Celtic Fairy Tales, Auburn Mary, part 38: bones become steps, a finger is lost, and the giant drowns

Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 2019 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 ✗

Mate, did the giant's daughter really make the king's son eat her?

1. Nah, he got a dog to lick his face — score 2
2. Nah, she just made him fancy her — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Yeah, he ate a bit of her then spat it out and she was fine, sorted — score 4
4. Nah, he killed her, then put her back together with water — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1547, line 5: «A king's wise, pretty daughter is made to herd cattle by her wicked stepmother, but a blue bull shows her a magic cloth that fills with feasts.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same thing acted on «wise pretty daughter» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, so the bones were like a wicked ladder up the tree?

1. Nah, they fell off the tree in the wind — score -2
2. Yeah, mad — no support
3. Nah, they were just sticks, bruv — no support
4. Proper, they stuck to the glass like glue — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2019, line 8: «The bones "will stick to the glass as if they had grown out of it," so they hold on while he climbs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stick» (+3); the same doer «bones» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, how did she mess with the giant with apples?

1. She cut one apple into nine pieces and left them all round the house, then the giant ate every one — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She peeled it and sold it at the market in the town — no support
3. She baked nine pies for the king — no support
4. She cut one into nine bits round the house — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓

Did the giant's tools get nicked by a bird?

1. Yeah, a hoodie said they'd steal 'em — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, the hoodie nicked the knife and the axe and the giant said nothing at all — no support
3. Yeah, a hoodie in a tree said they'd steal 'em, and the giant then went home to fetch the rest of his kit — no support
4. Yeah, a crow nicked the big axe — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was that a proper big wood, like a forest?

1. Yeah, a small patch — no support
2. Nah, a tiny wood, a few trees — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Yeah, twenty miles of blackthorn, mad thick — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, a field of oak trees, mate — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 847, line 3: «An angel drops a tiny leaf into a wood, and the thistles and nettles sneer at the new plant.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the giant drown or just get dead tired?

1. He went home to bed and died there in the night, after a long day of chasing — score 4
2. He drowned in the loch, sorted — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. He got dead tired, mate — score 2
4. He just fell asleep, innit — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1783, line 1: «Petru wakes the giant, and when the giant tries to grab him, Petru plays his flute until the giant falls asleep again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall» (+3); the same doer «giant» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Why did the king's son forget her after the greyhound?

1. Cos the dog licked his face and he got amnesia — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Cos the dog bit him on the hand — score 2
3. Cos the giant put a spell on him when he got home and his whole memory went — score 2
4. Cos the old dog licked his face at his father's house and he got amnesia, forgetting the whole thing — 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 1306, line 10: «Why the son stayed silent: "He had put it off from day to day, hoping always for a better opportunity, and now this was the end!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «son» (+1); the same thing acted on «face» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was she even alive after getting killed, like, for real?

1. Nah, she got buried in the garden — ← Mova's choice · score -6
2. Yeah, she did — no support
3. Yeah, she got put back together with water — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, she came back with a new face — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score -6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1334, line 2: «In Erin, a farmer's daughter sits crying in the stable under a pack-saddle she is sure will fall and kill her.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «daughter» (-2); a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's a mattock, my granddad said it's a tool?

1. A sort of sword the giant wore on his belt when he went out walking to the loch — no support
2. A small blade for cutting bread — no support
3. A digging tool with a big heavy head — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A big heavy digging tool with a wide metal head, used by the giant to break rock and dig ditches for the house — ← Mova's choice · score -5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2018, line 12: «Old word: a byre is a cowshed, and farmers in Scotland still use the word today for a shed where cattle are kept.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «word» (-2); a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Did the king's son step on all the bones, innit?

1. Yeah, he trod on them all, every single one, so she had to be put back together with water — score 4
2. Yeah, he stepped on every one — score 4
3. Nah, he missed the last bone, so she was left with only nine fingers and a limp for the rest of her life — score 4
4. Nah, he missed the last one, so she lost a finger — ← 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, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1746, line 20: «Old word: "beside himself" means almost out of his mind, which is how the King feels after losing his Queen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lose» (+3); the same doer «king» (+1); the same thing acted on «queen» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

So was the giant's house wicked or what, all shaking?

1. Nah, just a bit of wind — no support
2. Yeah, the roof fell in — no support
3. Yeah, it did — no support
4. Yeah, the whole house shook top to bottom — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1951, line 13: «The ogre sits counting his gold until "his head began to nod," then snores so loudly that "the whole house shook again."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «shake» (+2). Against it: the same doer «whole house» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the greyhound get in trouble or just wag its tail?

1. It bit him and ran away — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. It licked his hand — no support
3. It ran off to the barn quick — no support
4. It jumped up to his mouth and he forgot her — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 436, line 8: «The youngest sister's house burns because "she did not receive you, but set greyhounds at you."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «burn» (+3); the same thing acted on «set greyhounds» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following describes the means by which the giant's daughter prevented the giant from reaching her?

1. She told the king's son to turn round and face the giant, so the giant lost his way on the road to the loch — score 0
2. She sent the giant back home with a spell of sleep — score -1
3. She threw apples behind them, which turned into blackthorn and rock, and the giant had to go home for his tools to clear them — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. She cast objects behind the fleeing pair, which were transformed into obstacles — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1112, line 18: «Hard word: "tsarivna" means a tsar's daughter, a princess.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following accurately records the reason the king's son did not remember the giant's daughter upon returning home?

1. He was kissed by an old greyhound, which caused the forgetting — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He was struck by the giant's curse at the gate of his house — score 2
3. He drank water from the loch and slept — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. He was given a potion by the giant's cook, which made him forget the whole journey and all the people he met — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 663, line 19: «Lucky Luck's mother says the prince must return home where "your wife will just have had a little boy," so the good news comes after the hard journey.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «prince» (+1). Against it: 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following correctly identifies the consequence to the giant's daughter of the bone left on the tree?

1. She had one hand fewer and walked with a stick — score -3
2. She lost a hand — no support
3. She was lame for life and had only nine fingers — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She could no longer walk the hills — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 0, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1989, line 17: «The cats sing a cronan, then fight over the calf and the cow, and Conall is forced to climb a tree.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «conall» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following best states the purpose of the apple shares placed about the house?

1. To show the way back to Tethertown for the king — score -1
2. To warn the king's son that the giant was coming up the road, and to get the greyhound to bite the giant at the gate — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. To answer the giant's calls and delay his pursuit of the fugitives — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. To answer the giant's calls from inside the house, so that he believed she was still at home and thus delayed his chase after the fugitives — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 0 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 a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «warn» (+1); the same receiver «king» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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