Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary, part 1: Conall ends his tale, and two greedy farmers kill a poor man's cow

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

Lesson 1991 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 ✗

Ok so the giant wanted the kid cooked, like for real, right?

1. Nah, the giant just wanted the kid to play with — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Nah, just a joke — no support
3. Yeah, the lady was gonna chop him up for the giant's dinner — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Yeah, she wanted to cook him for the giant — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1646, line 12: «The giant wants the lion killed, and the girl says she is "weeping" because she fears the giant has tricked her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+3); the same doer «giant» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, how did Conall even get out of that pot?

1. He wriggled out the hole in the top — no support
2. He pushed the big iron lid right off and then ran out the back of the house — no support
3. He slipped out the gap in the lid — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. He squeezed out through the hole in the lid — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1990, line 4: «He slipped out in the buck's skin, but the giant's magic ring gave him away, so Conall cut off his own finger and threw it into the loch.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «conall» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the giant only had one eye, yeah?

1. Yeah, one great huge eye right in the middle of his big ugly face and it glowed in the dark like a lamp — score 6
2. Nah, he had two eyes, one each side — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Yeah, he had one massive eye right in the middle of his giant ugly face and he was really scary — score 7
4. Yeah, one eye right in the middle of his face — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 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» (+3); the same thing acted on «goggle eyes» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol the king's mum was like, "Is it you that were there?"

1. Yeah, that's her — no support
2. Yeah, she was the one who sat there — no support
3. Yeah, and she was the one who was there — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, and she was the very one who was sitting at the bottom of the hollow in the glen — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 49, line 12: «A ford is a shallow place where you can walk across a river; the old ford was used «in by-gone days before they built the bridge».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «shallow place» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Did Conall get a proper reward or nah?

1. Yeah, mate, the king gave him the brown horse and a sack full of treasure and a feast and a new house — score 5
2. Yeah, a white horse and a big bag full of silver coins — no support
3. Yeah, the brown horse and a sack full of treasure — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Yeah, he got the brown horse plus a massive sack full of gold and the king's own crown too — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1991, line 4: «The king gives Conall the brown horse and a sack of treasure, and Conall goes home to a great feast with his wife and sons.», 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 «brown horse» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl that Donald dude was clever with the hide, innit?

1. Nah, he sold it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he got loads of pennies out of it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, he made a lot of money — no support
4. Yeah, he got heaps of cash out — 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 ✗

Why were Hudden and Dudden so jealous, mate?

1. Donald owned a field they wanted — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Donald had the little grass patch they both wanted and he was better at farming than them — no support
3. Donald had the little grass patch they wanted — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Donald had the big bit of land nearby — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did they kill the cow just for fun?

1. Yeah, they wanted Donald to leave the country — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, they hated Donald so much they decided they'd kill his cow so he'd starve and have to leave the country — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Yeah, they were so jealous they wanted Donald to be poor and leave the whole country forever — no support
4. Yeah, they wanted Donald to move away — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1991, line 20: «Why: The neighbours want Donald's strip of grass, so they plot to get rid of him by killing his cow.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kill» (+3); the same thing acted on «cow» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Hudden lent Donald the scales, didn't he?

1. Yeah, he did — no support
2. Yeah, but he put butter at the bottom to trick him — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, Donald lent them, and he did it to trick Hudden — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. Nah, he didn't — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 209, line 4: «He swaps clothes with a fisherman, brings two fish, and is invited in to share the feast.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «two fish» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

So poor Daisy only had a bit of grass that day?

1. Yeah, she had a tiny patch of grass that was not even enough to cover the palm of your hand — no support
2. Yeah, only a small patch of grass — no support
3. Yeah, poor thing, she was only given a little bit of grass that day which was barely enough to feed her — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Yeah, not even enough to cover your hand — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 811, line 17: «Why the peonies are sulky: "it was well that they could not speak, otherwise they would have given the daisy a good lecture."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same thing acted on «daisy» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Donald's place in a fancy town?

1. Nah, it was just a cold dirty little hovel by the side of a muddy road far out of town — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Nah, a small wooden cottage — no support
3. Nah, it was a tiny crumbling cottage out on the edge of the bog — no support
4. Nah, just a rubbish little hovel — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1016, line 3: «He wanders through Germany and finally stops in the old town of Nuremberg.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «knud» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Hudden run off straight after the scales thing?

1. Yeah, he jumped up, grabbed the gold, and sprinted to Dudden's house as fast as he could go — no support
2. Yeah, he ran to Dudden's as fast as he could — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, he hurried off to find his brother — score 5
4. Nah, he stayed at the inn with Donald all night — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1991, line 5: «A new tale starts: Hudden and Dudden envy poor Donald O'Neary, so they creep up at night and kill his only cow, Daisy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hudden» (+3); the same property (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the outcome of the giant's attempt to cook the child?

1. The giant was struck down by the woman — no support
2. Conall killed the giant with a dart — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. The giant was slain by Conall, who escaped from the caldron before it could be heated up — score 5
4. The giant was slain by Conall, who was not cooked — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1991, line 14: «How: Conall kills the giant by setting the dart in his eye, and the giant "fell cold dead where he was."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kill» (+3); the same doer «conall» (+3); the same thing acted on «giant» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner did Conall conceal himself from the giant?

1. He hid beneath the hearth in the cold ash behind the wall — no support
2. He hid himself inside the caldron in the corner of the hall, where the giant could not find him for some time — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. He concealed himself inside the great caldron, which the giant's wife had filled with water but had not yet lit — score 3
4. He concealed himself within the caldron, which had not yet grown hot — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1991, line 2: «Conall hides himself in the giant's caldron, which is not yet hot, and the giant lights a fire under it to boil him.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «caldron» (+2); the same action «hide» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What reward did the king bestow upon Conall for his service?

1. He rewarded Conall with a cow and a small bag of coins — score 4
2. A brown horse — score 4
3. He gave to Conall a grey horse and a sack of silver coins — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. He bestowed upon Conall the brown horse and a sack of treasure — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1889, line 18: «The King gives the Prince a page named Mousta, who "was charged to attend to him everywhere, and serve him faithfully."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What measure did Hudden adopt against the poor man Donald O'Neary?

1. He decided to take Donald's only cow for himself — score -1
2. He adopted the measure of killing Donald's only cow, Daisy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. He adopted the measure of sneaking out at midnight and killing poor Donald's only cow, Daisy, in the field — score 8
4. He adopted the cruel measure of secretly killing Donald's only cow, Daisy, in the dead of night — 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 1991, line 5: «A new tale starts: Hudden and Dudden envy poor Donald O'Neary, so they creep up at night and kill his only cow, Daisy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kill» (+5); the same thing acted on «only cow» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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