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Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies

Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 67 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 ✗

Ivy says kings who claim God chose them are sus. What did the Mandate of Heaven add?

  • 1. Kings could never be removed, however badly they ruled — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 2. Only the emperors themselves were allowed to vote — no support
  • 3. It made kings live for ever, so nobody could replace them — score 6
  • 4. A bad ruler could lose heaven's support and be replaced — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 13, line 7: «Rome was first ruled by kings; in about 509 BC the Romans threw out the last king and swore never to have a king again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kings» (+4); the same action «rule» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Finn's dad says Magna Carta gave everyone all their rights. Kinda, but not really. Why?

  • 1. At first it gave rights only to children, and adults came later — score 4
  • 2. At first it protected barons and the Church; its meaning grew later — ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 3. It was only written in about 2000, so it's too new to count — no support
  • 4. It actually took all rights away from everyone except the king — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 9, line 2: «China was ruled by dynasties, families passing power from parent to child, like a football club owned by one family for generations. People believed Heaven gav…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «take away» (+2); the same thing acted on «right» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓

Freyja: «we had a parliament in 930, pretty boss eh?» Is democracy one invention from one place?

  • 1. No, many peoples had councils and assemblies — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Yes, it came from ancient Rome alone — no support
  • 3. Yes, only Iceland invented it and all others copied — no support
  • 4. No, it was only invented in 1990 — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

Ava asks if the Haudenosaunee council was like the UN. What is alike?

  • 1. Several nations agreed to keep peace together — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. It had 193 members, just like the UN — no support
  • 3. It was run from Paris by the King of France — no support
  • 4. It was a sports league for the young men — 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 ✓

Noah thinks the American Revolution gave everyone the vote at once. What really happened?

  • 1. Women got the vote first and men had to wait 100 years — score 4
  • 2. He's right: every man, woman and child could vote from 1776 — no support
  • 3. Rights came slowly; at first mostly men with property voted — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 4. Nothing changed at all, and the king stayed in charge — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 67, line 2: «What really happened: Magna Carta in 1215 mainly protected barons and the Church, but it set the idea that even the king must follow the law, and later people…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+2); the same doer «rights» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Sophie asks how many countries are democracies. Why does her teacher say it depends who you ask?

  • 1. Democracy is a secret kept by the UN — ← Mova's choice · score 3
  • 2. Nobody has ever tried to count them — no support
  • 3. The number changes every single hour of the day — no support
  • 4. Experts measure democracy differently — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 1: «Danylo, a boy in the class, tells history like a football fan: Kyiv is the oldest, the biggest and the best, and anyone who disagrees is an enemy. The history…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+2); the same doer «history teacher» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓

Lily sees the King of the UK on telly and asks if he makes the laws. Answer?

  • 1. Only on Sundays, when Parliament is closed — no support
  • 2. No, he reigns; the elected Parliament makes laws — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 3. Yes, he writes every single law by himself at the palace — score 3
  • 4. Yes, but only the laws about his horses — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 37, line 3: «In 1215 barons forced King John to accept Magna Carta, saying even the king must obey the law, and over centuries Parliament, not the king, came to make the la…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «king» (+5); the same thing acted on «law» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Kai's grandad: «we invented the secret ballot, mate!» What would voting be like without it?

  • 1. Everyone would vote better, since they'd have to be brave — ← Mova's choice · score 14
  • 2. Voting would happen only once every hundred years — no support
  • 3. People voted out loud and could be bullied or bribed — ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 4. Nobody could ever vote, mate, because there'd be no paper — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 14, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 67, line 3: «Think of deciding on a class trip: the teacher can choose alone, a few class reps can choose, or everyone can vote in secret so nobody is bullied. Humans have…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «vote» (+4); the same doer «everyone» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Ethan says the US has the oldest constitution, no cap? What is fair?

  • 1. Cap, it was written in 2010 — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Cap, the US has no constitution — no support
  • 3. No cap, it is older than Hammurabi — no support
  • 4. Oldest written national one in use, but San Marino's laws are older — ✓ 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 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Josh asks why Washington would give up power. What would happen if leaders never did?

  • 1. Leaders would get younger every year — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Nothing would ever change, and that's fine — no support
  • 3. Elections would be easier and quicker — no support
  • 4. Changing leaders would often need violence — ✓ 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 11 · ★★ · right ✓

In EU4 you pick monarchy or republic from a menu. How did real republics usually begin?

  • 1. Through long struggles and revolutions — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. By a king clicking one button on a menu — no support
  • 3. By a king's birthday wish to his people — no support
  • 4. By winning a big football match — 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 ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the original significance of Magna Carta in 1215?

  • 1. It abolished the English monarchy and established a republic — no support
  • 2. It conferred universal suffrage upon all inhabitants of England, both men and women — no support
  • 3. It was drafted by the Haudenosaunee and carried to England — no support
  • 4. It chiefly protected barons and the Church, while establishing that the king was subject to law — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 14

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 14, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 67, line 2: «What really happened: Magna Carta in 1215 mainly protected barons and the Church, but it set the idea that even the king must follow the law, and later people…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «king» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the assembly that convened from the year 930 and is accounted among the oldest of its kind.

  • 1. The Parliament of England — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The Diet of Japan — no support
  • 3. The Althing of Iceland — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. The Senate of the United States — 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 · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the secret ballot.

  • 1. It was adopted in Victoria and South Australia in 1856 to protect voters from intimidation — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. It was devised in the text of Magna Carta in 1215 and adopted throughout Europe thereafter — no support
  • 3. It permits monarchs to inspect each vote cast by their subjects — no support
  • 4. It was employed in ancient Egypt for the election of every pharaoh — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 67, line 14: «In 1856 the Australian colonies of Victoria and South Australia began using secret printed ballots, so voters could not be bullied or bribed; many countries co…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «use» (+2); the same thing acted on «secret printed ballots» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Ascertain the significance of George Washington's relinquishment of the presidency in 1797.

  • 1. It established an example of the peaceful transfer of power — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. It abolished the Constitution of the United States — no support
  • 3. It restored the British monarchy over the former colonies — no support
  • 4. It commenced a civil war between the northern states — 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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