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The King, the courts and the rules above the rules

Tests: 7 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 7 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 ✓

Your cousin says, "The King's well peng (great), so he picks the laws, innit." What should you say?

  • 1. Yes, and he votes in every election too — no support
  • 2. He signs laws Parliament passes, but he does not pick them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 3. The King has nothing at all to do with any of the country's laws — no support
  • 4. Yes, he picks every law each morning — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 1: «In the UK the King signs every law Parliament passes, and opens Parliament by reading a speech from a golden throne, but the words and the choices belong to th…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «pass» (+4); the same doer «parliament» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★★ · right ✓

In a school play, the "King" shouts, "I hate this party, vote for the other one!" What is wrong?

  • 1. The King can only shout at the prime minister — no support
  • 2. The King supports every party equally loudly — score 3
  • 3. Nothing wrong, the real King often tells people how they should vote — no support
  • 4. The real King stays neutral and never says which party he supports — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 1: «In the UK the King signs every law Parliament passes, and opens Parliament by reading a speech from a golden throne, but the words and the choices belong to th…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «king» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

A kid in Texas says, "Free speech, bro, so the teacher can't give me detention for being rude. No cap." What is the truth?

  • 1. He's right, schools can never have rules about talking — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Free speech means you must say whatever the teacher says — no support
  • 3. He's right, but only in Texas — no support
  • 4. Free speech stops the government punishing speech; school rules still apply — ✓ 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 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Your Gen X uncle says, "Wigs in court? Totally bogus, it's a costume party." ("Bogus" means fake or silly.) What is the fair answer?

  • 1. Wigs are worn so the judge can't be recognised — ← Mova's choice · score 3
  • 2. Wigs decide who wins the case — no support
  • 3. It is a tradition; some say it makes court feel serious, others say it is old-fashioned — ✓ the right answer · score 2
  • 4. It is a costume party held every Friday — no support

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 7, line 3: «Courts are the referees: in the USA nine Supreme Court justices in black robes decide whether laws and government actions fit the Constitution, and in some Eng…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «wigs» (+2); the same action «wear» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if the most powerful person in a country could never be taken to court?

  • 1. Courts would have more cases than ever — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Laws would become fairer for ordinary people — no support
  • 3. Everyone else would follow the law much more carefully — no support
  • 4. They could break the law without anyone stopping them — ✓ 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 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

An Aussie mate says, "We had a vote in '99 on ditching the King, heaps of people said no." Why did many say no?

  • 1. Because the King promised them a holiday — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Partly because they could not agree how a president should be chosen — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Because nobody in Australia really understood the question on the paper — no support
  • 4. Because voting in 1999 was not allowed — 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 friend says, "A judge stopping the government? That's sus, judges should do what they're told." Which answer fits the separation of powers?

  • 1. Courts can only ever judge ordinary people, never governments or their ministers — no support
  • 2. Judges must always obey the prime minister — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 3. Courts can say no when a government breaks the law; that is meant to happen — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Judges should be fired for blocking plans — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 18: «Separation of powers means splitting power between the lawmakers, the government and the courts, so no one part gets too strong; some people say unelected judg…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «unelected judges» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «elected leaders» (+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 8 · ★★★ · right ✓

Your formal grandmother says, "One is not obliged to be found guilty merely by being accused." What does she mean?

  • 1. Only grandmothers can be accused — no support
  • 2. An accused person is not guilty unless a court decides — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. Courts must find everyone guilty — score -1
  • 4. Accused people are always guilty, or they would not be accused — score 3

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 7, line 16: «The rule of law means everyone, even leaders, must follow the same laws; an accused person is not guilty unless a court decides so.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «accused person» (+3); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · right ✓

A cartoon shows the US Supreme Court as nine kings ruling America. What should be fixed?

  • 1. They are kings chosen by the British crown — score 4
  • 2. They are the president's family members — no support
  • 3. They are judges who decide whether laws fit the Constitution, not rulers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 4. They are senators who make every single law and run the country between them — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 5: «Judges are usually not elected so they can rule fairly even when it is unpopular; when a judge blocks a government plan, that is the system working as designed…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «judges» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · right ✓

Nan from Cardiff says, "Come 'ere for a cwtch (a cuddle), love. Did you know the King's Speech is written by the government?" Which is true?

  • 1. Yes, the government writes it and the King reads it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
  • 2. No, the King writes every word himself — no support
  • 3. No, the speech is made up by the King on the day itself — score 1
  • 4. No, it is written by the Supreme Court — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 7, line 1: «In the UK the King signs every law Parliament passes, and opens Parliament by reading a speech from a golden throne, but the words and the choices belong to th…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «read» (+2); the same doer «king» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★★ · right ✓

If one country's government breaks the rights in the Universal Declaration, some say outsiders should step in and others say each country should decide. What does this show?

  • 1. People agree rights matter but argue about who should protect them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Rights only exist in one country — no support
  • 3. The Declaration has no meaning anywhere, so nobody needs to follow it — no support
  • 4. Nobody cares about rights at all — 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 ✓

A boy says, "If the King is head of state in Canada, Canada must be run from London." Which clever reasoning shows he is wrong?

  • 1. Canada has no government of its own — no support
  • 2. London sends Canada's laws by post each day — no support
  • 3. The King lives in Canada half the year — no support
  • 4. Canada's own government makes the decisions; the King's role there is mostly for ceremony — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 7: «King Charles is head of state in the UK and also in countries such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand, where a governor-general does the King's jobs day to d…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same doer «own government» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «real decisions» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Royal Assent in the United Kingdom?

  • 1. The formal consent of the monarch, by convention invariably given, whereby a bill becomes law — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. The personal selection by the monarch of the laws which shall be enacted — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 3. A ceremony whereby the judges approve the monarch's legislation — no support
  • 4. A procedure whereby the monarch casts the deciding vote in Parliament — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 16: «The rule of law means everyone, even leaders, must follow the same laws; an accused person is not guilty unless a court decides so.», 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 doer «law» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal function of the Supreme Court of the United States.

  • 1. The command of the armed forces of the United States — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The drafting of all bills presented to Congress — no support
  • 3. The determination of whether laws and governmental acts conform to the Constitution — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. The election of the President on behalf of the citizenry — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

  • 1. It renders lawful the making of threats against any person — no support
  • 2. It obliges every school and business to permit any utterance whatsoever — no support
  • 3. It restrains the government from punishing speech but does not oblige private institutions to permit all speech — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
  • 4. It prohibits the expression of any opinion contrary to that of the government — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 13: «The First Amendment to the US Constitution stops the government punishing people for what they say; it does not mean a school, shop or website must let you say…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «first amendment» (+1); the same thing acted on «government» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the outcome of the Australian referendum of 1999 concerning the establishment of a republic.

  • 1. The proposal was approved but subsequently annulled by the monarch — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The proposal was approved and a president installed forthwith — no support
  • 3. The referendum was abandoned prior to polling — no support
  • 4. The proposal was rejected by a majority of voters — ✓ 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

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