Scottish Fairy Tales, The Golden Ball, My Own Self and the start of The Black Bull of Norroway: the lad beats the bogles, the lass is saved, a fairy child burns her foot, and a girl sets out for her fortune

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 237 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 · ★ · right ✓

Did the bogles even notice the lad was there?

1. nah, they were too busy kicking the ball about — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. no way — no support
3. yeah, they spotted him and waved right away — no support
4. aye, they kept looking at him the whole time — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 237, line 6: «fact: Who: the lad, his true-love (the lass), the hangman, and the bogles under the bed, who want the golden ball.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «golden ball» (+3); the same doer «bogles» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Why was the lass gonna get hanged anyway?

1. cos the judge had decided it was her fault for the whole village row and the hangman agreed — no support
2. cos she'd been caught stealin' a golden ball and the whole toon wanted her swinging by Friday — score 4
3. cos the hangman was a total pain and wanted her gone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. cos she stole a sheep from the big farm yonder — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 237, line 9: «Why: the lass keeps calling for relatives to stall for time, because she hopes someone has brought "my golden ball" to set her free.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «lass» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

What did the lass keep yelling about on the scaffold?

1. her mum and dad and loads of family coming — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. her mum and dad and loads of family and her sweetheart coming to save her from the rope — no support
3. her mum and dad and all her aunties and uncles coming down the road soon — no support
4. her gran and her cousins to save her — 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 ✗

Who was the lad's main mate in this bit?

1. his dad — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nobody, it was just him and the bogles — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. his wee brother and the family cat — no support
4. his pal Davie from the next farm — 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 ✗

What was the wee boy like at bedtime?

1. wee and quiet — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. greetin' and clingin' tae his mum — no support
3. dead stubborn, he just wouldnae budge — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. always fussin' and wantin' a story — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Where did the fairy lass come from?

1. the chimney, mate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the window — no support
3. from the fire grate — no support
4. from the wee lum top — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the boy think of his mum's threats?

1. he was scared and ran upstairs — score 5
2. just a laugh, he wasnae bothered — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. he cared — no support
4. he took them dead serious — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 220, line 14: «How: the brightest boy says, "Let us play at being the Cadi," and he takes the seat "gravely".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same doer «boy» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

How did the fairy child feel about her burnt foot?

1. she was gutted, she wailed and squealed the whole night through the fairy hill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. she sulked in the corner all night — no support
3. she was gutted and squealed the house down and everyone in the glen heard her — no support
4. she was gutted and squealed the house down — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

What did the elf-mother do when she found out?

1. grabbed the wee yin by the ear and dragged her up the lum — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. grabbed the wee yin by the ear and dragged her up the lum and burned her wings — score 7
3. dragged her back to the hill, scolding her all the way — score 7
4. took the wee yin by the hair and pushed her out the door — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 106, line 3: «The queen learns from her glass that Snow-White is still alive, so she comes back disguised as an old pedlar and laces her up until she faints.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «queen» (+4); the same thing acted on «queen» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where did the eldest daughter go to get help?

1. to a farmer's wife up the road — no support
2. to the old miller in the glen — no support
3. to the king's castle far away and begged the guards for a horse — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. to a witch washerwife doon the road — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 218, line 5: «Her magician daughter sprinkles water on him, and he becomes a man again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «magician daughter» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2); a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

What did the girl have to do for three days?

1. stay in the kitchen and sew cloth — no support
2. sit at the back door and watch the road and never leave the house once — score 5
3. sit at the back door and watch the road — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. sit at the back door all day long and watch the road for any sign of the rider — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1, line 1: «Alice is sitting on a grassy bank next to her big sister on a hot, sleepy day, bored stiff, because her sister's book has no pictures and no talking in it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «sit» (+1); the same property (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

What came along the road on the third day?

1. a coach-and-six, mate, dead fancy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. a hay cart pulled by two oxen — no support
3. a pair of riders on dark steeds — score 5
4. a cart, mate — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 237, line 17: «Why: the old wife makes the girl wait three days, and on the third day a "coach-and-six" comes along the road.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «road» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «coach» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

How old was the boy in the North Countrie?

1. just six, a wee nipper, who still slept in his mother's bed each night — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. just six, a wee nipper — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. just six years old, a wee nipper who was far too young to be out at night — no support
4. seven years and a bit — 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 · right ✓

Identify which character in the first tale finally secured the release of the condemned lass from her sentence.

1. the lass's mother — no support
2. the hangman, who finally gave up the rope — no support
3. the lad's father, who rode in on his horse — no support
4. the sweetheart, who arrived bearing the golden ball — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 237, line 4: «Her sweetheart comes through the crowd with the golden ball, says he has come to set her free, and takes her home, while in the next tale a naughty boy and a f…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+5); the same doer «sweetheart» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Explain the function of the fairy mother's intervention in the second tale with reference to the chimney episode.

1. she restored order by punishing the fairy child for causing the disturbance and then moved the whole hill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. she dragged the child home to stop the trouble and calm the house — no support
3. she restored order by punishing the fairy child for causing the disturbance — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. she restored order by punishing the fairy child for causing the disturbance in the house and in the whole glen — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the sequence in which the lass's relatives approached the scaffold before her sweetheart appeared.

1. mother and aunt — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. mother, father, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, cousin, the priest, and the hangman's wife — no support
3. mother, father, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, cousin — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. mother, father, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, cousin, grandmother, and the neighbours — 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 ✗

Describe the reason the eldest daughter of the Norroway tale was instructed to wait at the back-door.

1. she was to look out and observe what she could see — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. so she could guard the house from thieves — score 1
3. she was to look out and observe what she could see and report it to her mother each evening — score 4
4. she was to look out and observe what she could see along the road until the coach came — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 237, line 17: «Why: the old wife makes the girl wait three days, and on the third day a "coach-and-six" comes along the road.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+5); the same doer «coach» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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