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School councils and class reps

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 37 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 ✗

"just promise free Maccies every day, it's got mad rizz, everyone'll vote for ya" — what is the best reply?

  • 1. Promise even more food to be safe — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Great idea, big promises always work, and nobody checks them after the vote — no support
  • 3. Only promise what you can really try to do — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Promises don't matter after you win — 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 2 · right ✓

In Liverpool: "Sound speech, but you said 'um' like fifty times, la." What tip would help?

  • 1. Pick three clear ideas and say them slowly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Talk faster so the ums disappear — no support
  • 3. Say nothing and just smile — no support
  • 4. Read the dictionary aloud instead — 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 ✗

What would happen if a class voted by hands up and everyone watched their best mate first?

  • 1. Everyone would vote exactly what they really think, because watching your mates helps you decide — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 2. The vote would become a secret ballot — no support
  • 3. Nobody would be allowed to vote — no support
  • 4. Some would vote to please friends, not for what they think — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 17: «In a referendum everyone votes yes or no on one question, such as changing Ireland's constitution, the country's main set of rules.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «vote» (+2); the same doer «everyone» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · right ✓

"It's not fair, he only won cos he's funny, I'm gonna sulk all week" — what is a better way to lose?

  • 1. Tell everyone the vote was cheating — no support
  • 2. Congratulate the winner and keep sharing your ideas — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 3. Never speak at class meetings again — no support
  • 4. Ask the teacher to cancel the result — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 37, line 10: «Accepting that you lost a fair vote is called conceding, and you can still share your ideas afterwards.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «share» (+3); the same thing acted on «ideas» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

In Dublin: "Ah, grand, we'll get the playground AND the library AND a pool!" The budget covers one thing. What is wrong?

  • 1. Pools are free for every school — no support
  • 2. Libraries cost nothing to fix — no support
  • 3. Councils can always spend as much as they want — ← Mova's choice · score 3
  • 4. A fixed budget means choosing one priority — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1, line 8: «A town or city council has a limited budget, so spending money on one thing, like a library, means less for something else, like a swimming pool.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «spend» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same doer «town» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · wrong ✗

"You lied! No pizza!" Dylan really did ask, but the menu rules said no. What is fairest?

  • 1. He should hide from the class — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. He should get the pizza by sneaking in — no support
  • 3. He did not lie if he tried, but he should explain honestly — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. He lied, because every promise that does not come true is a lie, whatever the reason for 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 7 · wrong ✗

In the Black Country: "Bostin' lollies, ta, I'll vote for ya!" What is wrong here?

  • 1. Lollies are the only fair way to campaign, as long as every candidate hands out the same number — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Nothing, it is just being friendly — no support
  • 3. Gifts for votes are a bribe, so the vote is about lollies not ideas — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Bribes are fine if the sweets are small — 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 · right ✓

In a cartoon, the loudest animal always speaks at the meeting and the little mouse never gets a turn. What would fix it?

  • 1. A chair who decides who speaks next — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 2. Ending all meetings — score -5
  • 3. A louder mouse — no support
  • 4. More loud animals — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 37, line 17: «A chair runs a meeting and decides who speaks next, and an agenda is the list of things the meeting will talk about.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «decide» (+4); the same doer «chair» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · right ✓

A boy says, "Youth parliaments make the real laws, so I can ban homework." What is the better version?

  • 1. He is right, they make all the laws, and the real parliament has to sign whatever they decide — score 3
  • 2. Youth parliaments are against the law — no support
  • 3. Their votes do not make laws, but leaders can hear their ideas — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 4. Youth parliaments only exist in cartoons — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 37, line 13: «Some countries, such as New Zealand, have youth parliaments where young people debate in the real chamber and send ideas to politicians, though their votes do…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «votes» (+3); the same thing acted on «laws» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

"class rep just goes to the meetings and never tells us nothing" — what is missing?

  • 1. Reps are not allowed to report back — no support
  • 2. A good rep brings back what happened — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Reps should only talk to teachers — ← Mova's choice · score 3
  • 4. A good rep keeps everything secret — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 37, line 6: «A class rep speaks for the class at the school council; a person trying to get elected is called a candidate.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «speak» (+2); the same doer «class rep» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · wrong ✗

In Toronto: "Survey? Nah, just ask the five loudest kids, eh, quicker." What is the problem?

  • 1. The five loudest always know what everyone thinks — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Quiet kids do not care about uniforms — no support
  • 3. Asking only the loud ones misses the quiet voices — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Surveys are against school rules — 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 · right ✓

Which of the following most accurately characterises the function of a class representative?

  • 1. To represent the class before the school council and to report back upon its proceedings — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. To assume the duties of the head teacher during meetings of the council and whenever the head teacher is absent — no support
  • 3. To determine the school menu without consultation — no support
  • 4. To assess the homework of fellow pupils — 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 principal reason for which elections are conducted by secret ballot.

  • 1. So that only acquaintances of the candidates may vote, others being unable to see the ballot paper — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. So that the candidates may not cast a vote — no support
  • 3. So that the count may be concluded more slowly — no support
  • 4. So that each voter may choose freely, without pressure from those observing — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

It is given that a candidate distributes confectionery in exchange for an undertaking to vote for him. State the term for such conduct.

  • 1. Conceding — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. A referendum — no support
  • 3. Bribery — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. A survey — 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 ✗

Whereas the funds available suffice for one undertaking only, select the response most consistent with the proper conduct of the council.

  • 1. The council permits the loudest member to decide alone — ← Mova's choice · score 2
  • 2. The council determines a priority after hearing the views advanced on each side — ✓ the right answer · score 2
  • 3. The council undertakes both projects regardless of the funds, borrowing whatever further sums may be required — no support
  • 4. The council declines to consider either project — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 23, line 12: «The Security Council has 15 members; five are permanent — the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia and China — and any of the five can block a dec…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «security council» (+1); the same thing acted on «15 members» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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