Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet
Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 5 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 36 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 ✓
In Sheffield: "Don't be nesh, it's only a storm — but look, a shark on the motorway!" What would a careful person do first?
- 1. Check it, since that shark photo is a known old fake — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. Go out to see the shark — no support
- 3. Call the zoo to report a missing shark, in case one has escaped in the flood water — score 7
- 4. Share it to warn the whole city — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 35, line 9: «Fact-checkers check claims, look for evidence, ask experts and show their working, and rate claims true, false or misleading.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «check» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓
What would happen if a national election really were cancelled?
- 1. Every news channel and the official elections site would say so — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. Only one TikTok clip would mention it, because the government would want to keep it quiet — score 0
- 3. Nobody would be told until voting day — score 2
- 4. It would only be in the comments — 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 36, line 3: «Practice makes it quick: an amazing shark photo during a flood, "the election's cancelled" from one clip, a famous footballer's quote with no when or where, a…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «order» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗
"she's well mardy cos I said that footballer quote's fake" — no interview has the words. Who is more likely right?
- 1. She is, because his face is on it, and nobody would dare to use a footballer's face for a fake — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nobody, quotes can never be checked — no support
- 3. You, because a real quote can be found with when and where — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Both, because quotes can be half real — 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 · ★★ · right ✓
"my grandad says dogs are banned in flats next yr, so it's true innit" — he cannot say where he read it. Which pile?
- 1. Not sure yet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. True — no support
- 3. A joke — no support
- 4. False — 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 ✓
Chloe says, "If I admit I was wrong, everyone will think I'm stupid." What is the better view?
- 1. Correcting yourself makes people trust you more — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Saying sorry makes the fake true, so it is better to say nothing — no support
- 3. Only teachers are allowed to say they were wrong — no support
- 4. She is right, never admit any mistakes to anyone — 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 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗
"lol Auntie fell for a fake AGAIN" — what is the problem with this reply?
- 1. It shames her, so she may stop listening and leave — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nothing, laughing is the best correction, because people remember being laughed at for a long time — no support
- 3. It corrects the fake too gently — ← Mova's choice · score -3
- 4. It is too kind to Auntie — 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 36, line 11: «Death hoaxes about famous people spread often; saying "I was wrong, it was a fake" is what careful people do.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); the same thing acted on «fake» (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗
In Johannesburg: "I'll check it now now, but first let me forward it to everyone." What is the better order?
- 1. Check only if someone complains — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Check first, then decide whether to share — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Forward it and never check — no support
- 4. Forward first, then check later — 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 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗
In a cartoon, a parrot repeats "The king has banned birthdays!" and the whole town panics, but the king never said it. What should the townspeople have asked?
- 1. Whether the parrot liked birthdays — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. How loudly the parrot said it — no support
- 3. What colour the parrot was — no support
- 4. Who first said it and where it came from — ✓ 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 ✓
"chur bro, chocolate makes you smarter, says scientists, choccy for brekkie!" What is likely in the study itself?
- 1. A small result that says "might" and "more research is needed" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. Proof that chocolate makes everyone a genius, whatever their age and however much they eat — no support
- 3. Nothing, studies never mention chocolate — no support
- 4. A law that children must eat chocolate — 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 36, line 14: «Headlines often make a small study sound huge; the study may have tested few people or found something tiny, and usually says "more research is needed".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «need» (+4); the same thing acted on «more research» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
A clip of a politician sounds slurred. The original full video sounds normal. What happened?
- 1. The full video was faked to hide it all — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The clip was slowed down or changed — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The politician changed his voice later — no support
- 4. Both videos are exactly the same as each other — 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 ✗
The teacher says, "Ireland has a president." Which card?
- 1. FALSE — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. JOKE — no support
- 3. TRUE — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. NOT SURE — 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 12 · ★★ · right ✓
"Forward this or ur phone gets hacked, 100% real, my cousin works in tech" — what is the best reply?
- 1. Forwarding cannot hack or protect a phone, so don't forward — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Forward it quick, your cousin knows tech and would never send a fake message around — no support
- 3. Forward it to twice as many people — no support
- 4. Throw your phone away tonight — 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 most accurately characterises the appropriate classification of a claim for which no verification has yet been undertaken?
- 1. It is to be regarded as established beyond doubt — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is to be regarded as not yet determined — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It is to be regarded as satire by its author — no support
- 4. It is to be regarded as false until it is proven — 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 asserted by a single video that a national election has been cancelled. Identify the source most appropriate for verification.
- 1. The comments appended beneath the video — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The official electoral website or the principal news outlets — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The relative of the person who viewed the video, who is acquainted with its origin and its author — no support
- 4. Any person who has not yet heard of the matter — 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 ✗
Whereas a relative has circulated a fabricated video in the belief that it was genuine, select the response most consistent with good practice.
- 1. Further circulation of the video to additional persons — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A courteous private communication indicating the means of verification — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Public ridicule within the group in which it was circulated, so as to discourage any repetition — no support
- 4. The removal of the relative from all communication — 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 ✗
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning messages demanding onward transmission upon pain of a device being compromised.
- 1. Transmission to ten persons protects the device — no support
- 2. The transmission or otherwise of such a message has no bearing upon the security of a device — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Only devices belonging to groups can be compromised — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. Failure to transmit invariably results in compromise of the device and of every device in the same group — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 36, line 2: «Think of a lost-property box: some things clearly belong to you, some clearly do not, and some you cannot tell until you look for your name inside; you would n…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «belong» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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