Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, part 1: a hidden girl is found by a lost hunter, and the king sets out to take her
Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 6 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1994 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 ✗
Wha wis the soothsayer's big warnin, like?
- 1. the bairn wid bring a thousand deid men oot o the hills an dales — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. the bairn wid bring the warst fecht in Erin — no support
- 3. the wean wid cause the biggest bloodshed in Erin — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the wee lassie wid start the maist terrible wars in aw Erin an Alba — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Whit did Malcolm dae tae hide his wean?
- 1. hid her in a cave — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. took her tae a hill far awa wi her nurse — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 3. pit her oot the hoose — no support
- 4. sent her tae a hill wi the nurse an men — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1990, line 13: «The escape: Conall hides in the cave, holding his breath, until the birds call at morning.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «cave» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Hou auld wis Deirdre when the hunter turned up?
- 1. twenty-two an mairriet tae a king's son — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. fifteen, near enough a wumman — no support
- 3. nearly thirty an still livin wi her nurse in the hill — no support
- 4. sixteen, near enough grown — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · right ✓
Whit made Deirdre go pure red in the face?
- 1. anybody lookin at her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. anybody lookin at her or speakin her name in the hall — no support
- 3. the hunter speakin tae her — no support
- 4. any man that came near her wi a gift or a kiss — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Did the nurse let Deirdre talk tae any boy, mate?
- 1. Naw, nae man in the whole world — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. No boys — no support
- 3. Aye, a wee bit wi the boys — no support
- 4. Naw, but she could speak tae her da — 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 6 · ★ · right ✓
Whit wis the hunter dreamin aboot, like?
- 1. a fairy broch wi music gaun — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. his horse — no support
- 3. a fight wi the king's men — no support
- 4. a dead hound on the hillside — 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 ✗
Whit wis the hunter's name fer the king, mate?
- 1. King Conall Mor — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Connor — no support
- 3. The king — no support
- 4. King Connachar — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Whit did the hunter dae straight efter the hill?
- 1. went tae see his faither's hall — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. went tae King Connachar's palace — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. rode tae the castle at the toun — no support
- 4. went tae the king's palace and telt him aboot the lassie — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Whit time did the king get up, like, mental early?
- 1. before the birds started singin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. when the cock had crowed twice — no support
- 3. before the first light, afore the cock crew and the cattle wakened — no support
- 4. in the middle o the nicht when the dogs stopped barkin — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1994, line 5: «Deirdre lets him in, he tells King Connachar about her, and the king sets out at dawn to fetch her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «set out» (+3); the same doer «king» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Whit month wis it when they went fer her?
- 1. Ma — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. May — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yu — no support
- 4. June — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Whit wis lyin oan the bushes that mornin?
- 1. frost — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. mist — no support
- 3. the silver morning dew on the grass — no support
- 4. dew — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Whit did the nurse call the cry at the door?
- 1. a bird — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a lost lamb in the snow — no support
- 3. a wind — no support
- 4. birds o the air astray — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗
Which of the following best describes the reason for Malcolm's decision to conceal his daughter in the hill?
- 1. He had been told that she would bring a war upon the king — score -2
- 2. He had been warned that she would cause great bloodshed — ✓ the right answer · score -3
- 3. He wanted her hidden away — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. He had heard that the king would take her for a bride — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1418, line 10: «Who knocks on the window? "a great big white bear" rapped "three times against the window-pane" and wants the youngest daughter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements accurately reflects the conduct of Deirdre towards the stranger at the door?
- 1. She admitted him at once, against her nurse's wishes, because she pitied him and wished to show him the glen and her birds — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. She spoke to him freely, trusting the stranger's kindly manner at once — no support
- 3. She admitted him, against her nurse's wishes, out of religious obligation — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. She ignored her nurse entirely and invited him inside to share a meal, a fire and a long conversation about the hills — no support
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 1994, line 16: «Deirdre lets him in because "anything that is asked in His name we ought to do," as her nurse taught her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «let in» (+5). Against it: the same doer «deirdre» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following describes the purpose of the hunter's journey to the palace of King Connachar?
- 1. He intended to request land and gold for his service to the crown — no support
- 2. He wished to report the discovery of a woman of unmatched beauty — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 3. He hoped to win favour by bringing news of a new lord's hunt — no support
- 4. He came to ask for help against his enemies — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1679, line 8: «Where: she sits in a tree in the forest, "looking only at her work", and the hunters find her there.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+5); the same thing acted on «queen» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following most accurately states the time at which King Connachar set out upon his expedition?
- 1. At the hour when the king's own horn first sounded in the court — no support
- 2. Before the birds had begun to sing in the early morning — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Just after the sun had risen high — no support
- 4. Late in the evening, after the long feast had ended in the hall — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1994, line 5: «Deirdre lets him in, he tells King Connachar about her, and the king sets out at dawn to fetch her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «set out» (+5). Against it: the same doer «king» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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