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Olympiad: music puzzles ★★★

Tests: 1 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 6 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 41 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 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

"bruv, our song's in 3/4, 16 bars, how many beats is that innit"

  • 1. 19 — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. 32 — no support
  • 3. 64 — no support
  • 4. 48 — ✓ 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 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

"the song's got 6 bars of 4/4, no wait, 7 bars. how many minims fill the lot"

  • 1. 7 — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. 14 — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. 28 — no support
  • 4. 12 — 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 ✗

Jade is mardy ("mardy" means sulky) because her flute is metal and her teacher calls it a woodwind. Who is right?

  • 1. Jade, because metal instruments always belong to the brass family — no support
  • 2. Neither, because the flute is really a kind of percussion — no support
  • 3. The teacher: it is how the sound is made — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Jade, because a woodwind has to be made of real wood — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 9, line 8: «Flutes used to be made of wood and some still are; the sound comes from blowing across an edge, so the flute is a woodwind.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same circumstance (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Three of these are usually played with a bow. Which odd one is plucked?

  • 1. The kora — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. The Chinese erhu — no support
  • 3. The cello — no support
  • 4. The violin — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 9, line 10: «The violin, viola, cello and double bass are all string instruments played with a bow or plucked; bigger ones play lower notes, and the cello and double bass a…», 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 «string instruments» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Liam reckons, "Bigger kid, lower notes, so the tall boy gets the tuba." What is the real rule?

  • 1. The tuba plays highest, so the smallest kid should get it — no support
  • 2. Only tall people are allowed to play the tuba in an orchestra — no support
  • 3. The instrument's size sets how low it plays, not the player's height — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Tall players always make the lowest sounds on any instrument — ← Mova's choice · 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 41, line 1: «This olympiad block mixes the music lessons into puzzles: counting beats in bars, reading the names of notes on the staff, sorting instruments by how their sou…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

After the gig the drummer says, "Ears are a bit buzzy, no biggie." What does that really mean?

  • 1. His drums are broken and need new skins before the next gig — ← Mova's choice · score 2
  • 2. Nothing at all, buzzing ears are a sign of a really good gig — no support
  • 3. He is joking, ears cannot be hurt by music however loud it is — score 0
  • 4. Too loud for his ears; earplugs would help — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 4: «Music is tied to memory and feeling, so a song can make an old lady cry and laugh at once; and loud gigs need earplugs, while tickets should come from the offi…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+3). 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 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Put the steps of making a song recording in order.

  • 1. Recording, then mastering, then mixing, then a demo — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Mastering, then a demo, then recording, then mixing — no support
  • 3. A demo, then mixing, then recording, then mastering — no support
  • 4. A demo, then recording, then mixing, then mastering — ✓ 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 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

A bar of 4/4 holds a crotchet, a crotchet rest and a minim. Sam says the rest doesn't count, so the bar is short. Is he right?

  • 1. No: the bar holds 5 beats, so it is too long — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 2. No: 1 + 1 + 2 makes 4 beats, the rest counts — ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. Yes: a rest lasts no time at all — no support
  • 4. Yes: the bar holds only 3 beats — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 41, line 7: «In 3/4 time each bar holds three crotchet beats, the swaying feel of a waltz; a rest is a counted silence and is part of the bar.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+4); the same thing acted on «three crotchet beats» (+2); the same doer «bar» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · right ✓

A kid shouts, "The bandura's got like a thousand strings, no cap!" ("no cap" means honestly). About how many does a concert bandura really have?

  • 1. About 55 to 65 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Exactly 21 — no support
  • 3. About a thousand — no support
  • 4. Only 2 — 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 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

The mic squeals louder and louder, and the soundman from Cork says, "Ah, it's grand." What is really happening?

  • 1. The batteries in the mic are about to run out — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Everything is fine, the squeal is part of the song — no support
  • 3. The mic picks up the speaker in a loop, so turn it away — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. The singer's voice is too high for the microphone — 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 ✗

Ukraine won Eurovision in 2004, 2016 and 2022: gaps of 12 years, then 6. Max says, "Halves every time, so the next win is wicked sure in 2025." ("wicked" means very). What is wrong?

  • 1. His sum is wrong: half of 6 makes the next win 2028 — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Contest wins are not a number pattern that must go on — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Nothing, the gaps always halve, so 2025 is certain — no support
  • 4. The pattern is right, but Eurovision stopped in 2022 — 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 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Ruby: "Practised a million times and it still squeaks!" What should she check first?

  • 1. Blowing much harder so the squeak gets drowned out — ← Mova's choice · score 8
  • 2. Practising a million more times, changing nothing — score -1
  • 3. Pressing the holes with her hard fingertips instead — no support
  • 4. Soft, steady breath and flat finger pads over the holes — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 41, line 4: «Picture Ruby groaning, "I've practised this a million times and it still squeaks!" The million is hyperbole, so do not count it; the real clue is the squeak, w…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «blow» (+4); the same property (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Determine the number of crotchet beats contained in twelve bars of three-four time.

  • 1. Thirty-six — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Fifteen — no support
  • 3. Twelve — no support
  • 4. Forty-eight — 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 ✗

Identify the principle by which the family of a musical instrument is determined.

  • 1. The size of the person who plays it — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The country in which it was invented — no support
  • 3. The material of which it is constructed — no support
  • 4. The manner in which its sound is produced — ✓ 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Select the word spelled by the notes of the four spaces of the treble clef, read from the lowest upward.

  • 1. FACE — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. CAFE — no support
  • 3. DEAF — no support
  • 4. EGBDF — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain which of the following arrangements of the string family proceeds correctly from the highest sound to the lowest.

  • 1. Double bass, cello, viola, violin — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Violin, viola, cello, double bass — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Cello, violin, viola, double bass — no support
  • 4. Viola, violin, cello, double bass — 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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