Siblings, cousins, grandparents — and the whole playground

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

Lesson 32 of the myths 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 ✓

"lol saturn would float in a bath" one twin says; the other says "no way, it's a planet". Who's right?

1. Neither: Saturn is made of water — no support
2. Only the first twin: it would float in our bath — no support
3. Both a bit: it's less dense than water, but no bath could hold it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. Only the second twin: planets sink — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 32, line 12: «Saturn is less dense (lighter for its size) than water, so in theory it would float, but no bath could ever hold it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hold» (+5); the same doer «bath» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Cousin Leah, at the family quiz: "Sydney, obviously!" What's the friendly correction?

1. Australia doesn't have a capital — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It's Melbourne, everyone knows — no support
3. Lots of people think that; it's Canberra, built to stop an argument — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Obviously not, are you thick? — 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 3 · ★★ · right ✓

Your cousin says, "If you're wrong you have to say I'm the cleverest person in the world." What's wise?

1. Accept the dare, because you're sure to win it — no support
2. No dares, let's just look it up together — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Make a bigger dare back — no support
4. Give in and say it now — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 27, line 5: «When you think a grown-up's rule is wrong, ask kindly "how does that work?" and look it up together; some of them, like money being grubby, turn out to be true…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look up» (+1); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗

In a storm, you see a flash and hear the bang 5 seconds later. What does this show?

1. The storm is getting closer by itself — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The flash and bang happen at different times — no support
3. Sound reaches you before light does — no support
4. Light reaches you before sound does — ✓ 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 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Your football team eats bananas before every match "for goals". What's sensible?

1. Let it go; rituals can be fun and bananas are a fine snack — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Eat ten bananas to score ten goals — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Tell the coach the team is stupid — no support
4. Ban bananas because they're a myth — 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 32, line 13: «There is no evidence that eating bananas before a match makes you score more goals; it is a team ritual.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «score» (+5); the same thing acted on «more goals» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Grandad learned "206 bones" at school. Which part of what he learned is still right?

1. Babies have exactly 206 bones — ← Mova's choice · score 11
2. Everyone has a different number — no support
3. Adults have about 206 bones — ✓ the right answer · score 11
4. Bones never join together — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 11, tied with another option at 11 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 32, line 3: «The best move is to add to what someone knows instead of knocking it down: "You're right about grown-ups, Grandad, and babies actually have more bones!"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «more bones» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «babies» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 11. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓

"sis thinks bananas grow on trees haha" What's the gentle, true thing to tell her?

1. Bananas grow under the ground, just like potatoes do — no support
2. They look like trees, but they're really giant herbs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Bananas are made in factories — no support
4. Bananas grow in bunches on bushes — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 32, line 10: «Banana plants look like trees, but they are giant herbs; the "trunk" is made of tightly rolled leaves.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same action «look» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Nan's mum put sugar on cuts. Your cousin says that's "total rubbish". What's fairer?

1. Cuts should never be cleaned — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Honey has some real medical use, but at home clean and cover a cut — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It's total rubbish, honey never helped anyone — no support
4. Nan is right, sugar heals everything — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 32, line 11: «Sugar and honey were used on wounds long ago, and doctors still use special medical-grade honey on some wounds, but at home a cut should just be cleaned and co…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «clean» (+5); the same thing acted on «cut» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓

What would happen if a matador waved a still red cape and a moving green one?

1. The bull would go for whichever is brighter red — no support
2. The bull would ignore both — no support
3. The bull would go for the moving green one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. The bull would go for the still red one — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 32, line 14: «Bulls cannot tell red from green; in a bullfight, where a matador waves a cape at the bull, it is the cape's movement that makes them charge.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «matador» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Your brother is smug and right about blue whales. What's the honest and fair move?

1. Refuse to admit it because he's smug — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Find a dinosaur picture to prove him wrong in front of everyone — no support
3. Tell Mum he's lying — no support
4. Admit he's right, and ask him not to be mean about your age — ✓ 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 ✓

The whole playground is laughing at one kid. Which is the brave thing?

1. Stand with him and say not to pile on — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Tell the teacher that he started it all — no support
3. Join in with them so the group likes you — no support
4. Laugh quietly so that nobody notices you — 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 animal regarded as the largest known to have existed.

1. The African elephant — no support
2. The blue whale — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Argentinosaurus — no support
4. The whale shark — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 32, line 6: «The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever lived, heavier than any dinosaur found so far.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «blue whale» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the skeletal composition of the newborn infant.

1. It comprises precisely the same number as the adult — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It comprises fewer bones than the adult — no support
3. It comprises more bones than the adult, certain of which subsequently fuse — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It comprises no bones whatsoever — 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 · right ✓

Ascertain the seat of government of the Commonwealth of Australia.

1. Canberra — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Brisbane — no support
3. Sydney — no support
4. Melbourne — 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which a bull charges at the matador's cape.

1. The sound of the cape — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The movement of the cape — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The red colour of the cape — no support
4. The odour of the cape — 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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