Politicians and promises, as the news reports them

Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 10 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 442 of the everyday 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 ✗

Uncle in Boston, wicked mad: «look what this guy said, sharing it!!» What should happen first?

1. Check if real news sites report it — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Share it fast before somebody deletes it — no support
3. Believe it because it's a video — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Reply angrily under the post — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 442, line 11: «Computers can make fake videos of real people saying things they never said.», 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 «fake videos» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Belfast neighbour: «Wise up, he's the only honest one.» What does «wise up» mean?

1. Stand up straight — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Get cleverer at school — no support
3. Stop being silly — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Go off to sleep now — 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 ✗

Kid in Sydney: «vote me captain, no homework ever, no cap». What's the problem?

1. Nothing, he can easily do it — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. He must be the oldest kid — score 5
3. A captain can't cancel homework — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Captains are not allowed to say «no cap» — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 33, line 7: «A little boy in Liverpool bit into a laundry detergent pod that looked like a toy; it burst in his mouth and he had to be treated in hospital for burns and bre…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓

Dad in Toronto: «They're all liars, eh.» Which is the most accurate answer?

1. No, politicians never lie — no support
2. Only foreign politicians lie — no support
3. Some lie, some don't — we can check — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Yes, every politician always lies — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 442, line 5: «In Belfast two neighbours argued about one politician. «He's a liar, everyone knows it.» «Wise up, he's the only honest one» («wise up» means stop being silly)…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lie» (+3); the same doer «some» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«Crime went DOWN!» says one. «Crime went UP!» says another. What question helps most?

1. Which one has nicer shoes? — score 5
2. Which years are you comparing? — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Who spoke first? — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Which of you is more famous? — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 442, line 2: «The news can be confusing. One evening in Auckland, Ella heard two politicians say opposite things about crime: one said it went up, the other said it went dow…», 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 doer «question» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓

What would happen if everyone believed every headline without reading the story?

1. Many people would believe things that aren't so — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Newspapers would stop having headlines on the front page — no support
3. Everyone would know the full truth — score 1
4. Nothing would change at all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 403, line 4: «Jayden said the thing everyone half believed: «Real fights are like games, you just get up again with full health.» They aren't. Real bodies bruise, bones brea…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «believe» (+1); the same thing acted on «thing» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓

Granny: «He talked for two minutes and never said yes or no.» What did she notice?

1. He forgot what day it was — no support
2. He gave a very clear answer — no support
3. He dodged the question — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
4. He was a very slow speaker — 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 442, line 2: «The news can be confusing. One evening in Auckland, Ella heard two politicians say opposite things about crime: one said it went up, the other said it went dow…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «dodge» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «question» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

In a cartoon, the bad mayor twirls his moustache so everyone knows he's lying. What is real life more like?

1. Honest people always smile more than liars do — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. You have to check what people said and did — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Liars always have moustaches — no support
4. Liars always look at the floor — 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 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A leaflet: «Lower taxes AND more money for everything!» Aisha's dad: «Both? With what money?» What is he doing?

1. Saying the candidate is a liar for sure — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Saying the candidate is surely honest — score 8
3. Throwing the leaflet away unread — no support
4. Asking how the promise would be paid for — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 427, line 2: «Little lies at home are about easy jobs — hands, teeth, showers, tidying, reading — and they are usually caught by something small. Mia in Melbourne said she'd…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «aisha» (+5); the same action «say» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓

The pool wasn't built. Liam's mate: «she LIED, end of». Which is fairer?

1. It doesn't matter what she promised — no support
2. No, politicians can't break promises — no support
3. Maybe — or maybe the plan was blocked; check — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Yes, every broken promise is a lie — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 442, line 1: «Before an election, a candidate in Liam's town promised «a new swimming pool for every school». She won, and no pool was built. Liam's dad said she'd said the…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «block» (+3); the same thing acted on «plans» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓

Politician: «I never said that!» A reporter has a recording. What settles it best?

1. Asking his best friend — no support
2. Playing the recording — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Waiting a year or two to see — no support
4. Counting who believes him — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 442, line 4: «Promises are worth checking. Max in Sydney promised «no homework ever» if he became class captain. He won, homework continued — a captain has no power over hom…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «play» (+3); the same thing acted on «recording» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which two public figures may cite the same body of statistics in support of contrary conclusions.

1. Statistics are invariably fabricated — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Each selects the period or portion most favourable to his case — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Statistical data cannot be compared — no support
4. Only one of them is able to read figures, the other guessing — 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 ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a video purporting to show a politician making a statement.

1. It may be shared provided the viewer is angry — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Its authenticity is guaranteed by the fact that it is a video, videos being impossible to alter by any means — no support
3. Its authenticity should be ascertained through reputable news sources before it is believed or shared — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It constitutes conclusive proof of the statement — 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 · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an electoral promise that was subsequently not fulfilled?

1. It invariably represents a deliberate falsehood, the politician having known from the outset that it could not be kept — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. It invariably represents an honest failure — score 5
3. It is not a matter that can be examined — no support
4. It may represent a deliberate falsehood or a plan that failed, and the matter is frequently disputed — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 417, line 1: «At half past five Kai said «one more game». At six he said «one more game, the last one». At half six: «this one really is the last». At seven: «one more, I wa…», 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 doer «one» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Determine which of the following constitutes the soundest approach to the assertion that all politicians are untruthful.

1. Reliance upon the opinion expressed most loudly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Rejection of all criticism of politicians — no support
3. Examination of what each individual said and did — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Acceptance of the assertion without reservation — 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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