Old Celtic Romances, The Cave of Cesh Corran: Goll defeats the hags and frees the Fianna

Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1061 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 ✗

Bruv, why were the Fianna stuck in that cave, innit?

1. Caught by a giant boar — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Bewitched by one druid — no support
3. Trapped by hags — no support
4. Spelled by three hags — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, so the hounds just stood outside like wimps?

1. Yeah, they were too wise to go in, so they howled and waited outside all night — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Nah, they were too brave to stay outside the cave — no support
3. Yeah, they were too wise to walk in, and their master had ordered them to guard the cave's mouth until he came back — score 6
4. Yeah, they were too wise to go in — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1061, line 1: «The Fianna lie trapped in the cave while their hounds howl and whine outside, too wise to go in.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «howl» (+4); the same doer «hounds» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Were the three hags proper dead scary, like?

1. Each one matched a hundred men — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Each one matched a hundred men, and their eyes glowed red in the dark of the cave — no support
3. Each one matched a hundred men in strength, and they hissed and screamed like demons when they fought — no support
4. Each one fought like ten men — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ayy, what did the third hag promise Goll so he'd let her go?

1. To lift the spell off the Fianna — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. To release his men from spell — ← Mova's choice · score -3
3. To spare her and free them — no support
4. To free them — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1001, line 18: «Old word: a passport was a written paper that let a traveller pass, and today we show one at a border or an airport.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Gutted, was it actually Goll who killed the fourth hag?

1. Yeah, he took the fight himself — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, he left it to the hounds — no support
3. Yeah, with his mates' help — no support
4. Yeah, he took the fight himself after Oisin refused and the rest of the Fianna stood back — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mint, why did Goll say he had to fight her?

1. He was bored and fancied it — no support
2. He killed her sisters, so the feud is on him — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. He killed her sisters, so the feud is on him, and he reckons it's his job to finish it properly — score 2
4. He had to fight her because Fionn ordered him, and he wanted to win the daughter's hand as well — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1054, line 5: «Fionn asks Goll where his tribute comes from, Goll admits killing Fionn's father at Cnocha, and Fionn sits as still as stone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fionn» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Nah bro, did Oisin fight her?

1. Nah, he fought her and lost — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, he said he was too weak, and then he hid behind his dad while Goll took the fight — no support
3. No, he said he felt too weak — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, he fought her well — 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 ✗

Did the whole world go quiet during the fight, like totally?

1. Nah, the wind kept blowing — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yeah, the wind stopped and the clouds froze — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, it was loud all along — score 5
4. Yeah, the birds went quiet — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 92, line 5: «The Magician: «I will give it back, Pau Amma, for eleven months of the year; but on the twelfth month of every year it shall grow soft again, to remind you and…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same doer «sea» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the last hag's sword pretty sick?

1. It was blunt — no support
2. It hit like a hammer — no support
3. It smote like a heavy storm — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It cut like a cold knife — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 777, line 15: «The giants' gifts: a sword that "cut off an enemy's head whenever the wearer gave the words, Heads off!", a cloak, and boots.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cut off» (+4); the same doer «sword» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

So what did Fionn say when Goll won?

1. "Goll, I have a son." — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. "Goll, I have a daughter." — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. "Goll, I have a daughter, fair as the dawn, and she is yours to wed if you wish it." — score 2
4. "Goll, take my hand now." — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fionn» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Goll and Fionn stay mates after that?

1. Yeah, they stayed friends until the end, though Goll's pride caused some trouble later on — score 3
2. Not really, they fell out later on — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, they fought later on — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Not really, they fought later. — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1061, line 9: «Why: Goll is the only Fianna warrior left to face the hags, and he fights to free his comrades from them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fight» (+4); the same doer «goll» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Oi, what's the bit at the end about, like a moral?

1. Be brave, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Life is a give-and-take world — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Trust your mates always — no support
4. Fight for what is right — 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

On what condition did the third hag agree to lift the enchantment from the Fianna-Finn?

1. That she be spared and allowed to go free, after which she would lift the enchantment and leave the hill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. That she be spared and allowed to go free — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. That she be fed and sent home — no support
4. That she be spared, given a horse, and allowed to ride off freely over the hills to the north — 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 · wrong ✗

What was the outcome of the combat between Goll mor mac Morna and the fourth daughter of Conaran?

1. She was spared and returned home — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She was slain, and her head was kept as a trophy in Allen — no support
3. She was slain by Goll, and her head was carried before Fionn as proof of victory — no support
4. She was slain, and her head was carried before Fionn — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which warrior declined to engage the fourth daughter in combat, and what reason did he give?

1. Goll, who declared he was ill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Conan, who declared that he felt too weak — no support
3. Oisi'n, who declared that he felt too weak — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Oisin, who said he was tired — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did Fionn offer Goll following the victory, and how did Goll respond?

1. His daughter in marriage, which Goll accepted with pleasure — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. His daughter in marriage, which Goll accepted with pleasure and gratitude before the whole Fianna — no support
3. His son in marriage, which Goll refused — no support
4. A great feast and a share of land, which Goll refused at first but accepted after Fionn pressed him — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 192, line 6: «Who: the purveyor is the Sultan's "purveyor", a man who supplies food to the palace, and he lives next door to the doctor.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «purveyor» (+4); the same doer «purveyor» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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