Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: the herb wakes Mary, and they wed

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1987 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, who got first dibs on the magic juice?

1. The priest — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. The priest, probably — score 3
3. Mary, duh — no support
4. Guleesh, obviously — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1343, line 21: «Old word: "veranda" is a covered porch along the outside of a house, and the old man steps onto it after his long walk home.», 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 «old word» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, how much did Guleesh neck before his nap?

1. half the cup, sound — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. a sip, sound — no support
3. a third, honestly — no support
4. all, sure — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1987, line 2: «He sleeps a whole day and a night, then carries the cup to Mary, the king's daughter.», 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 «cup» (+1). Against it: the same doer «guleesh» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did he sleep for ages after that, like, all night?

1. a day, deadly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. till it was night, deadly — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. all day, sound — no support
4. till the sun came up, deadly — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

How did Guleesh feel next morning, buzzing or what?

1. calm and grand, sound — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. tired, knackered — no support
3. wrecked, sick — no support
4. bold and light, buzzing — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1987, line 10: «Next morning he feels "so bold and valiant, and spirited and light," and believes the drink did it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «guleesh» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where did he bring the drink next?

1. the chapel gate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. home — score 3
3. the well — score 3
4. the priest's gaff — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 966, line 21: «Later: He is taken to Ringkjobing, where he is "imprisoned with equal severity".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same thing acted on «word» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, what did Mary do after her sip?

1. went off into a sound sleep — score 1
2. dropped off into a heavy kip — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. dropped off into a heavy kip right there on the floor by the fire — no support
4. dropped off into a heavy kip for a whole day and night — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1987, line 13: «Mary drinks half the cup, falls back on her bed, and sleeps until the next day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mary» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

How long was Mary out of it?

1. till the next dawn — no support
2. till the next day — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. an hour — no support
4. a while — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1973, line 18: «Old word: "bairn" in the Brownie rhyme means a child, a Scots and northern word still heard in some places today.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same circumstance (-1); the same thing acted on «child» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the two lads do while they waited?

1. sat up all night talking about old times and the sea — no support
2. walked round the yard — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. sat up all night and prayed for her soul — no support
4. sat up all night — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1545, line 11: «fact: The lad must walk "straight between" two lions, who will do him no harm if he does not stop or turn aside.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lad» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

When Mary finally woke, what was her face like?

1. like one who had forgotten her name, her house and her family — score 3
2. like she had no clue where she was — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. like a child who had got lost at the fair and could not find home — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. as if she were lost in a strange place — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1965, line 1: «Lady Mary finds the dead ladies in the Bloody Chamber, runs, and hides behind a cask when Mr. Fox drags in a fainting lady.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same doer «lady mary» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

What did the priest ask her first?

1. Did you sleep well, Mary? — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Where is your father, Mary? — no support
3. Mary, do you remember what happened to you at all? — score 2
4. Did you eat well, Mary? — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1987, line 16: «The priest asks, "Did you sleep well, Mary?" and she answers, "I slept, thank you."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+7); the same property (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «mary» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

And what did she say back?

1. I am well, Father. — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. I have slept a long time, Father, and I feel strange, thank you kindly. — no support
3. I slept very long and dreamt of the sea, thank you. — no support
4. I slept, thank you. — ✓ the right answer · 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 1937, line 9: «Why: the wife is never satisfied; she says, "Go down at once. I must be king."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+5). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «king» (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

How did it end for the pair?

1. they got hitched and had a big family and no bother at all — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. they got hitched and had no bother — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. they got hitched in a big feast and moved off far away — no support
4. they wed and lived quite well — 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 ✗

Did they have any trouble after, like, ever?

1. a few small rows, now and then — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. no cark nor care, till the end — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. none at all — no support
4. a bit of trouble — 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 ✗

In the passage, to what extent did Guleesh first partake of the herbal draught?

1. He consumed nearly the entire contents of the cup at once — no support
2. He drank it all — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. He consumed approximately half the cup — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He drank roughly a third of it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 880, line 7: «What: she drinks the magic draught and "a two-edged sword went through her delicate body," so she faints like one dead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drink» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Upon awakening, by what manner did the young lady signal her restored capacity for speech?

1. She rose from the bed and called out loudly to the whole household of the priest — no support
2. She rose at once and spoke to the priest, then ran to embrace Guleesh in the doorway — no support
3. She addressed the priest in ordinary conversation — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -7
4. She wept quietly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 859, line 16: «Old word: "betokened" means showed or meant.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «old word» (-2); a different action (counts against) (-5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which expression does the narrator employ to characterise the state of the two men while they awaited her recovery?

1. in great fear — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. between sleep and waking — score 2
3. between hope and unhope — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. torn between joy and sorrow — 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 1526, line 20: «Old word: a "gaoler" was the man who guarded prisoners, which today we call a jailer; "summer-saults" is an old spelling of somersaults.», 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 «old spelling» (+1). Against it: the same doer «man» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Concerning the eventual fortunes of the couple, what does the narrator report having heard from a birdeen?

1. that they lived on good land by the sea — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. that neither cark nor care afflicted them — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. that the pair lived far off in the west and never once faced any cark or care — no support
4. that neither cark nor care ever troubled them, though they were poor for years — 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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