Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 9: Conall tells the king of a tree-breaking cat fight, then of a giant's cave and a stolen ring, and ends stranded on an island

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1990 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 ✓

Did the cats really break the tree roots or was that just the priest's dream, mate?

1. They just sat there, aye, and the lads stayed home — score 7
2. Nah, the cats were all asleep in the tree, mate, and the lads sat down — score 6
3. Nah, it was a dream, but the lads chased them off anyway with sticks and spades — score 5
4. They broke the roots, aye, and the lads whacked them with spades — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1990, line 8: «What: the cats break the roots of the tree, and the men chase them off with spades.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «break» (+4); the same doer «cats» (+3); the same thing acted on «roots» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, was the giant's eye, like, fully blinded or just gammy?

1. Nah, he could still see, bruv — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. He lost the other eye, mate — score 4
3. He was blinded, totally gutted — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. He was just gammy. — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1802, line 11: «The emperor "saw with his own eyes" that Laptitza had not kept her promise, and "it nearly broke his heart."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); the same doer «emperor» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did Conall even pretend to be a doctor, bruv?

1. To steal the giant's gold, bruv — score 0
2. To get close enough to steal the giant's sword and ring — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. To get close and trick the giant — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. To sneak up close and then make the giant take his sword off — score 1

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 77, line 15: «The hunter asks "the present habitat of the aboriginal Fauna", which means "where the wild animals of this land live now" ("aboriginal" here = there from the b…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «hunter» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

What was Conall wearing when he walked out, like?

1. The buck's skin, with the horns on his head — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Just a torn cloak, mate — no support
3. A cloak of grey wolf, with his hair out — no support
4. The buck's skin, with a belt on his waist — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

How did the giant lose him, honestly?

1. He chased the bell back to the cave — score 2
2. The ring kept talking, so he followed it — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. He heard the bell and went off, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. The giant could hear the ring so he went to the lake — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 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 1500, line 1: «Jack, a bold Cornish lad who loves tales of giants and fairies, hears of a huge giant living on St. Michael's Mount.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «jack» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Right, what did Conall do with his finger, bro?

1. Buried it under a rock, bruv — score 1
2. Chopped it off and tossed it into the bog, bruv — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Chopped it off and chucked it in the loch — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Chopped it off with his knife and kept it in a pouch — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 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 1990, line 16: «The finger: Conall cuts off his finger and throws it into the loch, where the giant follows the ring's voice and drowns.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «conall» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where did the giant end up, sound?

1. Drowned in the sea, mental — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. Burnt in the cave, bruv — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Stabbed, sound — score -1
4. Drowned, mate — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1958, line 18: «In the cave the giant has "goggle eyes" and a "knotted iron club", and Jack's sword cuts the nose instead of the head.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «giant» (+1). Against it: the same place «cave» (-1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What was Conall's crew doing when he got stranded, like?

1. Sailing home with the rest, but then he fell in the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Nothing, he was at home with the cats, bro — no support
3. Nothing, he was alone with no food — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Fishing near the shore, mate — 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 1990, line 10: «Conall's danger: he falls between rocks by his father's land, into "so full of heather" that no bone is broken.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall» (+4); the same doer «conall» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

How did the boat act when Conall hopped out, mate?

1. It sailed off back where it started — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It came back to the shore, mate — score 2
3. It sank into the sea, bruv, and never came up again — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. It drifted off to the rocks, bro — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 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 1747, line 9: «Why: the soldier stays steadfast and quiet because he is a brave soldier, and he thinks of the Dancer even when the boat sinks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «boat» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the cats do when the lads turned on them, honest?

1. They were chased off by the lads with spades, mate — no support
2. They sat and purred, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. They fought back, bro — no support
4. They ran off, scarpered — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 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 1560, line 5: «Now Dapplegrim is ready, and the lad rides him to the palace, where jealous courtiers trick the King into demanding the Princess's rescue.», 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, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the king believe Conall's first story, fam?

1. He said Conall's story was fine, so he gave him a horse — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. He believed it all, fam, sure — score 7
3. He said Conall was full of words and wanted another tale — ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. He called him a liar, bruv — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1574, line 18: «The King says he will give Minnikin his daughter and "the other half of the kingdom" if he can rescue the second daughter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same doer «king» (+3); the same thing acted on «daughter» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where did Conall land after the boat, sound?

1. In a bog by the loch — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. On the top of a hill — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. On a hill — score 4
4. On the sandy shore, bro — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 1688, line 11: «The cloud: "a cloud swept by, and, seizing him, carried him away", so he lands among the cabbages.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «land» (+2); the same doer «hunter» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the place by the island full of stuff, bruv?

1. No, just sand and rocks, bro — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, loads of meat, mate — no support
3. Yes, full of stuff. — no support
4. No, no meat, no clothes, no house — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following best describes the outcome of the cat episode as reported by the narrator?

1. The cats were driven off after the tree fell, and the narrator returned home — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. The cats were beaten, and the narrator went back to the king's hall — score -3
3. The cats were driven off, and the narrator stayed in the forest to hunt — score 1
4. The tree was saved by the priest, and the cats were driven away into the hills before the narrator went home — score -2

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 1479, line 17: «The Prince wishes to save the keeper, saying "I would return good for evil," which means to pay back bad treatment with kindness.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «return» (+2). Against it: the same doer «prince» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the means by which the narrator deceived the giant in the cave.

1. By hiding inside a goat pen and striking the giant's back. — no support
2. By posing as a physician and disabling the giant's sound eye — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. By disguising himself as a travelling bard and stabbing the giant's sound eye with a knife, then fleeing the cave. — no support
4. By pretending to be a physician, then stealing the giant's ring and tricking him into the sea — ← 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 1484, line 13: «The tailor's bird "soared up into the sky, and flew away never to return," which tricks the giant into admiring him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trick» (+4); the same thing acted on «giant» (+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 ✗

State the reason the narrator gives for severing his own finger.

1. The ring would reveal where he was hiding — no support
2. The giant's ring would reveal the king's position to the giant at once, so he cut it off — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. The giant's ring could track where he hid — no support
4. The giant's magic ring would reveal his position — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1577, line 17: «The King's guards hold his arms, but on the third night the guards force "a knife into his grasp" and make him cut her finger.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cut» (+4); the same doer «king» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Describe the condition in which the narrator was left upon the island.

1. Without a boat, clothing or any dwelling in sight, and with the giant's ring still on his hand — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Without provisions, clothing or any dwelling in sight, and with his finger cut off and bleeding badly. — no support
3. With no food, boat, or any shelter near — no support
4. Without provisions, clothing or any dwelling in sight — ✓ 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

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