--- title: Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is healed by a w… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 1326 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 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/1326-pg3454-part51/) [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/) / 1326 # Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is healed by a widowed countess and rides out to fight the earl who wants her lands **Tests:** 4 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 1326 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/1326-pg3454-part51/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} yo did u see owen just lying there like a dead guy by the lake?? - **1.** bro he was just sleeping lol — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** ngl that was proper creepy, he was lying there with his eyes open like a dead man — no support - **3.** ngl that was proper creepy, the maids all screamed and ran off to get the countess mate — no support - **4.** ngl that was proper creepy, he looked dead mate — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1326-pg3454-part51/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} so the countess wasnt scared of the earl at all right?? - **1.** nah she was happy about it lol — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** yeah she was properly scared of him — no support - **3.** yeah she was scared — no support - **4.** nah she was gutted but still laughed at him — **✓ 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 1326, line 5: «The countess gives Owen a fine horse and armour, and he rides out to challenge the earl.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «countess» (+2). 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/1326-pg3454-part51/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} wait the ointment brought him back innit - **1.** yeah it was like a proper magic potion that the countess had brought from her chest — no support - **2.** yeah it was like a healing salve — no support - **3.** yeah it was like a proper magic potion — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** yeah it was like a proper magic potion, it smelled of flowers and healed him in seconds — **← 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 810, line 19: «Old word: "groom of the Chambers" was a high post at the royal court, not a stable hand as the words suggest today.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «old word» (+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/1326-pg3454-part51/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} bruv owen forgot his wife after the ring got nicked, how mad is that - **1.** dead mad, he was gutted and walked off into the wild — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** nah he just got bored and left — no support - **3.** dead mad, he was gutted and walked off into the wild with no food or horse — no support - **4.** dead mad, he was gutted and then walked off into the wild and never came back to the castle — 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/1326-pg3454-part51/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} did the maids sneak off like scared little mice - **1.** yeah they ran off to the hall — no support - **2.** nah they just stood there — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** nah they were brave lads — no support - **4.** yeah they hid in the bushes at first, proper scared — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 806, line 16: «Who sees the balloon: an old maid stands at her window, and she sees the aeronaut "drank to the health of all the spectators."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old maid» (+2); the same action «stand» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1326-pg3454-part51/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} is the earl a total dodgy geezer or what - **1.** yeah he nicked her lands cos she said no — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** yeah he took her gold cos she said no — no support - **3.** yeah he nicked her lands cos she said no and then he kept her castle too — no support - **4.** yeah he nicked her lands and two earldoms cos she wouldn't marry him, proper rotten — 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/1326-pg3454-part51/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} why did the countess give owen a horse, she dont even know him - **1.** cos she felt bad for him after the earl had robbed him and thought it might help — score 4 - **2.** cos she felt bad for him and thought it might help — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** cos she wanted him to fight her enemies — score 3 - **4.** cos she felt bad for him when he was lost and thought it might help him beat the earl — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1325, line 5: «The countess, grieving, gives her people a choice: marry her or find a new lord to guard her lands.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); the same doer «countess» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1326-pg3454-part51/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} owen was well skinny when he got to the castle, right - **1.** yeah thin and weak when he came, and after three months of food he was properly buff again — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** yeah thin but he had a sword — no support - **3.** yeah thin and weak, but three months later he was buff — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** yeah thin and weak when he came, and it took three months of food to fill him out — 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/1326-pg3454-part51/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} how long was he chilling at the castle then - **1.** four months, like a proper long holiday — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** three months, like a proper long holiday away from the wars and the earl's men — no support - **3.** three months, like a proper long holiday with food and beds and all the rest of it — no support - **4.** three months, like a proper long holiday — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1326-pg3454-part51/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} was owen a hero or a nobody back then - **1.** a proper knight who stayed lost — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** a proper knight who got lost and then came back — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **3.** a proper hero — no support - **4.** a knight who never came back — 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 1325, line 6: «Who: Owen, one of King Arthur's knights, rides out after hearing Kynon's strange tale from Kai.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «owen» (+2); the same action «ride out» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1326-pg3454-part51/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} what did owen do with the pages behind him - **1.** he told them to ride ahead to the lake — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** he left them behind — no support - **3.** he told them to wait at the gate with his stuff — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** he sent them home — no support **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 1326, line 11: «Where: Owen lies beside a lake in a valley, after wandering far into wild places.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «lake» (+4); the same doer «owen» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). 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/1326-pg3454-part51/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} did the countess think the armour would help owen, or was she just mucking about - **1.** she was just being nice, she was joking — no support - **2.** she thought it might save her people, she was dead serious — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** she thought it was a gift, she was dead serious — no support - **4.** she thought it might save her people from the earl, she was dead serious about it all — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1326, line 5: «The countess gives Owen a fine horse and armour, and he rides out to challenge the earl.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «countess» (+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/1326-pg3454-part51/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13} so the earl had four yellow flags up, yeah - **1.** yep, four yellow standards in his lot — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** yep, four yellow standards, and each one had a black cross on it — no support - **3.** yep, four yellow standards in his lot and a bunch of armed men behind them — no support - **4.** yep, five red standards — 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/1326-pg3454-part51/t13/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which group of men did Owen first encounter upon emerging from his period of solitude, and what was their stated objective? - **1.** The earl and his host, whose object was the abduction of the countess — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** A band of thieves seeking gold — no support - **3.** The earl and his host, whose aim was to win her favour — no support - **4.** The king's guards and their aim — 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/1326-pg3454-part51/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} State the manner in which the countess provided assistance to Owen, and the reason she gave for doing so. - **1.** She bestowed a horse and armour upon him, in the hope that they might prevent her enemies from prevailing — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **2.** She gave him a sword and cloak, hoping they'd keep him safe from her enemies — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **3.** She bestowed a horse and armour upon him, in the hope that they might prevent her sons from prevailing — score 1 - **4.** She lent him a horse and armour, so that he could hunt deer in the forest — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1326, line 5: «The countess gives Owen a fine horse and armour, and he rides out to challenge the earl.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «owen» (+4); the same doer «countess» (+2); the same action «give» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1326-pg3454-part51/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Describe the means by which the maiden determined that Owen was living after he had been found beside the lake. - **1.** She listened for his breath — score 3 - **2.** She called his name and waited for a sign — score 3 - **3.** She shook him and watched whether he woke — score 3 - **4.** She poured ointment near his heart and observed whether he moved — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1326, line 9: «What: The maiden pours ointment near Owen's heart, and "if there is any life in him that will bring it back."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «maiden» (+2); the same action «pour» (+1); the same place «heart» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1326-pg3454-part51/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Identify the period during which Owen remained in the castle of the widowed countess before he resumed his enterprise. - **1.** A period of three months spent recovering in the castle before resuming his quest — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **2.** A period of three months during which he was tended by the countess's maidens and her physicians — no support - **3.** A period of four months — no support - **4.** A period of three months — **✓ the right answer** · no support **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 762, line 4: «At a marble castle the dwarf finds the thousand pearls, fishes out the key, and picks the princess who ate the honey.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+1); the same place «marble castle» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). 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/1326-pg3454-part51/e4/) - ← previous: [1325. Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 50: O…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1325-pg3454-part50/) - next →: [1327. Celtic Fairy Tales, Owen and Luned, Owen's lion…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1327-pg3454-part52/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)