Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: the cheats drown the wrong man and chase clouds in the lake

Tests: 1 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1992 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 ✗

Oi, did you clock Hudden and Dudden flogging hides at the fair, like "weight in gold", lol?

1. Yeah, bare cheeky, they got battered by the cobbler — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, bare cheeky, they got robbed by the farmer — no support
3. Yeah, they sold a few hides and then went to the tavern — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Nah, they never even got to the fair, mate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1992, line 1: «Hudden and Dudden try to sell their dead cows' hides at the fair, shouting "Their weight in gold!", and the tanner, the cobbler and the fat innkeeper all knock…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sell» (+3); the same thing acted on «hides» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, wasn't Donald proper gutted when the brothers nicked his scales?

1. Yeah, he got them back by paying them in gold coins — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Yeah, he got them back by fighting them — no support
3. Yeah, he was well upset, but he got them back by tricking them good and proper — score -5
4. Yeah, but he got them back by tricking them — ✓ the right answer · score -5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1716, line 12: «The fish gives him a scale and says: "If you should ever need my help, throw it into the river."», 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 «scale» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Right, so why did the dogs chase them home, innit?

1. Cos they stole them — no support
2. Cos the brothers was carrying the dogs — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Dunno, they just did — no support
4. They was running off with the hides — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1480, line 6: «The Prince is a dog when the story starts, and he is hungry all day: "So poor Prince Darling was terribly hungry all day long, but he was very patient about it…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, did the farmer really get sacked by Hudden, like, for real?

1. Nah, Hudden just sacked the farmer proper — score -2
2. Nah, he got out fine — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Yeah, he got battered in the bag by mistake — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, he got sacked for real, mate — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1307, line 2: «The two brothers set off, the rich one riding and the poor one walking with only bread and onions, and a farmer lets the rich man in for supper but leaves the…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+3); the same doer «farmer» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what was Donald shouting at the inn, the whole thing?

1. I want her, I say, bring her now — score -8
2. He was shouting for his cows, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Nah, he was just singing a tune — no support
4. I won't have her, I tell you — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, against -8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1992, line 3: «At an inn on the road, Donald shouts "I won't have her!", a farmer asks for the king's daughter, and he swaps places with the farmer, who gets into the sack.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shout» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, so the brothers thought they'd drowned Donald, yeah?

1. Yeah, they burnt him — score 5
2. Nah, they left him at the inn — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Yeah, they chucked the sack in the lake — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Nah, they kept him — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1852, line 11: «The robbers are eleven in number: one elder sister cooks, and ten brothers go out in pairs to rob travellers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «go out» (+3); the same doer «ten brothers» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Oi, Donald got cows out of it, didn't he, proper fat ones?

1. Yeah, from the brothers, they was small — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, just one cow — no support
3. Yeah, from the farmer, and they was massive — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, nothing at all — 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 ✗

Yo, so what did Donald show them in the lake?

1. Silver coins, like, lying at the bottom of the lake for ages — no support
2. White clouds, like, reflected in the water — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Gold coins, like, glittering in the lake — no support
4. White clouds, like, reflected in the water, which the brothers thought was the cattle — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1322, line 4: «Each time the girl makes him sleep and the work gets done, and at the wedding she shows him which bride is hers.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+7). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, why did Hudden say it was heavier, innit?

1. Cos Donald was still inside — no support
2. Cos the sack was full of hides from the fair, all soaking wet — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Cos the farmer was inside the sack, and he'd got heavier from all the cows he was carrying — score 1
4. Cos the farmer was inside the sack — ✓ the right answer · 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 1992, line 1: «Hudden and Dudden try to sell their dead cows' hides at the fair, shouting "Their weight in gold!", and the tanner, the cobbler and the fat innkeeper all knock…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Nah, did they actually get to the cattle at the end?

1. Yeah, Hudden jumped in and got them — no support
2. No, Dudden jumped in and that's the end — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. No, Donald took the cattle home — score 5
4. Yeah, they got them all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1992, line 5: «Donald says the Brown Lake is full of cattle, and points at white clouds in the water; greedy Dudden jumps in to be first with the cattle.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «jump in» (+3); the same doer «greedy dudden» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Oi, be real, Donald's the clever one here, right?

1. Yeah, he's clever, but the brothers tricked him into the lake — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yeah, he tricks them every time — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, they trick him every time — score 5
4. Yeah, he's the clever one, cos he tricks them every single time they meet, mate — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 588, line 6: «Who: Brer Rabbit is the trickster, and Brer Fox is the one who gets tricked and dies.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trick» (+3); the same doer «one» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, so what's the lesson, like, don't be greedy yeah?

1. Nah, greed pays off in the end — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, just be lazy — no support
3. Yeah, greed gets you in trouble — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, honesty always wins 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

In the light of the foregoing passage, which of the following statements concerning the events at the Brown Lake is correct?

1. Dudden leapt into the lake in order to secure the cattle before Hudden — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Hudden jumped in to grab the cattle first — no support
3. Hudden leapt into the lake to secure the cattle and Dudden followed him in with the sack — no support
4. Dudden leapt into the lake to secure the cattle before Hudden, who had already been tricked by Donald's white clouds on the surface — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately describes the conduct of Hudden and Dudden at the fair?

1. They offered their weight in silver for the hides — score 5
2. They offered the hides to the cobbler for a single coin, and then tried to take them back — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. They asked for gold for hides at the fair — score 5
4. They offered their hides for sale at a price of their weight in gold — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1992, line 1: «Hudden and Dudden try to sell their dead cows' hides at the fair, shouting "Their weight in gold!", and the tanner, the cobbler and the fat innkeeper all knock…», 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 action «try» (+2); the same doer «hudden» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best characterises the manner in which Donald O'Neary secured his cattle?

1. He stole the cattle from the brothers at the lake — score -3
2. He persuaded the brothers to exchange their hides for his own place in the sack — score -1
3. He persuaded the farmer to exchange his herd for his own place in the sack — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. He convinced the farmer to swap his cattle for a place in the sack — ← 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 -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1992, line 3: «At an inn on the road, Donald shouts "I won't have her!", a farmer asks for the king's daughter, and he swaps places with the farmer, who gets into the sack.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swap» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements regarding the sack in which Donald was carried is accurate?

1. It was tied loosely and carried by one brother — score 1
2. It was carried by Hudden on his back — score 3
3. It was tied tight and carried between the brothers upon a pole — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. It was tied and dragged behind — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1992, line 2: «Chased home by the town's dogs, the two brothers find Donald and stuff him into a meal-sack, tied up tight, and carry him off towards the Brown Lake.», 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 «meal sack» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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