Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Beggarman: tricks, hangings and a returned wife

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

Lesson 2006 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, how much silver did the beggar get for the straw trick?

1. Four quid, mate — score -5
2. Like ten pieces, mate, for the whole crew at the hall — ← Mova's choice · score -3
3. Five pieces, mate — ✓ the right answer · score -3
4. Five pieces of silver, mate, straight up — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 1907, line 7: «Who: the three rogues, who lost fifty gold pieces to Simon's trick with the goat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «fifty gold pieces» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, did the fist really get blown off the lad?

1. Nah, it stayed on, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, straight off, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, it came off, fam — no support
4. Nah, it just wobbled a bit, mate, nothing fell off 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, what did the beggar pull with his ears?

1. A nose, bruv — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. One ear, bruv — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. Ear, bruv — score -1
4. Both ears, fam — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 237, line 14: «Who: the elf-mother pulls her daughter up the chimney by the ear, because the burn was done by "my own self".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, how did the beggar get the ladder up?

1. Chucked the silk, mate — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Flung the wool, fam — no support
3. Climbed it, bruv — score -3
4. Tossed the rope, mate — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 5, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1295, line 5: «A beggar takes Toueno's place in the sack, Toueno returns with a flock, and the brothers are drowned at the horse fair; then The Brown Bear of Norway starts wi…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «beggar» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Did the hare actually reach the top, fam?

1. Nah, it fell back, fam — no support
2. Yeah, it went up, fam — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Yeah, it went right up to the top, fam, and vanished — score 1
4. Yeah, it got stuck, mate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1618, line 2: «The Tanuki jumps into the big clay boat, because it looks like it will hold more fish, and the hare climbs into the wooden one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «climb» (+3); the same doer «hare» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, the red-eared hound ate what, bruv?

1. The last bit of hare — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The bones, bruv — no support
3. The last of the broth — no support
4. The hare — ← Mova's choice · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 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 remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «one» (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, who got hanged by mistake first?

1. The king's brother, mate — ✓ the right answer · score -3
2. The brother, mate — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. The harper's son, mate — score -3
4. The king's cousin, mate — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 2006, line 16: «The king's brother and his chief harper are hanged by mistake before the guards realise their error.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hange» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «mistake» (-3). The right option, 1, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, what was the beggar drinking on the bench?

1. Ale from a silver flagon with a broken lid, bruv — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Ale from a flagon — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Water from a bucket — no support
4. Wine from a horn — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, what did the harpers end up doing to each other?

1. Cracking skulls and smashing harps, bruv, right across the floor — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Cracking skulls, bruv — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. Cracking each other's skulls, bruv, till the hall went quiet — score 1
4. Playing tunes, bruv — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1949, line 4: «The miller stops his wheels and finds her, and a harper makes a harp from her bones and hair.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «harp» (+2). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fam, what did the king do when he got fed up?

1. Sent for the second harper — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Ordered his guards to leave — no support
3. Ordered the first man hanged — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Ordered a hanging — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1989, line 3: «Conall's sons grab the brown horse, and he kicks up such a racket that the king sends men to look.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+4); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: the same action «send» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, what did the storyteller say he'd keep?

1. His carriage and hounds, dude — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. His horse and sword, dude — score 1
3. His hounds, dude — score -1
4. His wife and coins, dude — ← 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 2006, line 18: «The storyteller thanks him for "my carriage and my houses and my hounds" but says he may keep the wife and money.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+7). Against it: the same thing acted on «wife» (-2); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what did the beggar do when he vanished?

1. He flew off into the sky or sank through the floor, lol — no support
2. He flew off or sank, lol — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He turned into a hare and ran off or sank, lol, nobody knew — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. He turned to smoke, lol — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2005, line 5: «An old beggar wins his money, his horses, his house, and his wife at dice, then turns him into a hare that the hounds chase.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+4); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: the same action «turn» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which tale character, when the doorkeeper reports to the king, is described as having a green wand of holly?

1. The steward who guards the gate of O'Donnell's hall and sends word — score -3
2. The lank grey beggarman, who presents himself at O'Donnell's hall with a three-stringed harp and a cloak of rags — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. The lank grey beggarman, who presents himself at O'Donnell's hall — ✓ the right answer · score -8
4. The hound that chases the hare up the silk thread at O'Donnell's feast — score -7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2006, line 6: «Who: the lank grey beggarman, a trickster who calls himself "a juggler" and carries a holly wand, then a harp.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored -8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the sum that O'Donnell paid to the juggler for the first trick.

1. Five pieces of silver, as was agreed, and a cloak and a horse from the king's stable — score -6
2. Five pieces of silver, as was agreed before the whole hall at the first trick — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Five pieces of gold, as was promised — no support
4. Five pieces of silver, as was agreed — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1999, line 10: «The king agrees, saying "I will," and the saint warns him, "It's well for you... that you said that word."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+3). Against it: 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the outcome for the lad who attempted the ear trick under the juggler's instruction.

1. He pulled away his ear and head — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. He tore away his nose entirely — score 2
3. He pulled away his ear and head and was carried weeping from the hall — score 5
4. He pulled away his ear and head and shoulders from the body — 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 2006, line 11: «The lad who copies the ear trick pulls away "ear and head," and the juggler sells them back for silver.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pull away» (+3); the same property (+3). Against it: the same doer «lad» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the item the storyteller declined to keep when offered restitution by the beggarman.

1. His wife, his money and his carriage with the hounds — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. His cattle and his gold — no support
3. His wife and his money — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. His money — 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

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