Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manachar: greedy Manachar eats every raspberry, so Munachar sets out to make a rope and hang him

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1997 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, so Deirdre just jumped in the hole, no cap?

1. Nah, she lay down right beside Naois, then the gravediggers filled the hole and walked away, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Nah, she sat on the edge all night — score 7
3. Yeah, she lay down right beside Naois — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Yeah, she jumped in the pit and then the king dug the whole lot up again — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1997, line 10: «Deirdre lies down by Naois, and "she was dead by his side", so the king has her body raised and buried across the loch.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lie down» (+4); the same doer «deirdre» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, was the king's new missus the one who stopped him?

1. Yeah, she made him quit cutting the shoots after the third time, mate — score 6
2. Nah, the old queen came back and ordered the cutting to carry on forever — score 7
3. Yeah, she made him quit cutting — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Nah, his old wife made him quit — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1964, line 15: «Old word: a "saucy" person was cheeky or rude, so the queen says that Tom "had been saucy to her" to make the king angry.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same doer «queen» (+3); the same thing acted on «king» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, did the two fir shoots just meet in a knot?

1. Nah, they didn't — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, just the roots — no support
3. Yeah, above the loch, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, they grew apart, mate — 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 ✗

Was Munachar actually gutted about the raspberries?

1. Yeah, Manachar scoffed every one — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, Munachar only lost a few, Manachar scoffed them, though he said sorry after — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Yeah, Manachar scoffed every single one of them, then blamed the hound for it all — no support
4. Yeah, Manachar ate them all up — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1997, line 4: «Munachar and Manachar go raspberry picking, but Manachar eats every one Munachar picks, so Munachar goes to find a rod to hang him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «munachar» (+3); the same thing acted on «raspberry» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

So Munachar went for a rod, yeah, to make a gad?

1. Yeah, a gad to hang Manachar — ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Yeah, he went looking for a rod and the axe and the water and all that stuff — score 2
3. Yeah, a rod to beat the cat — no support
4. Yeah, he went for a rod to make a gad, which he then used to hang Manachar — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1997, line 16: «Munachar needs "a gad to hang Manachar", and a gad is a flexible twig or withy used like a rope.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hang» (+4); the same doer «munachar» (+3); the same thing acted on «manachar» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Was the axe fussy before it would cut the rod?

1. Yeah, it wanted a flag to edge it, and the flag wanted a fresh coat of paint — score -2
2. Yeah, it wanted a flag to edge it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. Yeah, it wanted a deer to swim — no support
4. Yeah, it was dead fussy, wanted a flag to edge it and a new handle as well — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1687, line 16: «fact: "Thenceforward" is an old word that means "from then on", and "wineglass" is an old word for the glass a person drinks wine from.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «old word» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the water want a deer to swim it?

1. Yeah, mad enough, a whole herd of deer swimming in a line across it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, mad enough, a horse — no support
3. Yeah, mad enough, a deer — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, a boat for the water — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Hang on, the crow just yelled "Daub! daub!" and Munachar listened?

1. Yeah, he went for the cow instead — no support
2. Yeah, he used the red clay on the sieve — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Yeah, he got the red clay from the riverbank, packed the sieve, and then went to the cow — no support
4. Yeah, he used the red clay on the sieve, then the crow flew off with the cake — score 7

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 1997, line 15: «The tale opens with "as many as Munachar used to pick Manachar used to eat", so the greedy brother is the joke.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+4); the same doer «munachar» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was it proper sus that the miller wanted a full sieve of water?

1. Yeah, it always ran out again — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, it poured right out again — no support
3. Yeah, it always ran out again, so the miller just kept on refilling it all day — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Nah, it never ran out at all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 664, line 10: «The miller was poor because he "keeps everything for himself, and does not give to those who need it."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same doer «miller» (+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 ✗

Did the cat want the butter, like, for itself?

1. Nah, it just wanted to lick it — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Nah, it wanted to scrape the butter — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Nah, it wanted to scrape the butter off the dish and lick the knife clean — score 7
4. Yeah, it wanted to eat the cream — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1246, line 2: «The lion eats both deer the cat wanted, so the cat sulks at home and refuses to hunt.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+4); the same doer «cat» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

So the hound got the butter in its claw, yeah, and hunted the deer?

1. Nah, the deer swam the water first — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, deadly, the hound followed the deer right across the moor and into the water — score 4
3. Yeah, deadly, the hound hunted the deer and the deer swam the water and the cat chased them both — score 4
4. Yeah, deadly, then the deer swam the water — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 784, line 18: «Old words: to "bale out" means to scoop water out by hand, and a "roe" is a small deer that the first huntsman was sent to shoot.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «small deer» (+3); the same property (+2). 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

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Was Manachar, like, totally fine in the end?

1. Yeah, he was totally fine, mate — no support
2. Nah, he had burst, the wee greedy lad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Nah, he was sick, the wee greedy lad — no support
4. Yeah, he was grand — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1997, line 5: «A long chain of helpers and demands follows, until a crow's advice lets Munachar fill a sieve, and when he returns with the rope, Manachar has burst.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «burst» (+4); the same doer «manachar» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which action did Deirdre perform upon the burial of the heroes?

1. She lay down in the grave beside Naois and then the brothers were buried with her — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. She insisted the gravediggers dig the pit wide, then lay down in the grave beside Naois — score -4
3. She climbed into the pit next to him — no support
4. She lay down in the grave beside Naois — ✓ the right answer · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 879, line 9: «Why: she wants the prince to love her, because she "could not forget the charming prince".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «forget» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «charming prince» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What was the ultimate fate of the fir shoots growing above the loch?

1. They grew apart — no support
2. They were cut down again — no support
3. They withered away — no support
4. They were united in a knot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1997, line 11: «Two fir shoots grow, and they "united in a knot above the loch", which is why the king orders them cut down.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «knot» (+1). Against it: the same action «unite» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

What did the crow instruct Munachar to do in order to fill the sieve?

1. Wet the sieve in the loch — no support
2. Daub the holes with red clay — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Go to the cow and get a whisp of straw to block the holes in the sieve — no support
4. Plug the holes with mud — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1988, line 11: «The Spirit of the Well says: "Take a sieve and bring water in it", which is impossible until the sieve is plastered with clay.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «plaster» (+5); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the state of Manachar when Munachar returned with the completed gad?

1. He had burst — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He was lying down, groaning, having burst from all the food he ate — no support
3. He had burst from eating all the raspberries and was lying in the hall — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. He was dead — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1997, line 4: «Munachar and Manachar go raspberry picking, but Manachar eats every one Munachar picks, so Munachar goes to find a rod to hang him.», 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 (+1). Against it: the same doer «munachar» (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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