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Festivals, holidays and traditions in the English-speaking world

Tests: 2 of 13 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 7 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 97 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 ✗

Ben's family in Melbourne eats Christmas lunch outside at the beach. Why is this normal there?

  • 1. Christmas is in July in Australia — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. December is summer in the Southern Hemisphere — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Australians do not celebrate Christmas — no support
  • 4. It never gets cold in any part of Australia at all — 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 ✗

A family in Toronto and a family in Chicago both celebrate Thanksgiving. Which is true?

  • 1. Both celebrate on exactly the same day — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The Canadian family celebrates it about six weeks earlier — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. The American family celebrates it in October — no support
  • 4. Only the American family has Thanksgiving — 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 ✗

Which pair matches a day with what it remembers?

  • 1. 11 November — a plot against Parliament — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. 25 April — the birth of Jesus — no support
  • 3. 4 July — the American Declaration of Independence — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. 5 November — the end of the First World War — 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 · wrong ✗

Which holiday is older than the English-speaking countries themselves?

  • 1. Independence Day, from the year 1776 — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 2. Australia Day, from the year 1788 — score 6
  • 3. Halloween, from the Celtic festival of Samhain — ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 4. Canada Day, from the year 1867 — 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 97, line 3: «Some days are older than the countries themselves. Halloween on 31 October grew from Samhain, an old Celtic festival that marked the end of the harvest and the…», 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 «days» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

Priya lights lamps at home for a festival of lights in autumn. Which festival is it most likely to be?

  • 1. St Patrick's Day — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 2. Anzac Day — score 7
  • 3. Diwali — ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 4. Easter — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 97, line 3: «Some days are older than the countries themselves. Halloween on 31 October grew from Samhain, an old Celtic festival that marked the end of the harvest and the…», 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 «days» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · wrong ✗

Which statement is true?

  • 1. Remembrance Day is in the spring — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. St Patrick's Day is Scotland's national day — no support
  • 3. Easter is always on the same date — no support
  • 4. Hanukkah is a Jewish festival lasting eight nights — ✓ the right answer · 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 7 · right ✓

Last year Easter was in late March. What can you say about next year's Easter?

  • 1. It may fall on a quite different date — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. It will be exactly one week later — no support
  • 3. It will be in December — no support
  • 4. It will be on exactly the same date as last year — 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 · wrong ✗

Why do many people in Britain, Canada and Australia fall silent on 11 November?

  • 1. To start the new school year — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. To mark the shortest day of the year — no support
  • 3. To remember people who died in wars — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. To listen for the first winter snow — 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 · wrong ✗

Why do English-speaking countries also mark Eid, Diwali and the Lunar New Year?

  • 1. These are the countries' oldest festivals — score 3
  • 2. They were all invented in those countries — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 3. The law orders everyone to celebrate them — score 3
  • 4. People from many backgrounds live there — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 44, line 5: «The country is so wide that it has several time zones: when it is 9 o'clock in the morning in New York, it is only 6 o'clock in Los Angeles, because the Sun ri…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «country» (+2); the same thing acted on «6 o'clock» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

when's Bonfire Night

  • 1. 31 October — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. 17 March — no support
  • 3. 5 November — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. 11 November — 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 ✓

why's Christmas hot in Australia

  • 1. In the Southern Hemisphere Christmas falls in summer — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
  • 2. Australia is much closer to the Sun in December, so it's hot — no support
  • 3. Australia moves Christmas to the summer — no support
  • 4. It is only hot in the north of Australia — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 97, line 17: «In the Southern Hemisphere Christmas falls in summer.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fall» (+4); the same place «southern hemisphere» (+4); the same property (+3); the same doer «christmas» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · wrong ✗

Mia says Easter's on the same date every year. true?

  • 1. No, it changes because of the weather — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Yes, it is always on 1 April — no support
  • 3. Yes, it is always the same Sunday — no support
  • 4. No, its date changes each year because it follows the Moon — ✓ 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 13 · wrong ✗

my brother reckons Thanksgiving's in October in the USA. right?

  • 1. Yes, but only every other year — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. No, in the USA it is the fourth Thursday of November — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Yes, it is always the second Monday of October — no support
  • 4. No, it is on 4 July — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the date upon which Independence Day is observed in the United States.

  • 1. 11 November — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. 25 December — no support
  • 3. 4 July — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. 1 July — 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 · right ✓

Identify the principal reason for which the date of Easter changes each year.

  • 1. It follows the harvest of wheat — score 5
  • 2. It follows the Moon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
  • 3. It follows the Sun's eclipses — score 9
  • 4. It is chosen by vote each year — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 97, line 7: «Easter is in spring in the north, and its date changes each year because it follows the Moon.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «follow» (+4); the same thing acted on «moon» (+3); the same doer «date» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Remembrance Day?

  • 1. It marks the birth of Jesus — no support
  • 2. It marks the Declaration of Independence of 1776 — no support
  • 3. It marks the plot against Parliament in 1605 — no support
  • 4. It marks the end of the First World War in 1918 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 97, line 13: «Remembrance Day on 11 November marks the end of the First World War in 1918, and people wear red poppies.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «end» (+5); the same action «mark» (+3); the same place «1918» (+1). · 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 Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere.

  • 1. It falls in winter — no support
  • 2. It falls in spring — no support
  • 3. It falls in summer — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 4. It is not observed there — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 97, line 17: «In the Southern Hemisphere Christmas falls in summer.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fall» (+4); the same property (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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