--- title: Retrieval: finding the answer in the text — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · English description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 17 «Retrieval: finding the answer in the text» of the English course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/17-retrieval-finding-the-answer-in-the-text/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / Retrieval: finding the answer in the t… # Retrieval: finding the answer in the text The 15 questions of lesson 17 «Retrieval: finding the answer in the text» of the English course of Mova's primary school with their options, 92 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/17-retrieval-finding-the-answer-in-the-text/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/17-retrieval-finding-the-answer-in-the-text/t1/) — «miss the answer's literally first line, done, ez». Should you stop reading after the first line every time? — wrong ✗ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/17-retrieval-finding-the-answer-in-the-text/t2/) — Mia writes 3:15 for «When did the bus arrive?» What did she do wrong? — right ✓ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/17-retrieval-finding-the-answer-in-the-text/t3/) — ★★★ Text: «Ana left home at 8:50. The walk to school took a quarter of an hour, but she stopped for 5 minutes to tie her lace.» When did Ana get to school? — right ✓ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/17-retrieval-finding-the-answer-in-the-text/t4/) — ★★★ Text: «Rain fell on Monday. Tuesday was dry but cold, 4°C. Wednesday was sunny, 9°C.» Kit says Monday was the coldest day. What's the best reply? — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/17-retrieval-finding-the-answer-in-the-text/t5/) — «the fox lives in the woods, obvs, foxes always do». What's the problem with this answer? — wrong ✗ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/17-retrieval-finding-the-answer-in-the-text/t6/) — Max says, «Find and copy one word that shows the house was old: crumbling house leaned.» What went wrong? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/17-retrieval-finding-the-answer-in-the-text/t7/) — ★★★ Text: «Pip has two cats, Mo and Bea. Mo is black. Bea is grey with a white tail.» Q: «What colour is Pip's grey cat's tail?» — wrong ✗ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/17-retrieval-finding-the-answer-in-the-text/t8/) — In a cartoon, a detective solves a case without looking at the clues, from «a gut feeling». In a retrieval test, what works? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/17-retrieval-finding-the-answer-in-the-text/t9/) — Dad: «Don't make me do it for you, where's it say that, then?» Why is this good help? — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/17-retrieval-finding-the-answer-in-the-text/t10/) — Text: «Hedgehogs eat beetles, worms and slugs.» Q: «Name two things hedgehogs eat.» Which answer gets the mark? — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/17-retrieval-finding-the-answer-in-the-text/t11/) — «skibidi this text is massive, i'm not reading all that». What does «skibidi» mean here? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/17-retrieval-finding-the-answer-in-the-text/e1/) — Identify the principal characteristic of a retrieval question. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/17-retrieval-finding-the-answer-in-the-text/e2/) — It is stated that a vehicle departed at a quarter past three and arrived twenty minutes thereafter. Ascertain the time of arrival. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/17-retrieval-finding-the-answer-in-the-text/e3/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the instruction «find and copy one word». — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/17-retrieval-finding-the-answer-in-the-text/e4/) — Whereas a table records twelve degrees for Monday and fifteen degrees for Tuesday, determine which day was the warmer. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [16. Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home/) - next →: [18. Inference: reading between the lines](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/18-inference-reading-between-the-lines/) - ↑ back to [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/)