Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning flail from hell and the Danes run off

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 2022 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, did Tom actually stroll into hell like it was the corner shop?

1. Yeah, he just nipped in through the back way — no support
2. Nah, he ran — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Yeah, he knocked on the gate like a boss — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Nah, he kicked the door down, fam — no support

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 1988, line 1: «Tom Fitzpatrick ties a red garter round a boliaun and runs home for a spade, but every boliaun in the field has a garter when he returns.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+3); the same doer «tom» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, why did the imps stick their heads out the bars?

1. They wanted to watch Tom fight — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They were nosy about the visitor — no support
3. They wanted to know what he wanted — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. They wanted to know what he wanted and whether he had brought any gold or food for them — 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 ✗

Did the flail burn Tom's hands or what?

1. Yeah, it burned his hands badly, but he kept hold of it anyway and laughed — score -4
2. Nah, it hovered near his palms, glowing brightly, but never touched him once — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Nah, it didn't even touch him — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Nah, it singed his thumb a bit — no support

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 2022, line 7: «what: Redhead sends Tom to hell for "the flail that has the handstaff and booltheen both made out of red-hot iron."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Was Redhead well dodgy with the flail, innit?

1. Yeah, he grabbed it with both hands and shrieked like a banshee until the whole of hell heard him — score 5
2. Nah, he touched it and howled away — score 5
3. Yeah, he grabbed it and shrieked like a banshee — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Yeah, he snatched it and yelled like a fool — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 2022, line 5: «Redhead grabs the flail and howls in pain, Tom eases his hands, and the Danes sail away for good.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grab» (+3); the same doer «redhead» (+1); the same thing acted on «flail» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, so did the Danes just leg it after all that?

1. Yeah, they sailed off in their ships — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, they rowed back to Denmark — no support
3. Yeah, they legged it off to the coast, grabbed their boats, and sailed right back to Denmark for good — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. Nah, they grabbed their weapons, hung about on the beach, and then sailed off later in the week — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2022, line 5: «Redhead grabs the flail and howls in pain, Tom eases his hands, and the Danes sail away for good.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «danes» (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, what was the princess on about with fifty halves?

1. She was talking about her gold rings — score 0
2. She meant she'd marry the sea king — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. She was joking — score 4
4. She meant she'd give Tom all of herself — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1911, line 4: «He forgets her and marries a princess, so Helena dresses in gold, goes to the feast, and he falls for her without knowing who she is.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+3); the same doer «prince» (+1); the same thing acted on «princess» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the wolf just dip after the dinner, or what?

1. Yeah, he legged it and vanished — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he bolted and was never seen again — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, he stayed — no support
4. Yeah, he ran — 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 ✓

Was Tom's ma fine in the end, like proper sorted?

1. Yeah, she never went without again — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, she got really sick after the trip, and Tom had to nurse her back to health for months — no support
3. Nah, she still had to work hard — no support
4. Yeah, she had plenty of food and warm clothes for the rest of her days, and Tom looked after her always — 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 ✓

Did the devil give up or nah, mate?

1. Yeah, he shouted a lot, cursed Tom's name, and then finally let him go back up to the world — score 2
2. Yeah, he shouted and let Tom leg it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Yeah, he yelled and waved him off — score 4
4. Nah, he grabbed Tom by the collar and dragged him back in through the gate, shouting all the way — score 2

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 954, line 12: «At the end he cries, "O Lord, my Lord... be merciful and grant me faith," and then "His eyes gleamed, and then closed in death."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+3); the same doer «devil» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, was the king well chuffed that Tom sorted the Danes?

1. Nah, he sent him home with nothing — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yeah, he made a massive fuss of him — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Yeah, he threw a huge banquet, gave him a castle and lands, and made him a knight of the realm — score 4
4. Nah, he sent Tom a letter saying thanks, but gave him no money, no land and no fuss at all — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 1989, line 16: «In Conall's tale, he is sent to bring home a cow, and a snowshower drives him into the "herd's bothy".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+3); the same thing acted on «king» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the princess actually say yes to Tom, like, for real?

1. Yeah, she came over, took both of his hands in hers, and said she would marry him at once — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Nah, she didn't say yes exactly, but she came over and sat beside him, then kissed his cheek and walked away — score 4
3. Yeah, she came over and held his hands — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Nah, she turned her back on him — score 3

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 1846, line 2: «Her father keeps his promise, and the princess marries the poor boy with great pomp while her six sisters mock her choice.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+3); the same doer «princess» (+1); the same thing acted on «poor boy» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Was Redhead's face proper funny when it all kicked off?

1. Yeah, a mix of laughing and crying — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, a bit of a scowl and a grin — no support
3. Yeah, a wild mix of laughing, crying and shrieking as he tumbled over the wall and into the mud — no support
4. Nah, he looked perfectly calm the whole time, just a little pale around the nose and cheeks — 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 ✗

Did Tom have to learn loads of boring stuff for the royals?

1. Yeah, mostly sums — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, just gardening — no support
3. Yeah, manners, fluxions and gunnery — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, dancing, Latin and sword play — 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 describes the object that Tom borrows from the Ould Boy in hell?

1. a heavy club with iron spikes and a leather grip — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. a magical flail that glows white whenever it strikes a devil, with a handstaff of gold and a booltheen of silver and bronze — score 3
3. a flail with an oak handle and a bronze head of cold metal — no support
4. a flail whose handstaff and booltheen are made of red-hot iron — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1874, line 13: «Old word: a "talisman" is a lucky object with magic powers. Today we just say charm or magic object.», 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). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

In what manner does the text state that the Danes withdrew from Dublin following the arrival of the flail?

1. by abandoning their camp, burning their tents, and sailing away in their ships to Denmark and beyond — score -3
2. by rowing off in their longboats — no support
3. by sailing away in their ships — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
4. by marching off to the north coast — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 2022, line 5: «Redhead grabs the flail and howls in pain, Tom eases his hands, and the Danes sail away for good.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «sail away» (-1); the same property (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the outcome for Redhead after he attempted to seize the flail from the stone steps?

1. he wept and hid under the stone steps until morning — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he roared and danced in pain until Tom eased his hands — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he roared and danced in pain until Tom finally eased his hands, but his hands stayed blistered for a month afterwards — no support
4. he laughed and clapped for joy — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which statement correctly characterises the relationship between the princess and Tom at the close of the tale?

1. she turned away from him in anger and tears — score 3
2. she placed her hands into his as a sign of consent, and then announced their wedding to the entire court that very evening — score 3
3. she placed her hands into his as a sign of consent — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. she laughed and walked away from the court — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 820, line 3: «In the hall the Princess sends away each suitor who cannot answer, and the stove makes the room boiling hot.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «hall» (+4); the same property (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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