Laws, voting and how a country is run

Tests: 8 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 96 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 ✗

Your class votes for a class captain: Mia gets 12 votes, Sam 9 and Leo 7. Who wins under the usual rule?

1. Sam, because he is in the middle — no support
2. Nobody, because no one got every vote — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Mia, because she has the most votes — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Leo, because he has the fewest votes — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 96, line 5: «Voting is secret: you mark your choice alone, so nobody can punish or reward you for it. That is why people can vote honestly, even against powerful people.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «nobody» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

A powerful man stands next to the voting booth and watches what each person marks. Which rule is being broken?

1. The constitution's date — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The secret ballot — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The age to vote — no support
4. The number of parties — 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 ✗

Lawmakers vote in favour of a bill. What has the bill become?

1. A constitution — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A law — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. An election — no support
4. A court case — 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 ✓

Which is true about a democracy?

1. Only soldiers are allowed to vote — no support
2. The leader's child always rules next — no support
3. Elections happen only when the leader wants them to — no support
4. People can vote out leaders they do not like — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 96, line 6: «In a democracy the people choose their leaders and lawmakers by voting.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «leaders» (+2); the same doer «people» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

A leader wants to ignore a court's decision and change the rules alone. Why would the three-part split of power stop this?

1. The courts and lawmakers can check the leader — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Judges always agree with the leader — no support
3. The leader has much more power than everyone else — no support
4. The constitution lets leaders do anything — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

A 15-year-old in Canada wants to vote for the national parliament. What happens?

1. She can vote but only in secret — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She is too young; the voting age is 18 — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She can vote if her parents agree — no support
4. She is old enough to vote in every election — 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 ✓

In a trial, the judge listens only to one side and refuses to hear the other. What is wrong?

1. Judges must always side with the police — no support
2. Judges must listen fairly to both sides — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
3. Nothing; judges may choose whom to hear — no support
4. Trials must be decided by the president — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 96, line 14: «Courts and judges decide whether a law has been broken and must listen fairly to both sides.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «listen» (+4); the same circumstance (+4); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Which is a true difference between the USA and the UK?

1. The USA elects a president; the UK has a king and a prime minister — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Neither country has any parliament at all — no support
3. The UK elects a president; the USA has a king — no support
4. Both are ruled by a king with no elections — 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 ✓

An Australian adult decides not to vote in the election. What can happen?

1. They may have to pay a small fine — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. They lose their citizenship for life — no support
3. Nothing, voting there is only a choice — no support
4. Their vote is given to the winner — 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 · ★ · right ✓

how come no one can see who i voted for

1. Only the winner can see the votes — no support
2. The teacher reads them all at the end — no support
3. Votes are thrown away after counting — no support
4. It is a secret ballot, so nobody can see how a person voted — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 96, line 8: «In a secret ballot nobody can see how a person voted.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «vote» (+3); the same doer «person» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

whats a bill in parliament, like a shop bill?

1. Yes, it is what the government owes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, it is a plan for a new law — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. No, it is a court's final decision — no support
4. Yes, it is a list of things to buy — 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 ✓

Leo says in the UK the king runs the country. true?

1. No, the country is run by a government led by the Prime Minister — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. No, it is run by the courts — no support
3. Yes, but only in the summer — no support
4. Yes, the king makes all the laws — 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 96, line 16: «The United Kingdom has a king, but the country is run by a government led by the Prime Minister.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «run» (+4); the same doer «government» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

my cousin reckons the US president can be elected as many times as he likes. right?

1. No, the president can serve at most two terms — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Yes, as long as he wins each time — no support
3. Yes, there is no limit at all — no support
4. No, the president can only ever serve one term of four years — 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 96, line 15: «The President of the United States is elected every four years and can serve at most two terms, that is, two four-year turns.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «serve» (+3); the same place «most two terms» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a democracy?

1. A single ruler makes every law without any vote — score 5
2. The leaders are chosen by drawing lots — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. The people choose their leaders and lawmakers by voting — ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. The judges choose the leaders of the country — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 96, line 6: «In a democracy the people choose their leaders and lawmakers by voting.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «leaders» (+5); the same action «choose» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the designation of a plan for a new law.

1. A bill — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A ballot — no support
3. A verdict — no support
4. A constitution — 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 ✓

Ascertain the maximum number of terms which a President of the United States may serve.

1. Two terms of four years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. One term of eight years — no support
3. Three terms of four years — no support
4. An unlimited number of terms — 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 ✗

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the sharing of power between lawmakers, the government and the courts.

1. The lawmakers judge every case in court — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The government is free of every check — no support
3. The courts make all the laws alone — no support
4. Each can check the others — ✓ 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

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