The songs on everyone's phone: streaming, playlists, earworms
Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 5 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 5 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 ✗
Your mate goes, "if it's on the internet it's free to take, innit." Is he right?
- 1. Yes, the internet makes everything free — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, but only for songs in English — no support
- 3. Yes, but only on weekends — no support
- 4. No, songs belong to the people who made them — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓
What would happen if everyone downloaded songs only from pirate sites?
- 1. Musicians would get paid nothing for their songs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The songs would sound better — no support
- 3. Nothing would change for anyone — no support
- 4. Musicians would get much richer, because more people would listen — 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 ✗
Your nan reckons a song stuck in your head means "something's not right up there". What is the truth?
- 1. Earworms last forever — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Earworms are very common and harmless — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. She is right, it is a kind of brain illness — no support
- 4. Only children get earworms — 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 shows a phone app with a crystal ball reading a boy's mind to pick songs. What really happens?
- 1. The app guesses from listening history — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The phone hears the boy's thoughts through the screen — no support
- 3. A singer phones each listener — no support
- 4. Apps can really read minds — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Mum says "nothing's ever really free, love." How does that fit a free music app?
- 1. Someone pays, through adverts or subscriptions — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It doesn't, free apps cost nobody anything — no support
- 3. The government pays for every song — no support
- 4. Musicians work for nothing on purpose — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mason's sister says the song is "mid" (average). What is she sharing?
- 1. The middle part of the song — score 11
- 2. A fact about the song's chart position — no support
- 3. That the song is half finished — ← Mova's choice · score 15
- 4. Her opinion of the song — ✓ the right answer · score 15
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 15, tied with another option at 15 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 5, line 5: «Taste is personal: Gen Z might call a song "bussin'" (really good) or say it "ate and left no crumbs" (did it perfectly), a sister may call it "mid" (average),…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+7); the same thing acted on «song» (+5); the same doer «sister» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 15. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Cian says the dodgy site is "deadly" (brilliant in Irish slang). What should he know?
- 1. It is safe because his cousin uses it every day and nothing went wrong — no support
- 2. Irish sites are allowed to share songs — score 11
- 3. It breaks the law and can hide viruses and scams — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 18
- 4. Deadly sites are approved by the singers — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 18, against 11 for the next best. Its support: lesson 5, line 4: «Nothing is truly free: free apps are paid for by adverts, pirate sites pay musicians nothing and can hide viruses, and blasting headphones can damage your hear…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+7); the same thing acted on «viruses» (+5); the same action «hide» (+3); the same doer «pirate sites» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Your cousin says a song with the same four chords as another is "a total rip-off". What is the best reply?
- 1. Only one song can ever use four chords — ← Mova's choice · score 15
- 2. She's right, those songs should all be banned for copying each other — score 11
- 3. Chords are owned by the first singer forever — score 11
- 4. Chords are shared by everyone, the tune and words make it different — ✓ the right answer · score 14
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 15, against 14 for the next best. Its support: lesson 5, line 16: «Many pop songs share the same four chords in the same order; songs differ in melody, words and sound, and using the same chords is allowed.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+7); the same thing acted on «same four chords» (+5); the same doer «many pop songs» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 14. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Little brother asks to listen to an "E" song. What is a sensible move?
- 1. Play it louder since E means excellent — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Delete the app altogether — no support
- 3. Ignore the label, it means nothing — no support
- 4. Check the label and pick the clean version if unsure — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ben wants to support his favourite singer. What reportedly helps more than streaming?
- 1. Going to shows or buying from them directly — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Downloading it from a pirate site — no support
- 3. Telling the singer online to try harder with the next song — ← Mova's choice · score 12
- 4. Streaming the song once more — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 1: «Streaming means playing music over the internet without owning a copy; the app pays a tiny amount for each play, shared between the record label, the songwrite…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+7); the same thing acted on «singer» (+5). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
What would happen to your ears after years of blasting music at full volume?
- 1. You could lose some hearing for good — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Your ears would get used to it and toughen up — no support
- 3. Nothing, ears always heal themselves — no support
- 4. You would hear better than everyone else — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 4, line 12: «Balance means getting each part at the right volume so every part can be heard; being loudest does not make you sound best.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hear» (+4). 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 of the following statements most accurately characterises the remuneration of musicians by streaming services?
- 1. A single payment made upon the first play only — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A sum reported to be a fraction of a penny per play, apportioned among several parties — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A fixed sum of one pound per play, paid in full to the performer alone, without deductions — no support
- 4. No remuneration whatsoever to any party — 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 principal basis upon which a music application compiles a personalised playlist.
- 1. The personal selection of songs by each performer — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The direct apprehension of the user's thoughts — no support
- 3. A random selection without regard to the user — no support
- 4. The listening history of the user compared with that of other listeners — ✓ 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
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the obtaining of recordings from unauthorised websites.
- 1. It contravenes copyright law in most jurisdictions and remunerates no creator — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It is lawful provided the quantity obtained is small — no support
- 3. It increases the income of the performers concerned — no support
- 4. It is permitted in respect of all recordings in English — 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Determine the most accurate characterisation of the phenomenon known as an earworm.
- 1. A disorder of the brain requiring medical treatment — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A common and harmless involuntary recurrence of a melody in the mind — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A permanent impairment of the hearing — no support
- 4. An indication of the superior quality of the composition — 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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