Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest brother gets a magic wand, beats the Etin and frees the king's daughter

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1503 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 · ★ · right ✓

Ye ken the knife thing, so whit did the big brither say it would show?

1. If the owner was still well and safe at home — score 7
2. If the owner was still well — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. If the owner was still well, or had fallen sick in the far glen — score 2
4. Whether the man was still alive — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1503, line 7: «What: his elder brother gives him a knife and says it "should be clear" while the owner is well, but if it grows "dim and rusty" some ill has befallen him.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «owner» (+3); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Right, mate, how come the wee lad's can was leaking, but he still got a big cake?

1. He patched it wi' clay — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He patched the hole wi' wet clay fae the burn — no support
3. He mended it wi' tar — no support
4. He patched it wi' clay and then drank the water — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1127, line 19: «fact: Old word: "Tsarevich" means a tsar's son, or prince, and "thou" and "thy" are old words for "you" and "your."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «old words» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the old wife in the castle no' help the lad, aye or naw?

1. Naw, she turned him in — no support
2. Aye, she helped him oot — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. She hid him in a hidy-hole — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Aye, she hid him — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 732, line 6: «WHO: The carter is the cruel hero who hurts the bird, and his wife helps him, but she kills him by mistake.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wife» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Whit were the beasts like, pal, when the wee lad walked past them?

1. Two heads and four horns each — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Two heids each — no support
3. Two heids an' four horns — no support
4. Big and green — 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 ✗

Whit did the auld fairy wifie gie him, mate, when he shared his bannock?

1. A magic wand that could kill beasts — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A wand wi' a magic bit on the end — no support
3. A magical wand — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A magic 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

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Whit did the Etin do tae the first lad, hen, when he couldnae answer?

1. Killed him — no support
2. Locked him in a dungeon — no support
3. Turned him tae dust — no support
4. Turned him intae stane — ← 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 1503, line 16: «The first lad could not answer the question "Whether Ireland or Scotland was first inhabited?", so the Etin turned him into "a pillar of stone".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «etin» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

How mony questions did the Etin ask, eh, and was it mental or no'?

1. Five questions — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Two, pal — score 2
3. Three questions — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Three riddles — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1255, line 19: «The governor is "a little astonished", but he obeys because he "knew how to obey orders" and the letter says "ask no questions".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «questions» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Whit did the lad use tae chop aff the Etin's heads, dude?

1. A saw — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. An axe — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A rock — no support
4. A pin — 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 ✗

Whose daughter got rescued, bairn, the King o' Scotland's or the King o' Ireland's?

1. King Robert's wife — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. King Malcolm's daughter — ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. The king's — score 10
4. The King o' Ireland's — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 729, line 5: «The robbers never return, the animals stay in the house, and the old dog Sultan is saved from being shot when he rescues a child.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «rescue» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «child» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 2, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who gave the lad the knife, pal, the big brither or the maw?

1. The big brither an' the maw thegither — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. His big brither — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. His wee brither — score 0
4. His big brither, the eldest o' the three — score 0

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 654, line 16: «The Prince never pays the farmers for the crops his pack ruins in the fields.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pay» (+2); the same thing acted on «farmers» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Whit did the Etin's cry mean, Jenny, when it said it smelt an earthly man?

1. It could smell a living human being nearby — no support
2. It could smell a real living human in the room with it — no support
3. It smelt a dead auld man — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. It could smell a living human — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1352, line 19: «old word: a "vassal" was a man sworn to serve a lord; "dais" means a raised platform, like a stage for the Emperor.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); the same thing acted on «man» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Whit did the youngest brither pick, son, the hale cake wi' the curse or the half wi' the blessing?

1. The whole wi' the curse — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The half wi' the blessing — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The half wi' the blessing an' the stale bread — no support
4. The hale cake wi' the curse on it, as well — 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 13 · ★ · right ✓

Did the lad run away fae the beasts, Jamie, or walk right through them, eh?

1. He stopped, turned, and walked right through them all — score -1
2. He walked right through them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. He crept round them quietly — no support
4. He walked right through the middle o' them — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 419, line 1: «Marko the Rich is so stingy that he walks right past a begging old man without giving him anything.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

In what manner did the youngest son obtain the instrument by which he subdued the beasts?

1. He was given a wand by the old raven — score -3
2. He stole a sceptre from the Etin's hall — no support
3. A wand fae fairy — score -4
4. He received a magical wand from the fairy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1490, line 1: «A man with a meadow on a mountainside keeps finding his hay eaten flat every St. John's eve.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3); the same circumstance (-4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the nature of the three questions posed by the monster?

1. They concerned the origin of nations, mankind, and the beasts of the earth — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They concerned the origin of the sea and stars — no support
3. They concerned the origin of nations and of mankind — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. They concerned the origin of all nations and of mankind, as well as the monster's own birth — 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 ✗

What was the outcome of the young man's correct answers to the monster's inquiries?

1. The beast's strength was then reduced — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The monster grew weaker by much — no support
3. The monster's power was diminished and it fled in terror across the hills — no support
4. The monster's power was thereby diminished — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did the elder brother entrust to the youngest, and for what purpose was it intended?

1. A knife, to indicate to the youngest whether the owner of it remained in good health and safe — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A knife, to indicate whether the owner remained well — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A knife, to show if the owner was alive — no support
4. A knife, to tell whether the owner stayed well and safe — 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

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