Gods and Fighting Men, Conn the Hundred Fighter, part 30: Conn grieves for his queen and a stranger comes out of the sea

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1062 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, did Becuma get off scot-free or what?

1. Yeah she got off but her husband was furious and sent her packing — no support
2. Nah, she got sent to a lower place — ← Mova's choice · score -2
3. Nah, she got banished to a worse world — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. Nah, she got banished to a lower and worse sphere, no question — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1062, line 1: «Becuma of the White Skin runs away from her husband Labraid and hides with Gadiar, and in the Many-Coloured Land she is sentenced to banishment.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

sure look, who was Conn bawling over at the sea?

1. His dead queen Eithne — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. The king's son Art, who had gone off to the sea — score 3
3. His dead wife Eithne, the Norwegian queen he loved — score 3
4. His dead wife Eithne — ✓ the right answer · score 3

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 1062, line 3: «Conn the Hundred Fighter, the High King, is so heartbroken over his dead wife Eithne that he cannot stop thinking about her.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

wasn't the girl from the coracle, like, a mad sea-witch?

1. No, she was a mortal girl who had wandered into the wrong sea-cave — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. She said she was Delvcaem, the daughter of Morgan, sent from the sea to win Art — score 4
3. She claimed to be Becuma's sister from the west — no support
4. She said she was Delvcaem, Morgan's daughter — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 948, line 3: «Long ago the Grubbe knights lived on this spot, and the knight's little daughter Marie is now a bold girl.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «little daughter» (+2); the same thing acted on «bold girl» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

where'd they bury the queen, which sacred spot was it?

1. Newgrange by the Boyne — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Tailltin in Royal Meath — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Emain Macha, Ulster — score 6
4. Tailltin in Royal Meath, under the great cairn of stones — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 370, line 3: «The Cock smiles, buries his head in his feathers, and goes to sleep, because he has outwitted a crafty enemy.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bury» (+4); the same thing acted on «head» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

how long did the funeral craic last, be honest?

1. Nine days and nine nights of wrestling and feasting — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Seven days — no support
3. Ten days — no support
4. Nine days — ✓ 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 ✓

who was minding the kingdom while Conn was off moping?

1. His son Art — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. His eldest son Art, with the wise elders — score 0
3. His brother — score 0
4. Art, his foster son, and the council of Tara's lords — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 775, line 2: «On the way home he helps three kingdoms with his bread and sword, while his two jealous brothers plot on the sea.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «three kingdoms» (+2). Against it: the same doer «prince» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

yer man Conn was really gone on his dead wife, wasn't he?

1. Yeah, he couldn't forget her — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. No, he had already married again and forgot her entirely by spring — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Yeah, he was absolutely mad about her and walked by the sea every night — score 6
4. Yeah, he was mad about her — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 808, line 13: «Old word "bachelor": it means a man who has never married, so "old bachelor" means an unmarried man who is no longer young.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «marry» (+4); the same thing acted on «man» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

wha's an Ard-Ri anyway, like a gaffer?

1. A High King — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. A kind of lord over all the lesser provincial kings — no support
3. A king's son — no support
4. The top ruler over Tara and all the Irish provinces together — 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 1053, line 18: «Old word: "Ard-Ri" means High King, the chief king of Ireland. Today we would say "high king" or "overlord."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «high king» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

was the coracle, like, a jet ski?

1. A small light boat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. A raft — no support
3. A wooden cart — no support
4. A swan — 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 1062, line 18: «old words: Ard-Ri means High King; a keen is a wailing song for the dead; a cairn is a heap of stones piled over a grave; a coracle is a small light boat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same thing acted on «small light boat» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

did Becuma dress up before leaving or go in a huff?

1. She refused to change her clothes and stormed out of the palace in a fury — no support
2. She put on her finest robes, jewels and gold and then calmly left — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. She threw on old rags and sulked — no support
4. She dressed in her nicest clothes — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1062, line 2: «She is not sad about it. She puts on her nicest green silk cloak and red satin smock, then sails in a coracle to a rock at the foot of Ben Edair.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «put» (+4); the same doer «becuma» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

why'd the girl say she came over, the wagon?

1. She sought the High King — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. She'd been sent by her father to spy on the court — score 2
3. She'd fallen for Art — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. She wanted Conn's crown — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 941, line 6: «Who: the blind girl, who cannot see, is the heroine, and her four brothers are the ones she writes to.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «ones» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

did Conn check if she was telling the truth, like, properly?

1. Nah, he figured she was fine — no support
2. Nah, he didn't bother — no support
3. Nah, he never checked anything, he just trusted her looks and walked off — no support
4. Nah, he figured a lovely one must be good — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1008, line 10: «the king: he is "a very good man" who "never injured any one", but he has said he will not interfere with her suitors.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+3); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

was the funeral cairn small or massive?

1. Small — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Massive, a great mound larger than Tara's hill — no support
3. Ten acres wide — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Two acres — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

is it true she had white bronze sandals on?

1. Yeah, golden shoes on — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, bare feet — no support
3. Yes, white bronze sandals fine — no support
4. Yeah, light ones on her feet — ✓ 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following was the punishment decreed for the crime of Becuma of the White Skin?

1. Banishment from the Many-Coloured Land to a dark cold sphere — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Banishment from the Many-Coloured Land to a lower and worse sphere — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Banishment from Tara to a worse land of cold mists and sorrow — no support
4. Permanent banishment from the Many-Coloured Land to a lower and worse sphere beyond all the seas — 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 ✗

In what manner did the High King Conn choose to address his grief following the death of Queen Eithne?

1. He handed the kingdom to his son and sat weeping in the hall — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. He gave power to Art and sailed off to the western islands — score 1
3. He handed the kingdom to his son Art and then wandered the shore in silent mourning for many months — score 1
4. He delegated the rule to his son Art and walked beside the sea — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 186, line 16: «The wife's death: Sindbad's wife falls ill and dies, and he is lowered into the pit with "seven little loaves of bread and a pitcher of water".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «wife» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following did the stranger state regarding her motive for approaching the king?

1. She had come to trade sea-gifts with the king — score 5
2. She had become deeply enamoured of Art, son of Conn, the High King's heir — score 3
3. She had become enamoured of Art, son of Conn — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. She had been sent by Gadiar to spy on Conn and had grown fond of his son Art — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1051, line 6: «Who: Dermod mac Ae is the High King of all Ireland, and he is unmarried; he has many foster-sons, sent to him by their fathers as tokens of loyalty.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+4); the same thing acted on «many foster sons» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the meaning of the term Ard-Ri as employed in the present passage?

1. Sea lord — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. Lord of the Province of Meath and its wise laws — score -2
3. High King — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Queen's son — no support

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 592, line 20: «Old word: when Remus calls the day "raw," he means it is cold and damp, a meaning that is still used today.», 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 doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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