Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 6 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 42 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 ✗

"BARE people at the rally, like a MILLION, I swear," says Leo. The square holds about 5,000. ("bare" means lots of.) What really happened?

1. Five million came, as the square was stretched — no support
2. Lots came, but no more than about 5,000 — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Exactly one million came, as he counted them — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Nobody came, since he was exaggerating — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 32, line 17: «Words in this lesson: "rizz" means charm; "delulu" means believing something that is not real; "salty" means annoyed; "wicked" in New England means very; "bare…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «bare» (+3); the same thing acted on «lots» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

"it's giving fake: sus logo, no date, no author," says Priya about a post. ("it's giving" means it looks like.) What is the fair conclusion?

1. No date means the post was written today — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. One clue alone proves it fake, so laugh at whoever posted it — no support
3. Logos cannot be copied, so the post must be real — no support
4. Several warning clues together: check before you share — ✓ 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 3 · ★★★ · right ✓

Uncle Seamus: "Ah, the craic on the group chat is the mayor's banning dogs." ("craic" here means news.) Nothing on the council site or any news site. Best reply?

1. Probably false, as nothing official has it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. True, because the group chat said so and it is busy — no support
3. False, because group chats always lie about everything — no support
4. True, because councils ban dogs most weeks — 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 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Dad, on a dreich Glasgow day: "Poll says most people hate the new park! They asked 20 folk at the car-park protest." ("dreich" means grey and wet.) What's wrong with the poll?

1. 20 people is far too many to ask in one poll — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Polls taken on rainy days never count at all — score 2
3. It asked only people who were already protesting — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Car parks are not allowed in polls by law — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 19, line 7: «Many countries invite workers they need, like doctors, nurses and builders; some say numbers have been too high for housing and services, others say countries…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «people» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Singapore classmate: "Clip got minister saying 'raise taxes', 5 seconds only. Share already, can or not?" ("can or not" means is it OK.) What do you say?

1. Yes, ministers always mean what clips show — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Not yet; find the full speech, as words like "not" may be cut — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. No, ministers never talk about taxes — no support
4. Yes, a clip that short cannot be changed — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 33, line 12: «One clip shows one moment, not the whole person; choosing only the bits that fit is called cherry-picking.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «one clip» (+2). Against it: the same action «show» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Little brother: "Teacher said lost lunchboxes are up 200%!!! we're doomed." It went from 1 lost lunchbox to 3. How bad is it really?

1. Three hundred lunchboxes missing now — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 200 more lunchboxes lost this term — no support
3. The school is really, truly doomed — no support
4. Two more lost lunchboxes — ✓ 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 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

A poster shows dark clouds and says "THEY are coming to ruin everything. Vote for us!" Which tricks does it use?

1. Satire, so it is just a harmless joke — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A careful poll with a margin of error — no support
3. Plain facts with dates and links to check, so you can see it is fair — no support
4. Fear, and calling a group the enemy instead of giving reasons — ✓ 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 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Your mate: "Fake news! That story about our school winning a prize is fake, coz I hate our school lol." The story is on the council website. What is true?

1. It's only true once 100 people like it — no support
2. It's fake, because council websites can't be trusted — no support
3. Calling a true story fake doesn't make it fake — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. It's fake, because he said "fake news" first — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 34, line 5: «You can step out of the bubble: follow some people you disagree with, read news from other places, and notice when your feed keeps getting stranger.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «read» (+2); the same thing acted on «news» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · right ✓

Gran: "There's been a teeny mix-up in the paper, love." It printed the wrong winner of the town vote, then a correction. What does the correction show?

1. The paper told a lie on purpose to fool people — no support
2. The paper made a mistake and fixed it openly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -4
3. The winner changed after the paper was printed — no support
4. Corrections prove the paper is fake news — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 42, line 13: «Misinformation is false information shared by mistake; disinformation is false information spread on purpose; a mistake fixed openly with a correction is not a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «fix» (-1); the same property (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

In Atlanta: "Y'all, a screenshot says the news says school's cancelled all week!" The news site's own page says nothing. Which counts?

1. Whichever one has more shares — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The screenshot, because it has the logo — no support
3. The news site's own page — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Both, so school is half cancelled — 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 · ★★★ · right ✓

A meme shows a president's face and the words "Children should work in mines", with no date and no link. Best move?

1. Look for it in a report, video or speech first — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Share it with the words "can't believe this" — no support
3. Decide it's true if it makes you angry — no support
4. Believe it, because the face is 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 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

One report says "brave heroes defend our town", another says "angry mob blocks roads", about the same march. What can both probably agree on?

1. Nobody marched at all that day — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The marchers were all heroes — no support
3. People marched in the town that day — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The marchers were all a mob — 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 the number of reported incidents rose from two to three. Determine the percentage increase.

1. Fifty per cent — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Thirty per cent — no support
3. One hundred per cent — no support
4. One per cent — 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 deficiency of a survey conducted exclusively among persons already queuing for the product in question.

1. Surveys may not lawfully be conducted out of doors — no support
2. The number of persons consulted is excessively large — no support
3. The persons consulted do not represent all — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Persons in a queue are incapable of answering — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 39, line 13: «When people shout over each other nobody learns anything; good debates let each person finish, then reply.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «person» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the description most consistent with the practice of cherry-picking.

1. The examination of every portion of the evidence — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The correction of an error in public — no support
3. The consultation of several independent outlets — no support
4. The selection solely of the portions that support one view — ✓ 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 ✓

Whereas a statement can be neither confirmed nor refuted at present, determine the most honest verdict.

1. Not sure yet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. False — no support
3. True — no support
4. True, provided many have shared 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

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