the same doer «queen» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Who did the giant reckon the boy was, when he got the stick answer?

1. The cook's son — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. The prince — score 2
3. The king's own son — score 2
4. Bryak — no support

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 1276, line 10: «Why: he is "a clever boy", and she wants him to get an education.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same doer «ireland» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «clever boy» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the giant threaten if they tried to trick him again?

1. The lowest stone would be the highest — no support
2. The highest stone would be the lowest — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He would crush the castle walls — no support
4. He would take the castle and all their children and bury them under the hill — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1237, line 5: «The fox tricks the giants with a dance, carries the princess out, and at dawn turns the giants to stone.», 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). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the king tell the giant to let his mum do first?

1. Sew the boy a coat — no support
2. Wash the children in order — no support
3. Put the boy in order — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Dress him — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 693, line 3: «Soon after he dies, the queen marries a cruel noble who starves the boy and dresses him in rags.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «king» (+2). Against it: the same action «dress» (-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 13 · ★ · right ✓

Did the battle of birds actually happen, or was it all a made up pile of rubbish?

1. It was a story told as a tale — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Yes, it happened — no support
3. It was a real battle fought — score 1
4. It was a poem sung by bards — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1236, line 4: «The king orders the boy to find the golden hen or lose his head, so the boy packs a bag and sets off.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «order» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which siege is described in the first part of this passage, and what remedy does the protagonist employ to restore the fallen soldier?

1. The French siege, revived with a magic bowl — no support
2. The siege of Nantes by the French, with the fallen soldier revived through the magic bowl's power — no support
3. The siege of Nantes, in which the protagonist revived the soldier using a golden bowl and a lance — ← Mova's choice · score -3
4. The siege of Nantes, restored by the golden bowl — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 78, line 13: «Parts of this story use old words and ideas about people that are racist and wrong; we do not repeat them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «old words» (-2). 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 ✗

What condition does the giant impose upon the king's son in exchange for the return of the castle to the bundle?

1. The eldest son of the giant at ten — score 1
2. A grown man's life after one year — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. His firstborn son — score 1
4. The first boy born to him at age seven — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1237, line 14: «How: the giants turn to pillars of stone when they look at the princess, because the sun rises at dawn.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «giants» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what stratagem does the queen contrive to deceive the giant regarding the identity of the boy presented to him?

1. She conceals the prince in the kitchen and dresses the cook's son in the prince's finest clothes — score 1
2. She dresses the cook's son in the prince's clothes and presents him as the king's heir — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. She dresses the cook's son in the prince's clothes — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. She hides the prince in the kitchen below — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1238, line 14: «What the princess answers: she would have "no husband but the boy," and she says she will marry him "to-morrow."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same thing acted on «boy» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which two tales are conjoined in this passage, and in which respect does the second tale depart from the first?

1. Peronnik the Fool and The Battle of the Birds, which opens with a fantastical animal narrative — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Peronnik the Fool and The Battle of the Birds, followed by a tale of a giant and a bargain for a child — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. The Giant's Castle, which begins with a warrior's siege — score -4
4. Peronnik the Fool and the Golden Bowl, which opens with a siege of a city — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1316, line 6: «Who: a Breton soldier tells the tale to Kenneth and Effie, two Scotch children found in Russia.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same thing acted on «tale» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). 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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