Sugar, chocolate, tea and coffee: the plants behind treats

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

Lesson 347 of the biology 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 ✓

In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, chocolate flows in a river ready to drink. What does real chocolate start as?

1. A sweet brown sap from a chocolate tree — score 5
2. Brown milk from special cows — score 5
3. Bitter beans in pods that must be fermented, dried and roasted — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Sugar mixed with brown soil — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 347, line 2: «Chocolate starts as a bitter bean. Cocoa pods grow straight out of the trunk of the cacao tree, and inside each one sit about 20 to 50 beans in sweet white pul…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ferment» (+4); the same doer «pods» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

Count them: a tea picker picks from 4 shoots, taking two leaves and a bud from each. How many bits does she pick?

1. 8 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 12 — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. 16 — no support
4. 4 — 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 ✗

Count them: 5 coffee cherries, all with two beans and none a peaberry. How many beans?

1. 5 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 7 — no support
3. 10 — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. 20 — 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 ✓

«chuck the dog a bit of my chocolate, he's begging» What is the best answer?

1. No, but give him coffee instead — no support
2. Yes, but only dark chocolate — no support
3. Yeah, a little bit is fine for dogs, as long as it is milk chocolate — score 5
4. No, chocolate can make dogs very ill; keep it out of reach — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 11, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 347, line 4: «Many of these plants make caffeine or similar chemicals to defend themselves from insects. That is why coffee and energy drinks keep people awake, and why choc…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «make» (+3); the same thing acted on «dog» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

«peppermint tea is just tea with mint in» Is that right?

1. No, peppermint tea is coffee — no support
2. Yes, all teas come from the mint plant — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. No, herbal teas are other plants in hot water, not real tea — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Yes, it is green tea with a few mint leaves added to it — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 347, line 12: «All real tea comes from one plant, Camellia sinensis; green tea is dried quickly, black tea is crushed and left to darken, and pickers usually take the top two…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «one plant» (+4); the same action «come» (+1); the same doer «real tea» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · wrong ✗

«the goats found coffee and went mental dancing, that's in the history books» What is the best answer?

1. No, goats never eat plants — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Yes, it is a proven fact with dates — no support
3. It is an old legend; coffee did grow wild in Ethiopia, but nobody can prove the goat story — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. No, coffee was found in Brazil by sailors — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 211, line 4: «Farm sheep grow wool that never stops growing, so every spring a shearer gives them a haircut, and a goat that seems to eat a tin can is really only nibbling t…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+4). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · right ✓

«why's Brazil burning all that cane stuff» What are the leftover crushed stems used for?

1. They are thrown into the sea — no support
2. They are made into chocolate — score -2
3. They are burned to power the sugar mills — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. They are burned to scare the insects away from the fields — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 347, line 6: «The crushed cane stems left over are burned to power the sugar mills.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · right ✓

Why did cool countries look for another sugar plant than cane?

1. Beet sugar is much sweeter — no support
2. Cane sugar was found to be poisonous for people in cold places — no support
3. Cane needs heat, but beet grows well in cool places — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. Cane cannot be crushed — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 347, line 7: «Most sugar made in Britain comes from sugar beet, a pale root that grows in cool countries where cane cannot, and white sugar from beet and cane is the same.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same doer «pale root» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · wrong ✗

A child drinks a can of cola at bedtime. Why might she feel tired the next day?

1. The caffeine kept her awake and spoiled her sleep — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Cola makes people grow overnight — no support
3. Bubbles stop the heart for a while — no support
4. Cola has no sugar, so she had no energy left for the morning — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 300, line 17: «A child can help nature by leaving a wild corner, picking up litter safely, feeding birds, recording sightings for scientists and wasting less, and small acts…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «child» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · right ✓

How many cocoa pods of about 25 beans would you need for 100 beans?

1. 4 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. 10 — score 4
3. 2 — score 4
4. 25 — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 347, line 8: «Cocoa pods grow on the trunk and big branches, hold about 20 to 50 beans in sweet pulp, and their tiny flowers are pollinated by small flies called midges.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «cocoa pods» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · right ✓

In a cartoon, a goofy coffee bean is brown and shiny on the bush. What is wrong?

1. Coffee beans grow under the ground — score 2
2. Coffee beans grow in pods on the trunk — score 2
3. Coffee beans are green until roasted, and they sit inside red cherries — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Nothing, coffee grows brown — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 347, line 15: «A coffee cherry usually holds two beans facing flat side to flat side, sometimes one round bean called a peaberry, and the beans are green until roasted.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «beans» (+1); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · wrong ✗

Why might a hot drink like tea be so popular in a cold, rainy country?

1. Rain water makes the best tea — no support
2. Tea only grows in rainy countries — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. People there cannot drink cold drinks — no support
4. It warms people up and became a habit once tea gardens gave a steady supply — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 346, line 11: «In hot countries oranges can be ripe and sweet while still green, because the skin turns orange only when cool nights break down the green colour.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+5). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the part of the sugar cane plant in which sugar is stored.

1. The flowers — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The leaves exclusively — no support
3. The roots — no support
4. The stems — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between green and black tea?

1. Black tea is produced by burning green tea — no support
2. Both are derived from the same plant, black tea having been crushed and permitted to darken — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Green tea is obtained from the unripe berries of the tea plant — no support
4. They are derived from two unrelated species — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 347, line 3: «Tea and coffee are plants too. Green tea and black tea come from the very same bush, and every coffee bean is a seed, usually one of two lying flat side to fla…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «green tea» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Ascertain the reason for which chocolate is hazardous to dogs.

1. Dogs metabolise theobromine very slowly, so that it accumulates and affects the heart — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Chocolate is excessively adhesive and adheres to the teeth of dogs, causing them to decay rapidly — score 3
3. Chocolate causes the immediate loss of canine fur — score 0
4. Dogs are universally allergic to sugar — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 347, line 11: «Chocolate contains theobromine, which dogs break down very slowly, so it can make them very ill, dark chocolate most of all.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dogs» (+1); the same thing acted on «theobromine» (+1); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the function of caffeine in the coffee plant.

1. It attracts goats to disperse the seeds — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It enables the plant to remain active during the night — no support
3. It is a bitter substance that assists in protecting the plant from insects — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It produces the colour of the roasted bean — 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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