Celtic Fairy Tales, The Irishman and the Blue Mountains, part 60: the Irishman learns from an Eagle where the Princess is

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1736 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 ✗

Dude, did the lad really pin his master's coat or was that just a dream?

1. Nah, it was a dream, but the pin was real, proper weird, the whole thing was mental — no support
2. Yeah, he pinned it twice, proper sneaky, and the master never noticed a thing till morning — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Yeah, he pinned it twice, proper sneaky — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, he only pinned it once, innit — 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 466, line 6: «Who: Vanya, the youngest of three brothers, who was "like a half-grown lad or a half-fledged duckling".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «three brothers» (+1); the same thing acted on «three brothers» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so the Irishman got the sword, right? Was it a gift or what?

1. Yeah, from the King, with his approval — no support
2. Yeah, from the Princess, with her blessing — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, from the Princess, with her blessing and a promise to meet him again — no support
4. Yeah, from the Princess, who gave it with her blessing and a long speech about the Blue Mountains — ← 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 1735, line 3: «For two nights the Irishman is beaten by unseen men, but he stays, and on the third morning the Princess finds him nearly dead and revives him with the bottle.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «irishman» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, how long did he search before he nearly topped himself?

1. Three years, bruv, through forests and wilds and deserts, and he nearly gave up — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Three years, bruv, through forests and wilds — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Two years, bruv, through rain and mud — no support
4. Three years, mate, over hills and rivers — 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 old man proper ancient or just a bit old?

1. Two hundred years old, mental — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Around a hundred, dead old — score 1
3. Ancient, mate — no support
4. Three hundred years old, mental — ✓ the right answer · score 4

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 1735, line 18: «Old word: "the cock crew" means the rooster crowed, which in old tales is how the magic ends at dawn, and "cock" here means rooster.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «old word» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

How far was the old man's brother, was it miles or like just round the corner?

1. Eight hundred miles, dead far — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. Round the corner — no support
3. Nine miles, near — score 9
4. Nine hundred miles, dead far — ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1078, line 9: «Where: the girl must draw water "above a mile and a half off the house" twice a day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+5); the same circumstance (+4). The right option, 4, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the whistle thing actually get him there or did he walk it?

1. The whistle got him there, sick, walked nowhere — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The whistle got him there before nightfall, sick, though he was knackered after the trip — no support
3. The whistle got him there before nightfall, sick — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, the whistle did it, proper sick — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Did the books have the Blue Mountains in them, or nah?

1. Nope, not a word about them, and he looked through every single page twice over — no support
2. Yeah, loads of pages on them — no support
3. Nope, just a few lines, no map — no support
4. Nope, not a word, couldn't find them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1664, line 19: «Old word: a "psalm-book" is a book of hymns used in church; we would say a hymn book.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «psalm book» (+1); the same thing acted on «book» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

What was the bird-master's big trick?

1. He sang a song — no support
2. He blew his whistle and all the birds came — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. He waved a flag and they came — no support
4. He clapped and all the birds flew — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1123, line 11: «The Prince tricks the Dragon with the words "Come forth, and I'll give thee both at once!"», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+2). Against it: the same doer «words» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

So which bird was late, and what was its excuse?

1. The big Eagle, said it came way further, from over the mountains and across the sea — score 0
2. The big Eagle, said it came way further — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. The little wren, said it was tired — no support
4. The big Eagle, said it came way further than anyone and had to rest on the way — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 773, line 16: «The king makes excuses and asks for a man who "could drink a cellarful of wine."», 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 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

How far did the Eagle fly, like proper far or just a bit?

1. Like twenty times, proper mad — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. Around twenty times, mental — score 9
3. Twice, dead — score 5
4. More than twenty times further, mad — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1296, line 1: «The princess marries her bear-husband, and they have a baby boy, but an eagle snatches the child from the window.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «eagle» (+5); the same circumstance (+4). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where'd the Eagle say she'd come from?

1. The Red Valleys, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Up north, innit — score 2
3. The Blue Mountains, innit — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. The Green Hills, innit — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1693, line 5: «At the strange kingdom his jealous brothers accuse him of magic, and the King orders him to build a palace in one day, with the bee's help.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «order» (+1); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

What's going on up in the Blue Mountains, then?

1. They're getting ready for a royal wedding, big time — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Partying, big time — no support
3. Prepping a massive royal party, big time — no support
4. Getting ready for a big feast, dead posh — 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 1736, line 5: «Two old men with a whistle and their books send him to a bird-master, and a late Eagle says the Blue Mountains are getting ready for a royal wedding.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «blue mountains» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Whose wedding is it, anyway?

1. The daughter of the King of the Blue Mountains, and the groom is some foreign prince — no support
2. The daughter of the King of the Blue Mountains — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The daughter of the Queen of the Blue Valley — no support
4. The daughter of the King of the Blue Mountains, who is marrying a prince from across the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1550, line 21: «The story ends with "they had the wedding", a short way of saying that the Prince and Kari were married at the end of the tale.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «marry» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best describes the means by which the Irishman was ultimately directed to the Blue Mountains?

1. By the sword, which had shown him the road and carried the message of the Princess — no support
2. By the whistle, which had carried him there and mapped the road through the hills — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. By the Eagle, who had come from there and reported the preparations for a royal marriage, and by the old men's advice on the road — no support
4. By the Eagle, who had come from there and reported the preparations for a royal marriage — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1735, line 5: «A fair-haired lad comes to make his food, says the Princess sent him, and then sticks a pin into the Irishman's coat so that he falls asleep.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «lad» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the object by which the Irishman was first given reason to continue his search after his despair.

1. The book, in whose pages was written a message naming the Blue Mountains — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. The sword, upon whose blade was inscribed a message naming the Blue Mountains and the Princess waiting there — no support
3. The whistle, through whose notes the message of the Blue Mountains was carried — no support
4. The sword, upon whose blade was inscribed a message naming the Blue Mountains — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 88, line 17: «Real life: with a small set of sound-signs you can write ANY word, even words for things you cannot draw, like «ending» or «come». That is why an alphabet is s…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «write» (+1); the same thing acted on «word» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the number of years for which the first old man reports having lived without the company of any human being apart from the Irishman.

1. Three thousand years — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Two hundred years — no support
3. Fifty years — no support
4. Three hundred years — ✓ 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 ✗

Explain the reason the Irishman failed to meet the Princess at the appointed hour on the second morning.

1. The old man had blown his whistle and called the birds away from the castle wall — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. The fair-haired lad had again inserted the pin into his master's coat, so that the master slept soundly through the whole morning and missed her — score 2
3. The fair-haired lad had again inserted the pin into his master's coat, causing him to sleep — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. The Princess had changed the hour, and the message never reached him in time to go — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 674, line 16: «The shepherd calls the princess "Heart of Gold" and tells her to "trust me and fear nothing".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+1); the same doer «shepherd» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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