Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★

Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 36 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 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

"nan's told me a MILLION times cheese gives u nightmares" What is really going on in this line?

1. A hyperbole for "often", and a claim with no good evidence — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It is a proven fact that she repeats a lot — no support
3. Nan is just joking, and she has never said it at all — score 6
4. Nan has said it exactly one million times, so it's true — ← Mova's choice · 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 27, line 1: «"Turn it off and on again!" says Nan, and the telly works. "Batteries in the fridge!" says Granddad. "You can't get burnt when it's cloudy," says your big sist…», 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 (+4); the same doer «nan» (+3); the same action «say» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★★ · right ✓

Astronaut on the radio: "Gravity up here is a bit weaker than at home." Kid: "there's NO gravity in space innit." Who is right?

1. The astronaut: it's about 90% as strong — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The kid: there is no gravity at all in space — no support
3. Both: it changes every single hour — no support
4. Neither: it is twice as strong up there — 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 · ★★★ · right ✓

Jess, from Newcastle: "Howay, a wasp stung us twice, it should be deed after the first one, man." What's true?

1. It must have been two wasps then — no support
2. She was stung by a honeybee twice — score 1
3. Wasps can sting more than once — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Every insect dies after its first sting — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 9, line 9: «Only honeybees usually die after stinging people, because their barbed sting sticks in our skin; bumblebees and wasps can sting more than once.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «sting» (+2); the same thing acted on «more» (+2). Against it: the same doer «bumblebees» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Four claims on a quiz sheet; three are myths. Which one is true?

1. Lightning hits the Empire State Building about 20 to 25 times a year — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. The Great Wall is easy to see from orbit with bare eyes — no support
3. Glass is a slow liquid that runs down old windows — ← Mova's choice · score 16
4. People in Columbus's time all thought the Earth was flat — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 16, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 33, line 1: «Teachers know a lot, but they are people, and some of them learned myths at school too: "glass is a liquid", "bats are blind", "lightning never strikes twice".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «glass» (+4); the same thing acted on «liquid» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★★ · right ✓

"lowkey sus but my cousin swears the dark side of the Moon is ALWAYS dark, no cap" What is the best reply?

1. It is lit at new moon; "dark" once meant unknown — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. It glows by itself, so it is never dark at all — score 6
3. It is dark only in winter, and light in summer — score 6
4. He's right, the Sun never reaches that side — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 36, line 10: «At full moon the whole near side of the Moon is lit and the far side is dark; at new moon the far side is fully lit, so the far side is not always dark.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lit» (+4); the same thing acted on «whole near side» (+2); the same place «full moon» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★★ · right ✓

Put these in order, oldest first: Columbus lands, Stonehenge begun, Wright brothers fly, Pluto made a dwarf planet.

1. Stonehenge, Columbus, Wright brothers, Pluto — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Stonehenge, Columbus, Pluto, Wright brothers — no support
3. Stonehenge, Wright brothers, Columbus, Pluto — no support
4. Columbus, Stonehenge, Wright brothers, Pluto — 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 ✗

Grandad: "That flat map's not ideal, Greenland's a tad oversized." Is he exaggerating, playing it down, or exact?

1. Exaggerating: maps are always perfect — no support
2. Playing it down: Africa is about 14 times bigger — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Exact: the map is only slightly off — no support
4. Exaggerating: Greenland is really bigger than Africa — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 36, line 16: «On ordinary flat world maps Greenland looks about as big as Africa, but Africa is about 14 times bigger.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «greenland» (+3); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

"Australia gets summer in January cos we're closest to the Sun then, sorted" Which reply cracks the argument fastest?

1. Then why do we have twelve months in a year? — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Then why is the sea salty all year round? — no support
3. Then why does Australia have such big hot deserts? — no support
4. Then why is Britain having winter on the same day? — ✓ 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 9 · ★★★ · right ✓

Lily's book says nine planets, Sam's says eight; Sam yells "your book's lying!" What is fairest?

1. Her book is just out of date: Pluto changed in 2006 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Her book is lying and should be thrown away — no support
3. Sam's book is the old one, so he's wrong — score 6
4. Both books are wrong: there are ten planets — score 6

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 28, line 3: «A printed book can be out of date, a headline can squash a small study into a big claim, an advert wants to sell you something, and "my brother's mate's dad" i…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «printed book» (+3); the same place «date» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Kid at the zoo: "Ostriches bury their heads, bats are blind, and owls can look straight behind them!" How many of the three are true?

1. Two of them — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. One: owls can look behind them — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. None of them at all — no support
4. All three of them — 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 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

In a jar there are 2 spiders, 1 ant and 1 seven-spot ladybird. Your mate says "that's 28 legs and 7 spots, easy". Is he right?

1. No: spiders have 6 legs, so it's 24 legs — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. No: the spots depend on age, so it's 9 — no support
3. Yes: 16 plus 6 plus 6 legs, and 7 spots — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. No: ladybirds are spiders, so it's 30 legs — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 36, line 8: «Spiders have eight legs and insects such as ants have six; a ladybird's spots show its kind, so a seven-spot ladybird always has seven.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «spiders» (+3); the same thing acted on «eight legs» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Determine which of the following assertions is consistent with established facts.

1. A camel's hump serves as a reservoir of water for the desert — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. An owl is able to rotate its head through approximately three-quarters of a circle — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A goldfish retains memories for three seconds only — no support
4. All species of bat are without sight — 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 · wrong ✗

It is given that thunder is heard nine seconds after a flash. Calculate the approximate distance of the lightning.

1. Twenty-seven kilometres — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Three kilometres — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nine kilometres — no support
4. One kilometre — 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 ✗

Identify the observation which demonstrates that the distance of the Earth from the Sun does not determine the seasons.

1. The Sun appears yellow from the ground — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Britain experiences winter when the Earth is nearest the Sun — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Australia experiences summer in January, when the Earth is nearest — no support
4. The Moon is visible during the daytime — 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 ✗

Ascertain the number of persons burned in the Salem witch trials of 1692.

1. Nineteen — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. None — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Two — no support
4. Twenty — 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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