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Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★

Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 41 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 ✗

Your mate brags, "Literally the whole school voted for me, bruv!" The board says 40 of 200. What really happened?

  • 1. He got 160, everyone who did not vote against him on the day — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. He got no votes, since 40 is not the whole school — no support
  • 3. He got all 200 votes, just as he said — no support
  • 4. He got 40 votes; "the whole school" was an exaggeration — ✓ 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 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Cousin Kai texts, "lost class rep by a teeny bit lol, like 3 to 27." How close was it really?

  • 1. Close, he only needed 3 more votes to win — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Not close: the winner got nine times as many votes — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. A tie, so they must hold the vote again — no support
  • 4. Very close, as close as a vote can get — 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 · ★★★ · right ✓

Jake from Texas: "y'all, how'd the president win with fewer votes across the whole country??" What is the best answer?

  • 1. The votes from Texas were all thrown away — no support
  • 2. Votes from red states count double everywhere — score 4
  • 3. The race is won state by state, so the national total can lose — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 4. It must be a mistake, since more votes in the country always win the race — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 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 41, line 2: «"Most votes" and "more than half" are not the same: with 30 voters, 12 votes can win a race of three, yet 18 people chose someone else, and more than half woul…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «race» (+4); the same action «win» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★★ · right ✓

Grandad in Boston: "Wicked close count. Ava 11, Ben 9, ten to go. Ava's got it in the bag!" ("wicked" means very.) Is he right?

  • 1. No, Ben still wins if he gets 7 or more of the last 10 votes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Yes, whoever leads after 20 votes always wins — no support
  • 3. No, because Ben has already won the count — no support
  • 4. Yes, because Ben can only tie at the very best — 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 ✗

Little sis, a bit mardy: "The Prime Minister broke our swing and he won't fix it!" ("mardy" means grumpy.) Who should the family write to?

  • 1. The King, since he owns all the swings — no support
  • 2. The army, since it fixes everything — no support
  • 3. The council — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. The Prime Minister, since he runs every park — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 3: «Neither leader works alone: each picks a cabinet, a top team of ministers who run things like health, schools and money; a cabinet is a team, not a cupboard.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «run» (+2); the same doer «ministers» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (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 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

In Brisbane, Mia says, "Heaps easy, I numbered the boxes 1 to 3." Her number 1 came last and was knocked out. Was her vote wasted?

  • 1. Yes, she must vote again next week — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Yes, her paper went straight in the bin — no support
  • 3. No, it counted twice for her number 1 — no support
  • 4. No, it moved to her number 2 — ✓ 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 7 · ★★★ · right ✓

"My uncle says the King can block any law he hates, no cap." What is true?

  • 1. No, because the King writes every law himself — score 3
  • 2. Yes, the King blocks a law most weeks — score 3
  • 3. Yes, but only laws about his castles — no support
  • 4. By custom he always gives Royal Assent — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 41, line 12: «The elected Commons usually gets its way over the Lords in the end, and by custom the King always gives Royal Assent; 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 action «give» (+2); the same property (+2); the same thing acted on «royal assent» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★★ · right ✓

Delulu Dan: "I got 9 of the 20 votes, so that's more than half!" ("delulu" means hoping for what won't happen.) What's wrong?

  • 1. Nothing; anything close to 10 counts — no support
  • 2. More than half of 20 is at least 11, so 9 falls short — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
  • 3. More than half of 20 is exactly 10 — no support
  • 4. 9 really is more than half of 20 — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 6: «Winning with the most votes is not the same as winning more than half: more than half of 30 is at least 16, and more than half of 25 is at least 13.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «least» (+2); the same doer «half» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · right ✓

A kid in Georgia: "Fixin' to party, the House passed our bill, it's law now!" ("fixin' to" means about to.) What did he forget?

  • 1. The Senate must pass it and the president sign it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 2. Nothing; the House makes laws on its own — score 1
  • 3. The Supreme Court must write it first — score 2
  • 4. The King must sign it in London — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 41, line 11: «If a US president vetoes a bill, Congress can still make it law if two out of every three members in both the House and the Senate vote for it again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «us president» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «bill» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Dad at the telly: "Poll's got us 2 points ahead, it's in the bag, the other lot are toast!" The wobble is 3. Best reply?

  • 1. Polls are never wrong, so it's done — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Right, any lead in a poll means a win — no support
  • 3. Too close to call, Dad: 2 is less than the wobble — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. 2 points means a landslide, Dad — 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 ✗

Gran: "Your council's got a bit of a budget problem, love." The council is shutting two libraries and a pool. What does Gran really mean?

  • 1. The council has too much money to spend — ← Mova's choice · score 9
  • 2. Money is very tight — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. It is a tiny problem nobody will notice — score 7
  • 4. The libraries are only shut for a holiday — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 7 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: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «town» (+2); the same thing acted on «money» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

The head vetoes the 9-member council's plan; 5 vote to overrule her under the two-out-of-three rule. Rory: "5 is more than half, we win!" Is he right?

  • 1. Yes, because 5 is two out of every three of 9 — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Yes, more than half is always enough to overrule — no support
  • 3. No, because nothing can ever overrule a head — no support
  • 4. No, they needed 6 — ✓ 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 · right ✓

It is given that thirty electors cast votes for three candidates, who receive twelve, ten and eight votes respectively. Determine the minimum number of votes requisite for more than half.

  • 1. Sixteen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Fifteen — no support
  • 3. Eleven — no support
  • 4. Twelve — 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 ✗

Whereas a candidate leads by fourteen votes to ten with eight ballots yet to be counted, identify the least number of the remaining ballots the leader must receive to be assured of victory.

  • 1. Four — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Eight — no support
  • 3. Two — no support
  • 4. Three — ✓ 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 ✗

Select the sequence consistent with the passage of a bill originating in the House of Commons.

  • 1. Commons, Lords, Royal Assent — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Lords, Royal Assent, Commons — no support
  • 3. Commons, Royal Assent, Lords — no support
  • 4. Royal Assent, Commons, Lords — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 10: «A UK bill that starts in the House of Commons must pass the Commons and the House of Lords and then get Royal Assent from the King; a US bill must pass the Hou…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «royal assent» (+4); the same property (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the circumstance in which a candidate may win the greater number of groups while obtaining fewer votes in aggregate.

  • 1. When every vote is counted together across the whole country — ← Mova's choice · score 3
  • 2. When each group gives its whole result to the candidate who wins within it — ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 3. When the vote is held by a show of hands in one room — no support
  • 4. When the voters number the candidates in order of preference — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 41, line 1: «This olympiad lesson turns the course into puzzles: count the votes, check the rule, follow the chain of who decides, and watch for one word in the question th…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «count» (+2); the same thing acted on «votes» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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