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# Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Ian Direach, part 12: the fox sails Ian to Erin and France, and the princess is tricked aboard

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**Tests:** 4 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 9 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1146 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/1146-pg3027-part12/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Ye ken whit the fox turned intae first, aye?

- **1.** a muckle big boat, like — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a boat — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** a selkie — no support
- **4.** a braw auld fishin' boat — 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/1146-pg3027-part12/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Whit did Ian huv tae shine up for the Big Women, like?

- **1.** the spear — no support
- **2.** the shield — no support
- **3.** the Golden Harp — no support
- **4.** the White Sword — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**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 1146, line 2: «Ian polishes the White Sword of Light for six weeks, then tries to steal it, but the sheath bumps the door and it shrieks.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «white sword» (+3); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1146-pg3027-part12/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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How long did he graft for them? Like, mental long?

- **1.** a day — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** nine weeks — no support
- **3.** ages — no support
- **4.** six weeks — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1146-pg3027-part12/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Whit made the door go shriek, did it?

- **1.** the wee metal tip o the scabbard, like — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the bottom bit o the sword's sheath — no support
- **3.** the point o the blade — no support
- **4.** the tip o the sheath — **✓ 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/1146-pg3027-part12/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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The Big Women wanted the king's bay colt, naw?

- **1.** the king — no support
- **2.** the grey mare — no support
- **3.** the bay colt — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **4.** a horse — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1146, line 13: «The Big Women say: "If it is our sword you want, you must first bring us the bay colt of the King of Erin."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1146-pg3027-part12/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Where did Ian sit when he was gutted, like?

- **1.** by the loch — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** on the hill — score 6
- **3.** doon by the auld harbour wall — score 6
- **4.** by the sea — **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 450, line 9: «Why: he wants to escape, and at first he sits thinking, "What's to be done?"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sit» (+4); the same doer «smith» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1146-pg3027-part12/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Whit did the fox turn intae to sail tae Erin?

- **1.** a dug — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a selkie — no support
- **3.** a braw wooden fishin boat — no support
- **4.** a ship — **✓ 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/1146-pg3027-part12/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Who got the job o looking efter the horses, no?

- **1.** Ian — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** Dougal Brodie — no support
- **3.** the cook — no support
- **4.** Ian Direach — **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**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 1141, line 16: «What the second giant says: he thinks the noise is "Ian, the soldier's son," but he still goes home to look.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1146-pg3027-part12/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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The king said the horses were shinin pure brilliant, aye?

- **1.** they looked fine — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** their skins shone brightly — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** their coats gleamed weel — no support
- **4.** their hides glowed like gold — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 632, line 4: «Next day the thirty thousand men hold a big parade, and the troop-horse and Billy march past looking proud.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+1). 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/1146-pg3027-part12/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Whit did the king say he'd gie Ian, like, the best thing?

- **1.** the most precious thing — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** his gold — no support
- **3.** a fine horse — no support
- **4.** the finest horse o the lot — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1146, line 14: «The king of Erin says he will give Ian "the most precious thing that my kingdom holds."», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «precious thing» (+4); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1146-pg3027-part12/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Where did Ian gallop the colt, did he?

- **1.** a' roond the whole kingdom, up an doon the braes — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** roon aboot the village — score 2
- **3.** all round the country an' back again tae the palace — score 2
- **4.** all round the country — **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 1146, line 12: «Ian is told to take the bay colt "all round the country" and he rides her so fast he can "leave one wind behind him."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «bay colt» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1146-pg3027-part12/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Whit did the colt's tail hit that made the shriek, aye?

- **1.** the wall — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the iron gate — no support
- **3.** the gatepost — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the auld stone gatepost at the front — 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/1146-pg3027-part12/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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Whit did the king want before he'd gie up the colt, like?

- **1.** the daughter o the king o the Franks — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** his ain daughter an' the white hounds o the palace — no support
- **3.** the daughter o the king o the Franks an' a' her gold — no support
- **4.** the daughter o the high king o Alba — 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/1146-pg3027-part12/t13/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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By what means did the fox effect the transport of Ian Direach across the sea to the Seven Big Women?

- **1.** By fishing — no support
- **2.** By transforming himself into a boat — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **3.** By boat — score -3
- **4.** By turning himself into a fishing boat — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 573, line 2: «Brer Fox bursts in, Brer Tarrypin's scramble knocks a pot of greens over and bonks Brer Fox on the head, and everyone runs off.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «brer fox» (+1). Against it: the same place «head» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1146-pg3027-part12/e1/)

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

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Which object did the king of Erin entrust to Ian Direach as the reward for his faithful service?

- **1.** The white stag — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The bay colt — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The grey mare — no support
- **4.** A gold cup — 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/1146-pg3027-part12/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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What was the immediate consequence of the colt's tail striking the gatepost during the escape from the palace?

- **1.** The king seized the bridle — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The horse ran from the walls — no support
- **3.** The gate was barred shut — no support
- **4.** The king chased them out of the palace and across the whole country — 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/1146-pg3027-part12/e3/)

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

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In what manner did the fox conceal his identity from the king of Erin upon their arrival in the harbour?

- **1.** As a woman — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** By wearing a long grey cloak — no support
- **3.** By assuming the form of a woman — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** By taking the shape of a 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 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1145, line 11: «the fox hides her theft, calling the cheese something she is "taking home to my babies".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). 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/1146-pg3027-part12/e4/)

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