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title: Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, part 3: tricks on the shepherd,… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1278 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 14 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, part 3: tricks on the shepherd, then the Black Rogue hangs

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**Tests:** 6 of 14 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 9 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1278 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/1278-pg3454-part3/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, the Shifty Lad bet he could nab the sheep, innit? How much was the bet?

- **1.** a hundred silver pieces and a horse — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a hundred gold coins — no support
- **3.** a hundred silver pieces — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** three hundred silver pieces from the king — 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/1278-pg3454-part3/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Mate, what was the dodgy trick with the shoe?

- **1.** he hid his shoe — no support
- **2.** he smeared one shoe with mud — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** he rubbed one boot in dirt — no support
- **4.** he smeared his hat with mud — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1278, line 2: «He smears one shoe with mud and lays it on the path, then lays the clean shoe further on, so the shepherd leaves the sheep on the grass to fetch the muddy one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «smear» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «one shoe» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1278-pg3454-part3/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Dude, which noise did the boy copy to fool the shepherd?

- **1.** a frightened sheep's loud bleat — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** a goat's call — no support
- **3.** a sheep's bleat — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** the bleat of a sheep calling for its lamb — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1278, line 3: «The farmer sends the shepherd for a kid, but the boy bleats like a sheep, so the man puts the kid down and runs off after the noise.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+5); the same action «bleat» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1278-pg3454-part3/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Wait, why did the shepherd leave the sheep on the grass?

- **1.** to fetch the muddy shoe he had dropped — score 2
- **2.** to fetch the muddy shoe — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** to fetch the lost shoe — score 2
- **4.** to fetch the muddy shoe from up the path — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 1278, line 2: «He smears one shoe with mud and lays it on the path, then lays the clean shoe further on, so the shepherd leaves the sheep on the grass to fetch the muddy one.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «lad» (+2); the same thing acted on «clean shoe» (+1). Against it: 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/1278-pg3454-part3/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Bruv, what did the farmer order after the kid went missing?

- **1.** get a cow — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** fetch a fat goat — no support
- **3.** fetch a big bull — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** bring a dog — 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/1278-pg3454-part3/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Lol, where did the two of them tie the bull?

- **1.** to a fence — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** to a post — no support
- **3.** to a tree — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** to a tree beside the road — 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/1278-pg3454-part3/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Mad, what happened to the bull in the end?

- **1.** they ate it all — no support
- **2.** they killed it and sold the meat at market — no support
- **3.** they killed it for meat — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** they killed it and ate it for meat — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1278, line 12: «The bull is lost because the thieves "had driven the bull home and killed him for meat".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kill» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: 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/1278-pg3454-part3/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Bro, where was that gallows, exactly?

- **1.** by a river — no support
- **2.** beside a road — no support
- **3.** on top of a hill — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** in a wood — **← Mova's choice** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1151, line 17: «Old word: a "loom" is a frame where cloth is woven, and the girl leans her head against it.», 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 place «word» (+1). Against it: 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1278-pg3454-part3/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Real talk, what did the Shifty Lad want to find out?

- **1.** how to climb — no support
- **2.** how it feels to hang — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** how it feels to hang from a rope — score 6
- **4.** what it is to die — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 278, line 10: «They think he is "talking Russian," so no one understands him, and he feels the whole world is "leagued against" him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «talk» (+5); the same action «feel» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1278-pg3454-part3/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Wicked, what was the signal to be let down?

- **1.** kicking your legs really hard in the air — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** stamping your boots — no support
- **3.** shaking your legs — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** shaking your legs up and down — 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/1278-pg3454-part3/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Ngl, what did the Black Rogue do when he wanted down?

- **1.** whistled — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** waved — no support
- **3.** shouted — no support
- **4.** clapped twice — 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/1278-pg3454-part3/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Sick, what did the widow do when he proposed?

- **1.** shrank back in horror and fled — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** turned away in fear — no support
- **3.** shrank back in horror — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** shrank back in fear — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 803, line 4: «The widow flees with her old maid behind two black oxen, until a stalwart knight stops them and turns out to be her son, Jens Glob.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «widow» (+4). Against it: the same action «flee» (-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/1278-pg3454-part3/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Dead giveaway, where did he scarper to?

- **1.** another part of the country far away — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** another part of the country — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the next village — no support
- **4.** a distant land across the sea and mountains — 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/1278-pg3454-part3/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · right ✓ {#t14}

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Gutted, what did his mum hope for him?

- **1.** that he'd try an honest trade — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** that he'd learn a trade — no support
- **3.** that he'd try an honest trade in town — no support
- **4.** that he'd find some work — 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/1278-pg3454-part3/t14/)

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

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Upon what object did the youth first apply mud in order to mislead the shepherd?

- **1.** a sock — no support
- **2.** a boot — no support
- **3.** a shoe — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** a hat — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1182, line 19: «Old word: "sceptre" was a rod held by a king as a sign of power; today it is mostly seen in pictures of crowns.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1278-pg3454-part3/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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By what means did the Shifty Lad indicate to the Black Rogue that he wished to be lowered?

- **1.** by shaking his legs — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** by stamping boots — no support
- **3.** by waving — no support
- **4.** by nodding — 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/1278-pg3454-part3/e2/)

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

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What was the fate of the Black Rogue upon the gallows?

- **1.** he died there on the gallows — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** he was freed — no support
- **3.** he died there — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** he fell asleep — 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/1278-pg3454-part3/e3/)

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

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To whom did the Shifty Lad propose marriage after the death of the Black Rogue?

- **1.** the miller's daughter — score 5
- **2.** the king's daughter — score 5
- **3.** the Black Rogue's widow — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** the widow of the man he had hanged — **← Mova's choice** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 240, line 6: «Who: Tom is the man who calls up the imp, and the imp is called Yallery Brown.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «man» (+4); the same doer «tom» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1278-pg3454-part3/e4/)

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