Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan and the Hag of the Mill, part 43: Mongan turns the hag into a lovely girl and tricks Branduv into swapping wives

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1075 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 ✗

Oi, who turned the old hag into a fit young bird, Mongan or mac an Da'v?

1. Branduv — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Ivell — score 6
3. Mongan — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Duv — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 1075, line 1: «Mongan turns the old hag into a lovely young girl named Ivell, and her dog into a tiny silky lapdog.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+2); the same thing acted on «old hag» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, which king nearly went mad with love and jealousy?

1. Branduv — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Mongan — no support
3. the King of Leinster — no support
4. the King of Connaught — 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead funny, but what was the dog turned into, innit?

1. a little hound — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. a lapdog — no support
3. a little lapdog — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. a cat — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 1046, line 4: «On the road she struck Tuiren with a hazel rod, turned her into a shivering hound, and dragged her west to Fergus Fionnliath, who hated dogs.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «dogs» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Mate, was Ivell sipping mead or ale at the banquet?

1. mead — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. tea — no support
3. ale — no support
4. cider — 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 ✗

Wicked, what did the hag ask for first from the king?

1. his drinking-horn and his gold ring — score -1
2. his gifts and his golden drinking-horn — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. his golden ring — score -1
4. his drinking-horn — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1071, line 1: «Mongan gives his fifty white cows to the King of Leinster in exchange for Duv Laca, and the two kings shake on it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same doer «mongan» (+2). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Our kid, which horse was piebald?

1. the mare — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. the cat — no support
3. the white stag — no support
4. the old mare — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Proper mad, who nicked the king's gifts out of the hag's lap?

1. mac an Da'v — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. the king's own servant Ae — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. the king's cook — score -1
4. the hag of the mill — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1041, line 20: «Old word: "clann-Morna" means the children, or family, of Morna; "clann" is the old Irish word that gives us our word "clan" today.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «word» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «old irish word» (-1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruv, where did they ride off to after the swap?

1. Leinster — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. north — no support
3. home — no support
4. Ulster — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, what did the king say he had not drunk enough of?

1. the girl's hands — no support
2. the girl's eyes — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. her hair — no support
4. the maid's smile — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. 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: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «one» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Oi, what was wrong with the hen?

1. the pip — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a cut — no support
3. the gout — no support
4. a cold — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, did the hag want to be a girl or an eel?

1. a girl — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a young girl with golden hair — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. a lovely young girl — score 5
4. an eel — 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 1062, line 5: «There a young girl steps out of a coracle, and when Conn asks her questions she says she is Delvcaem, daughter of Morgan.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «young girl» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead gross, what was covering the hag's nose when the servants saw her?

1. whiskers — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. a beard — no support
3. a veil — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. a hat — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 915, line 13: «Old word: "meerschaum" is a white clay used for pipes; the Pipe-head is "a colored meerschaum", meaning one that has been smoked and browned.», 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 «old word» (-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 action did Mongan perform to transform the hag into the young woman Ivell?

1. he touched her with his finger and sang — score 2
2. he spoke a charm over her — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. he touched her with his finger — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. he gave her his golden ring — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1071, line 17: «Old word: "lamentably" means in a sad, mourning way, which is how Mongan speaks when he welcomes the king.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «speak» (+2); the same doer «mongan» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

To which ruler did the couple seek protection after their banishment?

1. the King of Leinster and his men — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. the King of Connaught — score 0
3. the High King of all the provinces of Ireland — score 0
4. the King of Leinster — ✓ the right answer · 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 676, line 1: «The old couple find the pail empty and search everywhere, but the baby has vanished.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «search» (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which beverage did Ivell consume during the banquet?

1. ale — score -6
2. mead — ✓ the right answer · score -6
3. wine — ← Mova's choice · score -3
4. tea — score -6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -3, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 536, line 4: «At a banquet a servant poisons Ion's wine, but Ion pours a libation first, and a dove that drinks it dies at once.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored -6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

To which province did the two riders depart upon leaving the fortress?

1. north — no support
2. Ulster — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. home — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. Leinster — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. 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 same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «one» (-1); the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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