Scottish Fairy Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the lady's wanderings and the Red Etin's beginning: the lady wins the knight back and the Red Etin's tale starts

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1502 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, did the lady's bull actually fight the devil, or is that just a wee story?

1. He fought the deil, aye — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. He didnae fight the deil — score 2
3. Naw, he never fought the deil, he just sat in the glen wi' the lady — no support
4. He fought the big laird, aye — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 10, line 16: «The Pigeon says "A likely story indeed!", which means: I don't believe you; it has seen many little girls, "but never one with such a neck as that!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «story» (+2); the same thing acted on «many little girls» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, what's the deal wi' the iron shoes?

1. She got them after seven years wi' the smith — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. She got them after nine years in the forge, gaun roon the mountain wi' the smith's loon — no support
3. She got them afore the smith's wife came — no support
4. He made them for a horse at the fair — 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 1462, line 13: «What he bought: a cat from a woman who said she was "a good mouser".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «woman» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Be honest, was the washerwife's daughter a proper wash-girl?

1. Naw, she couldnae get the stains oot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Aye, she washed them well — no support
3. Naw, she was a dirty lassie — no support
4. Naw, she was a lady frae the glen wha'd never wash a shirt in her life, honest — 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 ✗

Did the knight actually wake up for the damsel, or was he just a sleepy bam?

1. He never woke — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He woke up when he heard her — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Naw, he slept on — no support
4. He woke when she sang — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Pal, how did the damsel get the knight's attention?

1. She sent a letter to his castle each morning with a bird and a message — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She tapped the window and whistled — no support
3. She sang him her song every night — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She woke him wi' a jug o' water — 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 ✗

Gonnae tell me, what was in the apple that she broke?

1. Dust an' stones, nae bother — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Gold and jewels, pure mental, and a wee key tae a locked door in the glen — no support
3. Gold and jewels richer than the knight's whole castle and aw his lands — no support
4. Gold and jewels, pure mental — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the lady's pal, the bull, look after her all the way?

1. Naw, he left her at the first castle and went hame tae his mither — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Aye, he carried her everywhere — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Aye, he walked beside her aw — no support
4. Naw, he ran away fae her — 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 ✗

How long did she have to wait on the stone, dead long?

1. Till she grew tired of it — no support
2. Till she had waited seven years and seven more on that cold stone by the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Till she was sick of waiting and the stone had worn a hole in her shoe — score 4
4. Till she was sick of waiting — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1502, line 2: «In a dark glen the bull goes to fight the devil, and she waits on a stone until everything turns blue.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «stone» (+5); the same action «wait» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Whit did the old wife give the knight tae make him sleep?

1. A sleeping drink mixed wi' herbs and the grease fae the pot — no support
2. A bitter herb brew — no support
3. A hot dram o' whisky — no support
4. A sleeping drink — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 238, line 20: «The trick: the old wife gives the knight a sleeping drink, so he "never wakened till next morning" on the first two nights.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «sleeping drink» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the lady mental for crossing her foot ower the other?

1. Aye, she was — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Naw, she was sad — no support
3. Aye, she was that happy — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Naw, she was that cross — 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 ✗

Whit's a bairn doing in the Red Etin tale, just wondering?

1. Two widows, a cake, and a bairn wha's aw fingers were bruised — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A knight and a stone — no support
3. Two dogs and a ring — no support
4. Two widows and a cake — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · right ✓

Who got the cake, and wis it big or wee?

1. The eldest son, a wee cake — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. The mither — no support
3. The second son, a big pie — score -1
4. The youngest son was given the big cake by the widow in the kitchen — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1183, line 10: «Why: Ardan takes the big cake without his mother's blessing because he says "what good would my mother's blessing do for me if I was dying of hunger?"», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «ardan» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Wis there any curse, or was it just sweet?

1. The mither gave a curse wi' the cake — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The widow gave a kiss wi' the bread — no support
3. The bairn gave a laugh at the cake — no support
4. The mither gave a curse wi' the cake and the bairns turned tae stane — 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 ✗

Which of the following describes the lady's use of the three gifts in the washerwife's house?

1. She broke each of the three gifts to obtain jewels, which she used to purchase nights with the knight while he slept under the drug — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. She broke each gift to obtain jewels, which she used to purchase nights with the knight — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Having broken each gift, she bartered the jewels for nights with the knight and later married him in the castle at dawn — score 0
4. She cracked every gift to gain treasure, then traded jewels for the knight's favour — score -2

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 626, line 20: «Old word: "annas" were small Indian coins, sixteen annas to a rupee, and they are no longer used.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «use» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately states the condition under which the Black Bull's companion could be identified as victorious?

1. All around her must turn green and white — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Everything surrounding her must turn blue, and the bull must be seen to have fought the devil in the glen — no support
3. Everything surrounding her must turn blue — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Everything surrounding her must turn blue before the seventh night falls upon the castle wall at dusk — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 825, line 7: «What it wants: to be "tall like its companions--the pines and firs which grew around it".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «grow» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best explains why the knight pretended to drink the second sleeping-drink?

1. He wished to keep his wealth from the damsel — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. He wished to remain awake and hear the damsel's singing — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. He feared the drink was poisoned by the wife — score 1
4. He wanted to sleep — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1449, line 19: «Old word: "bethought herself" means remembered; today we would say "thought of".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following correctly identifies the beginning of the subsequent tale in this part?

1. The Red Etin, concerning two widows who lived on rented ground — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The Iron Smith, concerning a lady who lived in a glen — score -3
3. The Red Etin, concerning two widows who lived on rented ground and a bairn who baked a cake with a curse inside it for the eldest son — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. The Red Etin, concerning three brothers and their gifts from the glen, and a lady who lived across the sea with her bull and the devil — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1134, line 18: «A kazka is a Cossack word for a tale, and "wouldn't budge" means "would not move even an inch."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same thing acted on «cossack word» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). 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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