Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 50: Owen beats the black knight and gets trapped in a drawbridge
Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1325 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 ✗
Mate, did Owen actually win the fight or what?
- 1. Nah, he just missed and fell off his horse — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he hit the shield and the knight fled — no support
- 3. Yeah, he whacked the helmet and split his skull right down the middle of the fight — no support
- 4. Yeah, he whacked the helmet and split his skull — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, why did Owen's horse get stuck, innit?
- 1. The drawbridge came up in the middle of it and trapped him there all night — score -1
- 2. The drawbridge came up in the middle of it — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 3. The bridge dropped on the horse's leg — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. The drawbridge came up in the middle of it, so the castle men could rush him — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 181, line 18: «Old word: "becalmed" means stuck still on the water with no wind to move the ship, a danger for sailors long ago.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
How did the maiden hide Owen, like proper magic?
- 1. A ring with a stone that keeps him hidden, and she whispered the charm in Welsh — score 2
- 2. A ring with a stone that keeps him hidden from everyone in the hall — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. A stone in a gold ring hides him fully — score 1
- 4. A ring with a stone that keeps him hidden — ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 706, line 13: «The maiden gives Peter a ring, and it is "really a magic ring, but neither Peter nor the maiden knew that."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «maiden» (+1); the same thing acted on «ring» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the countess gutted when her hubby died?
- 1. Yeah, she was dead gutted, right — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, she was well chuffed about it — no support
- 3. Nope, she laughed — no support
- 4. Yeah, she was dead upset about it — ✓ 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 ✓
Owen fancied her straight away, right?
- 1. Yeah, he loved her on sight — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. Yeah, he fancied her the moment he laid eyes on her face — score 3
- 3. Yeah, he loved her on sight and asked her to marry him that night — score 4
- 4. Yeah, he wanted to fight her — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1325, line 15: «Love: when Owen sees the countess, he "looked on her and loved her" at once.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «love» (+3); the same doer «owen» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
Luned fibbed about going to Arthur's court, yeah?
- 1. Yeah, she hid somewhere for ages and came back with a knight in tow — score 3
- 2. Nah, she went straight to court — no support
- 3. Yeah, she hid in the woods — score 3
- 4. Yeah, she hid somewhere for ages — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 1325, line 16: «Luned: she is the countess's maiden, and she goes to Arthur's court for a champion, though she secretly hides instead.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «luned» (+2); the same action «hide» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
What was the countess's big ultimatum, like?
- 1. Marry one of us or pick a steward — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Wed one of us or choose a lord — no support
- 3. Leave the castle — no support
- 4. Marry one of us or pick a new lord — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · right ✓
Was Owen proper dressed up for the meeting?
- 1. Yeah, mail coat, mantle and gold clasps — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, helmet and gold spurs too — no support
- 3. Yeah, mail coat, mantle and gold clasps, plus his dead lord's sword — no support
- 4. Yeah, mail coat, mantle and gold clasps, and a shiny silver helmet — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Did the countess reckon Owen was a random traveller?
- 1. Nah, she said he looked like a knight — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, she thought he was a beggar — no support
- 3. Nah, she thought he was a squire — no support
- 4. Yeah, a peasant — 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 ✓
Did Kai say he'd go check the place himself?
- 1. Nah, he said Owen talks big but never does, so the queen should let him go — score 3
- 2. Nah, he said Owen acts boldly but lies — score 3
- 3. Nah, he said Owen talks big but never does — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. Nah, he said Owen talks big but never does, and he sneered at the queen — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1325, line 8: «Why: Owen wants to find the place himself, because Kai has said he would not dare.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «kai» (+2); the same action «say» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why did the queen say Kai should get hanged?
- 1. He stole — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He was rude to Owen — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He lied — no support
- 4. He insulted the knight — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
What was Owen's bed like, like a proper luxury one?
- 1. a wooden frame with a pillow — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a bed of silk with a quilt — no support
- 3. a soft bed with scarlet and fur — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a hard bench — 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 ✗
Where was the funeral procession heading?
- 1. to the old chapel — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. to the hall — no support
- 3. to the castle gate — no support
- 4. to the church — ✓ 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which action did Owen perform upon the knight immediately before the knight's flight?
- 1. He delivered a blow that pierced the knight's skull before the drawbridge rose — no support
- 2. He delivered a blow that pierced the knight's skull — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He delivered a blow that pierced the knight's skull and split his helmet in two — score 1
- 4. He struck the knight's helmet and fell back — ← Mova's choice · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1325, line 13: «The ring: it hides the wearer "as long as thou dost conceal it", so Owen can move unseen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «owen» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Why was Owen unable to dismount when the drawbridge descended?
- 1. The bridge rose beneath his saddle — no support
- 2. His horse was caught midway and held fast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. His horse was caught midway and held fast by the rising chains of the bridge — score 2
- 4. His horse was caught midway and held fast while the guards shouted from the wall above — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1325, line 3: «The knight dashes over the bridge, the drawbridge snaps up, and Owen's horse is caught in the middle.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «catch» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
What condition did the countess impose upon her subjects regarding her lands?
- 1. That they must wed the countess herself — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. That they choose either a husband or a lord — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. That they choose either a husband or a lord from among the strangers at the gate — no support
- 4. That they choose either a husband or a lord and swear loyalty before the altar — 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 ruse did Luned employ in order to obtain a champion for the countess?
- 1. She pretended to visit the chapel — no support
- 2. She feigned a journey to Arthur's court and hid in the woods for hours — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. She pretended a stay at the abbey — no support
- 4. She feigned a journey to Arthur's court — ✓ 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 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1325, line 16: «Luned: she is the countess's maiden, and she goes to Arthur's court for a champion, though she secretly hides instead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «luned» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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