--- title: More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman's Son, part 1: a poor fisherm… — how Mova does on the tests · Books description: Lesson 2007 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 14 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/2007-pg7885-part26/) [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/) / 2007 # More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman's Son, part 1: a poor fisherman promises his first son to the sea-maiden, and the son sets out **Tests:** 2 of 14 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 16 of 18 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 2007 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/2007-pg7885-part26/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} So the fisherman basically promised his kid for fish, yeah? - **1.** He promised fish — score 0 - **2.** He traded his boat away — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** He sold his son — score 4 - **4.** He promised his first son — **✓ the right answer** · 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 733, line 13: «The fisherman throws the fish back, saying, "I will have nothing to do with a fish that can talk."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «nothing» (+3); the same doer «fisherman» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2007-pg7885-part26/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Wait, how old was the lad when the sea-maiden came back? - **1.** Ten years — no support - **2.** Two years old — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **3.** Eighteen years old — score 0 - **4.** Twenty years old — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 1838, line 12: «The old hag sends the lad for the necklace of eyes and says, "There are only thirteen of 'em now, for I lost one last week."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same property (-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/2007-pg7885-part26/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Was the first sword proper rubbish or what? - **1.** It fell apart fast — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It bent — no support - **3.** It broke — no support - **4.** It shattered to bits — **✓ the right answer** · no support **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/2007-pg7885-part26/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Mate, what did the smith reckon the blade needed? - **1.** Better iron and fire — no support - **2.** A proper strong fist — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Only a grown man of the giant's great size could wield it — no support - **4.** A proper strong fist and a steady hand to hold it — **← Mova's choice** · score -4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 805, line 5: «A storm sinks the ship, the mate seals his last letter in a bottle, and it drifts to a foreign land.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different action (counts against) (-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/2007-pg7885-part26/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} Who got the biggest chunk of that dead sheep, like? - **1.** The black dog — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** The fox — no support - **3.** The grey otter — no support - **4.** The dog — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 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 463, line 11: «The horse: Katoma uses the iron chunks on its head until it cries out, "Batyushka Katoma! don't utterly deprive me of life."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «head» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2007-pg7885-part26/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Did the herd, like, get paid in dosh? - **1.** In coins — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Paid in silver — no support - **3.** Paid in milk — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** In cattle hides — 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/2007-pg7885-part26/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Wicked, what did the giant yell first? - **1.** COME AND FIGHT ME, HERO — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **2.** BEWARE — no support - **3.** HOGARAK — no support - **4.** HOGARACH — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 645, line 17: «Old word: "bawled" means shouted very loudly, the way we would say "yelled" today.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «old word» (-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/2007-pg7885-part26/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} Did the giant reckon the cattle were his? - **1.** Yeah, on his own land — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** No, they were borrowed — score -2 - **3.** No, stolen — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **4.** Yeah, all of them — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1646, line 9: «Why: the giant stole the oxen, asses and pigs to take revenge on the girl, because she had once helped the lion.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «steal» (+3); the same doer «giant» (+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/2007-pg7885-part26/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} Where was the second giant when he came charging? - **1.** In the north meadow — no support - **2.** At the gate — no support - **3.** In the big park — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **4.** In the field — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1947, line 15: «Where the giant stops: at "a big stone", where he asks "what time of day is that?" and kills the boy who answers wrongly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «giant» (+1). Against it: the same property (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2007-pg7885-part26/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} Who grabbed that giant by the neck, innit? - **1.** The old falcon — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** The black dog — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** The grey hound — score 4 - **4.** The falcon, who swooped down from above — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1698, line 2: «When lots are drawn and his chains come loose, the Prince grabs his magic stone and vanishes.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grab» (+3); 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/2007-pg7885-part26/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} Who was that flattering old lady at the door? - **1.** A little carlin — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** The giant's own wife dressed in a servant's cloak — score 3 - **3.** A giant hag from the marsh beyond the hills — score 3 - **4.** A wise old hag — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1382, line 9: «Where: the Demon King's castle on an island, entered through "a little back door in the lowest part of the castle wall".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «little back door» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2007-pg7885-part26/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} Did the herd's sword fly out of his hand when he swung at the crone? - **1.** Yeah, it flew right out of his hand and landed in the grass — no support - **2.** Yeah, it snapped — no support - **3.** No, he held it tight and struck again with his whole strength — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** Yeah, it flew out — **✓ the right answer** · no support **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 1624, line 12: «The fencing-master's sword keeps him dry, so that "not a drop fell on him" in the heavy rain.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same doer «sword» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-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/2007-pg7885-part26/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} What did the crone do with her head after it came off? - **1.** Ran away — no support - **2.** Stuck it back on — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **3.** Put it in a bag — score 5 - **4.** Threw it at him — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1879, line 20: «Old word: "scatter-brained" meant silly or careless in one's thinking, not a head full of scattered brains.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+4); the same thing acted on «head» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). 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/2007-pg7885-part26/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14} Did the dog get wrecked by the crone, or what? - **1.** It ran off — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **2.** Struck down by magic — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Eaten by the crone — no support - **4.** Burned by a fire — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 1945, line 9: «What happens with the candles: a dog runs off with them at the stile three times.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. 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/2007-pg7885-part26/t14/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following describes the agreement made between the fisherman and the sea-maiden? - **1.** An exchange of a horse for a fine net — score -8 - **2.** A trade of gold for a fishing boat rental — score -9 - **3.** A promise to serve the sea-maiden as a fisherman for the rest of his life, in return for her protection of his nets and boat — no support - **4.** A promise of his first son in return for fish — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, against -8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 662, line 13: «Old word: a Regent is a person who rules a land in place of a king who is away; the prince was made Regent.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «king» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2007-pg7885-part26/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} In what manner did the herd respond to the first giant's challenge? - **1.** He laughed and went to find his sword — score -1 - **2.** He accepted combat and advanced upon the giant — **✓ the right answer** · score -1 - **3.** He sent the dog to fight in his place — score 0 - **4.** He roared back at the giant, drew his sword, and charged at him across the open field without any fear — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 0 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 circumstance (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2007-pg7885-part26/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} What was the function of the otter's pledge within the tale? - **1.** To promise aid where swimming would be useful — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** To promise help in the water and to carry the herd safely across the river when the giant's men came — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **3.** To give him a lift across the wide river — no support - **4.** To offer the herd a safe passage through the deep lake and to rescue the dog from the flood — score -2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1975, line 3: «Next comes a tale of a servant who must learn her funny-looking master's own made-up names for everything, and she wakes him with a warning about a spark.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. 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/2007-pg7885-part26/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} By what means did the crone recover from decapitation? - **1.** She simply lifted her head from the grass, dusted it off, and fixed it onto her neck again — score -3 - **2.** A spell from the giant's old book — no support - **3.** Her sorcery sewed the head back onto her neck while the herd watched in horror and disbelief — no support - **4.** Her magic restored her head to its place — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 1, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2005, line 17: «Old word: "at fault" comes from hunting, where hounds lose the scent, so today it means unable to find the right answer.», 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/2007-pg7885-part26/e4/) - ← previous: [2006. Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Beggarman: tri…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/2006-pg7885-part25/) - next →: [2008. Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part 27: the h…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/2008-pg7885-part27/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/)