More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Believing Husbands: three silly husbands are tricked by clever wives, and one of them runs naked to a burial

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1334 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 the first wife really tell her hubby he was brown bread?

1. Nah, she said he was sick. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Yeah, she said he was dead and he just lay there like a stiff — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Yeah, she told him he was ill, and he just went to bed. — score 3
4. Nah, she said he was fine and he just got up and left. — score 3

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 1311, line 5: «Her husband recognises her, she tells how her brother lied, and she asks that he be sent out of the town.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+2); the same action «tell» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so the second wife just said he's not her husband, proper?

1. Yeah, proper, she goes "you are not my husband" and then he's gutted and goes off to sleep in the wood by the moor. — score 5
2. Yeah, she goes "you are not my husband" and he's totally gutted, so he just sleeps in the wood all night. — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Yeah, she goes "you are not my husband" and he's gutted, sleeps in the wood — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Yeah, she goes "you're not my man" and he's chill, sleeps in the barn. — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1334, line 16: «The second wife tells her husband, "You are not my husband!", so he goes away and sleeps in the wood.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+3); the same place «wood» (+2); the same doer «husband» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, the third one ran out in his pants at a funeral, right?

1. Yeah, in his nightshirt, right, and the mourners all legged it, proper bolted off down the hill. — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, in his nightshirt, and the mourners did one, proper bolted, leaving the coffin and the bishop behind. — no support
3. Nah, in his coat, and the priest sat down, mate. — no support
4. Yeah, in his nightshirt, and the mourners did one, proper bolted — ✓ 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 ✗

Was the ring thing just a laugh or was it for real, like?

1. Just a laugh at first, but the wife who tricked her husband best got the gold ring for real in the end. — no support
2. It was for real, the one who fooled hubby best. — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. It was for real, the wife who tricked her husband best got the ring — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It was for real, the wife who tricked her husband best got the ring, and the others got nothing at all. — 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 638, line 11: «Why the people grow uneasy: the dragon's "laugh was not a merry one," and his cracking tail "got on people's nerves."», 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) (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Did the young fella chat with the spinning women or what?

1. Yeah, he went right up to them and asked them if the town was a good place to live, proper. — score 2
2. Yeah, he asked them about the town and that. — score 2
3. Yeah, he asked them if the town was a good place to live — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Nah, he asked them where the ring was kept. — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 450, line 7: «What: he asks her for a cord, and it is she who is tied up, not the one who forges an eye.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same receiver «woman» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd the old mum and dad end up crying in the stable, then?

1. Cos the girl was sobbing in the stable, thinking the saddle was going to drop on her and finish her off. — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Cos the girl was scared of the mare in the stable. — no support
3. Cos the girl was scared the saddle would fall on her and do her in — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Cos the girl was sat there scared the saddle would fall on her and do her in, the daft thing. — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1142, line 5: «The knight's daughters sail away and forget Ian, who is left alone, so the raven helps him through a stable, a witch, and a journey to the island of Big Women.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, the peats, what are they even for, proper?

1. To keep you warm with fires in winter, you get them off the moor — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. For fires to cook your tea, you dig them on the moor. — score 0
3. To keep you warm with fires in winter, and you dig them up off the moor in summer. — score 4
4. Fuel, basically, to keep you warm with fires in the winter, and you get them from the moor all family together. — score 0

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 1334, line 10: «The family goes out to the moor to cut peats, because they "must cut the peats and pile them up to dry, so that they might have fires in the winter".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Was the young one's wife, like, bawling as well, or just the old lot?

1. She was bawling too, sat right under the saddle with the rest of them, proper gutted. — score 1
2. Nah, she was sat by the fire and didn't cry at all. — no support
3. She was bawling too, sat right under the saddle with the rest — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. Nah, she was quiet, sat by the door. — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1080, line 2: «She sends her sister Anne up the tower to watch for her brothers while Blue Beard bellows for her to come down.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bellow» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Did Manawyddan get his wife back or nah?

1. Yeah, the bishop made her a fair young woman again, like proper, and they went home together. — score 0
2. Yeah, the bishop turned her into a fair maid. — score 4
3. Yeah, the bishop turned her into a fair young woman, like proper — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Yeah, the bishop turned her into a fair young woman, like proper, and she got her husband back in the end. — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1334, line 1: «Manawyddan at last gets back Pryderi and Rhiannon, the bishop turns his wife into a fair young woman, and the land is green again.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «turn» (+2); the same doer «bishop» (+1); the same thing acted on «wife» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

The bishop's spell, what was it on Rhiannon, then?

1. She had to wear his bells round her neck. — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She had to carry his bags on her back. — no support
3. She wore a collar. — no support
4. She had to wear the collars of his asses round her neck — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Cheers for the story, but did the first husband, like, actually die?

1. Yeah, he was buried proper, bruv. — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, he stayed in the coffin, mate. — no support
3. Yeah, he died, mate. — no support
4. Nah, he got up out the coffin and followed them 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the third wife persuade her husband that his garments were upon his person?

1. She assured him, with calm and stated conviction, that his clothing was on his head. — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. She explained to him, with patient and deliberate conviction, that his garments were quite plainly upon his person and back. — no support
3. She assured him, with calm and stated conviction and a straight face, that his clothing was upon his back at all times. — score 4
4. She assured him, with calm and stated conviction, that his clothing was upon his back. — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1334, line 16: «The second wife tells her husband, "You are not my husband!", so he goes away and sleeps in the wood.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same receiver «husband» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what end did the spinning women offer a gold ring, and by what criterion was it to be awarded?

1. It was offered to the wife who could make her husband believe the most useful thing. — score -4
2. It was offered to the wife who could make her husband believe the most impossible thing. — ✓ the right answer · score -4
3. It was offered to the wife who could persuade her husband of the most impossible thing, judged by the spinning women in the cottage. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. It was offered to whichever wife could make her husband believe the most impossible thing of all, as judged by the women. — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1280, line 10: «The old woman says "I know all that has happened to you", which shows she knows secret things about him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «secret things» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Upon what grounds did the young husband declare that his wife had no cause for alarm?

1. He pointed out the saddle had not fallen on her. — score 1
2. He observed that the saddle had been mended, so she was safe. — no support
3. He observed that the pack-saddle had not, in fact, fallen upon her at all, and that the mare was perfectly safe in the stable. — score 2
4. He observed that the pack-saddle had not, in fact, fallen upon her. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 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 1333, line 17: «The reveal: the bishop says the mouse is his wife, who came "to despoil thee", meaning to rob him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «wife» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the three husbands proved the most credulous, and in what respect is this established by the text?

1. The man in the coffin, for he was dead. — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. The man in the coffin, for he was sillier than the other two. — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. The third husband, for he was the silliest of all. — score -3
4. The man in the coffin, for he let himself be laid out and buried without any protest at all, as the text says. — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1135, line 19: «fact: "Greater" is a name that a hero in old tales wins by proving his strength.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «hero» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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