Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mongan, part 36: a hailstorm sends Mongan into Faery, where a feast and a tale begin
Tests: 3 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1068 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 ✗
Yer man Mongan, what's the craic at the big gathering?
- 1. Horse races, hurling and music — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Games, tournaments and feastings — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Games, tournaments, feastings and a great deal of wrestling — no support
- 4. Chariot races, games, tournaments, feastings and sword contests — 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 ✗
Was the hail gas or scary, like?
- 1. Scary, like — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Gas, the hail was mild, like — no support
- 3. Deadly, sure — no support
- 4. Scary, the screams were deadly — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Where did they end up when the storm vanished, like?
- 1. In Faery, sure — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Back at home, sure — no support
- 3. Home, sure — no support
- 4. Faery — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1068, line 9: «Why: they step into Faery because it is "a scented world", and everything there is better than in the world of men.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same place «faery» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Mongan's wife asked where they were, so what did he say?
- 1. Why, we are here, sure — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Why, we are still here, sure, where else would we be? — no support
- 3. Why, we are here in Faery, sure, don't you know — no support
- 4. Sure, we are over there — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the Black Hag a right wan?
- 1. Cranky and vicious and a real terror of a witch, sure — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Malicious and cantankerous, a right mad one — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Kind and pleasant, a lovely wan — no support
- 4. Gentle and gracious, a nice old one — 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 ✗
Did Fiachna get the cow for free, like?
- 1. No, he went bail for it and promised to pay later — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yes, he paid the full price — no support
- 3. No, he went bail for it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. No, he paid for it — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why did the sick king need that cow?
- 1. So he could drink the thick boiled-down broth and get better — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To drink the boiled-down rendering to cure his illness — no support
- 3. To cure his wasting sickness — no support
- 4. To drink the boiled-down rendering — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Were Fiachna's dad and Eolgarg's dad pals, like?
- 1. Not really — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They were sworn enemies — no support
- 3. They fought against each other — no support
- 4. They did deeds in common — ✓ 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
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who was sitting at the back, listening with all his ears?
- 1. Fergus the bard — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. The old man at the back of the hall — score 5
- 3. Cairid the story-teller — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. The silent poet who sat listening by the door — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 464, line 9: «The lame hero says "Sit on my back and show me the way," so the blind man carries him and Katoma becomes his eyes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit» (+3); the same place «back» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
What was Mongan's crew drinking, like?
- 1. Mead — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ale — no support
- 3. Wine from seven vats — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Ale from five casks — 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 ✓
What was the new king of Ulster called?
- 1. Fiachna Finn — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Eolgarg — no support
- 3. Eolgarg Mor — no support
- 4. Conall Cearnach — 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 12 · ★ · right ✓
What noise got everyone scundered at the judgement?
- 1. A noisy person outside — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. A loud man — score 0
- 3. The noise — score 0
- 4. A roaring beast nearby — no support
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 1050, line 6: «Who: Fionn, Chief of the Fianna, is the one who finds the boy, and the five wise hounds are Bran, Sceo'lan and their three whelps.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «one» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Where did the first clouds come from, like?
- 1. Out of the western and eastern sky over the sea — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. The west and the east — ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. The sea and land — score 7
- 4. The north and south — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 627, line 10: «When: it is night, and a cloud comes over the moon, leaving Toomai in black darkness.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+4); the same doer «cloud» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
What does the Flame Lady want from Mongan?
- 1. The tale of Duv Laca — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Duv Laca — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. The tale of Fionn — no support
- 4. The tale of Mongan — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 952, line 5: «The sculptor carries the news to the palace, where the grand hall dazzles him and the lady wants to see him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lady» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which location is named as the site of the assembly at the outset of the narrative?
- 1. The Hill of Tara in Royal Meath — no support
- 2. The Hill of Uisneach in Royal Meath — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The ancient sacred hill of Uisneach and the royal fort there in Meath — ← Mova's choice · score -3
- 4. The great Hill of Uisneach in the heart of Royal Meath, Ireland — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 722, line 17: «fact: The word "shrine" means a holy place where people pray to a saint, and today we might say a sacred site or church.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). Against it: the same circumstance (-2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
By what means did Mongan's company achieve passage out of the tempest?
- 1. By passing through a knoll of trees and entering the land of Faery — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. By riding over the open sea — no support
- 3. By passing a knoll of trees into Faery — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. By following a white deer through a grove and into Faery's gate — 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 ✗
Upon what condition did Fiachna Finn consent to secure the release of the Black Hag's cow?
- 1. He agreed to pay the whole amount — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. He undertook to stand surety for the payment — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. He promised to bring the gold later — score 0
- 4. He paid for it — 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 1068, line 12: «Story: Fiachna Finn goes to Lochlann because his father and Eolgarg's father "had done deeds in common".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «fiachna finn» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What attribute of the cow did the physician prescribe for the restoration of the king?
- 1. A brown cow with black ears — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A perfectly white cow with red ears and a black tail — no support
- 3. A perfectly red calf with white spots — no support
- 4. A perfectly white cow with red ears — ✓ 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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