Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lady of the Fountain, part 49: Kynon meets the black giant and the fountain storm

Tests: 6 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1324 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 ✗

Yo, who got his memory back after them pigeons went on?

1. Kynon — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. The king's son — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. The black man — score 2
4. The lad wot had the pigeons — 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 1324, line 1: «The part starts by finishing the pigeon tale: the king's son gets his memory back and he and his wife marry again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «memory» (+3). Against it: the same doer «son» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit, where's Arthur chillin' in the hall?

1. On a bench of wood by the big fire — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. On a stone seat — no support
3. On them green rushes by the fire — no support
4. On green rushes — ✓ the right answer · 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bare proper, what colour's the silk over his seat?

1. Emerald green — score 2
2. Flame-coloured — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Red — no support
4. Gold — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 699, line 17: «Old word: "stuff" meant cloth or fabric, so "the stuff" in this part is the silk; today we say material or fabric.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «silk» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, who went to the kitchen for the grub and drink?

1. Kai — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Bo — no support
3. Ay — no support
4. Bors — 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 ✓

Dead gutted, why did Arthur wanna kip?

1. Tired — no support
2. He was weary — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. He was hungry — score -1
4. Sleepy — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1324, line 9: «Why: Arthur wants to sleep because he is "weary", so he tells his knights to tell each other tales.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «arthur» (+1). Against it: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sick, which knight was the oldest one?

1. Bors — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Cei — no support
3. Owain — no support
4. Kynon — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · right ✓

Allow it, why'd Kynon leave his mum and dad?

1. For gold — no support
2. To see the world — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. To fight the king — score 2
4. To win a wife — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 695, line 4: «The king punishes the two jealous soldiers, but the second tale starts with an old man's eldest son going out to see the world.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+3); the same doer «eldest son» (+1); the same thing acted on «world» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what did Kynon reckon about big deeds?

1. None was too mighty — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Each was too hard — no support
3. He reckoned no deed was too mighty for him — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Deeds were way too small — score -5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1324, line 11: «Why: Kynon leaves home because he thought "no deed in all the world was too mighty for me".», 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 «deed» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Peng, what were them arrows made of?

1. Wood of the yew — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Bones of the stag — no support
3. Bones of the whale — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Oak wood — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Real talk, how many fit birds were in the window?

1. Three and twenty — score 5
2. Four and twenty fit birds in silk — score 7
3. Twelve — score 4
4. Four and twenty — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 11, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 595, line 12: «The tooth had "fo'-prong" roots, four points, which is why it was hard to pull.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+6); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same doer «four points» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Wagwan, who took Kynon's horse off him?

1. Some of the damsels — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Two of the knights — score 6
3. Guenevere and all her maidens — score 6
4. Some of the king's steward's men — 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 1319, line 19: «Old word: "halter" means a rope head-collar for leading a horse, and people still use halters today.», 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 «horse» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what was the dinner served on?

1. A golden table set with silver dishes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A board of oak — no support
3. A long table of polished silver — no support
4. A table of silver — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · right ✓

Fam, what was the big mad bloke's foot count?

1. Only one foot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Both feet — no support
3. Iron feet — no support
4. He only has the one foot, innit — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, what did the black man's stag do when whacked?

1. It ran off — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. It fell — score 1
3. It fled the wood — no support
4. It brayed loudly — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 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 1301, line 9: «Why: The pony falls behind the cavalry, so Moti loses his temper and whacks it, and the pony "completely lost his temper and bolted".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon what seat did the sovereign, King Arthur, recline within the great hall at Caerleon?

1. The floor — no support
2. A carved high seat of oak beside the hearth — no support
3. A bench by the hearth — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. A seat of green rushes — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 1321, line 17: «Old word: "famine" means a time when there is almost no food, so people starve; today we usually say "hunger" or "food shortage."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the number of damsels observed by Kynon at the window of the castle?

1. Seven — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Twelve — no support
3. Thirty and four — no support
4. Four and twenty — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

By what means did the black guardian of the wood announce his power over the beasts?

1. By hurling his iron club at the stag's head — no support
2. By raising his iron club — no support
3. By blowing a horn that echoed through the wood — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. By striking a stag on the head — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 241, line 20: «Old word: "virtue" in "By virtue of my three feathers" means power or strength, while today it mostly means goodness.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «old word» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did Kynon employ to summon the thunder at the fountain beneath the tree?

1. A carved ivory horn filled with water — no support
2. A golden cup — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. A silver bowl — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. A great silver bowl filled with water — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 798, line 15: «Why the earwig mothers talk so much: each thinks her own child is the best, and one says "Our dear son has engaged himself."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «engage» (+2); the same doer «dear son» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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