Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robbers: a robber's tall tale and the gold returned

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 2003 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 ✗

Yer man got his face scratched, wasn't it the cat?

1. Nah, it was an old woman spinning flax by the fire with her cards — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yeah, it was the cat with the sharp claws from the kitchen — score 5
3. Yeah, it was the old woman — score 5
4. Nah, it was an old woman with the carding cards — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1834, line 16: «Why: the cat lay down "by a rat's hole and pretended she was dead," so the rats would take her for a sleeper.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «cat» (+3); the same doer «rats» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the cobbler a grand sort of fella who helped him out?

1. Nah, he hit him with a hammer — score 6
2. Yeah, he was a grand man and gave him a warm bed and a meal — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Nah, he went at him with awls and pinchers and a hammer — no support
4. Nah, he went at him with awls and pinchers — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1470, line 15: «A "cobbler" was a man who mended and made shoes; today we would call him a shoe repairer.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «man» (+3); the same doer «cobbler» (+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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Like, what did the devil have, claws and wings and what else?

1. Teeth like long iron nails — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Hooves like iron plates — no support
3. Teeth like nails — no support
4. Teeth like sixpenny nails — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

How far did the sledge-hammer fire him, like a mile?

1. Two miles off — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Half a mile off — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Far off — no support
4. A furlong — 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 robbers really believe the captain was telling the truth?

1. Nah, they doubted him a bit — score 5
2. Nah, they laughed — no support
3. Yeah, they believed him to the nines — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Yeah, they thought it was true — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1519, line 12: «The robbers think he is poor: "He's not one to have money, he is a tramp!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+4); the same doer «robbers» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Where were the robbers going with the gold, like Dunlavin?

1. To the Lord of Dunlavin's castle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. To the Lord of Naas's house — score 2
3. To the church — score 2
4. To the mill by the river — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 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 2003, line 6: «Who: the robbers, who have lost their gold, and Jack, the clever hero with his ass Neddy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «robbers» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wha's Neddy, is he a horse or like a donkey?

1. A pony, a cob — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. An ass, a donkey, a grey beast of burden — no support
3. A goat, a sheep — no support
4. An ass, a donkey — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓

Did the porter let them in nice?

1. Nah, he gave them a cross look and shut the door — score 5
2. Yeah, he gave them a warm welcome — score 5
3. Nah, he slammed it shut — no support
4. Nah, he gave them a cross look — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 182, line 4: «Sindbad gives the porter a purse, gets bored with home, and sails away on a second voyage.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same doer «sindbad» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the porter say the lord had room for them?

1. Nah, there isn't room for you all — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Yeah, there's room for all — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Nah, there isn't room for you all in the house tonight — no support
4. Nah, the house is full — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 918, line 18: «Old words: "bachelor" meant an unmarried man, "chamber" meant a private room (today a bedroom), and "pious" meant devout (today we say religious).», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «private room» (+3); the same doer «unmarried man» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's the porter's name, like, Barney?

1. Barney O'Brien — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Michael — no support
3. Patrick — no support
4. Barney — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · right ✓

Did the lord make Jack a proper gent or what?

1. Yeah, he made him his steward — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. Yeah, he made him his steward of the whole household — score -1
3. Nah, he made him a poor man and sent him away — score -1
4. Yeah, he made him his groom — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1890, line 11: «fact: Where: after many days he reaches Mount Caucasus, and then Trelintin, the capital of the Princess Sabella's kingdom.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «reach» (+1). Against it: the same doer «fact» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where did the cock sit, like on the donkey?

1. On the cart's shaft — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. On the ass's head beside the sack of gold — score 2
3. On the ass's head — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. On the donkey's back — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 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 138, line 19: «Old words: a "shrine" is a holy place where people prayed, a "Cock" is an old word for a male chicken, and "hind legs" means the back legs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cock» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, the new fella, Shee an Gannon, how many spikes with heads, eleven or twelve?

1. Eleven — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. Nine — score -1
3. Eleven, all of them with heads on them — score -1
4. Eleven, with the iron heads — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1098, line 15: «At home his wife "smiled" because she thinks her husband is mad, and she waits to see what he does.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wait» (+1). Against it: the same doer «wife» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what instrument was the injured robber struck upon his passage to the stable?

1. By a wooden plank — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. By a sledge-hammer — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. By a stone — no support
4. By a heavy iron bar — 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 animal bore the recovered treasure to the castle of the Lord of Dunlavin?

1. The mare — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. The horse named Bess — score 0
3. The cow — score 3
4. The ass named Neddy — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 1837, line 1: «First, a poor old fakir promises the King that one of his seven Queens will bear a son.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bear» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Of what office did the Lord of Dunlavin appoint Jack upon the conclusion of the episode?

1. Steward of the household and keeper of the castle gate — ← Mova's choice · score -5
2. Steward of the entire household and all the lands — score -5
3. Steward of the household — ✓ the right answer · score -5
4. Steward of the stables — score -5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 2003, line 5: «The cock asks who let the robbers in, the lord hears it, and Jack ends up dressed as a gentleman and made steward; then a new tale, the Shee an Gannon, begins.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «steward» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

At what hour of the day was the Shee an Gannon named, according to the opening of the second tale?

1. At dawn — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. At noon — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. At dusk — score 6
4. At sunrise — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1216, line 5: «Next morning the forest holds only parrots, and Alonzo wonders if he dreamt it, yet he counts the hours until night.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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