Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb and Guleesh hides her at the priest's house
Tests: 2 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1985 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, so the fairies just vanished into the fort, yeah?
- 1. Yeah, mate, they just totally vanished straight into that fort, no cap, bro — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Yeah they went right in — no support
- 3. Proper gone, mate, no cap — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Dead right, they bolted in — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1985, line 3: «The fairies vanish into their fort, and Guleesh is left alone with the silent girl.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «vanish» (+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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the little fella actually slap her or what?
- 1. Yeah, he absolutely smacked her one right across the side of the head, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, bang on the side of her head — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, he gave her a clip on the chin — no support
- 4. Yeah, slapped her round the ear — 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 · ★ · right ✓
So she's totally mute now, like, no words at all?
- 1. Gone dumb, not a peep — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yeah, lost her voice — no support
- 3. Nah, she's still chatty — no support
- 4. Yeah, she's completely mute now, not a single word out of her at all — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, why didn't Guleesh bring her home to his da?
- 1. His lot would take the piss out of her — ✓ the right answer · score -4
- 2. Cos his family would not believe it — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. Cos his whole family would have laughed at her and made her life a total misery — score 1
- 4. Because his ma would have fussed — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1985, line 9: «Why: Guleesh is afraid his family will "make a mock of the young lady" if he takes her home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «family» (+1); the same thing acted on «home» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the priest think they were here to get wed?
- 1. Nah, he thought it was a wedding for the whole village and was delighted about it — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Yeah, he thought they'd come to wed — score 7
- 3. Nah, a christening — no support
- 4. Yeah, he figured it was a wedding — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1985, line 12: «Why: the priest first thinks they have come "looking for marriage", so he is surprised by the visit.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+4); the same doer «priest» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who's the girl supposed to be, then, for the priest's gaff?
- 1. A lass he'd met at the fair in Ennis — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. His cousin's girl — no support
- 3. His brother's kid from over the border — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. His sister's daughter from up in Dublin — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
How did she let them know she couldn't talk?
- 1. She tapped her chin with a finger — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. She shook her head — score -2
- 3. Put her finger on her tongue — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. She waved at them both slowly — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 3, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1754, line 5: «A new tale begins: Mark the Rich, a hard-hearted merchant, sets his dogs on beggars until his little daughter Anastasia begs him to let three old men sleep.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «beg» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did Guleesh tell his ma about where he'd been?
- 1. Walking round the fields all night — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Sleeping by the old ditch outside — no support
- 3. Out in the bog — no support
- 4. Kipping at the foot of the ditch — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was Guleesh a bit of a soft lad, or what?
- 1. Nah, he's a hard man, that one — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he's a soft heart, so he is — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, he's a proper softie, always crying over strays and stuff, so he is, mate — no support
- 4. Yeah, bit soft, he's always been — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Did the neighbours reckon Guleesh was acting weird?
- 1. Yeah, they said he's not the same — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. Yeah, they thought he'd gone off — score 7
- 3. Yeah, they reckoned he'd been acting really odd ever since he came back from the bog — score 7
- 4. Nah, they all said he seemed fine and was just the same lad as always, no bother — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1796, line 7: «What: his neighbours tricked him into a pit of honey and left him there, telling his mother "Your son was caught by a lion".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same doer «neighbours» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the priest keep the wee lass hidden from everybody?
- 1. Nah, not at all — no support
- 2. Yeah, he kept all the neighbours and visitors away from the house for weeks on end — score 6
- 3. Yeah, he hid her from folk — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. Yeah, he kept them all away — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1985, line 5: «The priest agrees to hide her as his niece, and Guleesh keeps visiting, hoping she will speak again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+4); the same doer «priest» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which phrase, in the passage, shows that the fairies were prevented from carrying off the girl?
- 1. They wanted to take the girl but could not do it — score 6
- 2. Although they had great power, they still failed to carry the girl off into the rath with them — score 6
- 3. The girl was taken by them and given a new name — score 7
- 4. They had no power at all to carry off the girl — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1985, line 6: «Who: the fairy folk, called "the good people", scold Guleesh for ruining their plan to carry off the girl.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry off» (+5); the same thing acted on «girl» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which account best describes the means by which the girl was rendered dumb in the passage?
- 1. She was pushed down a steep bank by a fairy — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. She was struck a slap on the side of the head — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. She had her ears boxed by a man in anger — no support
- 4. She was struck a heavy slap on the side of the head by the little man in anger — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1274, line 4: «Manstin hears a child shrieking, shoots the cruel Double-Face with a poisoned arrow, and returns the baby to its parents.», 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 «child» (+2); 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
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which decision was taken by Guleesh and the priest regarding the girl's public identity?
- 1. She was called his niece — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. She was introduced as a cousin from abroad — no support
- 3. She was presented as the priest's brother's daughter — ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 4. She was kept secret — 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 1985, line 1: «Guleesh shouts at the fairy folk for claiming the girl, but they cannot carry her off.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shout» (+3). Against it: the same doer «guleesh» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Which action of Guleesh is most consistent with the compassion that the narrator attributes to him?
- 1. He wept with pity at the girl's tears — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. He carried her home to safety gently — score 2
- 3. He gave her food and warm clothes — score 2
- 4. He spoke kindly to the frightened child and wept with pity at her tears, promising to protect her from every harm — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 990, line 2: «At the elves' feast, music sounds like a thousand glass bells, and the narrator weeps happy mouse-tears.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «weep» (+5). Against it: the same doer «narrator» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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