Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'Toole and his Goose: Saint Kavin mends the goose and the king pays with his land

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

Lesson 1999 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 ✓

Yo, so the saint just glued the goose back together, right?

1. Nah, he sold her to a tinker for coins — score 5
2. Nah, he made her as good as new, flying and all — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. Nah, he just glued her — score 5
4. Nah, he made her as good as new and then flew off to the next parish with her — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1999, line 2: «The saint offers to make the old goose as good as new, and the king promises him all the ground she flies over.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same thing acted on «old goose» (+3); the same doer «saint» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, wait, the king said the saint could have all the ground?

1. Yeah, all the land he can see from the hill — no support
2. Yeah, every bit the goose flew over, plus the king's horse and his gold cup — score 7
3. Nah, the king said he'd give the saint all the land in the kingdom, every single bit of it — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. Yeah, every bit the goose flew over, sus deal — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 667, line 9: «Why: the king is angry at first, but he keeps his promise because he gave "my royal word" to spare the thief.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same thing acted on «royal word» (+3); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey the king was well shook, innit?

1. Nah, he was cool as a cucumber, but his eyes were bulging out a bit — no support
2. Yeah, he was proper shaking and sweating — no support
3. Yeah, he was shaking so hard his crown fell off and rolled under the table — ← Mova's choice · score -3
4. Yeah, his eyes were ready to jump out his head — ✓ the right answer · 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 1616, line 20: «Old word: "Shuddering" means shaking hard, usually from fear or cold.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

So who was the bloke in disguise?

1. Saint Kavin, the holiest of all the saints who ever lived in Ireland — no support
2. Saint Kavin, who had come to test the king's greed and kindness — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Saint Patrick himself, the holy one — no support
4. Saint Kavin, the greatest of all the saints — ✓ 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 1999, line 6: «WHO: King O'Toole, an old king with a crippled goose, and Saint Kavin, who comes to him in disguise.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+4); the same doer «king o'toole» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Did the goose just catch a trout and roast it up?

1. Nah, she caught a horse-eel, and the eel killed her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. Nah, she caught a huge horse-eel, and the eel swallowed her whole — score 5
3. Nah, she caught a pike and swallowed it — score 5
4. Nah, she caught a trout, but the saint blessed it and it flew away — score 5

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 1717, line 19: «What: Martin buys the cat Waska for a hundred florins, because the peasant says it "has just killed a goose".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kill» (+4); the same thing acted on «goose» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, why didn't the eel eat the goose?

1. Because the eel was full from breakfast — no support
2. Cause she had been blessed and the eel knew it was a holy goose — no support
3. Cause she was blessed by the saint's hands — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Cause the saint had blessed her with holy water and the sign of the cross — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1999, line 14: «OLD WORD: "darn't" means "dared not," so the eel "darn't ate" the goose because she was blessed.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fr, the saint was like a legend with the fly move, yeah?

1. Yeah, she shot up like an eagle and did loops over the whole county, mad capers too — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, she just waddled off, no flying — no support
3. Yeah, she took off like a rocket, real quick — no support
4. Yeah, she took off like an eagle, mad capers too — ✓ 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 ✗

So the king was dead by the end, sick story?

1. Yeah, the goose died first and then the king followed her some time after, sad end — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yeah, the goose died, then the king — no support
3. Nah, he lived on happy, and the goose flew off — score 6
4. Yeah, he went soon after, the goose died first — ✓ the right answer · score 3

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 1674, line 16: «where: the king of Ciccu's country watches from "the top of a tower" and runs down the steps.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «watch» (+4); the same doer «king» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, the king said the saint was a dacent boy at first?

1. Yeah, until he heard about the goose's flight — score 6
2. Yeah, till he found out the stranger was Saint Kavin and then he begged for mercy — score 6
3. Yeah, till he found out the stranger was actually Saint Kavin in a disguise of rags — score 6
4. Yeah, till he found out it was Saint Kavin himself — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1999, line 19: «The king falls to his knees and says "is it the great Saint Kavin," so the saint reveals who he really is.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «great saint» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «word» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Honestly, the saint was clever for real, yeah?

1. Yeah, he got the whole field and the king's trust — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, he got the whole field, the king's trust, and a big feast in his honour — no support
3. Nah, he got the field but lost the king's trust — no support
4. Yeah, he got the whole kingdom's land and the king's daughter's hand in marriage — 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 ✗

Did the king keep his word or nah?

1. Nah, he went back on it and kept the land — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. Yeah, as true as the sun rising, he gave the saint every acre the goose flew over — score 9
3. Nah, the king swore by the sun and then broke every promise he had ever made to anyone — score 9
4. Yeah, as true as the sun, he gave it all — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1935, line 11: «The Prince keeps his word: "The Prince promised faithfully to do all he had been told."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same thing acted on «word» (+3); the same doer «prince» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what's a gossoon anyway?

1. A young boy who helps a farmer with the sheep and cattle — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A kind of old bagpipe played at fairs — no support
3. A lad or a young boy, like a little lad — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A sort of wild Irish pipe that is played at weddings in the glen — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

So when the saint said my horn's not soft, what's that mean?

1. He won't do the job for nothing, no free favours — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. He wants more food — score 5
3. It means he's a stubborn old tinker — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. He means he's too clever to be fooled — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1999, line 12: «The saint is not a tinker: "I'm no tinker by trade," he says, and he is a holy man who blesses with the cross.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «tinker» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «saint» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the outcome of Saint Kavin's agreement with King O'Toole?

1. The king is bound to yield the land, but the saint refuses it and the goose dies with the king — score 4
2. The saint wins the goose but the king keeps all the land — score 4
3. The king is bound by his word to yield the ground the goose flew over — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. The saint is paid in gold and the goose is returned — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1999, line 9: «WHY: The saint wants a price, so he asks the king to "gi' me all the ground the goose flies over."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fly over» (+6); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner does the goose's final death come about, according to the narrative?

1. She mistakes a horse-eel for a trout and is killed by it — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She dives after a frog and gets trapped in weeds — no support
3. She is attacked by a horse-eel that the king sent to test the saint's holy goose and her wings — ← Mova's choice · score -1
4. She dives after a trout, but a horse-eel seizes her and drags her underwater to drown in the lake — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 1999, line 14: «OLD WORD: "darn't" means "dared not," so the eel "darn't ate" the goose because she was blessed.», 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 (+2); the same thing acted on «goose» (+1). Against it: the same doer «eel» (-2); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the precise nature of the king's response upon learning the identity of the stranger?

1. He bows his head and says a short prayer — score 1
2. He falls upon his knees before the saint in reverence — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. He falls upon his knees before the saint and weeps openly in front of all the court — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. He begs the saint for a fair bargain — score -4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1999, line 4: «The king praises the saint, then learns he is the great Saint Kavin and falls on his knees in shock.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same place «knees» (+3); the same action «fall» (+1). Against it: the same doer «king» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which term denotes the figure of speech used by the king to express affection toward the goose?

1. Ma vourneen, my dear little goose — no support
2. The Irish phrase for dear heart — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Mo chroí-dear — no support
4. Ma vourneen — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1996, line 20: «Old word: a "druid" was a priest or magician in old Celtic lands; today the word is used for an old Celtic priest or a magic character in stories.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «old word» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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