Fionn Tales, The Brawl at the Feast, part 23: Goll's boast starts a hall-wide fight, then judges at Tara give their ruling
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1055 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.
Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗
yo, how many prisoners did Goll reckon he sprung from the Danish king?
- 1. Thirteen — no support
- 2. Fifteen blokes held by the Danish king — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Seventeen — no support
- 4. Fifteen — ✓ the right answer · score -3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 718, line 2: «The queen pretends she made a mistake and proposes a test of skill with clever hands, and the king reluctantly agrees.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «agree» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
lowkey, who was the one prisoner Goll let out?
- 1. Art — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Cu — no support
- 3. Fionn — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Fionn, the Fianna captain's mate — 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
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
bro, what did Cairell call Cona'n that was proper cringe?
- 1. old scaldhead — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. old scaldhead, the proper bald git of the hall — score 0
- 3. old grey beard — score 0
- 4. a right old scaldhead in a silly hat — 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 1054, line 1: «Cairell and Cona'n squabble about the old fight at Allen, then wander off toward the school of the Fianna.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cairell» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
no cap, whose fist flattened Cairell's whole face in one go?
- 1. Oisin's — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Cona'n's — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Goll's — score 4
- 4. Fionn's — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 113, line 14: «Old word: "countenance" means the face, or how a person looks, and we would say "face" today.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+3); the same thing acted on «face» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
wagwan, how did Fergus stop the whole ting?
- 1. chanting long rhymes all over the whole hall — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. chanting long rhymes that stopped every lad dead in their tracks — no support
- 3. chanting old verses — no support
- 4. chanting long rhymes — ✓ 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
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
bruv, what did the lads do when the chanting got loud?
- 1. dropped their weapons — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. raised their swords — score 7
- 3. ran off — no support
- 4. sat down quietly — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 994, line 9: «The elder lads carried drawn swords, "each with a lemon stuck on its point."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «drawn swords» (+4); the same doer «elder lads» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
fam, who marched in with three hundred Fianna lads?
- 1. Faelan — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Faelan, Fionn's grandson from the hill — no support
- 3. Oscar — no support
- 4. Oisin — 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
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
innit, where did they boot Goll's crew to?
- 1. in the kitchen — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. out of doors — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. out of doors in the cold rain — no support
- 4. out of doors where the wind was blowing hard — 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
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
so how long did they wait for the judging at Tara?
- 1. a fortnight — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. a month — no support
- 3. a week — no support
- 4. three days — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1055, line 12: «Fionn and Goll wait a fortnight, then meet at "Tara of the Kings," where Cormac mac Art sits as judge with his children and poets.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wait» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
bare dumb, why did the women die, like?
- 1. fear — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. from smoke — no support
- 3. from a fever — no support
- 4. through fright — ✓ 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
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
real talk, why did Cormac say Flahri was wrong?
- 1. Flahri lied — no support
- 2. He was wrong — no support
- 3. Fionn was the captain — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 4. Fionn was the chief — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 9, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1055, line 5: «At Tara, Flahri gives damages to clann-Morna, and Cormac overrules him because Fionn was the captain and Goll only a soldier.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «fionn» (+5); the same thing acted on «captain» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
peak, what did Fergus swear to do?
- 1. do justice between them and never take gold — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. do justice between them — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. keep the peace here — no support
- 4. judge the case fairly — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1046, line 16: «Fergus agreed to take the hound because "if I could refuse anything to Fionn it would be a dog."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fergus» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «take» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
By what principle did Cormac mac Art reject the pronouncement of Flahri regarding damages?
- 1. A soldier owes obedience to his captain and his king at all times — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A king must judge his men — no support
- 3. The captain must be obeyed — no support
- 4. A soldier owes obedience to his captain — ✓ 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
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
On what stated ground did Goll mac Morna object to Fionn giving evidence?
- 1. Fionn would turn a lie into truth and so cheat the court of justice — score 5
- 2. Fionn would tell a false tale — score 5
- 3. Fionn would turn every lie into truth for the king — score 5
- 4. Fionn would turn a lie into truth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1054, line 2: «Fionn throws a great banquet, and everyone eats, drinks, and grows merry.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grow» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
What was the number of Fionn's people who died at the banquet?
- 1. Eleven hundred men and women at the banquet — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. Eleven hundred of the Fianna and their wives — score -4
- 3. Eleven hundred — ✓ the right answer · score -4
- 4. Nine hundred — score -4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1026, line 13: «The rules: each Will-o'-the-Wisp may become a mortal for one year, and must lead "three hundred and sixty-five people" away from the truth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rules» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «five people» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
By what means did Fergus True-Lips bring the combatants to a cessation?
- 1. By chanting rhythmic incantations over the whole hall until they stopped — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. By striking down the leaders — no support
- 3. By threatening both sides with spears — no support
- 4. By chanting rhythmic incantations — ✓ 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
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