Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Castle: the castle is found and carried away over the sea

Tests: 0 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1955 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 mate, did the mouse king really have all the mice in the whole world?

1. Yeah innit, he's king of every single one in the whole wide world — score 0
2. Yeah, he's got every mouse going round — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Yeah innit, he's king of every single one — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Proper, he's king of every mouse and every frog and every bird going — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 43, line 17: «The Mole, «with a touch of pride»: the field-mice «go round carol-singing regularly at this time of the year … they come to Mole End last of all; and I used to…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «field mice» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the frog king could talk to all the frogs?

1. Nah, only the ones by the pond — no support
2. Nah, just a few — no support
3. Yeah, he knew all of them — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Proper, he got them all — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1924, line 9: «Why: the King wants to know who cooked such good soup, so he sends for the cook, who "must confess" the truth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «know» (+2); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruv, what did the eagle do when he got there?

1. He came in dead sweaty and had a sit down straight away — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He came in dead sweaty — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. He landed on the deck — no support
4. He came flapping in all out of breath and asked for water — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 157, line 1: «A Woodman offers to show a scared Hunter the lion, but the Hunter only wants its tracks. An Eagle grabs a Serpent, a countryman frees him, and the angry Serpen…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «eagle» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, why did the box go in the sea?

1. They were arguing and fighting over it — ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. They were arguing and fighting over it while the ship rocked about — score 0
3. They were shouting at each other — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. It was the mouse's fault because he was arguing and fighting over it on the stairs — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1446, line 11: «The poor man's wife waited with "not even two sticks to lay across each other under the Christmas porridge-pot."», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «each» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

how long was the frog under for, like the first time?

1. Three days and three nights under the water — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. Two days and two nights — score -2
3. Four days and four nights — score -2
4. Three days and three nights — ✓ the right answer · 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 1179, line 3: «The sad queen sits under a yew tree and weeps, until a crow drops a fat frog, and the queen saves her by hitting the crow's claws with her fan.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same thing acted on «frog» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the castle gone for ages then?

1. Yeah, they had nine days to get it back — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Nah, just a bit — no support
3. Nah, they got it back in a day or so — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Yeah, ages — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1719, line 1: «The King gives Martin an impossible task: build a castle, crystal bridge and church in one day, or he and his mother will be tarred and burnt.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); a different action (counts against) (+3); the same thing acted on «castle» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

so did the little men actually do the church thing?

1. Yeah, two of them did the singing — score 0
2. Nah, they just sat there quietly — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Yeah, one was the priest, one the clerk, and one the singer — no support
4. Yeah, one was the priest, one the clerk — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1841, line 6: «Who: Prince Rasalu, a brave young man riding his horse Bhaunr Iraqi.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ride» (+2); the same doer «brave young man» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

and the women laughed at the bloke on the pipes?

1. Yeah, he had his legs out on the pipes and was playing a sad song — no support
2. Yeah, he had his legs out on the pipes — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, he was playing the pipes badly — score 3
4. Yeah, he had his legs stuck out on the pipes while the women laughed at him — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1702, line 12: «Why he agrees: he thinks she means "one of his puppies or kittens", so he promises at once.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «woman» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

what was the little red man wearing in the chapel?

1. Nothing — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Just his red woolly hat — score 3
3. A hat — score 3
4. His red night-cap, always — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1948, line 11: «Jack says the old man has "nothing but cabbage for victuals", so the wife feels sorry for him and hands over the whole ten pounds.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «nothing» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the castle go down with them on board?

1. Nah, it sailed away quickly — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Nah, it flew off at full speed — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Nah, it flew off at full speed without them on board — score 4
4. Nah, it flew off at full speed and left the frog behind in the sea — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 938, line 8: «Where: the castle stands on the Tree of the Sun, far away "towards the east, in India."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «castle» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

who was the best helper then, the mouse or the frog?

1. The frog, he was really useful — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The mouse, he did the most work — no support
3. Both, they were both proper useful — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The frog — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the eagle had to take Jack back on his back?

1. Yeah, he carried him all the way — ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Yeah, he carried the box instead — score 6
3. Yeah, he carried him all the way and never once put him down — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. Yeah, he carried him all the way back to the castle on his back — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1340, line 12: «The eagle says he once pecked "at the stars" from a rock, which is now "not even a span high".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «eagle» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which creature was the first to give information regarding the whereabouts of the castle?

1. The frog — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The eagle himself — no support
3. The King of the mice — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The King of frogs — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what purpose did the eagle undertake his journey in company with Jack?

1. To conduct Jack back to the castle — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. To carry Jack to the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. For fun — no support
4. To bring the box back to the ship — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1930, line 8: «WHERE: Jack's journey takes him from the first King's country to the second kingdom, and the poor couple live in a little cottage by the river.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); the same thing acted on «jack» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means was the golden box recovered from the bottom of the sea?

1. The frog dived — score 0
2. By the mouse going down again — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. By the frog descending a second time — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. By diving — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1575, line 8: «Where: the ship stops "in the middle of the sea", and then Minnikin goes down to the bottom to a "large hill with a door in it".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «go down» (+3). Against it: the same property (-2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did the little red men maintain their observance of the Sabbath aboard the castle?

1. By holding church with a priest and a clerk — score 1
2. By performing a service with clerk and priest — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. By singing hymns with the two women there — score -2
4. With a priest — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 856, line 17: «Old word: a "turret" is a small tower on a larger building, and people still use the word for castles today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «word» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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