Irish Fairy Tales, Mongan's Frenzy: Mongan tricks the priests and wins back Duv Laca
Tests: 5 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 1073 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, what did Mongan do to the priests' road, like?
- 1. He turned it into a little pond — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. He turned it into a massive river that nobody could cross on foot — score 5
- 3. He turned it into a massive river — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. He made it into a massive hill — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1073, line 12: «Mongan takes the form of Tibraide' and turns mac an Da'v into the shape of the clerk.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mongan» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «turn» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the bridge sound or what?
- 1. Yeah, it was dodgy and wet — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nah, it was dodgy and wobbly — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nah, it was dodgy and wobbly and it nearly fell over before they got on — no support
- 4. Nah, it was proper dodgy and wobbly, like, and the lads were terrified of 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the bridge break on the lads?
- 1. Nah, it stayed up fine, mate — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, it did — no support
- 3. Yeah, it went under them — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah — 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 ✗
Where did the priests end up, like?
- 1. On the grassy green bank — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. In the boiling yellow flood, like, right under the broken bridge — score -2
- 3. In the boiling yellow flood, with the book and the lads gone — no support
- 4. In the boiling yellow flood — ✓ the right answer · 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 806, line 14: «Where it ends up: it is carried to a cellar, and the bottle thinks, "There's no place like home, even if it's a cellar."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «end up» (+4); the same doer «word» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
What did Mongan say about them drowning?
- 1. Sending them a mile down the stream, the way the flood was going anyway — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Sending them a mile down the stream — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Sending them a mile down the road — no support
- 4. Sending them a mile down the stream and then the lads could drown in peace — 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 ✓
Was mac an Da'v a proper muppet with the amens?
- 1. Yeah, he kept saying prayers — score 3
- 2. Yeah, he kept saying amen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Nah, not really — no support
- 4. Nah, he was quiet — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1073, line 6: «Who: Mongan, a magic hero, and his servant mac an Da'v, who keeps saying "amen, amen."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «servant mac» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
What's the king yer man's name?
- 1. The King of Leinster — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. The King of Ulster — score 3
- 3. The king — score 3
- 4. The King of Munster — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1072, line 11: «fact: Mac an Da'v is "of stout heart and goodwill", yet he calls the stranger "you flat-faced, nosey person".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on (-1); the same doer «fact» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who was the queen's minder, like?
- 1. Her attendant, who wouldn't budge from the room, whatever anyone said — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Her attendant, who wouldn't budge — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Her attendant, who wouldn't budge and would not even look at the door — no support
- 4. Her attendant, who wouldn't move — 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 the mad old hag sitting on the spike?
- 1. A priest — no support
- 2. The one guarding the horses — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. The one guarding the jewels — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. The queen — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 1073, line 16: «The hag guards the jewels, and she is the one who says "Terrible are the things I see."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «guard» (+3); the same doer «hag» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
Did Mongan blow a dodgy breath at her?
- 1. Nah, a dry breath, a wind — no support
- 2. Nah — no support
- 3. Yeah, a fog — no support
- 4. Yeah, a magic breath, a fog — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1073, line 17: «Mongan blows a magic breath at the hag, and she begs everybody's pardon afterwards.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
How many of Tibraide's crew came to the door?
- 1. Twenty-nine of them, all armed, all shouting at the king's door — no support
- 2. Twenty-nine — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. Nine — score 3
- 4. Twenty-nine, which is far too many for the king to fight alone — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 37, line 1: «Rat and Mole stand stamping in the snow for ages until slow, shuffling footsteps come to the door — like someone in slippers too big for him, Mole says, and he…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «door» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same action «come» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Did the Chamberlain reckon it was a mad year?
- 1. Yeah, he said it was a fine growing year — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nah, he said it was a poor harvest year — no support
- 3. Yeah, he said it was a fine growing year, and the king said nothing back to him at all — no support
- 4. Yeah, he said it was a bad growing year — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Who got bashed up in the scrap?
- 1. The king's men — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. Mongan — no support
- 3. The king — no support
- 4. Tibraide's men — ✓ 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 355, line 1: «Poor Schacabac, who lives on scraps, walks into the grand palace of the rich Barmecide and tells him he has not eaten bread for two days.», 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 «poor schacabac» (-1); the same place «scraps» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the king say sorry in the end?
- 1. Yeah, he wanted to leave — score 4
- 2. Yeah, he wanted to apologise — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Yeah, he wanted to apologise to Tibraide' and also to all his men there — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. Yeah, he wanted to apologise, and he did so very humbly at the gate — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1073, line 20: «Old word: "apologise" means to say sorry; today we say it the same way, and the king wants to apologise to Tibraide'.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «apologise» (+3); the same receiver «tibraide» (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
By what means does Mongan transform the priests' road into a river?
- 1. By calling to the wind over the road — no support
- 2. By a spell — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. By striking the road with his staff — no support
- 4. By waving his hand at the priests — ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 608, line 19: «Old word: "causeway" means a raised road, and "tanks" are water basins, which today we would call ponds or reservoirs.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2); the same thing acted on «raised road» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
What object does Mongan rescue from the falling priest?
- 1. The book — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A cup — no support
- 3. Gold — no support
- 4. The sword — 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 ✗
By what means does Mongan dispose of the hag who guarded the jewels?
- 1. By a sword — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. By placing a spike beneath her — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. By placing a stone upon her — score 3
- 4. By placing a spike beneath her as she sat guarding the jewels — score 4
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 545, line 14: «What: Hesione gives her golden diadem to ransom her brother, so he is called Priamus, which means the "ransomed one."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What is the consequence of the King of Leinster's mistaken attack upon Tibraide's men?
- 1. He apologises to Tibraide' afterwards — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. He apologises to Tibraide' afterwards and gives him back all his men — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. He sends his army after Tibraide — score 0
- 4. He kills Tibraide's men at the gate — 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 1072, line 8: «fact: Why: Mongan hides under his hood because he sees the king coming, and he cries "Alas!" in "a deep and anguished voice".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «leinster» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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