Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden: a fairy maiden calls Connla away over the sea

Tests: 2 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1983 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 ✓

Yo, who even is Connla's dad?

1. King Conn — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. King Coran — no support
3. King Conn of the Hundred Fights, ruler of Tara — no support
4. Lord Boadag — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, wait, what's the Druid's name again?

1. Boadag — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Connla — no support
3. the Druid who lives near the court — no support
4. Coran — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the maiden chucked him an apple, right?

1. an apple — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a pear — no support
3. a silver apple from the orchard — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. a red ball — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1684, line 16: «The first tournament gives the silver apple, and the second gives the golden apple, which the Princess's mother sees.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same thing acted on «silver apple» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

No cap, how long did Connla only eat that apple?

1. a day — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. a whole month — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. three long days — score -1
4. a week — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1403, line 2: «On the road his cap blows away, and he runs back for it, then grabs it in his teeth and races toward the sea.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cap» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, what's Moy Mell called in English?

1. the Land of Endless Joy — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the Plain of Pleasure — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. the Hall of Golden Song — no support
4. the Plain of Pleasure beyond the western wave — 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 ✗

Fr, what kind of boat did they hop into?

1. the silver wooden curragh — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a crystal ship — no support
3. the gleaming crystal curragh — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the shining glass currach — 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 ✓

Bro, which way did they sail, like, into the sun?

1. towards the setting sun — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. over hills — score 4
3. to the east — score 4
4. toward the rising sun — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1983, line 18: «They sail "towards the setting sun" and "were no more seen, nor did any know where they came."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sail» (+2); the same place «setting sun» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be honest, who could even see the maiden?

1. only the Hill Folk — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. only Connla — ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. the Druid — score 8
4. the Druid alone — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1983, line 8: «What: a Fairy Maiden whom only Connla can see, speaking to him out of thin air.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+6); the same thing acted on «fairy maiden» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, why are the Hill Folk called that?

1. they dwell in tall grey towers — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. they are small — no support
3. they live in round green hills — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. they are fairies — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what did the king do when he got scared?

1. he ran away — no support
2. sent for his Druid Boadag — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. he hid — no support
4. called his Druid Coran — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1842, line 2: «King Sarkap brags loudly, but he is secretly scared of Rasalu and sends poisoned sweets as a fake welcome gift.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same action «send» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, what does the maiden promise Connla?

1. that his youth will never fade — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. that he will be king — score -1
3. that his beauty will stay bright — no support
4. that he will never grow old — ← 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 1805, line 6: «Who: the young man is the lad who guesses right, and the king is the one who "turn[s]" the maidens into ducks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay but what day did she come back on?

1. the very last day of the month, when the tide turns at dusk — no support
2. the fifteenth day of the moon — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. the last day of the month — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. on the last day of the month, at the hour of sunset — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1654, line 1: «The princess is a dove again, and the witch comes home carrying her dough-trough.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «princess» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Deadass, what happened to the Druid's magic in her talk?

1. it will be left alone at last — no support
2. it will be made stronger — score 5
3. it will be done away with — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. it will be done away with, and Druids will never chant again — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1983, line 3: «The frightened king calls his Druid Coran, who chants a spell, and the maiden vanishes after she tosses Connla an apple.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «chant» (+4); the same doer «druid» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Last q, what did Connla's dad say was the wildest bit?

1. a light when they saw the maiden — no support
2. a voice singing sweet music when they saw no one at all on the hill — score -5
3. a voice speaking clearly to the king when they saw the empty sky — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. a voice when they saw no one — ✓ the right answer · score -5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -2, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1967, line 17: «Old word: "pelters" meant rushing off fast, a bit like "legging it" today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which person was the son of the king in this episode?

1. Connla of the Fiery Hair — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Fergus of the Red Plain — score 4
3. Conn of the Hundred Fights — score 3
4. Connla of the Fiery Hair, son of Conn — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 1983, line 11: «Why she comes: she says "I love Connla," and she wants him to come to Moy Mell.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «connla» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what place does the maiden invite the young prince in the narrative?

1. the Hall of Golden Song, Tara — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. the Plain of Sweet Rest, Tara — score 1
3. the sea — score 1
4. the Plain of Pleasure, Moy Mell — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1210, line 1: «The Bad One goes off to invite the water-demons, and Ball-Carrier is chained up in a little shed.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «invite» (+2). Against it: the same doer «bad one» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

By what means did the Druid's spell cause the maiden to vanish from sight?

1. the maiden waved her hand — no support
2. the Druid chanted his spells, and the king's guards blew horns — score 7
3. the Druid chanted his spells over the hill at dusk — score 7
4. the Druid chanted his spells — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 1983, line 3: «The frightened king calls his Druid Coran, who chants a spell, and the maiden vanishes after she tosses Connla an apple.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «chant» (+6); the same thing acted on «spell» (+2). Against it: the same doer «druid» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

At what point in the narrative does the young prince depart with the maiden?

1. before the first day of the month — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. at dawn — no support
3. after the last day of the month, when the curragh came — no support
4. after the last day of the month — ✓ 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

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1983-pg7885-part2/