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title: Gods and Fighting Men, The Adventures of Mongan, part 38: Mongan is… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1070 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 13 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Gods and Fighting Men, The Adventures of Mongan, part 38: Mongan is raised, avenges his father, and sees the white cows

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**Tests:** 4 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 8 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1070 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.

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1070-pg2892-part38/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Yo, who was yer man that wrapped the dog up in his cloak?

- **1.** yer man Mananna'n the sea god — no support
- **2.** Mananna'n — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Fiachna — no support
- **4.** the bloke who was Mananna'n son of Lir — **← Mova's choice** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1053, line 6: «Who: Becfola, a king's wife, and Flann, a young man who wants to win the lordship of an island.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «young man» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1070-pg2892-part38/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Here, who got proper scundered and lost his palace in the end?

- **1.** Duv Laca — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Fiachna Finn — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Fiachna Duv — no support
- **4.** Mongan — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1070-pg2892-part38/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Like, what did the Flame Lady do when Mongan forgot to mention Duv Laca?

- **1.** got proper stroppy — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** fell right asleep — no support
- **3.** turned right nasty and wrecked the hall — no support
- **4.** got proper stroppy and lost the lot — **← Mova's choice** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 194, line 2: «The tailor shouts at him, the crowd gathers, and a kind lady on a mule gives him a purse of five hundred gold pieces.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kind lady» (+2); the same thing acted on «purse» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1070-pg2892-part38/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Mate, where was the Land of Promise, like?

- **1.** beyond the sea — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** the sea — no support
- **3.** across the water — no support
- **4.** over there — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1070-pg2892-part38/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Yer man Mongan married who, his cradle-bride, like?

- **1.** Mongan's wife — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** Duv Laca — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **3.** Branduv — score -1
- **4.** the Flame Lady of the cradle — score 0

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**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 871, line 17: «fact: The old man has "no wife and children," but he loves other people's children and tells them many tales.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old man» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «wife» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1070-pg2892-part38/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Was the black-faced cleric actually who, like, for real?

- **1.** Fiachna Duv hisself in a cloak — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Mananna'n the son of Lir, in disguise — no support
- **3.** Mananna'n in disguise — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Fiachna Finn, mate — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1070-pg2892-part38/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Gan on, how many castles did Fiachna sling the Black Hag?

- **1.** eleven — no support
- **2.** seven — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **3.** twelve — no support
- **4.** two — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1070, line 3: «Fiachna gives the Black Hag seven castles and a hundred cattle, then goes home, where his wife has a baby son.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1070-pg2892-part38/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Wha' colour were them cows, like, proper?

- **1.** jet black — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** proper pure white, like — no support
- **3.** white as the foam, mate — no support
- **4.** pure white — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1070-pg2892-part38/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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How many cows was there, like, in total?

- **1.** fifty — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** fifty-two, I reckon — no support
- **3.** ten — score 2
- **4.** nine — score 2

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**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 465, line 7: «Why: Ivan says "The Princess always sees for herself whether all the cows are there."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cows» (+1); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1070-pg2892-part38/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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What were the cows' ears like, mate?

- **1.** proper red, mate — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** green — no support
- **3.** brown — no support
- **4.** red — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1070-pg2892-part38/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Who was the King of Leinster, the one scundering about?

- **1.** Fiachna — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Branduv, the scundering one — no support
- **3.** the King of Leinster, Branduv — no support
- **4.** Branduv — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1070-pg2892-part38/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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What did Mongan do after he killed Fiachna Duv, like?

- **1.** got crowned King of Ulster — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **2.** got crowned King of Ulster, proper — score 7
- **3.** married Duv Laca, like — score 2
- **4.** got crowned King of Ulster and wed Duv Laca — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 1070, line 12: «What he does: Mongan kills Fiachna Duv and is crowned King of Ulster, and then "for the first time he felt secure."», 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 (+3); the same action «crown» (+2); the same doer «mongan» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1070-pg2892-part38/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Why was the cradle wedding even made, like?

- **1.** to stop the Black Hag — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** to end the bad feud — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** to gain the cattle, like — no support
- **4.** to end war — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1070-pg2892-part38/t13/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Pursuant to the text, by what means did Fiachna Finn acquire the sovereignty of Lochlann?

- **1.** By victory in battle before nightfall — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** By treaty at the sea-shore — no support
- **3.** By cunning and a cradle-bride from Leinster — no support
- **4.** By victory in battle before nightfall, and a gift of cattle — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**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 1070, line 3: «Fiachna gives the Black Hag seven castles and a hundred cattle, then goes home, where his wife has a baby son.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «seven castles» (+3); the same action «give» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1070-pg2892-part38/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Which individual was revealed to be the black-faced cleric?

- **1.** Mananna'n the son of Lir — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Mananna'n the son of Lir, sea-god — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** Mananna'n the son of Lir and of Ulster — no support
- **4.** Mongan, the king's son — score -7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, against -7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 335, line 5: «Peter takes Wendy's place at the mast, crows, then reveals himself and fights until he faces Hook in a duel.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «reveal» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «peter» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1070-pg2892-part38/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Which quantity of cows was observed upon the lawn of Leinster?

- **1.** fifty — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** fifty cows upon the lawn — no support
- **3.** sixty — no support
- **4.** one hundred and fifty — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1070-pg2892-part38/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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What was the principal motive for the betrothal of the infants?

- **1.** to win the Land of Promise — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** to end the enmity between Fiachna Duv and Fiachna Finn — no support
- **3.** to end the enmity and gain both kingdoms — no support
- **4.** to end the enmity between the two Fiachnas — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1070-pg2892-part38/e4/)

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