Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★

Tests: 2 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 10 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 37 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 ✗

Ruby, from Glasgow: "Ma da says sugar makes us mental at parties, ken. Proven." Which test would really check it, aye?

1. Watch one party and count who's running about — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Give all the kids sugar and see if they go wild — no support
3. Same-tasting drinks, half with sugar, nobody told which — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Ask the parents if their kids seemed hyper — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 15: «Astronomy is the science of space; astrology is a belief about stars and personality, and tests haven't shown it predicts anything.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «tests» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★★ · right ✓

"Lola put one pot by the radio in the sun and one in a dark cupboard, radio pot won, so music works, sorted" Fix her test.

1. Same sunny spot for both, radio for one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Put both pots in the cupboard with the radio — no support
3. Use louder music and a bigger pot — no support
4. Give the radio pot more water as well — 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 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Your mate: "I've balanced an egg like a billion times on the equinox, so it ONLY works then." What's the hole in his proof?

1. A billion tries is still not quite enough — no support
2. Eggs really do stand only on the equinox — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. He should have used hard-boiled eggs — no support
4. He never tried on any other day — ✓ the right answer · 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 37, line 2: «A claim with "never", "always" or "only" is the easiest to crack: one balanced egg on an ordinary day in May breaks "eggs only balance on the equinox".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «eggs» (+2); the same place «equinox» (+2). Against it: a different action (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 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

"my brother's mate's dad saw a horned Viking helmet in a museum, no cap" How strong is that?

1. Strong: three people all agree on it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Weak: it can't be checked, and none has been dug up — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Weak: museums never have Viking things — no support
4. Strong: a dad would never get a museum wrong — 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 ✗

"We dropped the toast twice and it landed butter down both times, so it's ALWAYS butter down." What's the problem?

1. Butter makes toast land the right way up — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Nothing, two drops prove it for ever — score 5
3. The toast was the wrong kind of bread — no support
4. Two drops are far too few — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 29, line 8: «Toast falling off a table often turns about half a turn before it lands, so it lands butter side down quite often from table height; a scientist tested this wi…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «toast» (+4); the same action «land» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Gran, bless her: "My socks have won us heaps of matches, I've lost count, love." What would make her socks test fair?

1. Ask the team if they like the socks — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Buy a new pair and count only those wins — no support
3. Count wins and losses with the socks and without — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Wear the socks to even more of the team's matches — 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 ✗

"teacher said the poem about Paul Revere proves what he shouted lol" What is the best reply?

1. Paul Revere wrote the poem himself at the time — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. A poem is always the best kind of proof — no support
3. The poem came 85 years later, so it's a story, not evidence — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Poems can only be written about true things — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 37, line 16: «Paul Revere rode in 1775; the "The British are coming!" version comes mostly from a poem written in 1860.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «write» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «poem» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

"chain msg says it KNOWS if u didn't share it. bare scary bruv" How could you check?

1. Lots never share it and nothing happens — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Turn your phone off for a week — no support
3. Share it ten times and see what happens to you — no support
4. Ask the sender if the message knows — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 35, line 8: «Chain messages that threaten bad luck if you don't share them are hoaxes; a message cannot know whether you shared it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «know» (+3); the same doer «message» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · right ✓

Uncle Dev: "That headline about chocolate's slightly overcooked." The study was on 12 mice. What does he really mean?

1. The chocolate in the study was a bit burnt — no support
2. Twelve mice prove it for every child — no support
3. It claims far more than the study shows — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. The headline is spot on and fair — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 29, line 14: «Plants need light, water, air and nutrients (plant food from the soil); they do not need music, and studies on sound and plants are unclear.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «studies» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Which result could show the tongue map is WRONG?

1. Lemon on the side of the tongue tastes sour — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Sugar tastes sweet at the back — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Salt on the side of the tongue tastes salty — no support
4. Sugar on the tip of the tongue tastes sweet — 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 ✗

Jake measures the big orange Moon at the horizon with a coin at arm's length, then again at midnight. What will he find?

1. It's twice as big at the horizon, low down — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. The coin won't cover it at either time — score 2
3. The coin covers it the same both times — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. It's twice as big at midnight, high up — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 37, line 12: «The Moon looks bigger near the horizon, but a coin held at arm's length, or a photo, shows it is the same size.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «moon» (+5); the same property (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the single observation sufficient to refute the assertion that eggs may be balanced only upon the equinox.

1. An egg balanced upon an ordinary day — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. An egg balanced upon the equinox — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Numerous eggs falling upon the equinox — score 3
4. A newspaper report of 1945 — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 37, line 2: «A claim with "never", "always" or "only" is the easiest to crack: one balanced egg on an ordinary day in May breaks "eggs only balance on the equinox".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «balance» (+3); the same doer «eggs» (+2); the same place «equinox» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Determine the purpose of concealing from all participants which beverage contains sugar.

1. To ensure that every child consumes sugar — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. To reduce the duration of the experiment — no support
3. To improve the flavour of the beverages — no support
4. To prevent expectation from influencing what is observed — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 6: «Careful studies, where neither children nor parents knew who had sugar, found sugar did not make children hyperactive (wildly overactive); excitement at partie…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «child» (+2); the same thing acted on «sugar» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that a ride took place in 1775 and a poem describing it was written in 1860. Calculate the interval between them.

1. Seventy-five years — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Sixty-five years — no support
3. Eighty-five years — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. One hundred and eighty-five years — 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 most reliable evidence concerning the appearance of Viking helmets.

1. Accounts passed on by word of mouth — no support
2. Helmets excavated from the Viking age — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Costumes designed for an opera — no support
4. Illustrations in modern comic books and films — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 37, line 17: «No Viking-age helmet with horns has ever been dug up; the Gjermundbu helmet found in Norway is a rounded cap.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «dig up» (+2); the same thing acted on «age helmet» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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