English Fairy Tales, Childe Rowland, part 19: Foxy-woxy tricks the chicken-crew into his cave, and Childe Rowland enters the Dark Tower of Elfland

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1960 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 ✗

Mate, did the chickens actually believe the fox's cave was the short way?

1. Aye, they walked straight in — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Naw, they knew better now — no support
3. Naw, they saw the fox's tail and ran back out — no support
4. Aye, they walked straight in, every single one of them, singing — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1960, line 7: «Foxy-woxy is the fox in the first half, and he is the one who lies: he calls his cave "the short way to the king's palace" and the chickens believe him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «chickens» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «woxy» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Cocky-locky got bit but he's still alive, right?

1. Aye, a bit hurt — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Aye, just hurt, no dead — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Aye, but he's no well — no support
4. Naw, he's badly hurt now — 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did Henny-penny bolt home?

1. Cause it started raining hard — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Cause the fox was laughing — no support
3. Cause Cocky-locky shouted — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Cause the fox came out of the hole and bit 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

Is Burd Ellen's brother Childe Rowland the wee one?

1. Naw, he's the second oldest brother of three — score 4
2. Naw, she's the eldest — no support
3. Aye, he's the youngest — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Aye, he's the youngest of the seven brothers in the family — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1960, line 4: «The youngest brother, Childe Rowland, begs his mother for leave and gets his father's sword, the brand that never struck in vain.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «youngest brother» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who was the Warlock anyway?

1. A lord — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. A herd — no support
3. A wizard, like Merlin — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A wizard and a friend of the old king's court — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1956, line 18: «Old word: "spur up" means hurry, like pricking a horse with spurs to make it go faster.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the two oldest brothers come back?

1. Aye, they did — no support
2. Naw, they never came back — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Naw, they got lost first — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Naw, no — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1722, line 9: «fact: Why: the two clever brothers set off first, and the Simpleton keeps saying "I will go".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «two clever brothers» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Why'd Burd Ellen go missing?

1. She went round the church backwards — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. She went round the well sideways — no support
3. Fairies took her from the kirk — no support
4. She went round the church backwards three times at midnight — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1960, line 12: «The second half is about Burd Ellen, who "went round the church 'wider shins'--the opposite way to the sun."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «burd» (+1). Against it: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's the big sword called?

1. The good brand — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. The sword of the old king — score 2
3. The brand that never struck in vain — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. The blade of his father's hall — 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 1828, line 17: «Old word: A scimitar is a curved sword, which we would simply call a sword today.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

What rule can he not break in Elfland?

1. Never bite, drink, or sleep, and kill every herd on sight — score 2
2. Bite no bit, drink no drop — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Eat nothing — score 0
4. Don't speak to any herd — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1960, line 19: «The two rules are "bite no bit, and drink no drop," and a broken rule means he will never see Middle Earth again.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «two rules» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Does Childe Rowland just chat tae the herds?

1. Aye, he chats first, then chops their heads off — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Naw, he chops their heads off with the brand at once — no support
3. Aye, he has a wee chat — no support
4. Naw, he chops their heads off — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 265, line 16: «The Childe "severed the head of his faithful hound," because the vow has been broken.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «childe» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «head» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's that big lamp made of?

1. A hollowed out pearl — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A hollowed out pearl hung from a golden chain — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. Solid crystal ice — no support
4. A big hollowed out ruby from the king's crown — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1960, line 6: «At last he finds the green hill, goes in, and sees a huge golden hall with a pearl lamp hanging from the roof.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «hang» (-1); the same doer «pearl lamp» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the hall wee and cramped?

1. Naw, tiny — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Naw, it's bright — no support
3. Naw, it's massive — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Aye, it's wee — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was it cold in the rock tunnel?

1. Aye, freezing — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Aye, it's bitter cold — no support
3. Naw, it's dead warm — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Naw, it's warm enough — 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 accurately identifies the direction in which Burd Ellen circled the church?

1. Withershins, round the sun — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Widershins, against the sun, three times round the church — no support
3. Widershins, against the sun — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Backwards round the church, widershins, against the sun's path — 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 ✗

Which of the following accurately identifies the instruction the Warlock gave concerning the consumption of food and drink in Elfland?

1. Bite no bit and drink no drop of water, wine, or milk ever — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Never sleep in the hall — no support
3. Speak to no one at all — no support
4. Bite no bit, drink no drop — ✓ 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 ✗

Which of the following accurately identifies the object which Childe Rowland received from his mother?

1. His brother's old shield — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. A silver crown from the king — score 2
3. His father's good brand — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. His father's good brand and a golden shield of war — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1960, line 13: «Wider shins is an old word for widershins, which means anticlockwise or against the sun, and in old belief going round a place this way was unlucky.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same thing acted on «old word» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately identifies the material from which the hall's pillars were constructed?

1. Gold and silver — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Hollowed pearls, gold and silver crystal — no support
3. Iron and bronze — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Polished gold and carved silver from the far east — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1334, line 14: «The spinning women say, "The men of the town are so silly that we can make them believe anything we please."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «men» (+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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