The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantinople to the English Channel

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 10 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 62 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 ✓

«the river in wind in the willows is made up, there's no real one» What is right?

1. It is a river on the Moon that Grahame dreamed about — score 6
2. It is based on the real River Thames, where Grahame grew up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. It is a canal in Manchester full of barges — no support
4. It is the River Nile in Egypt, with the names changed — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 62, line 1: «The River in «The Wind in the Willows» never gets a name, but it is really the Thames, where Kenneth Grahame grew up and walked all his life: willows, water-me…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «thames» (+5); the same action «grow up» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

The Rat and Otter explore «the wide uplands» where small streams feed their River. What are those streams?

1. Weirs and mill-races — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Tributaries — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Locks and sluices — no support
4. Estuaries — 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 ✗

«my nan lives on the thames in london and the water goes up and down every day, is that a flood?» What is the best answer?

1. Yes, the Thames floods London twice a day, every day of the year — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, below Teddington the river is tidal and rises and falls with the sea — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The river is slowly draining away into the sea for good — no support
4. Someone at Oxford is opening a big tap upstream every morning — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

The Sea Rat says the port he comes from is Constantinople. Where would you find it on a map today?

1. Lisbon, the capital of Portugal — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Venice, in the north of Italy — score 3
3. Istanbul in Turkey, on the Bosphorus — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Athens, the capital of Greece — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 14, line 4: «Picture Mexico City today: its cathedral stands on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital on an island in a lake, which the Spanish conquered in 1521. Th…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «mexico city» (+3); the same property (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«venice has no roads so how do people get about» What is right?

1. They ride horses through the shallow water — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Many travel by boat along the canals, or walk over bridges — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Everyone flies about in small helicopters from roof to roof — no support
4. People swim from island to island every morning — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 6, line 16: «The shore of the Dead Sea, between Israel, the West Bank and Jordan, is about 430 metres below sea level, the lowest land on Earth, and its water is almost ten…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «people» (+2); the same place «water» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓

The Sea Rat sails from Corsica to the Italian mainland, then on to Marseilles. Which countries is he in?

1. France, then Italy, then France — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Portugal, then France, then Spain — no support
3. Italy all the way — no support
4. Spain, then Greece, then Spain — 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 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A friend says the Sea Rat could sail from Marseilles to Lisbon without leaving the Mediterranean. What is wrong?

1. Lisbon is an island in the very middle of the Mediterranean — no support
2. Nothing is wrong, he can stay in that sea — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Lisbon is on the Atlantic, so he must pass the Strait of Gibraltar — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Lisbon is on a big river in the north of Africa — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 62, line 17: «The Mediterranean has hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters, which suits olive trees, grapes and lemons, so the Sea Rat could rest in «the great olive-woods»…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sea rat» (+3); the same action «rest» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

The Sea Rat rests in «the great olive-woods» high above the sea. Why do olives grow well there?

1. It snows there for most of the year, which olives love — no support
2. Mediterranean summers are hot and dry and winters mild — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Olives grow only in deep shade under other trees — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. It rains every single day, so the trees never dry out — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 21, line 15: «A Mediterranean climate has hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters, and it is found not only around the Mediterranean but also in California, central Chile, So…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grow» (+2); the same doer «olives» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

For the Rat, the Downs are «his Mountains of the Moon». What does he mean?

1. He has climbed them every day — no support
2. They are the highest mountains on Earth — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. They are made of moon rock — no support
4. They are the edge of the world he knows — ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 52, line 14: «Even great mountains are slowly worn down, and old mountains like those of Scotland were once as high as the Alps.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «great mountains» (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓

«sea rat goes coasting, is that like coasting on a bike downhill?» What does it mean here?

1. Sailing only downhill on rivers to the sea — score 5
2. Sliding a boat along the sandy beach on rollers — no support
3. Letting the ship drift along with no sails up at all — no support
4. Sailing from harbour to harbour along the coast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 14

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 14, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 62, line 4: «The Sea Rat is in «the coasting trade»: his ships hop along the coasts from harbour to harbour, rarely out of sight of land, which is how most trading ships sa…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on (+4); the same place «harbour» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ The Sea Rat sails from Marseilles to Lisbon in 9 days, rests 3 days, then sails to Cornwall in 6 days. If he leaves Marseilles on 1 June, on what date does he reach Cornwall?

1. 16 June — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 18 June — no support
3. 21 June — no support
4. 19 June — ✓ 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 river upon which the River of the novel is principally based.

1. The Rhine — no support
2. The Seine — no support
3. The Thames, flowing from the Cotswolds through London to the North Sea — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. The Severn, flowing from the mountains of Wales to the Bristol Channel — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 53, line 5: «A river flows from its source in the hills to its mouth at the sea, a lake or another river.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «river» (+3); the same action «flow» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). · 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 the city formerly designated Constantinople.

1. It lies wholly within Asia — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. It is now Athens and is situated upon the shores of the Aegean Sea — no support
3. It is now Istanbul and is situated on both shores of the Bosphorus — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. It was abandoned in ancient times — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 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 the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «city» (+3); the same action «lie» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the passage through which a vessel must proceed in sailing from Marseilles to Lisbon.

1. The Strait of Dover — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The Suez Canal, constructed in 1869 — no support
3. The Bosphorus — no support
4. The Strait of Gibraltar — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the coasting trade in which the Sea Rat is engaged?

1. Vessels navigate inland rivers exclusively — no support
2. Vessels remain at anchor in a single harbour — no support
3. Vessels cross the open ocean without sight of land for many months together — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Vessels proceed from port to port along the coast, seldom out of sight of land — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 62, line 4: «The Sea Rat is in «the coasting trade»: his ships hop along the coasts from harbour to harbour, rarely out of sight of land, which is how most trading ships sa…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sight» (+3); the same thing acted on «land» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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