Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the calf dies, the boy finds a princess

Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 260 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 ✗

Ken whit the wee calf did first when he got tae the wild-wood?

1. He fought aw the beasts in the wild-wood, the gallus wee hero that he was — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. He fought the beasts, the brave wee lad — score 3
3. Aw the beasts he fought, and the king's dochter he saved, the wee hero — no support
4. He fought aw the beasts, the gallus wee hero — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 260, line 4: «The poor boy and his bull-calf are sent away; the calf fights every beast in the wild wood, then dies to the fiery dragon.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «wild wood» (+4); the same circumstance (+4); the same action «fight» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did yer stepdad no' say he'd kill the calf? Naw way!

1. Naw, he only said it once — no support
2. Naw, he said he'd keep the calf in the byre all winter long — no support
3. Aye, if it came in the hoose — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Aye, but he didnae mean it — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 149, line 3: «The trees give him an ash sapling, and he uses it to chop down the noblest trees in the wood, which then groan that they brought it on themselves.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «calf» (+3); the same thing acted on «noblest trees» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Whit did the boy dae wi the bread? Ah, he shared it!

1. He broke it in twae and gied the bigger half tae the wee calf — no support
2. He broke it in twae for the calf — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He split it in half for it — score 0
4. He kept it aw for himsel and gied the calf nothing at aw — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 186, line 5: «In the dark cave he kills each new arrival with a huge bone, so that he can keep his bread and live.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2); the same thing acted on «bread» (+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

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mad, eh? The monkeys came up the tree efter him, but whit did they dae?

1. They climbed and then fell down — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. They climbed up and got a fright — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. They sat down — no support
4. They tried tae climb but failed — score 4

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 260, line 12: «The monkeys climb up after the boy, and he squeezes a cheese crud, saying "I'll squeeze your heart like the flint-stone".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «monkeys» (+3); the same action «climb up» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Did the monkey get the joke when the boy squeezed the cheese? Aye, it did!

1. It winked and climbed doon — score 5
2. It didnae get the joke at aw so it sat there scratchin its heid for ages — no support
3. It looked up and cam doon — no support
4. It cocked its eye and went doon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 260, line 13: «The monkey "cocked his eye", sees the trick is no use, and goes down, so the boy stays safe in the tree.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «monkey» (+3); the same action «cock» (+2); the same thing acted on «eye» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Ur ye bampot? Whit wis the dragon's fault? He killed the calf, aye?

1. Aye, he killed the wee calf dead — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Aye, he killed the calf, ken — score 3
3. Naw, nae fault — no support
4. Naw, it wis the monkeys' fault — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 260, line 14: «The dragon kills the calf, and the boy waits until it goes away before he comes down to skin the calf.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kill» (+2); the same thing acted on «calf» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Aw, the poor calf! Whit did he say tae the boy?

1. Climb that tree the noo and dinnae come doon till the dragon's gone — score 9
2. "Climb that tree and dinnae come doon" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. Climb the tree an' bide up there — score 9
4. Ye should've stayed at hame an' never cam tae the wild-wood wi me — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 260, line 10: «Why the boy climbs: the calf says "climb up that tree, so that no one can come nigh you but the monkeys".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «climb up» (+5); the same thing acted on «tree» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wis the boy scared? Aye, he wis greetin! Whit did he dae?

1. He sobbed and said "Oh, my calf" — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He cried and said "Oh, no, my bull-calf" — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He hid under a rock — no support
4. He wept and cried "Och, my wee calf" — 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 ✓

Naw way! Whit happened tae the dragon efter the calf wis killed?

1. It flew off to the hills — no support
2. It went away for a bit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. It wandered off to hunt — no support
4. It flew back up the mountain — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 260, line 14: «The dragon kills the calf, and the boy waits until it goes away before he comes down to skin the calf.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «go away» (+5); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Whit's the deal wi the bladder? It killed things, aye?

1. Naw, it's just air — no support
2. Aye, it killed the boy's calf — score 0
3. Aye, it killed everything the boy hit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Naw, it only scared the monkeys — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 260, line 11: «The calf's gift: after its death the boy must blow up its bladder, which "will kill everything you hit with it".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «kill» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

The king's dochter wis tied doon, right? By whit?

1. Her wrists, tied tae a tree — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Her hands, bound wi a rope — no support
3. Her hair, staked tae the grund by the dragon's cruel men — no support
4. Her hair, staked tae the grund — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Whit did the princess say when the boy tried tae untie her?

1. My hour is come, leave now — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. My time is up, go away — no support
3. Leave me — no support
4. "My time has come, go away" — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 159, line 20: «Old word: "disinfected" means cleaned so that germs are killed; the doctor wants the room "disinfected" before the Boy leaves.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+3); the same action «leave» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

According to the passage, by what means did the bull-calf instruct the boy to protect himself while the combat took place?

1. By climbing a tree, where only monkeys could approach — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. By climbing a tree and waiting there until the dragon had fully gone away — score 1
3. By climbing a rock, where only dragons could reach — no support
4. By climbing a tall tree, where only monkeys could approach him safely — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 260, line 5: «The boy climbs a tree, skins the calf, goes after the dragon, and finds a king's daughter staked down by her hair.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «tree» (+2). Against it: the same action «climb» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Pursuant to the narrative, what was the fate of the bull-calf following its encounter with the fiery dragon?

1. It was carried off alive by the monkeys to the tops of the trees — no support
2. It was slain by the dragon, which then burned the entire wood down — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. It was slain by the dragon — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It was cut by the boy — 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 260, line 14: «The dragon kills the calf, and the boy waits until it goes away before he comes down to skin the calf.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dragon» (+3); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which implement did the bull-calf designate for use against the dragon following its own death?

1. The bladder, once blown up and tied off tight with string — score 5
2. The horn, when blown hard — no support
3. The bladder, when blown up — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. The bladder from his own body, to be blown up and struck at the beast — ← 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 260, line 4: «The poor boy and his bull-calf are sent away; the calf fights every beast in the wild wood, then dies to the fiery dragon.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «calf» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What condition did the princess state, with reference to her own situation, before the boy untied her?

1. Her hour had come to be slain — no support
2. Her time had come to be destroyed — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She was tied up — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Her time had come, and she was to be eaten by the dragon at dusk — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 231, line 15: «Bahman says they are "sons of your Highness's late intendant of the gardens," their father.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «bahman» (+2); the same thing acted on «sons» (+1). Against it: 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

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