Odd places: microstates, enclaves and disputed lands
Tests: 7 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 39 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗
lol Vatican City is a city not a country. right?
- 1. Right, it's just part of Rome — no support
- 2. Wrong, it's the biggest country in Europe — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 3. Right, it belongs to Italy — no support
- 4. Wrong, it's the smallest country in the world — ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 11, line 10: «Indonesia's capital is Jakarta, but it is building a new capital called Nusantara on the island of Borneo, and it has more Muslims than any other country.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «new capital» (+6); the same doer «capital» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓
In EU5 the Pope rules a big chunk of central Italy. What is left of it today?
- 1. Only the tiny Vatican City — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
- 2. All of central Italy still — no support
- 3. Nothing at all — no support
- 4. The whole of Rome and Naples — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 39, line 7: «In EU5 the Papal States cover a large part of central Italy, and they were lost to Italy by 1870, leaving only the tiny Vatican City later.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «leave» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «tiny vatican city» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓
Why did San Marino survive when other small Italian states did not?
- 1. It was hidden on an island — no support
- 2. It was part of France — no support
- 3. It stayed small, neutral and on its mountain, and was left alone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. It had the biggest army in Italy and beat everyone who attacked — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 39, line 8: «San Marino, inside Italy, claims to be the oldest surviving republic in the world, traditionally founded in 301; it sits on a mountain, stayed small and neutra…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+3); the same doer «san» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗
You stand in a kitchen in Baarle with one foot in Belgium and one in the Netherlands. Is that possible?
- 1. No, borders are never allowed to cross houses — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yes, the border runs through some houses — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Only in a video game — no support
- 4. Only in the year 1337 — 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 ✗
If Britain left Gibraltar tomorrow, which country would most likely take it over?
- 1. Portugal — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Spain — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Morocco — no support
- 4. Argentina — 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 · ★★ · right ✓
Why did Britain want Gibraltar?
- 1. It was the birthplace of Queen Victoria — no support
- 2. It had huge gold and silver mines deep inside the Rock, worked since Roman times — score 3
- 3. It was the biggest farmland in Europe — no support
- 4. It guards the narrow strait between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 39, line 14: «Gibraltar, at the southern tip of Spain, guards the narrow strait between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; it has been a British territory since 1713, and S…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «guard» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗
my cousin says Kaliningrad's in Poland. nah?
- 1. Yes, it is Poland's capital and its biggest port on the Baltic — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yes, Poland bought it in 1991 — no support
- 3. No, it's in Lithuania — no support
- 4. No, it's part of Russia, between Poland and Lithuania — ✓ 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 8 · ★★ · right ✓
A scientist from Australia and one from Argentina both work in Antarctica. Who owns the land under their station?
- 1. Australia owns all of it, and Argentina pays rent — no support
- 2. The scientist who arrived first — no support
- 3. Argentina owns all of it — no support
- 4. No one; claims are frozen by the Antarctic Treaty — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 39, line 17: «No country owns Antarctica, and under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 it is kept for peace and science; about a dozen countries' claims are frozen by the treaty.», 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 action «freeze» (+3); the same doer «treaty» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓
Your friend says Lesotho is an island. What is wrong?
- 1. It is on land, completely surrounded by South Africa — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It is in Europe — no support
- 3. It is under the sea — no support
- 4. Nothing, it is an island in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar — 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 ✗
In 1982 two countries fought a short war over islands in the South Atlantic. Which?
- 1. China and Taiwan — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Britain and Argentina — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. India and Pakistan — no support
- 4. Spain and Portugal — 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 ✓
A pub quiz card says Monaco is the smallest country in the world. How do you fix it?
- 1. Vatican City is the smallest, and Monaco is second — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 14
- 2. San Marino is the smallest, Monaco is third — no support
- 3. Monaco is right, the Vatican is not a country — score 4
- 4. Liechtenstein is the smallest, Monaco is second — score 14
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 14, tied with another option at 14 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 39, line 6: «Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, at about 0.44 square kilometres, and Monaco is the second smallest.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «vatican city» (+4); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★★ · right ✓
Which place has its own government, army and elections, though most countries do not officially recognise it?
- 1. Taiwan — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 2. Liechtenstein — no support
- 3. Switzerland — no support
- 4. Andorra — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 39, line 18: «Taiwan has its own government, army and elections, but China claims it, and most countries do not officially recognise it as a separate state.», 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 «taiwan» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same thing acted on «own government» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the sovereign state of least territorial extent in the world.
- 1. Andorra — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Vatican City — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. San Marino — no support
- 4. Monaco — 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 ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an enclave?
- 1. A territory of one state wholly encompassed by another state — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. An island situated in the open ocean at a great distance from any continent — no support
- 3. A state possessing no coastline — no support
- 4. A city exercising rule over a province — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 9: «Europe and Asia are one landmass, often called Eurasia, and the usual boundary follows the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus, the B…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «city» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the legal status of Antarctica pursuant to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959.
- 1. It is a protectorate of Argentina — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is owned by no state and is reserved for peace and science — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It is a member state of the United Nations — no support
- 4. It is the sovereign territory of the United Kingdom — 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 · right ✓
State the year from which Gibraltar has been held as a British territory.
- 1. 1713 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. 1959 — no support
- 3. 1982 — no support
- 4. 1492 — 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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