Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Guleesh rides with the sheehogues to a wedding feast, and the princess is carried off

Tests: 1 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1984 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 ✗

Be honest, was the princess mad about the wedding or what?

1. She didn't want it, she was crying — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Yes, she was thrilled about the wedding — score -1
3. She was keen on the match all along — score -2
4. Nope, she was dead against it and wept all through the feast — ← 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 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1822, line 11: «The Princesses cry when they find the tank filled with "a rich cream-like substance".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+4). Against it: the same doer «princesses» (-1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ya reckon Guleesh was dead scared when the fairies came?

1. Yeah, he was properly frightened — no support
2. Nah, he was fine about it all — no support
3. Nah, he was more gutted for the girl — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, he was shaking badly when they first came near him — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1894, line 1: «Prince Mannikin's foolish parents hug their furry son, and Fairies arrive in chariots for a great ball.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «arrive» (+4); the same doer «fairies» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, how did the sheehogue make the princess vanish, like totally?

1. He threw something and said a word — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. He flung a stone and muttered — no support
3. He took out a little cloth and threw it over her head while he chanted — score -1
4. He tossed a thing and spoke a charm — score -5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1984, line 3: «The little sheehogue trips her with his foot, throws a spell over her, and hoists her up behind Guleesh while nobody can see.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «little sheehogue» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Guleesh's horse a proper horse at the end or a dud?

1. It stayed a fine horse, a proper one, carrying Guleesh home to Erin — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. It was a plough beam all along, but it had been a horse for the whole ride back — score 5
3. A plough beam, total eejit prank — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Just a horse, a proper one — no support

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 93, line 4: «Next night the Woman dries sweet grass, plaits a halter and makes the Second Singing Magic. Wild Horse comes for the grass, bends his head for the halter and b…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry» (+4); the same doer «wild horse» (+3); the same thing acted on «cave» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yer man the prince, did she let him kiss her or what?

1. Nah, she turned her head away — ✓ the right answer · score -2
2. Nah, she was that cross she slapped him right across the face — score 0
3. Nah, she pushed him away — score -4
4. Yeah, she let him kiss her — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1926, line 13: «Why: the old man lets him in because the tailor holds his coat-tails and begs, and the old fellow "was by no means as cross as he appeared".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «let» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

How high did the horse go over the sea, like proper high?

1. Very high — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Up over the mountains — score 2
3. Up into the clouds — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Over trees — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 180, line 4: «A winged black horse flies him high into the sky, drops him on a castle terrace, and its tail knocks out his right eye.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «winged black horse» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

After the sea jump, where'd they end up, like which country?

1. France, across the water — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. Back to Erin, their own home place in Ireland, near the rath — score -1
3. Over in England, I think — no support
4. Erin, back home in Ireland — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1131, line 4: «Ivan whistles for the mice, who finish the threshing, and the pike's mother gives him the ring.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «finish» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-3). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the sheehogue do with his foot, like what was the trick?

1. Tripped the princess — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Pushed her down quick — no support
3. Hooked her ankle hard — no support
4. Stretched it out to block her path so she fell right over — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1984, line 14: «The trick: the little sheehogue stretches out his foot, and "she fell," so he can take her.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «fall» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the fairy riders get home on proper horses or what?

1. Nah, on brooms and sticks — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, on fine white horses, but they rode them all the way home — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. On carts and old ponies — no support
4. Nah, on old brooms and sticks that they had turned into riding mounts — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1928, line 15: «What is a stirrup cup? It is an old word for a farewell drink given to a rider before he sets off, traditionally handed up while he sits in the saddle, and thi…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «horse» (+2). Against it: the same action «sit» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Guleesh chill about helping her, or did he bottle it?

1. Yeah, he grabbed her and rode — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he was brave, he swept her up and rode off down the road to Erin — no support
3. Right, he took her up and rode — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He hesitated a long while, then at last lifted her up behind him and galloped off — 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 ✗

What was the ring like on her hand, was it gas or what?

1. Shiny — no support
2. Sparkling like a cold star — no support
3. Shining bright as the sun — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Gold — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1731, line 12: «What: the Giant is surprised when Ring picks the parlour, and he "must not break my word".», 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 (+1). Against it: the same doer «ring» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where was the feast, like in which place, was it gas?

1. In the great palace of the sheehogues under the hill, where the feast was grand — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. In the king's great hall — no support
3. In a grand hall in the king's court where the fairy feast was held for three days — score 1
4. In the sheehogues' palace — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1695, line 17: «Old word: a "banquet" is a grand feast with many dishes, and today we would say a big dinner or party.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 4, 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 accurately describes the means by which the princess was rendered invisible to the assembly?

1. She was struck down by a word and an object thrown upon her — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. She was hidden by a cloak thrown over her with a spoken word — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. She was cast into sleep by a charm and a cloth — score 8
4. She was made to vanish by a cloth tossed over her with a spoken word and a stern glance from the king — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 1738, line 8: «Why the Princess is hidden: it is prophesied that she "will marry a common soldier, and the King cannot submit to that."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+5); the same thing acted on «princess» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately identifies the reason the princess was unwilling to be wed on that occasion?

1. She had no affection for the husband appointed to her — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. She was in love with another man at the court and had promised him her heart — score 6
3. She had no love for the man her father picked, and she wanted to choose for herself among the many suitors at court — score 6
4. She feared the prince and his fierce family — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1428, line 9: «Why the Prince hides his marriage: "he feared her, though he loved her, for she was of the race of the Ogres."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fear» (+5); the same thing acted on «princess» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Guleesh and the princess returned to Erin?

1. They walked over the sea — score -1
2. They flew over the sea and landed safely in Erin — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. They sailed back by ship — score -1
4. They rode the horse over the sea and landed in the clouds — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1984, line 4: «Guleesh gallops off with her, his horse leaps over the sea, and they land safely back in Erin.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «land» (+5); the same place «erin» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately states the condition in which the mounts of the sheehogues were discovered at the rath?

1. They had been turned to old brooms and a few rough sticks — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They had been transformed into a plough beam and other rough objects — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. They had turned into sticks and brooms and rags — no support
4. They were still fine horses, but they had been tied up with ropes of straw at the rath — 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

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