Britain and Ireland: a short story
Tests: 6 of 10 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 8 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 37 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 · right ✓
Welsh kid at school asks why Wales isn't on the Union Jack. What's the answer?
- 1. Wales joined in 2000 — no support
- 2. Wales is the blue part — no support
- 3. The flag combines England's, Scotland's and Ireland's crosses, and Wales is not shown — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. Wales has its own flag hidden inside — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 37, line 12: «The Union Jack combines the crosses of England, Scotland and Ireland; Wales is not shown on it.», 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 action «show» (+2); the same thing acted on «wales» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · right ✓
Dave reckons English is pure, never borrowed a word. What do you tell him?
- 1. It is a mix of many languages, with thousands of French words — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. He's right, every single word is pure old Anglo-Saxon from long ago — no support
- 3. English comes only from Latin — no support
- 4. English was invented in 1900 — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 37, line 1: «Britain was settled wave after wave by Celtic Britons, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans, and in modern times by people from all over the world, so Eng…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · right ✓
A king in 1300 wants to throw a man in prison without a trial. What might the man point to?
- 1. The Bayeux Tapestry, which shows that William won in 1066 — no support
- 2. The Good Friday Agreement — no support
- 3. The Union Jack — no support
- 4. Magna Carta, which says even the king must obey the law — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 37, line 9: «In 1215 English barons forced King John to accept Magna Carta, which said that even the king must obey the law.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «obey» (+2); the same doer «king» (+2); the same thing acted on «law» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · wrong ✗
Why do millions of Americans have Irish ancestors?
- 1. The Irish invented America — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Over a million people left Ireland in the Great Famine, many for America — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Everyone in America is Irish — no support
- 4. Ireland was part of America — 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 ✗
How can the king be the head of the country but not decide politics?
- 1. Nobody leads Britain at all — no support
- 2. Parliament was closed in 1066 — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 3. He secretly decides everything behind closed doors every week — no support
- 4. He reigns as a symbol, but the elected government rules — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 37, line 7: «In 1066 William of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings, where King Harold died, and became king of England; the Bayeux Tapestry tells the story in pictures.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «king» (+5); the same doer «king» (+4). Against it: a different action (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 6 · right ✓
The British Empire is shown on a map as only good. What is fairer?
- 1. It was only bad and did nothing else — no support
- 2. It never existed — no support
- 3. It spread laws and English but also ruled people without their consent — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 13
- 4. It was only good and every person it ruled was glad to be part of it — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 13, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 37, line 4: «The United Kingdom grew from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and by 1900 Britain ruled a huge empire, which spread English but also ruled many people wit…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «rule» (+5); the same doer «huge empire» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · wrong ✗
mate says the irish famine was just bad luck with the weather. what's closer?
- 1. It was caused by a volcano in Ireland — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It was a short snack shortage — no support
- 3. A potato disease destroyed the main crop, and about a million died — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nobody actually died — 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 ✓
In 1066 an English farmer goes to bed with one king and wakes up later with another. Why?
- 1. William of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. The barons signed Magna Carta — no support
- 3. Harold gave the crown away to his cousin in Norway as a gift — no support
- 4. The Vikings voted — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 37, line 7: «In 1066 William of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings, where King Harold died, and became king of England; the Bayeux Tapestry tells the story in pictures.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «win» (+3); the same thing acted on «battle» (+3); the same doer «william» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · right ✓
Ireland went from long conflict to peace in 1998. What does that show?
- 1. Conflicts can never really end, they only stop for a while — no support
- 2. Nothing changed in 1998 — no support
- 3. Peace can be made even after long troubles — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 4. Peace only comes from winning a war — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 18: «In 1945 countries founded the United Nations to keep peace and settle quarrels by talking.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · wrong ✗
Who is the British monarch after Elizabeth II?
- 1. Princess Anne, her daughter — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. King Charles III — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. King George VI, her father — no support
- 4. Prince William, her grandson — 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 principle established by the charter known as Magna Carta in twelve hundred and fifteen.
- 1. That the sovereign is likewise subject to the law — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. That the sovereign is above all law and answerable to no court — no support
- 3. That Parliament shall be abolished — no support
- 4. That Ireland shall be independent — 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 effect of the Norman Conquest upon the English language?
- 1. English became the language of France — score 6
- 2. English acquired no new vocabulary — score 6
- 3. English was entirely replaced by Latin in all spoken and written use — no support
- 4. Thousands of words of French origin entered English — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 37, line 8: «After 1066 French became the language of the rulers, and thousands of French words entered English.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «enter» (+2); the same doer «thousands» (+2); the same receiver «english» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the principal cause of the Great Famine in Ireland commencing in eighteen hundred and forty-five.
- 1. An invasion by the Normans — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A prolonged drought throughout Europe — no support
- 3. A disease destroying the potato crop — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A great earthquake in Dublin — 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 ✗
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1. It was the briefest of any British monarch — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It endured for seventy years, the longest of any British monarch — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It endured for forty-five years — no support
- 4. It concluded in nineteen hundred and fifty-two — 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
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