Maps, plans and the compass

Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 4 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 7 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 41 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 ✗

Dana draws her bedroom as if she were a fly on the ceiling. What has she drawn?

1. A legend of her bedroom — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A globe of her bedroom — no support
3. A picture of the bedroom wall — no support
4. A plan of her bedroom — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

You face north and turn so that north is on your right hand. Which way are you facing now?

1. North-east — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. West — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. South — no support
4. East — 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 ✗

A map has the scale 1 centimetre = 10 kilometres. A road is 7 centimetres long on the map. How long is the real road?

1. 17 kilometres — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 700 kilometres — no support
3. 70 kilometres — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. 7 kilometres — 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 · right ✓

On a map you see a little picture of a tree repeated many times, and you do not know what it means. Where should you look?

1. In the legend of the map — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. At the scale of the map — no support
3. On the back of the globe — no support
4. At the compass rose — 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 5 · right ✓

Which is true about a compass?

1. Its needle only works during the daytime — no support
2. Its needle points towards the Sun at noon — score 8
3. Its needle points north almost anywhere on Earth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. Its needle points towards the nearest sea — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 41, line 5: «On most maps north is at the top, south at the bottom, east on the right and west on the left; a compass helps to find north outside, because its magnetic need…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «point» (+4); the same doer «magnetic needle» (+4); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · wrong ✗

A town is at the top of the map and a lake at the bottom. In which direction is the lake from the town?

1. East — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. North — no support
3. West — no support
4. South — ✓ 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 · right ✓

Why can a globe show the shapes of the continents more truly than a flat map?

1. Because a globe is drawn from the side — no support
2. Because a globe is always bigger than a map — no support
3. Because a globe uses more colours than a map — no support
4. Because the Earth is round like the globe — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 14: «A globe is a small round model of the Earth that shows the true shapes of the lands and seas.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

A plan of a classroom uses the scale 1 centimetre = 1 metre. The classroom is 8 metres long. How long is it on the plan?

1. 8 metres — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 8 centimetres — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. 80 centimetres — no support
4. 1 centimetre — 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 · right ✓

On a physical map a large area is coloured dark brown. What is most likely there?

1. High mountains — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A deep sea — no support
3. A big lake — no support
4. A low green plain — 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 ✗

map says 1 cm is 1 km, school's 3 cm away, how far really

1. About 30 kilometres — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. About 3 metres — no support
3. About 3 kilometres — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. About 1 kilometre — 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 ✗

whats the little box with symbols in the corner of the map for

1. It is where the map was printed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is the key, explaining what the signs and colours mean — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It shows how old the map is — no support
4. It lists the people who live there — 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 12 · right ✓

my bro says a compass points north cos of the North Star. true?

1. Yes, but only at night — no support
2. Yes, the needle sees the North Star — score 2
3. No, it points to the nearest sea — no support
4. No, its needle is a magnet pulled by the Earth's magnetism — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 41, line 13: «A compass needle is a small magnet that turns to point north, because the Earth itself acts like a giant magnet.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «compass needle» (+4); the same thing acted on «small magnet» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · right ✓

Lily says brown on a map means desert. right?

1. No, brown is used for the cities, roads and big towns — no support
2. No, on a physical map brown shows hills and mountains — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. Yes, brown always means sand — no support
4. Yes, and green means grass — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 16: «On a physical map, blue shows water, green shows low land and brown shows hills and mountains.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «show» (+4); the same doer «brown» (+4); the same thing acted on «hills» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following is designated by the term legend, or key, of a map?

1. The explanation of each sign and colour upon the map — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. The ratio of the distance upon the map to the real distance — no support
3. The title and date of the map — no support
4. The direction of north upon the map — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, 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 what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «sign» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal reason for which the needle of a compass points north.

1. The needle is heavier at its northern end — no support
2. The wind turns the needle northward — no support
3. The needle is drawn towards the Sun — no support
4. The needle is a magnet and the Earth acts as a giant magnet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 13: «A compass needle is a small magnet that turns to point north, because the Earth itself acts like a giant magnet.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «act» (+4); the same doer «earth» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

It is given that a map is oriented in the customary manner. Ascertain the direction lying to the right.

1. East — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. West — no support
3. South — no support
4. North — 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 ✓

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning colours upon a physical map.

1. Blue denotes cold land, green forest, and brown desert — no support
2. Blue denotes water, green low land, and brown hills — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Blue denotes mountains, green sea, and brown rivers — no support
4. Blue denotes sky, green water, and brown cities — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 41, line 16: «On a physical map, blue shows water, green shows low land and brown shows hills and mountains.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «blue» (+2); the same thing acted on «water» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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