Printing, the Renaissance and the Reformation

Tests: 5 of 10 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 10 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 25 of the history 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 ✗

my nan says michelangelo painted the ceiling lying flat on his back for years. right?

1. No, he painted it on the floor and lifted it up — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. No, Leonardo painted it — score 6
3. Yes, lying flat for twenty years — no support
4. No, he stood and leaned back on scaffolding — ✓ the right answer · 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 25, line 10: «Michelangelo carved the statue of David and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome over about four years, standing on scaffolding and leaning back,…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «paint» (+4); the same thing acted on «ceiling» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · right ✓

A friend says Gutenberg invented printing, full stop. What is more accurate?

1. Nobody printed anything until 1900 — no support
2. He invented printing, paper and ink all by himself in one single year — score 3
3. Printing was older in China and Korea; he built a movable-type press in Europe — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Printing was invented by the Romans — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 25, line 7: «Printing was older in East Asia: the Chinese printed with carved wooden blocks, and Korea printed a book with metal type in 1377.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «printing» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · right ✓

Before printing, how long would it take one person to make a copy of a long book?

1. One second — no support
2. Months, copying every word by hand — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. About ten minutes with a quill and fast hands — no support
4. It could never be done — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 16, line 4: «The East, which we call the Byzantine Empire, lasted another thousand years. If you play Europa Universalis you meet it at the start as a small state, long aft…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «copy» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · right ✓

In a game you see Leonardo's flying machine bombing castles. What should you put right?

1. Leonardo invented the aeroplane in 1903 — no support
2. His flying machine won many wars — score 6
3. Most of his machines were never built and many would not have worked — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. He built hundreds of them — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 25, line 9: «Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, studied the human body and drew ideas for flying machines in notebooks written in mirror writing, though most of his m…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «build» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «most» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

What would Luther's ideas have done without the printing press?

1. Spread even faster — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. Stopped the Renaissance from ever happening — score 3
3. Spread far more slowly — ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. Turned into Latin by magic — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 25, line 3: «Printing in China and Korea was even older, but Gutenberg's press spread ideas across Europe so fast that nobody could stop them, which is why Martin Luther's…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «spread» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · wrong ✗

Ben says Elizabeth I beat the Armada all on her own with a sword. What really happened?

1. France beat it for her — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Her navy and stormy weather defeated it — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. She fought it alone on horseback with her own sword — no support
4. The Armada never sailed — no support

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 25, line 4: «This was the age of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, of Shakespeare writing plays for London's Globe theatre, of Elizabeth I's ships beating the Spanish Arm…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «beat» (+4); the same thing acted on «spanish armada» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · right ✓

the ottomans in EU are always huge, is that just the game being weird?

1. No, they really were one of the strongest states in the world — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, they never existed — no support
3. Yes, they were tiny in real life — no support
4. No, they ruled America too — 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 8 · wrong ✗

You say 'wild-goose chase' or 'the green-eyed monster'. Which writer first wrote such phrases down?

1. Gutenberg — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Martin Luther — score 4
3. Shakespeare — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Suleiman — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 25, line 14: «William Shakespeare wrote plays such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Macbeth around 1600 for the Globe theatre in London, and he first wrote down many words an…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «write down» (+3); the same thing acted on «many words» (+3); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · right ✓

Why did so many more people learn to read after printing?

1. Schools were banned — no support
2. Reading was made easier by the Pope — no support
3. Everyone was given a free computer — no support
4. Books became cheap and easy to get — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 16: «Muslims learned papermaking from China and built paper mills in Baghdad and later in Spain, so books became cheaper.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «books» (+2); the same action «become» (+1); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

The Reformation led to long wars. What good thing did it also lead to later?

1. The fall of Constantinople — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. More religious freedom — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The end of all books — no support
4. The Black Death — 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 ✗

Identify the meaning of the term Renaissance.

1. Restoration of the monarchy — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Reformation — no support
3. Rebirth — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Revolution — 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 · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the innovation introduced by Johannes Gutenberg circa fourteen hundred and fifty?

1. The manufacture of paper from silk — no support
2. The first printing of any kind in the world — no support
3. The hand-copying of manuscripts — no support
4. A printing press employing movable metal type — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 25, line 3: «Printing in China and Korea was even older, but Gutenberg's press spread ideas across Europe so fast that nobody could stop them, which is why Martin Luther's…», 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 «press» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the principal grievance articulated by Martin Luther in fifteen hundred and seventeen.

1. The invasion of England by Spain and Portugal — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The building of the Sistine Chapel ceiling — no support
3. The taxation of tea — no support
4. The sale of forgiveness by the Church — ✓ 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 · right ✓

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the defeat of the Spanish Armada in fifteen hundred and eighty-eight.

1. The Armada was victorious — no support
2. It was effected by the Ottoman fleet — no support
3. It was effected by the English navy together with adverse weather — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. No engagement took place — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 25, line 15: «Elizabeth I ruled England for 45 years, and in 1588 her navy and stormy weather defeated the Spanish Armada.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «navy» (+4); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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