Celtic Fairy Tales, The Winning of Olwen, part 1: a queen's grave, a forgetful king, and a prophecy about Olwen

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1337 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, so where'd they dump little Kilweh, innit?

1. Shipped off to some relative in the far hills and nobody's checked since — no support
2. Up in the mountains with a nurse — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Sent away to a far-off town — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Up in the mountains with a nurse, out of sight of the whole court — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 556, line 9: «Why: Oenone's "mindful only of her wrongs" makes her send Paris away, but her love wakes up, so she comes too late.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send away» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the queen was dying and made the king swear what, bruv?

1. Not to wed till a briar bloomed on her grave, and to watch it every morning — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Not to wed till a briar bloomed on her grave — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Not to wed until a briar with two blossoms grew on her grave, proper swear — score 2
4. Not to rule till the sky fell in — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1220, line 4: «The king praises Geirald, who swells with pride, and a feast is held where the queen watches.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «queen» (+2); the same action «watch» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, how long did the king actually keep that grave watch going?

1. A year, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Seven months, I reckon — no support
3. Seven years, proper — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Like three years, dunno — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1108, line 1: «The merchants make their nephew keep watch in a church where a Tsar's daughter's corpse rises from her coffin at night.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2); the same thing acted on «watch» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

So he sees this briar on the grave and goes, "Right, time I got wed," yeah?

1. Nah, he sits about for ages and then grabs the first woman he sees — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. He sends for a bride, dunno — no support
3. He calls for a wife, yeah — no support
4. He does, straight away — ✓ the right answer · 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 12, line 20: «The Cat asks "Did you say pig, or fig?", then vanishes slowly, "beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin"; before that Alice asks it not to…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who even told the new queen about the boy, like?

1. Her old nurse from home — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Some old woman she was visiting — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Some old lady at the market — score 3
4. Her servant — 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 1286, line 9: «Why the wife is unhappy at first: "we can find no work and have eaten nothing for two days", she tells the king.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same receiver «king» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Hang on, what's the whole prophecy, then?

1. Kilweh has to fight a king — no support
2. Kilweh must marry the girl — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Kilweh is meant to go on a long quest across the land and win Olwen — no support
4. Kilweh has to win Olwen — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1003, line 19: «The people cry, "Good soldier, you shall be our king, and you shall marry the beautiful princess."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Kilweh well chuffed when he heard it, or nah?

1. Sad, nah — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Dead chuffed and nervous — no support
3. Scared — no support
4. Proud and dead happy — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd he go red in the face when his dad asked him stuff?

1. He'd been told to do something by his nurse and forgot all about it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He'd lost his mate's sword — no support
3. His dad had just found out he'd been nicking off to the hills all day — no support
4. He'd forgotten something he was told to do — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

What'd his dad say about getting Olwen, then?

1. That's dead simple, bruv — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Sorted, easy peasy, once you've done all the tasks he sets you — no support
3. That's easily sorted, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. That's easily sorted if you do exactly what the giant asks, mate — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who's Arthur to Kilweh, like, is he family?

1. Nobody — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. His brother, yeah — no support
3. His cousin, yeah — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A mate — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Who's Olwen's dad, anyway, what's his name?

1. Yspaddaden Penkawr — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Some giant called Yspaddaden Penkawr, who lives up the hill — no support
3. The big giant bloke, Yspaddaden Penkawr, you don't wanna mess with him — no support
4. Ysbaddaden Penkaur — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what's "aileth" even mean, bruv?

1. Is wrong with — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Means is up — no support
3. Is wrong with you, like what's up, bruv — no support
4. Hurts — 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 ✗

Did the queen actually say she'd never get up again, like for real?

1. Yeah, she said she'd die soon — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, she said she'd never get up again, she was proper done in — score 4
3. Nah, she said she'd never stand again, she knew she was going to die — score 4
4. Never again shall I rise from this bed — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 1234, line 2: «His wife begs him to get up and go to the forest, but he will not move and says nothing will change his mind.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «wife» (+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 ✗

Identify the condition which the deceased queen imposed upon the king before he might lawfully take a second wife.

1. The king must not marry until a rose blooms on her grave — score 1
2. The king was to keep a watchman by her grave until a briar grew there with two blossoms and then ride past it at dawn to confirm — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. The king was to wait until a briar bore two blossoms upon her grave — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. The king was never to take another wife after she died in the cold — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1337, line 4: «Out hunting, he sees a briar with two blossoms on the grave, so he takes a new wife.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «king» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the period for which the king caused a man to attend the queen's grave each morning.

1. Seven years — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The king kept a man at the grave for seven years each morning — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Each morning for the full length of seven long years at the grave — no support
4. Seven months — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1337, line 11: «The king keeps a man at the grave "every morning" for seven years, but "at the end of seven years he forgot".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «grave» (+3); the same action «keep» (+1). Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Explain the manner in which the king came to discover the briar with two blossoms.

1. He saw it while riding past the grave when out hunting — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. He was told of it by the watchman who had stood by the grave for seven years and reported it at dawn — score -2
3. He spotted it while his men were searching the nearby woods — score 2
4. He noticed it while walking his dogs — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1332, line 1: «Bellah traps the sorceress in a pit and rolls a stone over it, then the fishes come to meet her.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «meet» (+2); the same doer «fishes» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Describe the prophecy which the new queen related to Kilweh regarding his future marriage.

1. Kilweh was to win Olwen, daughter of Yspaddaden Penkawr — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Kilweh was destined to travel far across the land and win Olwen, daughter of the giant Yspaddaden Penkawr, who guards her closely — no support
3. Kilweh was to win Olwen, the daughter of Yspaddaden Penkawr, after completing many impossible tasks set by her giant father — score 1
4. He would take Olwen to be his bride someday — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1337, line 14: «The prophecy: Kilweh is "to win for his wife Olwen the daughter of Yspaddaden Penkawr".», 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). Against it: the same property (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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