Farms and where our food comes from

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 13 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 80 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 ✗

A cheese sandwich is on your plate. Which farms helped to make it?

1. A cocoa farm and a wool farm — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. A wheat farm and a dairy farm — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. A banana farm and a rice farm — score 5
4. A sugar farm and a fish farm — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 80, line 7: «Butter and cheese are made from milk; a farm that keeps cows for their milk is called a dairy farm.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «farm» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Why do people in Norway buy bananas from other countries?

1. Norwegian bananas are too big — no support
2. Bananas need a warm tropical climate — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Bananas grow only in the sea near warm beaches — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Norway has no shops for fruit — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 80, line 11: «Bananas, cocoa and coffee grow only in warm tropical places.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grow» (+2); the same doer «bananas» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗

What would happen to apple farms if all the bees disappeared?

1. Nothing, apples need no flowers — no support
2. Apples would grow all year — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. There would be far fewer apples — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Apples would grow bigger — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 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 80, line 1: «Almost all our food comes from farms: crops grown in fields and greenhouses, and animals kept for milk, eggs, meat and wool; fish come from the sea or from fis…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+5). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Which is true?

1. Butter is made from wheat — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Butter comes from sugar beet — no support
3. Butter is made from milk — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Butter grows on a butter tree — 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 5 · ★★ · right ✓

A farmer grows wheat in the same field year after year and the harvest gets smaller. What could help?

1. Ploughing the field twice a day — no support
2. Growing a different crop in turn — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Watering only at night — no support
4. Planting the wheat closer together — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 80, line 16: «Growing a different crop in a field each year keeps the soil healthy.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+1); the same thing acted on «different crop» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

How can a farmer in a cold country grow tomatoes in early spring?

1. In a flooded rice field — no support
2. In a heated greenhouse — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. In a snowy field — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. In a deep, dark cellar — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 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 58, line 2: «In a community people do different jobs: farmers grow food, doctors treat illness, teachers teach, builders build. Because each person does what they are good…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grow» (+3); the same doer «farmers» (+2); a different thing acted on (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 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A chocolate bar has cocoa, sugar and milk. Which of these grows only in the tropics?

1. Sugar beet — no support
2. Cocoa — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. All of them grow anywhere — no support
4. Milk — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 77, line 16: «Fungi and bacteria grow best where it is warm and damp; the cold of a fridge or freezer slows them almost to a stop.», 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 doer «milk» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Which food has been changed the most from what came off the farm?

1. A fresh apple — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. A boiled egg — no support
3. A raw carrot — score 6
4. Bread — ✓ the right answer · score 6

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 80, line 2: «Most food is changed before we buy it: wheat is ground into flour and baked into bread, milk is made into cheese and butter, and sugar comes from sugar cane or…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «most food» (+4); the same action «change» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓

Why do many countries grow lots of rice, wheat or maize?

1. They need no water at all — no support
2. They grow without any soil — no support
3. These crops feed the most people — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. They grow only in very cold places — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 77, line 5: «Leave a slice of bread in a warm, damp place and in a few days fuzzy spots of mould appear — spores from the air landed on it and the fungus grew by feeding on…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feed» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓

where's chocolate even come from

1. The seeds of the cocoa tree — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The beans of the coffee plant — no support
3. The roots of sugar beet — no support
4. The milk of cows mixed with sugar — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

why do farmers grow different stuff in the same field each year

1. It stops the rain from washing seeds away — no support
2. It keeps the soil healthy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. It makes the field easier to plough — no support
4. It confuses the birds that eat crops — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 80, line 16: «Growing a different crop in a field each year keeps the soil healthy.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2); the same thing acted on «soil» (+1); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★ · right ✓

Leo says bananas could grow fine in a cold field in Canada. true?

1. Yes, but only in the summer months — no support
2. Yes, bananas grow anywhere with enough rain — score 6
3. No, bananas grow only in warm tropical places — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. No, bananas only grow in deserts — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 80, line 11: «Bananas, cocoa and coffee grow only in warm tropical places.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+4); the same place «warm tropical places» (+4); the same doer «bananas» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★★ · wrong ✗

my brother reckons bread's made from rice. right?

1. No, bread is made from maize only — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yes, most bread is made from rice — score 5
3. Yes, rice flour is the only kind used — no support
4. No, bread is made from flour ground from wheat — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 80, line 6: «Bread is made from flour, and flour is ground from wheat grains.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same thing acted on «bread» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origin of flour?

1. It is ground from wheat grains — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It is pressed from sugar beet — no support
3. It is extracted from the seeds of cocoa — no support
4. It is made from the milk of cows — 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 material from which chocolate is manufactured.

1. The leaves of the coffee plant — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The roots of the sugar beet — no support
3. The fruit of the banana plant — no support
4. The seeds of the cocoa tree — ✓ 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 · right ✓

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the cultivation of different crops in a field in successive years.

1. It exhausts the soil completely — no support
2. It is prohibited in most countries — no support
3. It keeps the soil healthy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. It prevents bees from pollinating — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 80, line 3: «Farmers plough the soil, sow seeds, water and feed the crops, protect them from pests and harvest them when they are ripe; changing the crop in a field each ye…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2); the same thing acted on «soil» (+1); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Ascertain the conditions under which rice grows best.

1. Frozen ground beneath the snow — no support
2. Cold, dry fields upon high mountains — no support
3. Sandy deserts with little water — no support
4. Warm, wet fields that are often flooded — ← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 80, line 10: «Rice grows best in warm, wet fields that are often flooded.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «warm wet fields» (+3); the same action «flood» (+2); the same thing acted on «warm wet fields» (+1); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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