Some, all, none and "not all"

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 12 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 185 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 · right ✓

Max's sister: "All carrots are food, all chips are food, so carrots are chips? I wish, Max." What does she show?

1. Chips aren't food — score 0
2. Being in the same group doesn't make two things the same — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Carrots really are chips — score 4
4. Max was right about cats — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 185, line 3: «Two things in the same big group are not the same thing: cats are animals and dogs are animals, but cats are not dogs. Max's sister: "All carrots are food, all…», 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 «same thing» (+3); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

Mia: "OK, that's sick actually." If all glimps are flarks and all flarks are blops, is every glimp a blop?

1. No — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. You can't tell with made-up words — no support
3. Only some of them — no support
4. Yes — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

Jake: "Bare people like broccoli? Not me, fam." Mum only said "some". What did Mum actually say?

1. No kid likes broccoli — no support
2. At least one kid likes broccoli — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Loads of kids like broccoli — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. Every single kid but Jake likes it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 181, line 4: «Others hide a step everyone skips (in a dark room you light the match first) or an idea nobody actually said (who said the dog's rope was tied to anything?).», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same property (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · wrong ✗

Ellie: "Mr Brown gave me a look that could boil water." Her friend thought "not all teachers are strict" meant none are. Can Mr Brown be strict?

1. Only if every teacher is strict — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. No; "not all" means none are strict — no support
3. No teacher can ever be strict — score 6
4. Yes; "not all" leaves room for some strict ones — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 185, line 2: «The classic mix-up is hearing "not all" as "none": "Not all teachers are strict" doesn't mean no teacher is strict. Mr Brown still gives looks that could boil…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «teacher» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

A gadgie in Newcastle: "Not everyone liked the match, like." His mate: "So nobody did? Howay, I loved it!" Who misread it?

1. Both of them misread it, the gadgie and the mate — no support
2. Neither; the two mean the same — no support
3. The gadgie; he should have said nobody — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. The mate; "not everyone" isn't "nobody" — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 185, line 16: «Words people use: "I wish" means "sadly that's not true"; "sick" (young people) means great; "bare" (London) means loads of; "fam" (London) means mates; "howay…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «gadgie» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · wrong ✗

What would happen to "all birds can fly" if you found just one bird that can't?

1. Nothing; one bird doesn't count — no support
2. It would turn into "some birds are fish" — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. It would still be true for all birds — no support
4. It would be shown to be false — ✓ the right answer · 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 29, line 3: «A penguin cannot fly and swims like a fish, but it has feathers and lays eggs with hard shells, so it is a bird.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «penguin» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · wrong ✗

Tom: "You said some! You tricked me!" Mum: "Every one being strawberry still includes some." Is Mum's sentence true?

1. Yes; "some" doesn't promise that others are different — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, but only if one isn't strawberry — no support
3. No; "some" means not all of them — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. No; "some" means exactly half — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 185, line 8: «"Some" means at least one; it doesn't say how many, and it doesn't mean all.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+4); the same thing acted on «all» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · right ✓

The shopkeeper: "Nice try, love. A puppy's a dog. Small, cute, very much a dog." What trick did Amy try?

1. Changing a word's meaning to dodge a rule — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Running an "if" backwards — no support
3. Hearing "some" as "all" in the shop's sign — no support
4. Attacking the shopkeeper — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 178, line 4: «Other tricks travel with them: attacking the person instead of the plan, changing the subject, "we've always done it this way", "everyone's talking about it",…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «change» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · right ✓

Oscar's friend: "Bro, you've got a sticker. A shiny one. You cried for nothing." Why did Oscar cry for nothing?

1. "Not every kid" didn't say it was him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. "Not every" means that nobody got one at all — no support
3. The teacher said Oscar got no sticker today — no support
4. Stickers can't be shiny, so it doesn't count — 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 ✗

An Aussie kid: "All the boys in my class like footy. Sam likes footy, so Sam's a boy in my class? Yeah nah." Why "yeah nah"?

1. All footy fans are in that class — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Sam can't like footy — no support
3. The "all" goes one way only — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Only boys can like footy — 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 ✗

In a cartoon a sign says "No cats". A kitten strolls in saying, "I'm a kitten, not a cat!" and the guard waves it through. Put the cartoon right.

1. The sign only means big cats like lions — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Kittens are allowed to go anywhere — no support
3. A kitten is a young cat, so the sign includes it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Kittens are a different animal from cats — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 10: «The legend, or key, explains what each sign and colour on the map means.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that all bloops are razzies and that all razzies are lazzies. Select the response consistent with the premises.

1. No conclusion may be drawn — no support
2. No bloops are lazzies — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Some bloops are not lazzies — score -2
4. All bloops are lazzies — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 185, line 4: «Groups inside groups do work: if all bloops are razzies and all razzies are lazzies, then all bloops are lazzies, even with made-up words. Draw a circle inside…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «bloops» (+1); the same thing acted on «lazzies» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the assertion "not all teachers are strict"?

1. At least one teacher is not strict — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. No teacher is strict — score 6
3. Every teacher is strict — score 6
4. Precisely half of all teachers are strict — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 185, line 2: «The classic mix-up is hearing "not all" as "none": "Not all teachers are strict" doesn't mean no teacher is strict. Mr Brown still gives looks that could boil…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same property (+2); the same doer «teachers» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the flaw in the argument that, since all cats are animals and all dogs are animals, all cats are dogs.

1. The premise that dogs are animals is false — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. The premise that cats are animals is false — score 4
3. The argument contains no flaw — no support
4. Membership of a common group does not establish identity — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 184, line 8: «"If it's a dog, it's an animal" says nothing about things that aren't dogs: cats, horses and people are animals too.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «consequent» (+1); the same thing acted on «animal» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Ascertain whether a notice reading "No dogs allowed" applies to a puppy.

1. It does not apply, since a puppy is not a dog — score 4
2. It applies, since a puppy is a young dog — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. It applies only when the puppy is unaccompanied — no support
4. It applies only to puppies of large breeds — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 185, line 13: «A puppy is a young dog, so "no dogs allowed" includes puppies.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «puppy» (+3); the same thing acted on «young dog» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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