In the news: tricked bots, real discoveries, careful words
Tests: 5 of 10 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 8 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 23 of the AI 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. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.
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 ✗
"AI won at Go so it's smarter than every human at everything now" Best reply?
- 1. Yes, so people should stop learning — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. It's brilliant at Go; that doesn't make it good at everything — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. No, it lost every game it played — score 4
- 4. Yes, Go is the hardest thing in the world, so it can do anything — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 6: «It was reported that an AI beat a world champion at the board game Go, after learning by playing enormous numbers of games.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «ai» (+4); the same action «learn» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗
What would happen if voters trusted a chatbot's out-of-date answer about where to vote?
- 1. Nothing, chatbots always know the newest details of every election — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The chatbot would update the election for them — no support
- 3. Some might go to the wrong place or miss their chance — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The election would be moved to match — 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 · ★★ · right ✓
Your cousin says, "Headline says AI will END ALL JOBS NEXT WEEK, so it's true." What is wise?
- 1. Believe it, but only if the headline is written in capital letters — no support
- 2. Ignore all news about AI forever — score 1
- 3. Believe it, headlines are always exact — no support
- 4. Read past the headline; headlines can exaggerate — ← 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, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 9: «Headlines about AI can exaggerate in both directions, overhyping or overscaring, so it is wise to read beyond the headline.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same action «read» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓
"my mate used the singer's voice in an AI song, its just fun innit" Fair answer?
- 1. It's fine, famous voices belong to everyone once they're on the radio — no support
- 2. Copying someone's voice without permission is unfair to them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. It's only wrong if it costs money — no support
- 4. It's fine if the song is good — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 23, line 13: «It was reported that a song made with a cloned voice of a famous singer went viral and was then removed, and people argued about whether copying a voice is fai…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «voice» (+2); the same action «copy» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓
In a cartoon a star actor finds a film using her face that she never made. Why did real actors worry about this?
- 1. They wanted to act alongside robots — no support
- 2. They wanted much more money for each photo of their faces — no support
- 3. They want control over their own face and voice — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. They were afraid of cameras — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 23, line 12: «Everyone deserves control over their own face and voice.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «control» (+2); the same place «own face» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Which sentence uses careful news words?
- 1. My teacher says AI is magic — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. AI read every ancient book in the world — no support
- 3. Burned scrolls can't be read, end of story — no support
- 4. It was reported that AI helped read burned scrolls — ✓ 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 7 · ★★ · right ✓
Who should we remember when an AI gives a polite, safe answer?
- 1. Only the famous people who own AI — score 5
- 2. The people who checked and labelled answers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. The users who complained the most — no support
- 4. Nobody, the AI taught itself good manners all on its own — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 15: «It was reported that AI companies paid people to check and label answers, and that some of these workers saw upsetting material and were paid little.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «answers» (+4); the same action «label» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗
A school changed its rules about chatbots twice this year. What does this show?
- 1. Schools never think about AI — score 7
- 2. Pupils should choose their own rules — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 3. Schools are still working out what is best — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Rules about AI will never change again — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 10: «It was reported that some schools first banned chatbots and later allowed them with rules; pupils should follow their school's current rules.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «current rules» (+3); the same doer «pupils» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓
A book with a famous author's name looks odd and full of mistakes. What might be going on?
- 1. It must be her first ever book — score 3
- 2. It could be a fake made under her name — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Famous authors always make mistakes — no support
- 4. The printer changed her words — no support
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 3: «The same news pages also told of copied voices, fake books under real authors' names, wrong answers about elections, and the hidden people paid to check and la…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same place «names» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Which is the best example of a headline that overscares?
- 1. "It was reported that AI helped find antibiotics" — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. "Robots will take over the world by Friday!" — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. "Schools allow chatbots with new rules" — no support
- 4. "Study shows AI makes some mistakes" — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reported contribution of artificial intelligence to the study of carbonised ancient scrolls?
- 1. It reconstructed the scrolls physically from their ashes by means of robotic instruments — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It composed new texts in place of those destroyed — no support
- 3. It assisted in the detection of ink within scans, enabling the text to be read — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It established that the scrolls contained no writing — 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 ✗
It is given that a program defeated a world champion at the game of Go. Identify the inference most consistent with the established facts.
- 1. The program has thereby surpassed humanity in every respect and in every field of activity — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The game of Go is consequently of no further interest — no support
- 3. The program excels at that game, which does not establish general superiority — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The champion must have permitted the program to win — 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 · right ✓
Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning persons engaged to check and label the answers of chatbots.
- 1. Some reportedly encountered distressing material and received low pay — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. No human beings have ever participated in such work — no support
- 3. All were reportedly remunerated generously for easy work — no support
- 4. Such persons were reportedly replaced by the chatbots themselves — 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 23, line 15: «It was reported that AI companies paid people to check and label answers, and that some of these workers saw upsetting material and were paid little.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+3); the same doer «some» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the principal purpose of the formula "it was reported that" in discourse concerning current events.
- 1. To indicate that the event has certainly occurred — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To indicate that the event is certainly fictitious — no support
- 3. To distinguish what one knows directly from what one has heard — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. To lend the account an appearance of antiquity — 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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