Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»

Tests: 6 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 29 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 · ★★ · right ✓

Mia in Auckland says: «sweet as, the radio says tensions — so they're at war, eh?» What is right?

1. Tensions means a tight, worried situation; there is no war — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Yes, tensions is another word for war — no support
3. Tensions means a big party — score 3
4. Tensions only happen in sport — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 29, line 6: ««Tensions» means a tight, worried situation where a fight could happen; there is no war between China and Taiwan.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «tensions» (+3); the same thing acted on «tight worried situation» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓

Kai's friends shout «yes, Taiwan's a country!» and «no, it's China!» Which answer is fair?

1. Taiwan runs itself, China says it is part of China, and few countries officially recognise it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
2. Everyone agrees Taiwan is part of Japan — score 10
3. Taiwan does not exist — score 11
4. Everyone in the world agrees on the answer, so whichever friend shouts loudest must be the one who is right — no support

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 29, line 11: «News reports said China's army held large exercises around Taiwan several times, including in 2022, 2024 and 2025; China called them a warning against Taiwan b…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «taiwan» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓

What would happen to phones and games consoles if Taiwan's chip factories stopped?

1. Making them would get much harder, because Taiwan makes most advanced chips — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Nothing, because chips come from the Moon — no support
3. Phones would work better than before, because the chips from other places are faster and cheaper — no support
4. Only phones sold in Taiwan would stop — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 29, line 13: «Taiwan makes most of the world's most advanced computer chips, used in phones, cars and games consoles.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same doer «taiwan» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Sam's mate in Bristol says: «gurt big warships all round Taiwan — war's on then, innit?» What is the careful reading?

1. The ships are on a cruise holiday — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is a film, not the news — no support
3. China held large drills as a warning; a drill is not a war — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, the drills are the war — 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 ✗

Noah in Denver says: «why won't the president just say? zero rizz, fr.» Why might he stay vague on purpose?

1. He forgot what the question was — no support
2. The US has no view about Taiwan at all and has never once made any law about it or sold it anything — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. It is illegal to talk about Taiwan — no support
4. Keeping both sides guessing is meant to stop anyone risking a war — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 29, line 12: «The US does not officially recognise Taiwan as a country, but a US law says it will help Taiwan defend itself and it sells Taiwan weapons; for years it has not…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «us» (+2); the same circumstance (+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 6 · ★★ · right ✓

Zara's friend from Taiwan sighs at «Chinese Taipei». Which statement is fair?

1. Some say the name lets athletes compete; others say Taiwan should use its own name — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Everyone in Taiwan loves the name and asked for it, because it sounds better than any other name — no support
3. Taiwan is not allowed at the Olympics — no support
4. Taipei is a different country from Taiwan — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

Grace's friend in Glasgow says: «we don't want war, and we don't want to be told what to do.» What fits the polls?

1. Most want to move to Scotland — score 5
2. Most want to join China tomorrow — score 7
3. Most people in Taiwan want war with China — score 8
4. Most people in Taiwan want to keep things as they are — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 14

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 14, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 29, line 3: «Today Taiwan's 23 million people elect their own president and have their own army, money and passports. China's government says Taiwan is part of China and mu…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «keep» (+4); the same thing acted on «things» (+3); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓

Dylan's game shows Taiwan the same colour as China; the school map shows its own colour. Who is wrong?

1. Neither tells the whole story: one follows official claims, the other who runs it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. The school map, because schools are always wrong and game makers check every border with the UN first — no support
3. Both, because Taiwan is in Africa — no support
4. The game, because games are always wrong — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 29, line 4: «Two kids holding two different maps can both be holding real maps: one shows who actually runs Taiwan, the other what China and some others officially say. Nei…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same thing acted on «whole story» (+3); the same doer «neither» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Hannah's brother in Leeds says: «World War 3 next week, we're all done for, lol.» What is the calm truth?

1. Videos with scary titles are always true — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No war has happened; fear videos grab clicks, and diplomats work to keep the peace — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. War definitely starts next week, because a video with a lot of views says so and videos are checked — no support
4. China and Taiwan never talk or trade — 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 ✗

A friend from Singapore says: «China and Taiwan, both called China, so confusing lah — can explain or not?» What explains it?

1. After the 1949 civil war the losing side moved to Taiwan and kept the old name — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A map maker swapped the names — no support
3. They are the same island — score 7
4. Taiwan named itself after a restaurant in Beijing that its first president liked to eat at every week — ← Mova's choice · score 11

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 11, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 29, line 11: «News reports said China's army held large exercises around Taiwan several times, including in 2022, 2024 and 2025; China called them a warning against Taiwan b…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «call» (+4); the same doer «taiwan» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Which statement fairly gives both sides' views of the drills?

1. Both say the drills were a party — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Both say there were no drills, and that the ships in the photos were only fishing boats far out at sea — no support
3. Taiwan held the drills around China — no support
4. China says they warn against Taiwan breaking away; Taiwan calls them threatening — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the present relationship between China and Taiwan?

1. It is one of total isolation without trade — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is one of tension, without war — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It is one of open warfare on land and sea — no support
4. It is one of formal union under a single government — 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 · right ✓

Identify the event of 1949 from which the two designations «Republic of China» and «People's Republic of China» derive.

1. The conclusion of a civil war, after which the losing government withdrew to Taiwan — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The founding of the Olympic Games — no support
3. The signing of the Charter of the United Nations, which assigned a separate designation to each government — no support
4. The invention of the computer chip — 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 ✓

State the designation under which athletes from Taiwan compete at the Olympic Games.

1. Chinese Taipei — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. People's Republic of Taipei — no support
3. Republic of Taiwan — no support
4. United Formosa Team — 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 29, line 14: «At the Olympics Taiwan's teams compete as «Chinese Taipei» with a special flag, a compromise that lets its athletes take part.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established policy of the United States in respect of Taiwan.

1. It has declared that it shall never sell any equipment to Taiwan, and has withdrawn all assistance of every kind since the year 1949 — no support
2. It has undertaken in writing to transfer Taiwan to China — no support
3. It formally recognises Taiwan as its fifty-first state — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. It does not formally recognise Taiwan as a state, yet by law assists its defence and declines to state whether it would fight — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 29, line 9: «Only about a dozen countries officially recognise Taiwan as a country, though many more trade and talk with it unofficially.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «recognise» (+2); the same thing acted on «taiwan» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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