Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight back from Elfland

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 259 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 ✗

Did u see how Tamlane kept turning into stuff, like a snake an that?

1. Naw, she got scared an let go — no support
2. Aye, she tried tae hold on but the ice wis ower cauld, so she jumped intae the burn an drowned — no support
3. Naw, Janet let go when he turned intae the snake, an then she ran hame tae the mill-dam wi aw the knights chasing her — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Aye, Janet just hung on, pure brave — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 89, line 4: «They draw all the other signs that day. The T is a family group, Tegumai holding hands with Taffy and Teshumai, drawn so often that it becomes a thin line with…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, how did she even know it was him in the middle of aw they knights?

1. He had a gloved right hand and a bare left one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He had a black helm and a silver shield — no support
3. He wore a gold ring on his left hand — no support
4. His red cloak — 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 · ★ · right ✓

So why did Tamlane have to get saved, like, what was the big deal?

1. Cause he lied tae the Queen aboot the stars — no support
2. The Elves were gonnae hand him over as their tithe — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Cause he'd eaten their fairy bread at the broom bush and the Queen said he had tae be punished forever in the hill — score 1
4. Cause the Elves wanted his horse back — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 259, line 9: «Why: Janet loves Tamlane and will not let the Elves keep him, so she risks everything to save him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «tamlane» (+1); the same circumstance (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Burd Janet's no feart at aw, is she, even wi the ice an the fire?

1. Naw, she's no brave at aw, she jist kept on greetin an sayin she wanted tae go hame tae the mill-dam wi the knights — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Naw, she's dead brave, she never let go — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Naw, she wis feart at first, but then she got brave an held on through the ice an the fire an the snake an the glaive — no support
4. Naw, she screamed an dropped him — 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 ✓

Hauf the Elves sang a wee song at the end, did they no?

1. Aye, aboot the knight they lost — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Naw, it wis aboot the bairn — no support
3. Aye, a wee yin — no support
4. Naw — 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 ✗

Whit's the broom bush, is it just a dead plant or whit?

1. It's a shrub fae the Nether world wi black leaves, an Janet picked some tae gie tae the knights at the cross at midnight — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It's a bush wi yellow flowers, Janet picked some — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It's a bush o red berries, she ate some — no support
4. It's a hedge fae the mill-dam, nae flowers — 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 ✗

Ken whit a tithe is? Sounds like a boring tax thing

1. Aye, a sort o fairy fine they pay — no support
2. Aye, it's like a tenth part they had to pay — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A coin — no support
4. Aye, it's a wee bit o siller ye gie — ← 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 63, line 16: «The gentlemen say: «Here is a poor old thing—a washerwoman apparently—who has fainted in the road!» They lift him into the car and prop him up with soft cushio…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «poor old thing» (+3); the same thing acted on «toad» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

So they're yer maist fairy folk, but the Good Folk are a different crowd?

1. Naw, they're aw the same — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Aye, the Good Folk are in the Stars story — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Aye, the Good Folk are the wee brooklet folk — no support
4. Naw, the Good Folk are the Elves wi the horses — 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 ✗

Did the mill-dam an the brooklet actually help the lassie, or no?

1. Naw, they just laughed at her — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Naw, the mill-dam drowned the lassie in the cold flood, an the brooklet carried her body awa tae the sea and aw the Elves — no support
3. Naw, they just gied her a drink an sent her hame — no support
4. Naw, they just sent her aff to look aboot — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Is that Miles Cross place in the real world or is it made up?

1. It's a hill where the Elves dance, ye ken — no support
2. It's a made-up place fae the ballad, nae real road, but the Elves' ride goes through it at Hallowe'en every year for ever — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. It's a field where the knights gather — no support
4. It's a crossroads, ye stand there at night — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 164, line 10: «The hind: the old man chose a hind so his family "could see her in the family without repugnance."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «family» (+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 ✗

Honest, the tiny lassie wanting the stars is pure mental, eh?

1. Aye, she's no — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Aye, she's jist a wee lassie wi a broom — no support
3. Aye, but she's dead keen, that's the best bit — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Naw — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

So did Tamlane aye get back his proper body in the end?

1. Aye, he was a man again, stark naked — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Naw, he stayed a snake forever — no support
3. Aye, he wis a man again, but he had tae gie up his horse and armour tae the Queen, an live in the hill wi her — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Aye, he was dressed in his armour — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 259, line 7: «Where: the place where Janet stands is called Miles Cross, and Tamlane rides out from a hill.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «tamlane» (+3); the same place «hill» (+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 1 · formal language · right ✓

To what extent did Janet's perseverance under the transformations secure Tamlane's deliverance from the Elfin court?

1. Her unwavering grip, through every transformation, secured his deliverance — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. She let go — score 0
3. The priest's blessing at the cross saved him in the end — score 1
4. Her courage at the kirk, when the fire came, won the day and he was freed — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 259, line 7: «Where: the place where Janet stands is called Miles Cross, and Tamlane rides out from a hill.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «janet» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which natural element, employed by Janet, finally dissolved the spell that bound Tamlane to the Elfin court?

1. The breath of the Queen herself, which burned like fire and melted the frozen ice and the snake and the glaive all at once — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Ice from the brooklet, into which the glaive was set — no support
3. Water from the deep well beneath the Miles Cross, which the Queen had blessed and which had been carried by the knights through the night — no support
4. Water from the well, in which the red-hot glaive was cast — ✓ 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the specific sign by which Janet recognised her lover among the riders of the chief court.

1. The red plume on his helm and the mark upon his shield of gold — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The silver brooch pinned to his breast and the tall black horse he rode, with its mane plaited with rowan and gold thread from the Elfin hall — no support
3. The silver helm and the ring he wore — no support
4. The gloved right hand and the bare left hand of the knight — ✓ 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Describe the chief consequence of Tamlane's return from Elfland for the marriage contracted between him and Janet.

1. She refused him, and he rode back to the hill of the Queen — no support
2. They were lawfully wed after his purification by holy water — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. They lived apart after his long return to the Elfin hills — no support
4. They were wed in a grand ceremony at the castle, with the Queen of Elfland herself attending, and a feast lasting three days with music and dancing — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 87, line 17: «Real life: our letter A began as a picture of an ox's head, called «alp» (ox); turn A upside down and you can still see the head and horns.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+2); the same thing acted on «head» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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