14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days
Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 3 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 33 of the french 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 ✓
Jayden from London writes, "Happy Bastille Day, bruv!" and his penpal answers "Ici on dit le 14 Juillet !" What is she telling him?
- 1. Bastille Day is a different date — no support
- 2. In France they call it le 14 Juillet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. It's rude to mention the Bastille — no support
- 4. The French don't have a national day — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 33, line 2: «The biggest is France's national day, which English speakers often call Bastille Day but French people call le 14 Juillet or la fête nationale: a parade in Par…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «14 juillet» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lily from Ohio watches the parade and goes, "Who's Champs-Élysées? Is she, like, the queen?" What's the real answer?
- 1. It's the name of the fireworks — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It's the name of a famous soldier — no support
- 3. It's an avenue in Paris — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. She's the queen of France — 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 ✗
Ella from Dundee says, "A firefighters' disco? Pure brilliant - but it's only for firemen, aye?" What's true?
- 1. Only people who live in Paris — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Only firefighters and their families — no support
- 3. Anyone can go: it's open to everyone — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Only children under ten — 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 ✓
Charlie from Liverpool says, "Boss prank, la - but why a fish?" (boss = great) What's true about the fish?
- 1. It's a paper fish: the French April fool — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It's a real fish from the market — no support
- 3. It's a fish-shaped cake for Easter — no support
- 4. It's a prize for the best joke — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Max from Bristol goes, "Flying bells instead of a bunny? Proper job, mate." What do French children hear?
- 1. The bells are chocolate and you eat them — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. The bells ring to wake the Easter bunny — score 5
- 3. The bells fly to Paris for the parade — no support
- 4. The bells fly to Rome and bring eggs back — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 31, line 6: «Frère Jacques is about a monk who has overslept: dormez-vous ? means "are you sleeping?" and sonnez les matines means "ring the bells for morning prayers"; in…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on «bells» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
★ Why is it "Joyeuses Pâques" with -euses, not "joyeux"?
- 1. It's a spelling mistake that everyone makes — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. In the greeting Pâques is feminine and plural — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Easter is always a masculine word — no support
- 4. -euses is used for every holiday — 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
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Sophie sees white flowers sold on every corner in Paris on 1 May and asks, "Is it someone's wedding?" What's going on?
- 1. People give muguet for good luck — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. The flowers are for the war memorial — no support
- 3. It's la rentrée, flowers for teachers — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. It's the wedding day of the president — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 16: «des ciseaux ("see-ZOH") are scissors and are plural, as in English; la colle is glue and une règle is a ruler.», 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 doer «la» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Josh from Lyon goes, "Is everyone busking? Mate, this is sick. Do I need a ticket?" (sick = great) What's the answer?
- 1. Yes, but only for children — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, because it's only on the radio — no support
- 3. No, la Fête de la musique is free — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yes, every street needs a ticket — 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 ✗
Grace from Belfast sees "La rentrée" in every shop in late August and asks, "Is that about going into something?" What does it mean?
- 1. A sale on Christmas presents — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The start of the summer holidays — no support
- 3. The door you use to go in — no support
- 4. Back to school after summer — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓
★ Tom from Melbourne says, "Mother's Day is the same date everywhere, heaps easy." Is he right?
- 1. No, they differ: late May in France — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. No, France doesn't have one — no support
- 3. Yes, every country has it in May — no support
- 4. Yes, every country has it in March — 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 · ★ · right ✓
★★★ Kai from Auckland is in France on 11 November and asks, "Chur, how many years ago did the fighting stop, if it's 2026?"
- 1. 108 years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. 88 years — no support
- 3. 98 years — no support
- 4. 118 years — 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 ✗
What would happen if you talked loudly at the monument aux morts on 11 November?
- 1. You'd win a prize for the loudest voice — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nothing, it's a noisy party — no support
- 3. Everyone would join in the singing — no support
- 4. People would find it rude — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · right ✓
Identify the event commemorated in France on 14 July.
- 1. The taking of the Bastille in 1789 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The end of the First World War in 1918 — no support
- 3. The opening of the Eiffel Tower in 1889 — no support
- 4. The first crossing of the Channel by air — 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 correct form of the French Easter greeting.
- 1. Joyeux Pâques — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Joyeuse Pâque — no support
- 3. Joyeuses Pâques — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Joyeux Pâque — 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 ✗
Determine the date upon which the Fête de la musique is held.
- 1. 11 November — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 21 June — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. 1 May — no support
- 4. 14 July — 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 the meaning of the term "la rentrée" as employed in France.
- 1. The entrance of a public building — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The return to school and work — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The commencement of the summer holidays — no support
- 4. The annual festival of music — 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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