Drawing: lines, shapes and drawing what you really see

Tests: 7 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 12 of the arts 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 · ★ · right ✓

Your mate goes, "real artists never rub anything out, they just get it right first go." Is he right?

1. No, because real artists never actually draw anything at all — score 1
2. Yes, rubbers are banned in all art schools and studios — no support
3. No, most start with rough shapes and fix them step by step — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Yes, but only for painters — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 12, line 3: «Artists start with light, simple shapes, circles, ovals and boxes, then add details on top; they show distance by making far things smaller (perspective) and s…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «start» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

What would happen if Sophie drew the far end of the road just as wide as the near end?

1. Nothing would change — no support
2. The road would look flat instead of going into the distance — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. The road would look even deeper — score 2
4. The road would look like it is going uphill on purpose — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 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 12, line 4: «Picture Ling drawing a horse whose legs look wrong: she checks a photo and sees that the joint that bends "backwards" is really the horse's ankle, because hors…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «look» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Oisín's grandad says, "Does it look like a lolly to ya?" What lesson is he teaching?

1. Drawing trees is too hard for children, so they should not try — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Trees should always be drawn as lollies — no support
3. Real trees are all round and smooth, just like lollies — no support
4. Draw what is in front of you, not what you remember — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

A cartoon horse has knees that bend the same way as a person's. What would a real horse show?

1. Horse legs bend exactly like ours do — no support
2. The lower joint that bends back is the ankle, with the knee higher up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. Horses have no joints at all in their legs, so they never bend them — score -2
4. Horses have four separate knees on each leg, all bending forwards — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 12, line 4: «Picture Ling drawing a horse whose legs look wrong: she checks a photo and sees that the joint that bends "backwards" is really the horse's ankle, because hors…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «joint» (+4); the same thing acted on «ankle» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Jake says his mate's drawing is "giving cartoon" (looks like a cartoon). What is the best advice for the mate?

1. Stop drawing anime for ever and never go back — no support
2. Draw with his eyes closed so it looks more real — score 2
3. Only ever draw cartoons — ← Mova's choice · score 11
4. Practise both his favourite style and real things — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 11, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 12, line 5: «Gen Z "mid" means average, "it's giving cartoon" means it looks like a cartoon, and "lowkey" means kind of; in Britain "binning" something means throwing it in…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+7); the same thing acted on «cartoon» (+5). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Your little sister draws a ball with no shading and it looks like a flat circle. What would make it look round?

1. A light side, a dark side and a shadow on the table — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. A thicker black outline all the way around — no support
3. Colouring it all one dark colour — no support
4. Drawing a big smiley face right in the middle of it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 14: «Shading makes parts darker where light does not reach; a light side, a dark side and a shadow make a round object look 3D, and the brightest spot is the highli…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same property (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Zoe yells she's "binning it" (throwing it in the bin) over one wobble. What is the truth?

1. One wobbly line does not ruin a drawing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Pen drawings can never be fixed once a line goes wrong — no support
3. Bins are where good art belongs — no support
4. Every drawing with a wobble is ruined for good — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Kai's brother says, "Some people can draw and some can't, end of." What does the lesson say?

1. Only left-handed people can draw — no support
2. Drawing is pure luck every single time — no support
3. He is right, it is fixed from birth for everyone — no support
4. Drawing improves a lot with practice — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 6: «Drawing improves a lot with practice; teachers agree that people are not simply born able or unable to draw, and keeping old drawings shows how far you have co…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «improve» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «drawing» (+2); the same thing acted on «lot» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Ben's aunt says her hands shake too. What does that show?

1. Only people with steady hands become illustrators — no support
2. She must have stopped drawing — no support
3. Shaky hands always make better artists than steady ones — no support
4. You don't need perfectly steady hands to draw — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 10: «The kora is a West African instrument with 21 strings, made from a large gourd covered in skin, often called a harp-lute, and traditionally played by griots, w…», 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 thing acted on «large gourd» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why keep your old bad drawings?

1. Teachers want to mark them again — no support
2. They show how far you have come — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. They are worth lots of money one day — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. They can all be rubbed out later — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 6: «Drawing improves a lot with practice; teachers agree that people are not simply born able or unable to draw, and keeping old drawings shows how far you have co…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «drawing» (+2); the same thing acted on «lot» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Priya measures eyes on a photo. Where will she find them?

1. Exactly at the chin, near the mouth — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. At the very top of the head, by the hair — no support
3. About halfway down the head — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Just under the nose — 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 · right ✓

Identify the principal means by which perspective conveys distance upon a flat surface.

1. The diminution of distant objects and the convergence of parallel lines upon a vanishing point — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. The use of bright colours for every distant object — no support
3. The representation of all objects at an identical size, whatever their distance from the viewer — no support
4. The enlargement of objects in proportion to their distance from the eye of the observer — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 12: «Perspective shows distance on flat paper: far things look smaller, and parallel lines like road edges seem to meet at a vanishing point on the horizon.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «meet» (+4); the same doer «parallel lines» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the acquisition of skill in drawing.

1. Skill in drawing depends wholly upon the steadiness of the hand — no support
2. Skill in drawing is fixed at birth and cannot be improved — no support
3. Skill in drawing may be acquired solely at an academy of art — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Skill in drawing improves substantially with practice — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 15: «The hook is the catchiest bit of a song, often in the chorus; writing a good hook takes real skill.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «real skill» (+4); the same action «take» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the joint commonly mistaken for a backward-bending knee in the horse?

1. It is a joint peculiar to horses kept in captivity — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. It is the ankle, the knee being situated higher upon the limb — ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. It is a knee which bends contrary to that of a human — score 10
4. It is an error in the drawing having no counterpart in nature — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 12, line 4: «Picture Ling drawing a horse whose legs look wrong: she checks a photo and sees that the joint that bends "backwards" is really the horse's ankle, because hors…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «joint» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the position of the eyes upon a typical human head.

1. Upon the uppermost quarter of the forehead — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Approximately halfway between the crown and the chin — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Immediately beneath the crown of the head — no support
4. Immediately above the chin — 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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