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Time and history: the timeline and how people lived long ago

Tests: 7 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 48 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 ✗

Grandma was born in 1955 and her granddaughter in 2015. In which centuries were they born?

  • 1. The 19th and the 21st — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Both in the 20th — no support
  • 3. The 20th and the 21st — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. The 19th and the 20th — 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 ✓

On a timeline, the wheel, writing and printing are marked. In which order do they stand, from oldest to newest?

  • 1. Wheel, writing, printing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Printing, wheel, writing — no support
  • 3. Wheel, printing, writing — no support
  • 4. Writing, printing, wheel — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

Which people have the longest history in their land among these?

  • 1. The people of the United States since 1776 — no support
  • 2. The printers who followed Gutenberg — no support
  • 3. The first farmers of Britain, for 5,000 years — no support
  • 4. Aboriginal Australians, for more than 50,000 years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 46, line 4: «English is the main language of the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and most of Canada, because people from Britain settled…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «lands» (+6). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓

A pot was made in 500 BC and a sword in the year 500. How many years apart were they made?

  • 1. About 1,000 years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 2. 500 years — score 5
  • 3. 2,000 years — score 5
  • 4. 0 years — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 28, line 9: «The Arctic tern makes one of the longest migrations, flying from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back every year.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓

Why was Gutenberg's printing so important?

  • 1. It made the first maps of the world — score 3
  • 2. It let people read in the dark — score 3
  • 3. It was the first time anyone wrote anything down — score 4
  • 4. Books could be made quickly, so many more people could read — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 48, line 5: «Great inventions changed life: the wheel about 5,500 years ago, writing about 5,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, and printing with movable metal letters by Johann…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same doer «printing» (+2); the same thing acted on «books» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Which is true about the 1st century?

  • 1. It is the years before the year 1 — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 2. It is the years 1000 to 1100 — score 7
  • 3. It is the years 100 to 199 — score 7
  • 4. It is the years 1 to 100 — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 48, line 2: «Years are grouped by hundreds into centuries: the 1st century is the years 1 to 100, the 20th century is 1901 to 2000, and we live in the 21st century, the yea…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «1st century» (+4); the same thing acted on «years» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Why did people who began to farm build villages, while hunters kept moving?

  • 1. Farmers were afraid of the forest — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Farmers had to stay near their fields and animals — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Villages were warmer only in summer — no support
  • 4. Hunters did not know how to build houses — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

A writer of the 15th century wanted to send a letter to a friend. Which of these could he use?

  • 1. Paper and ink — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 2. A telephone — no support
  • 3. A printed newspaper of 1950 — no support
  • 4. An email — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 47, line 5: «So we save resources: we turn off lights and taps, sort rubbish so that paper, glass, metal and plastic can be recycled, use things again, and get energy from…», 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 «paper» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

The year 1240 belongs to which century?

  • 1. The 12th century — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The 2nd century — no support
  • 3. The 14th century — no support
  • 4. The 13th century — ✓ 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 ✗

1990 is that the 19th or 20th century

  • 1. The 19th century — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The 20th century — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. The 10th century — no support
  • 4. The 21st century — 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 11 · ★★ · right ✓

how'd people eat before there were farms

  • 1. They did not eat until farms came — no support
  • 2. They ate only fish from the sea — no support
  • 3. They hunted animals and gathered wild plants — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
  • 4. They bought food in shops — 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 48, line 16: «Before farming, people lived by hunting animals and gathering wild plants.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hunt» (+1); the same thing acted on «animals» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗

my classmate says 2005 is in the 20th century cos it starts with 20. true?

  • 1. Yes, all years with 20 are the 20th century — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 2. No, it is in the 22nd century — score 6
  • 3. Yes, the 20 shows the century — no support
  • 4. No, it is in the 21st century, the years 2001 to 2100 — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 48, line 2: «Years are grouped by hundreds into centuries: the 1st century is the years 1 to 100, the 20th century is 1901 to 2000, and we live in the 21st century, the yea…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «1st century» (+4); the same thing acted on «years» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★★ · right ✓

Luke reckons 500 BC came after 200 BC. right?

  • 1. Yes, bigger numbers always come later — no support
  • 2. Yes, BC years count forwards — no support
  • 3. No, BC years count backwards, so 500 BC came first — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 4. No, they happened in the same year — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 26, line 16: «The energy in almost every food chain comes first from the Sun.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+4); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the number of years constituting a century.

  • 1. Fifty — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Ten — no support
  • 3. One thousand — no support
  • 4. One hundred — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

Identify the years comprising the twentieth century.

  • 1. 2001 to 2100 — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. 1900 to 1999 — no support
  • 3. 1800 to 1899 — no support
  • 4. 1901 to 2000 — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the approximate period since people began to farm and to dwell in villages.

  • 1. Approximately one thousand years — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Approximately ten thousand years — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Approximately one million years — no support
  • 4. Approximately five hundred years — 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 ✗

Identify the year in which the United States declared its independence.

  • 1. 1865 — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. 1776 — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. 1812 — no support
  • 4. 1492 — 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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