How to check: who, how, who else

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 35 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 ✗

"legit, a boy in Year 6 said homework's banned by law" — what is the weak part?

1. Nothing, it is clearly true — no support
2. The law is too short to check — no support
3. We do not know who first said it or how they know — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Year 6 boys always know about laws — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 6: «Royal Assent is the King's agreement that turns a bill into a law; by custom he always gives it, and no monarch has refused for over 300 years.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same property (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

Finn's grandad: "I saw it on the internet, so it must be true." What is the best reply?

1. The internet is always false, so ignore anything you read on it, even the weather — no support
2. You are right, the internet is always true — no support
3. Only true things are allowed on the internet — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Let's check who said it, how they know and who else reports it — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 14: «People of any age can believe false things they see online; correcting someone in front of others can embarrass them, and embarrassed people often dig in.», 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 thing acted on «false things» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · wrong ✗

In Newcastle: "Howay man, there's a study says screens make bairns clever, it's bussin'!" No link is given. What should you ask?

1. How many friends liked it? — ← Mova's choice · score -3
2. How do they know: where is the study? — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Why are bairns using screens? — no support
4. What is the scientist's favourite colour? — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 35, line 7: «The second question is how they know: a real study has a name, scientists and usually a link, and other scientists often check it first in peer review.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); the same thing acted on «name» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · wrong ✗

What would happen if a big story were real?

1. It would only appear in comments — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Many outlets would usually report it within hours — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nobody would report it for years — no support
4. Only one strange website would ever have it — 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 ✗

A girl says, "If only one news site has a story, it's 100% fake." What is the better version?

1. Stories are only real if they are on one site — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. It might be a real scoop, so wait before deciding — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She is right, single-site stories are always fake — no support
4. One site is enough to prove anything — 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 31, line 9: «Fake news is a made-up story made to look like real news; logos are easy to copy, and likes show clicks, not truth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «made story» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · right ✓

In Cape Town: "Lekker, this site says the new phone is the best ever!" At the bottom: "paid for by" the phone company. What should he notice?

1. It is an advert dressed as news — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It is a government warning about phones — no support
3. It is a fact-check of the new phone — no support
4. It is an independent test by scientists — 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 ✓

You don't know a website. What is the smartest move?

1. Only read the website's own about page — score -6
2. Give it your email to learn more — no support
3. Search for the website's name in a new tab — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Believe it if it looks smart — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 35, line 3: «Fact-checkers do this for a living; they also use tricks like lateral reading, searching for a website's name in a new tab, and reverse image search, searching…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «website» (+2); the same place «new tab» (+2); the same action «name» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · right ✓

In a cartoon, a detective asks three questions: who saw it, how do they know, and did anyone else see it? Which real skill is that?

1. Writing clickbait — no support
2. Making a deepfake — no support
3. Checking a claim before believing it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Starting a rumour — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 35, line 1: «Most claims can be checked with three questions: who says so, how do they know, and who else reports it?», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «check» (+2); the same thing acted on «most claims» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · right ✓

"the war pic's well scary, gonna send it to everyone innit" — what is a better step?

1. Hide it and never speak about it — no support
2. Show a trusted adult first and check before sharing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Send it to everyone as fast as possible, so that they can all be ready — no support
4. Post it with a scary caption — 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 35, line 12: «When something online is scary or upsetting, showing a trusted adult is a good step, and it is fine to say "I don't know if this is true".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «show» (+3); the same receiver «trusted adult» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

A friend says, "That protest pic looks weird, defo fake." Three big outlets have it with the photographer's name. What is more likely?

1. The photo is real — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Photographers' names mean a photo is edited — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. All three outlets made the same fake — no support
4. The photo is fake because it looks weird — 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 35, line 4: «Checking works both ways: it can show a thing is fake, and it can show a thing is real, like a protest photo printed by three big outlets with the photographer…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «photographer» (+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 ✗

"omg the singer's dead, sharing now!!" Ten minutes later he posts a video. What was the lesson?

1. Wait before sharing, because first reports are often wrong — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Singers fake their deaths to get likes, so never believe any news about a singer at all — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Always share first, check never — score 3
4. Videos of singers are always fake — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 35, line 13: «Breaking news is often wrong at first, so waiting before sharing gives time for the facts to come out.», 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 thing acted on «news» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following most accurately characterises "lateral reading"?

1. The exclusive consultation of the source's description of itself, as published upon its own pages — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The reading of a document in an unconventional direction — no support
3. The repeated perusal of a single document — no support
4. The assessment of a source by consultation of what other sources state concerning it — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the three questions which constitute the checklist recommended in this lesson.

1. Which typeface, colour and dimensions it employs — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. How many approvals, shares and comments it has received from the public — no support
3. Who asserts it, by what means it is known, and who else reports it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. When it was published, where, and for what reason — 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 ✗

It is given that an article commending a product bears the notice "paid for by" its manufacturer. State the term for such material.

1. Peer review — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A scoop — no support
3. A correction — no support
4. Sponsored content — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · right ✓

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a reverse image search.

1. It discloses where and when an image has previously appeared — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It transmits the image to the authorities — no support
3. It identifies the creatures depicted by name — no support
4. It renders an image of higher quality, so that any alteration becomes visible to the eye — 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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