The Arctic and Antarctica
Tests: 6 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 15 of the geography 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 ✓
A cartoon shows a polar bear hunting penguins. Could this happen in the wild?
- 1. No, polar bears live only in the Arctic and wild penguins only in the south — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Yes, they meet in Antarctica — no support
- 3. Yes, they meet at the North Pole every winter — no support
- 4. Yes, but only in summer when the bears swim south across the ocean to find food — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 15, line 2: «Polar bears live only in the Arctic and wild penguins only in the southern half of the world, so a cartoon of a polar bear chasing penguins could never happen…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «live» (+2); the same doer «polar bears» (+2); the same place «arctic» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
«antarctica's just a huge iceberg floating on the sea right» What is right?
- 1. Yes, like the North Pole — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yes, it is floating ice with nothing under it but water — no support
- 3. No, it is a continent of land covered by thick ice — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. No, it is a ring of islands with no ice — 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 · ★ · right ✓
«Antarctica's a desert?? it's covered in ice you muppet» Which is the best answer?
- 1. It is a desert because it is hot — no support
- 2. It is a desert because there is sand under the ice, just like in the Sahara — no support
- 3. It is a desert because very little snow or rain falls there each year — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. It is not a desert at all — 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 15, line 8: «Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, driest and highest continent on average (so little snow or rain falls that it counts as a desert), and the Soviet station…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «fall» (+2); the same doer «little snow» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Why does a white icy surface make the poles even colder?
- 1. White ice reflects most sunlight back into space — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Ice soaks up all the heat of the Sun and stores it deep down — no support
- 3. The whiteness blocks the wind — no support
- 4. White ice makes its own cold 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
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
What would happen to London if all of Antarctica's ice melted?
- 1. The Thames would freeze — no support
- 2. London would get drier — no support
- 3. It would be flooded, because sea levels would rise by about 58 metres — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. Nothing, the meltwater would just stay where it is, frozen in the south — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 3: «Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, driest and highest continent: its ice is on average about 2 km thick, and if it all melted the seas would rise by about 58…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «rise» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
Why does losing white sea ice make the Arctic warm even faster?
- 1. Polar bears warm the water — no support
- 2. Dark open sea soaks up more sunlight than white ice — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. Melting ice gives off heat — no support
- 4. The Sun moves a little closer to the Arctic each year — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 15: «Since satellite measurements began in 1979, the area of Arctic sea ice at its September low has shrunk by roughly 40 percent, and the Arctic is warming about t…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same thing acted on «most sunlight» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
In Europa Universalis 5, the far north is shown as nearly empty land. What is wrong with that?
- 1. Nothing, nobody has ever lived there — no support
- 2. Peoples like the Inuit and Sámi have lived there for thousands of years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. Only penguins live there — no support
- 4. The north was under the sea then, and the land rose up only a few hundred years ago — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 4: «In Europa Universalis 5 the far north is mostly blank, low-value land and Antarctica is not even known: it was first sighted in 1820, near the end of the game'…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «live» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
«scott got to the south pole first innit, the british guy» What is right?
- 1. Scott was first by a year — no support
- 2. Nobody has ever reached the South Pole — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Amundsen's Norwegian team got there first, about a month before Scott — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. They arrived on the same day and shook hands at the Pole, then went home — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 15, line 11: «Antarctica was first sighted in 1820, and Roald Amundsen's Norwegian team reached the South Pole first on 14 December 1911, about a month before Robert Scott's…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «reach» (+4); the same receiver «south pole» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
«how long's the longest day at the north pole then» What is right?
- 1. There is no daylight at all — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. About 12 hours — no support
- 3. About six months of daylight — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Exactly 24 hours — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why do far more people go to Antarctica in summer?
- 1. The ice melts completely in summer — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is light most of the day and a little less cold, so work and travel are possible — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Summer is the only time it snows — no support
- 4. Planes can only fly at night, and summer has the longest and darkest nights — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why might countries agree to set aside a whole continent for science?
- 1. Because science is cheaper than mining — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. So that no one fights over it and all can study it in peace — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Because Antarctica belongs to the United Nations — no support
- 4. Because nobody wanted any land — 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 · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Arctic region in contradistinction to the Antarctic?
- 1. The Arctic comprises a continent, whereas Antarctica comprises an ocean — no support
- 2. Both regions comprise frozen oceans devoid of land — no support
- 3. Both regions comprise ice-covered continents — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. The Arctic comprises a frozen ocean encircled by land, whereas Antarctica comprises an ice-covered landmass encircled by ocean — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 1: «The two polar regions are opposites: the Arctic, at the top of the world, is a frozen ocean surrounded by land, while Antarctica, at the bottom, is a continent…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «two polar regions» (+2); the same thing acted on «continent» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal provision of the Antarctic Treaty concluded in the year 1959.
- 1. The continent is designated for commercial mining — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The continent is placed under the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Norway — no support
- 3. The continent is partitioned among seven claimant states — no support
- 4. The continent is reserved for peace and science, and military bases are prohibited thereon — ✓ 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 ✓
Ascertain which expedition was the first to attain the geographic South Pole.
- 1. The Norwegian expedition led by Roald Amundsen, on the fourteenth of December 1911 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. The expedition led by Sir John Franklin, in the year 1845 — score 4
- 3. The British expedition led by Robert Scott, in the year 1912 — score 4
- 4. No expedition has hitherto attained the South Pole — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 4, line 15: «When the survivors of Magellan's expedition, led home by Juan Sebastián Elcano, returned to Spain in 1522, they found their log was one day behind the date on…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lead» (+2); the same thing acted on «expedition» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
State the approximate proportion of the world's fresh water retained within the Antarctic ice sheet.
- 1. Approximately one per cent — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Approximately one hundred per cent — no support
- 3. Approximately seven per cent — no support
- 4. Approximately seventy per cent — ✓ 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
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