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Adverts, slogans and polls

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 12 of the politics 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 ✗

Mateo's mate: "our street's 9 signs to 4, so our guy's def winning the whole state". What is wrong?

  • 1. Only the state with most signs votes — no support
  • 2. Nothing, signs always predict the winner, because every family that votes puts one up on the lawn — no support
  • 3. A street of signs is not a vote count; most people never put one up — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Signs count as real votes — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 4: «Signs, crowds and lamppost faces tell you who is loud, not who will win, because the vote is counted one person at a time.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «count» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

"That advert with the golden dog was groovy, man, I'm sold" says Grandpa (groovy = great). What is the wisest reply?

  • 1. Adverts are made by neutral reporters — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. An advert shows only what the candidate wants you to see — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Adverts must be fully balanced by law, so it shows the good and bad sides of the candidate — no support
  • 4. The dog proves the candidate is kind — 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 ✗

A Melbourne voter: "the bloke at the school gate gave me a card, so I gotta number 'em his way, yeah?" What is true?

  • 1. No, cards are only for children — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Yes, it is the law to follow the card from the bloke at the gate, or you pay a fine — no support
  • 3. Yes, or the vote is not counted — no support
  • 4. No, the card is only a suggestion and the vote is his choice — ✓ 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 4 · wrong ✗

Spooky music, a grey photo and a deep voice say a candidate "can't be trusted". What should you ask?

  • 1. Which song is playing? — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. What real evidence is there behind it? — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Who is the narrator? — no support
  • 4. Why is the photo grey? — 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 ✓

"Nobody asked me, so the poll's rubbish innit" says Fatima's cousin. What is the best answer?

  • 1. Polls must ask every single person in the country, or the result does not count at all — score 1
  • 2. Polls are made up without asking anyone — no support
  • 3. Polls only ask politicians — score 1
  • 4. Polls ask a smaller group picked to look like the whole country — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 12, line 3: «Polls are different: they are not selling, they are guessing. A poll asks one or two thousand people, picked to look like the whole country, and gives a guess…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «look» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · right ✓

What would happen if a poll asked only people at one party's rally?

  • 1. It would give a wrong picture, because they are not like the whole country — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
  • 2. It would be the most accurate poll possible, because those people care most about the election — score 2
  • 3. It would match the result exactly — score 0
  • 4. It would show the other party winning — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 12, line 11: «An opinion poll asks around one or two thousand people chosen to match the country by age, place and more; it gives a good guess, not a sure answer.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · right ✓

"Polls were well off last time, so this one's pants" (pants = rubbish). What is fair to say?

  • 1. Polls are a snapshot of today and can miss, but are usually a fair guess — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 2. Polls decide the election — no support
  • 3. Polls are never close to the result — no support
  • 4. Polls are always exactly right, so last time the voters must have changed their minds on purpose — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 12, line 13: «A poll is a snapshot of today: people change their minds, some do not answer, and some who say they will vote never do; turnout means how many actually vote.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «poll» (+3); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same thing acted on «snapshot» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

A volunteer with a clipboard knocks in Winnipeg: "Got a sec, eh? What matters most to ya?" What can Dad do?

  • 1. He must sign up to the party — ← Mova's choice · score 8
  • 2. He must buy a leaflet — score 5
  • 3. He must say who he will vote for — score 8
  • 4. Chat, or ask the volunteer a question back — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1, line 3: «Families do small politics too: Dad wants the beach, Gran wants the mountains, and a deal like a beach near a theme park gives everyone a bit of what they want…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «dad» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · wrong ✗

Unc is wicked sure: "crowd was 100,000, easy!" (wicked = very, in New England). The news reader says far fewer. What is true?

  • 1. The biggest number said is always right, because the people who were there saw it — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The news reader counted each person — no support
  • 3. Crowds are measured by the loudest chant — no support
  • 4. Crowd sizes are hard to count and often argued about — ✓ 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 ✗

Amira, Dublin: "your man's face is on every pole, who takes 'em all down?" (your man = that man)

  • 1. The voters who liked him — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The candidates, within a week after the vote, or they can be fined — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Nobody, they stay up forever on the poles until the wind and rain take them down — no support
  • 4. The other parties, for free — 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 11 · right ✓

A party's slogan is three catchy words. Ruby's teacher asks what it actually promises. Where should Ruby look?

  • 1. In a poll about the party — no support
  • 2. On the party's posters only — no support
  • 3. In the party's manifesto — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 4. In the attack ads about the party — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 9: «A slogan is a short catchy phrase; the full list of promises is in a party's manifesto, which most people never read.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same place «manifesto» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the purpose of the statement "paid for by" which is required to appear in campaign advertisements in many jurisdictions.

  • 1. To inform the viewer of the person or body which financed the advertisement — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. To indicate that the advertisement constitutes impartial news — no support
  • 3. To certify that the advertisement is accurate in every respect and has been checked by the courts — no support
  • 4. To announce the result of the forthcoming election — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an opinion poll?

  • 1. A binding vote which determines the result of the election — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. A complete count of the intentions of every eligible voter, conducted by the electoral commission before polling day — no support
  • 3. An advertisement financed by a candidate — no support
  • 4. An estimate derived from a sample selected to resemble the population, subject to a margin of error — ✓ 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

It is given that, in an Australian election, a party distributes a card indicating a preferred order of candidates. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

  • 1. Any ballot departing from the card shall be discarded — no support
  • 2. The card constitutes a suggestion, and the voter may number the boxes in any order — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. The voter is obliged by law to follow the card, on pain of a fine imposed by the electoral commission — no support
  • 4. The card is issued by the electoral commission — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 16: «In Australia voters number the candidates in order; parties hand out how-to-vote cards, but voters may number the boxes any way they like.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «number» (+3); the same doer «voters» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the period within which candidates in Ireland are required to remove their election posters following the poll.

  • 1. Prior to the poll itself — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Within one week — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Within one full year — no support
  • 4. Within one single hour — 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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