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"The game is rigged because I lost"

Tests: 2 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 173 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 ✗

His brother: "Rigged? You let in four goals from corners, bro. The script is called 'defend'." What is "scripted" supposed to mean?

  • 1. Shown on TV live — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Played very well — no support
  • 3. Planned in advance so one side wins — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Written in joined-up handwriting — 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, age 6: "I didn't cheat, you shuffled." Everyone: "OOOOH." Why is that a killer comeback?

  • 1. Shuffling always helps the youngest player get the best cards — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Ava never shuffles properly — no support
  • 3. Ava shuffled the cards herself, so the deal was fair — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. The cousin admits cheating — 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 ✗

Ben's mate: "Two out of fifty, that's always now, is it? Your maths is more rigged than the game." What is he mocking?

  • 1. Penalties in real football — no support
  • 2. Ben being bad at his maths lessons, as well as at games — no support
  • 3. Calling two out of fifty "always" — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Ben's football skills — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 173, line 2: «Grown-ups call it a self-serving bias: when we win, it's our skill; when we lose, it's the game, the controller, the lag, the referee, the banker. Lily wins on…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «losing» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓

Brother: "Your controller works. Your driving's broken." What would a fair player say next?

  • 1. "Let's say it was a draw." — no support
  • 2. "I'm never playing this again." — no support
  • 3. "Fair play, I need more practice." — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 4. "Your controller must be rigged too." — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 173, line 5: «The mockery hits the excuse, not the loser: "Your controller works. Your driving's broken." Everyone loses. Saying "fair play, you were better" is the strong m…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «fair play» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Mum: "Oscar, you can see all ITS moves too. That's how chess works, darling." What would really help Oscar win?

  • 1. Covering up the computer's pieces so it can't see them coming — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Practice and learning simple tactics — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. A different board colour — no support
  • 4. Playing faster — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

His sister: "You lost to me on the same sofa, Kai. Is the sofa lagging?" What does "lag" mean?

  • 1. A delay in an online game — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 2. A broken sofa — no support
  • 3. A type of controller — no support
  • 4. A cheat code — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 173, line 17: «Words people use: "rigged" means secretly fixed so one side wins, "scripted" means planned in advance, "lag" is a delay in an online game, "fair play" means we…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «delay» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Friend: "You're a pro when you win and the game's broken when you lose? Same game, girl." Is calling her "girl" rude?

  • 1. Yes, because it insults all girls everywhere — no support
  • 2. No, it's just a friendly word here — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. No, because Girl is actually her name — no support
  • 4. Yes, it's meant to really hurt her feelings — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 172, line 17: «Words people use: "drops" are the items a game gives you, "a skin" is a new look for a character, "quid" means pounds (UK money), "galaxy brain" is sarcastic f…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Jamal: "So it's rigged because the best people win? Bro just described sport." What is Jamal's point?

  • 1. Top players use cheats — no support
  • 2. Sport is always rigged — no support
  • 3. Nobody can ever be the best at a game, so somebody must be cheating — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 4. Better players winning is how fair games work — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 173, line 8: «In a fair game better players should win more often; that is the point of the game, not cheating.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «fair game» (+4); the same property (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Brother: "The dice decided, Harper. Unless you think I'm controlling dice with my brain." What would be a fair check?

  • 1. Give Harper all the best streets so that it's fair this time round — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Remove the dice from the game — no support
  • 3. Let Harper be the banker and roll for everyone — no support
  • 4. Watch the banker's money, since squares are luck — ✓ 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 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if Finn watched the replay before shouting?

  • 1. He'd find a secret speed boost — no support
  • 2. He'd see his crash and not blame the game — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. He'd see the other car cheat by taking a secret shortcut through the wall — no support
  • 4. The replay would show the game froze — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 173, line 15: «Replays show what really happened; look before you blame anyone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «show» (+3); the same doer «replays» (+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 ✗

A clever one: in 100 online matches against players of his level, Max wins about 50. What does that suggest?

  • 1. The game is rigged for him — ← Mova's choice · score 9
  • 2. The game is fair; he wins about as often as expected — ✓ the right answer · score 9
  • 3. He should win every single match, so the game must be rigged against him — score 9
  • 4. The game is rigged against him — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 173, line 1: «Max loses a game of FIFA online and throws the controller. "This game is RIGGED! The other team was scripted to win!" His brother, watching: "Rigged? You let i…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «game» (+3); the same action «rig» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal error in concluding that a game is rigged on the ground that one has lost it.

  • 1. The game was insufficiently difficult — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The opponent was too young — no support
  • 3. The match was played online — no support
  • 4. A loss is treated as proof of cheating without other evidence — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · right ✓

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning information available to players in chess.

  • 1. Both players can observe the entire board at all times — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 2. Only the computer can observe the entire board — no support
  • 3. The human player's moves are hidden — no support
  • 4. The computer's pieces are concealed from the human player until they move — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 173, line 11: «Chess has no hidden information: both players can see the whole board; a chess computer wins by calculating many moves ahead.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «players» (+3); the same thing acted on «whole board» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Determine the term properly applied to attributing one's successes to skill and one's failures to external causes.

  • 1. A self-serving bias — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. The sunk cost fallacy — no support
  • 3. The gambler's fallacy — no support
  • 4. Circular reasoning — 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 ✗

Which of the following most accurately characterises two penalties awarded against a player in fifty matches?

  • 1. Conclusive evidence of a rigged game — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Evidence of a scripted referee — no support
  • 3. A small number which does not justify the word "always" — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. A majority of matches played — 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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