Seasons, terms and holidays

Tests: 2 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 4 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 113 of the world 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 ✗

Freddie: "My cousin says Christmas is on the beach in Oz. He's lying, innit?" What's the truth?

1. He's lying; Christmas is cold everywhere — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He's lying; Australians have Christmas in July — no support
3. He's telling the truth because Australia has no seasons — no support
4. He's telling the truth; December is summer there — ✓ 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 · right ✓

A cartoon says winter comes when the Earth moves far from the Sun. Put it right.

1. Winter comes from the Earth's tilt, not its distance — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Winter comes when the Moon blocks the Sun — no support
3. Winter comes when the Earth stops spinning — score 3
4. Winter comes when the Sun gets smaller — 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 2, line 1: «The Earth travels around the Sun once a year, and its axis is not upright but tilted, always leaning the same way in space.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lean» (+2); the same doer «earth» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · wrong ✗

Lewis: "Summer hols are the whole summer." His sister: "We go back on 3 September, summer ends 31 August." What's true?

1. The holidays always last the whole summer — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Holidays and seasons are two different calendars — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Summer ends on 21 June — no support
4. Summer ends when school starts — 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 ✗

Harriet, a bit nesh: "Clocks go back end of October, so that's winter, then?" What's the best answer?

1. Not yet; it means darker afternoons, but winter starts 1 December — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, winter starts when the clocks go back — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. No, winter starts in January — no support
4. Yes, and summer starts when they go forward — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 113, line 15: «In the UK the clocks go back one hour on the last Sunday of October, which in 2026 is 25 October; it brings darker afternoons, but winter as weather scientists…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «go back» (+4); the same doer «clocks» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

Mia's dad, tamping (furious): "£1,200 for half-term? It was £800 the week before. Daylight robbery!" How much more is it?

1. £800 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. £1,200 — no support
3. £400 — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. £2,000 — 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

Test 6 · wrong ✗

What would happen to Australian seasons if the Earth had no tilt at all?

1. Australia and England would swap seasons — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Australia would have summer all year — no support
3. There would be almost no summer or winter anywhere — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The seasons would get twice as strong — score 2

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 113, line 4: «School holidays are a different calendar from the seasons, chosen by each country. English schools have three terms with half-term breaks and about 6 weeks off…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «seasons» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · wrong ✗

Wanjiru's teacher in Kenya talks about the "long rains". What would a visitor be wrong to expect there?

1. A season with lots of rain — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Another rainy season later in the year — no support
3. Warm weather most of the year — no support
4. A cold snowy winter like in Canada — ✓ 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 ✗

A Kiwi (New Zealand) cousin texts in December: "Grab your jandals, beach this arvo!" ("arvo" means afternoon.) Why does that make sense?

1. Jandals are warm winter boots over there — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. December is summer in New Zealand — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. New Zealand has no winter at all, ever — no support
4. December is spring everywhere on Earth — 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 · wrong ✗

A Canadian friend pulls on her toque in January while a friend in Sydney, Australia, wears togs. Why?

1. Canada is much closer to the Sun than Australia is — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is winter in Canada and summer in Australia — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It is winter in both countries — no support
4. It is summer in both countries — 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 10 · right ✓

Zane in Ukraine says, "Our winter holidays are longer than your two weeks." Is he right?

1. No, both countries have exactly two weeks — no support
2. No, Ukraine has no winter holidays — no support
3. Yes, about late December to mid-January, longer than 2 weeks — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Yes, Ukraine has 3 months off in winter — 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 113, line 16: «Ukraine's winter holidays run from about late December to mid-January, while English schools usually get about 2 weeks at Christmas.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «late december» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · wrong ✗

Lucy: "Longest day? But summer's only starting!" Her dad says it's all downhill. Who's right about the weather?

1. Dad; it gets colder from 22 June — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Dad; summer ends on 21 June — no support
3. Lucy; the hottest weeks usually come after 21 June — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Neither; 21 June is the hottest day of 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal cause of the seasons upon the Earth.

1. The variation in the Sun's size — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The inclination of the Earth's axis — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The variation in distance from the Sun — no support
4. The obstruction of sunlight by the Moon — 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 given that a summer vacation endures six weeks. Ascertain the number of days thereby comprised.

1. Forty-eight — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Forty-two — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Sixty — no support
4. Thirty-six — 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 response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the season in Australia during December.

1. It is autumn — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is winter — no support
3. It is the rainy monsoon — no support
4. It is summer — ✓ 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 holiday is priced at £800 in an ordinary week and at £1,200 during half-term, determine the additional cost.

1. Four hundred pounds — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Three hundred pounds — no support
3. Two thousand pounds — no support
4. Eight hundred pounds — 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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