West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the three princes set out with the Thief of Sloan to reach the Knight's castle
Tests: 2 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1516 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 Queen really make her stepsons gamble their heads on cards?
- 1. Nah, mate, the lads cheated her back — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Yeah, mate, she was proper sly, sneaky and cruel about it all the time — score 1
- 3. Yeah, mate, she set them up good — score 4
- 4. Yeah, mate, she was proper sly about it — ✓ 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 261, line 2: «The little lad waits for it and hits its head with a bladder, so the dragon falls down dead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «head» (+3); the same doer «little lad» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, who's the hen-wife's mate who sends the Queen off?
- 1. Her proper mate, the old king who ruled the land for years — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. Nobody at all, she's just a proper old hen-wife who sends her off — score 1
- 3. Her cousin, a sly old crone, mate — no support
- 4. Nobody, she's a proper old hen-wife — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 669, line 4: «King Archidej runs out to meet her, leads her inside, and asks her to stay and reign as his queen; she agrees to marry him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «reign» (+1); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the youngest son actually win the last game?
- 1. Yeah, he beat her fair and square — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he beat her at cards, that's wicked and well proper cool — no support
- 3. Nah, she cheated him at the last, that's proper wicked innit — no support
- 4. Yeah, he beat her, that's wicked — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓
Why's the Queen so gutted at the end?
- 1. She wanted the lad in her power too — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. She wanted the youngest in her power too, and her plan failed badly — score 4
- 3. She wanted the youngest in trouble — score 4
- 4. Cos she wanted all three of the princes locked up in her power — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1450, line 18: «Old word: "Attired" means dressed. The Queen says she wants Felicia "attired as befits your rank," meaning dressed like a princess.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+2); the same doer «queen» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Is the Thief of Sloan a proper old geezer?
- 1. Nah, a proper nasty young thief — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, mate — no support
- 3. Yeah, a bit lame, but dead sound — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, just old — 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 ✗
What's the Steed of Bells' whole deal then?
- 1. A grey horse with silver hooves, dead fast — score -3
- 2. Sixty bells on a silk cover, mental loud and it rings all night long — no support
- 3. Sixty bells on a leather bridle, mental quick — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. Sixty bells on a silk cover, mental loud — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 236, line 12: «Who: a robber outside the window overhears Jan say the bag is "for Hereafterthis," and he comes back next day to take it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «bag» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
What happens to people the Knight catches?
- 1. They get burned up in a hot pit — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. They get boiled alive in a red-hot furnace in the Glen — score 4
- 3. They get boiled in a red-hot furnace — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. They end up roasted in a big pit — score 2
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 554, line 21: «Old word: To be "immolated" meant to be killed as a sacrifice, and today the word is used only for burning people as sacrifice.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «people» (+3); the same action «burn» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why does the youngest prince go on the trip?
- 1. He wasn't staying behind with his brothers while they went off and got all the glory — score 4
- 2. He just wanted to win the Queen's favour by going and bringing back the steed — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. He wanted a bit of adventure too — score 5
- 4. He wasn't staying behind with his brothers — ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1456, line 2: «At the mountain ash he speaks the magic words, and he becomes a prince again while the maiden is beautiful once more.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «magic words» (+3); the same doer «prince» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
How long has the Thief been chasing the steed?
- 1. Since he was young — no support
- 2. For seven long winters now — no support
- 3. Seven years, the whole time — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Seven years, the whole time, without ever catching him once — ← Mova's choice · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 967, line 2: «We learn that the real thief, Niels, has been caught, because Niels had killed Martin for money Martin only boasted about.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «catch» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
Why do they wait until it's dark?
- 1. Everyone's asleep, that's the only chance — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Everyone's asleep by then, that's the only real chance they've got — no support
- 3. Because at night everyone's asleep and the steed is easy to take then — no support
- 4. Everyone's out hunting, so it's easier — 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 ✗
Is the Queen's wish for the steed actually possible?
- 1. Yeah, the lads all did it fine — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, all who tried were done in — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, too hard — no support
- 4. Nah, some got it, mostly fine — 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 ✗
With reference to the passage, which command did the youngest prince place upon the Queen following his victory at cards?
- 1. That she stand on the tower — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. That she stand on the highest tower with sheaf corn and cold water — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. That she sit at the gate with sheaf corn and a sack of silver coins — no support
- 4. That she stand on the highest wall with cold water and bread for days — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1516, line 12: «The youngest son asks that the Queen stand on the highest tower with "nothing but sheaf corn" to eat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stand» (+2). Against it: the same place «highest tower» (-2). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
With reference to the passage, what did the Thief of Sloan state was the Knight's sole form of watch?
- 1. The walls and gates — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A hundred armed men and a deep moat — no support
- 3. The bells that ring at every single step — no support
- 4. The steed itself — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
With reference to the passage, what was the hen-wife's stated reason for the Queen's danger?
- 1. The sons were locked away from the court — no support
- 2. The King's sons were kept — no support
- 3. The King's sons were kept confined and might inherit — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. She had a rival in the youngest prince, who was ambitious — ← Mova's choice · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1483, line 2: «John shoots the chestnut horse so the King cannot ride into danger, and the other servants grumble about it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «king» (+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
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
With reference to the passage, what was the consequence for those captured by the Knight of the Glen?
- 1. They were sent to a cold dungeon in chains — no support
- 2. They were boiled in a red-hot fiery furnace — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 3. They were boiled in a red-hot fiery furnace that burned all night long — score -1
- 4. They were hanged from the walls at dawn — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1516, line 15: «The Knight of the Glen boils captured people "in a red-hot fiery furnace".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «boil» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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