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title: Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fergus loves the hound, Tuiren i… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
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# Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fergus loves the hound, Tuiren is freed, Fionn chases a fawn

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**Tests:** 3 of 13 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 13 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1047 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.

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, did Fergus actually hug the hound, or nah?

- **1.** Nah, bruh — no support
- **2.** Yeah, he hugged and kissed her, bruh — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** Nah, he just patted her head, bro — no support
- **4.** Yeah, he hugged her and kissed her — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 1047, line 11: «fact: The hound "licked him timidly under the chin", and then "There is not a single shiver left in her."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fact» (+2); the same thing acted on «fergus» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Ngl, why did the hound bite the servant's hand?

- **1.** Cause the enchantment made her attack anyone who got near her, bruh — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Cause she thought he was Fionn's enemy and wanted to defend the whelps — no support
- **3.** Cause he was being way too pushy — no support
- **4.** Cause she did not vibe with him — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Was Fergus mad or chill when the servant gave the advice?

- **1.** Chill at first, then he went mad, roaring and turning all red — no support
- **2.** Mad, he got super angry, roared, and turned bright red in the face — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** Mad, he was roaring and red — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Chill, he was just smiling — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 594, line 4: «Another morning he shows up at the office with a red handkerchief tied under his chin, grumpy and sour from a toothache.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «servant» (+2); 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Lowkey, what did Fergus call his new dog best friend?

- **1.** My One Treasure, My Little Branch, My Best Friend Forever — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** My One Treasure, My Little Branch, the Hound of Fionn's Hill — no support
- **3.** My Golden Hound, My Dear Friend — no support
- **4.** My One Treasure, My Little Branch — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Bro, did Fergus let anyone near the hound after the hugs?

- **1.** Yeah, he trusted all his men with her — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** Nah, he got sus about anyone touching her — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** Nah, he got super protective and banned everyone from the hall after that — no support
- **4.** Nah, he got sus about anyone touching her and sent the whole hall outside — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1046, line 16: «Fergus agreed to take the hound because "if I could refuse anything to Fionn it would be a dog."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same receiver (+3); the same doer «fergus» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Fr, what did Fergus threaten to do to anyone who hurt his dog?

- **1.** Flay them alive and then chop them into pieces and feed them to dogs — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** Flay them and chop them up — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** Chop off their hands and feet and throw the rest into the sea, bro — no support
- **4.** Chase them out of the hall — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1047, line 13: «fact: He warns his servants that anyone who hurts the hound will suffer "flaying" and "dismemberment".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «flay» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Be honest, what news did Fionn get about Tuiren?

- **1.** She was not living with Iollan — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** She had run back to Iollan — no support
- **3.** She had gone off to live with Lugaidh in the hills of Faery — score 2
- **4.** She was living with Lugaidh — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1041, line 8: «Where: the match is played at the king's court, and later Fionn goes to live by "the Boyne Water".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+1); the same doer «fionn» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Okay, where did Iollan go to find the girl?

- **1.** To the hill — no support
- **2.** To Faery, to the hill — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **3.** Into the dark forest — no support
- **4.** Down to the river bank — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1047, line 15: «fact: Iollan goes to Faery and meets Uct Dealv "under the apple boughs of Faery".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same doer «iollan» (-1); the same place «faery» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Real talk, what did Uct Dealv want in return for saving Iollan?

- **1.** His hand in marriage now — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** Him as her sweetheart forever — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** His sword and his loyalty — score 2
- **4.** Him to be her sweetheart forever, and no other woman's man — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 79, line 7: «"'Satiable curtiosity" is Kipling's baby-talk for "insatiable curiosity", wanting to know things so much that you are never satisfied.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+1); the same doer «baby talk» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Gutted for Fergus, what was the cure for his sickness in the end?

- **1.** A horse from the king — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A special pup from Fionn — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** A cure from the druids — no support
- **4.** A special pup sent over from Fionn's kennels by a swift rider — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Mate, which hounds went to Fionn, and what were they called?

- **1.** Lugh — no support
- **2.** Bran and Sceo'lan — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **3.** Oscar and Conan — no support
- **4.** Bran — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1042, line 19: «fact: An ollav was a learned master or chief poet, and today a scholar with great learning might be called that.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «fact» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Wait, what was the fawn doing when the chase started?

- **1.** It was lying in the thicket until it leaped out suddenly at the men — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** It leaped out from the covert — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** It was sleeping in the grass — no support
- **4.** It was grazing in the field — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 776, line 19: «Today: a "chase" is an old word for a hunt, and a "dwarf" in these tales is a small magic creature, not a real person.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «chase» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Sus, why was Fionn confused on the last chase?

- **1.** He was drunk — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He lost sight of the fawn entirely — no support
- **3.** He could not get what the dogs meant — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He was tired — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/t13/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which of the following best describes the outcome of Fergus's attempts to comfort the hound, namely the cessation of its trembling?

- **1.** Fergus calmed the hound by feeding her — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** The hound's shivers ceased once Fergus hugged and kissed her — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** The hound's shivers ended only after Fergus had hugged her many times and fed her warm broth by the fire — score 2
- **4.** After Fergus hugged and kissed the hound, her trembling stopped entirely and she grew calm and quiet beside him — score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1046, line 6: «Iollan and Uct Dealv were sweethearts for years, and he gave a lover's whistle that everyone in the Shi' knew.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+1); the same doer «fergus» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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With reference to the text, what condition did Uct Dealv impose upon Iollan in exchange for the preservation of his life?

- **1.** Iollan agreed to marry Tuiren and leave Fionn's household — **← Mova's choice** · score 9
- **2.** Iollan pledged to remain her sweetheart until the end of his life and never again to visit the hill of Fionn — score 7
- **3.** Iollan pledged to remain her sweetheart until the end of life — **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **4.** Iollan was required to swear an oath to remain her sweetheart until death and to give her all his gold — score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1046, line 2: «When Iollan married Tuiren instead, Uct Dealv was so jealous that she decided to get her revenge.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «tuiren» (+4); the same doer «iollan» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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According to the passage, which hounds were produced by the enchanted animal, and to whom were they subsequently dispatched?

- **1.** They were born and sent to Fergus's hall — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** Bran and Sceo'lan were produced by the enchanted hound and later dispatched to Fionn as gifts — no support
- **3.** The hounds were born of the enchanted animal and were dispatched to Fionn and then to Fergus at the hall — score 2
- **4.** Bran and Sceo'lan were dispatched to Fionn — **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 133, line 19: «This tale is a fable, so the animals talk and act like people to teach a lesson about pretending.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «act» (+1); the same doer «animals» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Identify the cause of Fergus's prolonged confinement to his bed, as stated in the passage.

- **1.** Blighted affection, from which he suffered for a year and a day — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Blighted affection from the enchanted hound, which he suffered from for many years and a day in his bed — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** A sickness brought on by the faery magic of Uct Dealv and the apple trees that lasted a year and a day — no support
- **4.** Sorrow over Tuiren's marriage to Lugaidh in Fionn's hall — no support

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**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 1047, line 20: «fact: Fergus stays in bed "for a year and a day", suffering from "blighted affection", until Fionn sends him a special pup.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same place «bed» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1047-pg2892-part15/e4/)

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