--- title: Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy giant offer… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1057 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 13 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1057-pg2892-part25/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/) / 1057 # Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy giant offers to race Cael in Fionn's place **Tests:** 6 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 15 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1057 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1057-pg2892-part25/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} Be honest, was the Carl of the Drab Coat a proper giant or just a messer? - **1.** A huge yellow-skinned giant who was no ordinary man at all — score 4 - **2.** A lazy, big-footed beggar pretending to be a giant of the hills — no support - **3.** Huge yellow-skinned giant — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** A tall, grey-bearded man — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1057, line 2: «In a gloomy, overgrown wood, Fionn meets a huge giant in a mud-plastered drab coat and boots like boats.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same thing acted on «huge giant» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1057-pg2892-part25/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} Like, what's the craic with Cael, was he a total eejit at the end? - **1.** He fought the giant, won the race and feasted at Ben Edair — score 5 - **2.** He grumbled and went hungry all the way to the end of the race — score 6 - **3.** He grumbled and went hungry — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** He sulked and went without — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1057, line 4: «The giant, called the Carl, builds a snug house at Slieve Luachra while Cael grumbles and refuses to help.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grumble» (+4); the same doer «cael» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1057-pg2892-part25/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Lads, was Slieve Luachra sixty miles from Ben Edair or what? - **1.** Close to fifty miles — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Sixty miles exactly from the hill to the far coast of Ben Edair — no support - **3.** Sixty miles exactly — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Forty miles — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1057-pg2892-part25/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Yer man Fionn went off to Tara, right? Where did he hope to find Caelte first? - **1.** At the hall — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** At Tara of the Kings — **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** At Allen of the Fenians — score 7 - **4.** In the hall at Tara — score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 1057, line 8: «What: Fionn goes towards Tara of the Kings, hoping to find Caelte mac Rona'n there.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hope» (+4); the same doer «fionn» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1057-pg2892-part25/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} Was the Carl deadly at the building, or just a lazy gom? - **1.** Built a snug house in one load of timber brought down the hill — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Built a snug house in one load — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Carried logs in one trip — no support - **4.** Raised a sturdy house quickly — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1057-pg2892-part25/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} What did the Carl wear on his feet, like, big as a boat? - **1.** Boots shaped like ships — no support - **2.** Brogues shaped like boats — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Huge iron-shod boots shaped like boats and covered in cold mud — no support - **4.** Shoes like long canoes — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 314, line 17: «Kiss: Wendy gives Peter a thimble, and he gives her "an acorn button", which she wears on her chain.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «chain» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same action «wear» (-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/1057-pg2892-part25/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Sound, so what did the Carl do with the boar bones after eating? - **1.** Buried them in the mud — no support - **2.** Tied them in his coat tail and carried them down the hill — no support - **3.** Tied them in his coat tail — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Threw them in the fire — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 889, line 11: «Guests "threw in each other's faces the bones that were left," and this was a sign of good feeling among them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «bones» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «throw» (+1); a different doer (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/1057-pg2892-part25/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} Was Cael a grand sport about helping with the house? - **1.** He refused to help build the house and sat sulking by the fire — score 6 - **2.** He helped build the house quickly, carrying timber from the wood to the hill — score 6 - **3.** He offered to help build — score 6 - **4.** He refused to help build — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1057, line 4: «The giant, called the Carl, builds a snug house at Slieve Luachra while Cael grumbles and refuses to help.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «refuse» (+4); the same doer «cael» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1057-pg2892-part25/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} Did Cael sleep well on the hill, like, was he buzzing? - **1.** He stayed up late and talked — no support - **2.** He was buzzing — no support - **3.** He slept fasting, no dinner — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** He slept soundly all night — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1057, line 17: «Why: Cael sleeps fasting because he will not help, and the Carl says, "The tooth that does not help gets no helping."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+4); the same doer «cael» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1057-pg2892-part25/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} Did Fionn promise to protect something big, like, Ireland's honour? - **1.** His own honour — no support - **2.** The honour of Ireland — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** Ireland — no support - **4.** The lands of Ireland — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1035, line 18: «The sons of Mil drive the Tuatha De' under the ground, which is how men come to rule Ireland.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «men» (+2); the same thing acted on «ireland» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1057-pg2892-part25/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} What did the Carl call Cael, like a pet name? - **1.** Dear son, my boy — **← Mova's choice** · score -3 - **2.** Dear friend, my brother — score -3 - **3.** Dear heart, my darling — **✓ the right answer** · score -3 - **4.** Dear heart, my darling, my own true son of the hills — score -3 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1057, line 4: «The giant, called the Carl, builds a snug house at Slieve Luachra while Cael grumbles and refuses to help.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «giant» (-1); the same action «call» (-2). The right option, 3, scored -3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1057-pg2892-part25/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} Ah, be real, did the Carl wait for the boar to be cooked or what? - **1.** He ate it raw — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** He left it on the grass — score 4 - **3.** He cooked it over the fire — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** He roasted it on a spit — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1057, line 16: «What: The Carl catches a wild boar, cooks it, eats half, and keeps the other half for his breakfast.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «carl» (+3); the same action «eat» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1057-pg2892-part25/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13} Did the Carl sleep before the race, like, did he take it seriously? - **1.** He slept until he was ready — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **2.** He did not sleep — score 6 - **3.** He rested by the fire briefly — score 5 - **4.** He slept until the morning — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1057, line 18: «What: The Carl sleeps until he is ready, then tells Cael he will "trot on your track" when he wakes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+4); the same doer «carl» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1057-pg2892-part25/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} With reference to the passage, what compact did Fionn require of Cael before his departure? - **1.** That Cael stay home — score 3 - **2.** That Cael befriend the Fianna present — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** That Cael fight the Fianna men — score 4 - **4.** That Cael make peace with them — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1056, line 15: «Fionn warns him to "take heed," because the champions of the Gael are standing by.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1057-pg2892-part25/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} With reference to the passage, by what route did Fionn traverse the gloomy wood? - **1.** Down a worn, rutted path — no support - **2.** Through the trees — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **3.** By a hill — score -2 - **4.** Along a hacked, hollow way — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 759, line 19: «fact: Old word: a copse is a small wood of young trees, something like a thicket; today we would just say a little wood.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «small wood» (+3). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1057-pg2892-part25/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which proposal did the Carl advance regarding the course, and to what end? - **1.** A race to Tara — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **2.** A feast at Slieve Luachra hill — no support - **3.** A race from Slieve Luachra to Ben Edair — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **4.** A wager of gold on the far hill — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1057, line 12: «Why: The Carl offers to run Fionn's race, saying, "by this hand, I will be first at the post."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «carl» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1057-pg2892-part25/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Explain how the Carl provided lodging for the night on Slieve Luachra. - **1.** He built a house from felled timber, using twenty-four couples of oak — score 8 - **2.** He cut down the wood and built a large house from timber, then fed everyone a boar roasted on the fire — score 8 - **3.** He hunted a boar for their supper — score 5 - **4.** He built a house from felled timber — **← 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, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1057, line 15: «What: The Carl fells twenty-four couples of timber and builds a house "well thatched and snug" in one load.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «build» (+4); the same doer «carl» (+2); the same thing acted on «house» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1057-pg2892-part25/e4/) - ← previous: [1056. Fionn's Fianna, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1056-pg2892-part24/) - next →: [1058. Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1058-pg2892-part26/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)