Celtic Fairy Tales, Gellert: Llewelyn slays his loyal hound by mistake

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 2015 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 ✗

Bruv, why did Llewelyn go mental and stab his own dog?

1. cos he thought the dog had stolen his bread — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. cos he reckoned the dog had eaten his baby — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. cos he reckoned the dog had nicked his horse — score 1
4. cos he reckoned the dog had eaten his little baby and there was blood all over the nursery, innit — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1945, line 1: «The dog keeps stealing the candles the little girl buys, so the stepmother gets her alone and kills her with an axe.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «steal» (+1); the same doer «dog» (+1). 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 2 · ★ · right ✓

Was Gellert actually well brave or what?

1. Yeah, he smashed that massive wolf — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Yeah, he bit the king's own steward — no support
3. Yeah, he was mad brave and he took on that great big wolf all by himself in the nursery and killed it dead — no support
4. Yeah, he went proper mental and smashed that massive wolf to bits in the nursery — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 2015, line 14: «what Gellert had done: he "fought and slain the wolf that had tried to destroy Llewelyn's heir."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «gellert» (+1); the same thing acted on «wolf» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Who was the nipper that nearly got eaten?

1. the nurse's little boy — no support
2. the wolf's young cub — no support
3. Llewelyn's little son — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. the little son that Llewelyn had left sleeping in the cradle — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2014, line 3: «Jack carves the goose before dinner, eats his supper in the field, and sleeps in the stable-loft as if it were his right.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where's Beth Gellert then, innit?

1. down by the river Dee — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. over the back of Snowdon — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. on the far side of the hill where the cairn stands — no support
4. near the old church — 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 5 · ★ · right ✓

Did the dog even answer the horn, like at all?

1. Nah, he just didn't come — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, no — no support
3. Yeah, loud — no support
4. Nah, he ran off to hunt — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

What got the dog all bloody round the mouth?

1. a rabbit — no support
2. the cat — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. the wolf he'd nailed — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. the deer he'd caught — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1963, line 1: «The young man gives a piece of his johnny-cake to an old woman, and she gives him a magic wand for his trip.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «woman» (+1); the same receiver «man» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

So was the cradle all messed up or what?

1. Yeah, it was flipped over — no support
2. Yeah, the cradle was flipped right over and the baby's blankets were all splattered in blood — no support
3. Yeah, it was totally flipped over and the whole thing was smothered in gore and straw — no support
4. Yeah, it was flipped and smothered in blood — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2015, line 18: «old word "daubed" meant smeared or spread thickly over something, so the cradle was smeared with blood.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Llewelyn chill out when he found his kid?

1. Yeah, the baby was just having a kip in the cradle after the big fight with the wolf — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, the kid was chewed up — no support
3. Yeah, the baby was just having a kip — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, the baby was in tears — 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 ✓

Why did the prince get so raging?

1. cos he thought the hound had eaten his son — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. cos the horn wasn't answered and he thought the dog had eaten his little boy in the cradle — score 2
3. cos the hound had bitten his horse — score -1
4. cos he saw all the blood in the nursery and reckoned the hound had eaten his son whole — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 1958, line 9: «Why: he pays a dead man's debts because he thinks "it was a pity creditors should be so cruel".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+1); the same doer «prince» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, the wolf was just knackered, yeah?

1. Nah, it was alive — no support
2. Yeah, it was torn to bits and lying in the corner with its guts all over the floor — score 3
3. Yeah, it was torn to bits — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Yeah, it was shot dead — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 399, line 5: «An Ass fools a Wolf into lifting his foot and gets kicked; a Lion then lures a Bull to dinner, but the Bull spots the trap and leaves.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fool» (+3); the same thing acted on «wolf» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Gellert get a proper funeral then?

1. Yeah, a massive heap of stones and a fancy golden bell on top of it all — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, a little wooden cross — no support
3. Yeah, a massive heap of stones — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, Llewelyn had the whole village come out and build a huge stone tomb over him — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Who was his father-in-law, mate?

1. King John, bruv — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The steward, bruv — no support
3. Edward, mate — no support
4. The Duke of York — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Gellert a dead sweet dog at home?

1. Yeah, proper fierce as a wolf — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, a bit mean — no support
3. Yeah, soft as a lamb — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah, he was proper vicious and would bite anyone who came near the castle — 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 correctly identifies the creature slain by the greyhound Gellert within the nursery?

1. a hungry grey wolf — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. a great gaunt wolf that had come in from the mountains — score 3
3. the great gaunt wolf that Gellert had killed in the nursery during the night — score 3
4. a great gaunt wolf — ✓ the right answer · score 3

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 1297, line 17: «What happens to the witch? The castle falls, and "No one ever saw the witch and her daughter afterwards."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «one» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements accurately describes the condition in which the Prince found the nursery?

1. The cradle lay overturned, daubed with blood, and the wolf's body lay beside the wall — score 13
2. The door lay open and the rushes were burned — no support
3. The cradle was tipped and the floor was wet — no support
4. The cradle lay overturned and daubed with blood — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 13

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 13, tied with another option at 13 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 2015, line 10: «what the Prince found: the child's cradle was "overturned and daubed with blood."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «cradle» (+7); the same action «overturn» (+6). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best states the consequence of the Prince's hasty judgement concerning his hound?

1. He wounded the dog by accident — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. He killed the innocent wolf — score 0
3. He slew the faithful dog in error — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. He rode home to the castle — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1870, line 21: «Old word: "savoury" means tasty and salty, not sweet; we still say it of pies, soups and snacks.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following is the accepted meaning of the term cairn as employed in the narrative?

1. a hill of earth for planting — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a heap of stones raised as a memorial — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a pile of wood for a fire — no support
4. a wooden marker for a grave — 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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