--- title: Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★ — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Politics description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 42 «Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★» of the politics 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/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/) [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/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / Olympiad: check the claim and spot the… # Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★ The 16 questions of lesson 42 «Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★» of the politics course of Mova's primary school with their options, 108 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/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/t1/) — "BARE people at the rally, like a MILLION, I swear," says Leo. The square holds about 5,000. ("bare" means lots of.) What really happened? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/t2/) — "it's giving fake: sus logo, no date, no author," says Priya about a post. ("it's giving" means it looks like.) What is the fair conclusion? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/t3/) — Uncle Seamus: "Ah, the craic on the group chat is the mayor's banning dogs." ("craic" here means news.) Nothing on the council site or any news site. Best reply? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/t4/) — Dad, on a dreich Glasgow day: "Poll says most people hate the new park! They asked 20 folk at the car-park protest." ("dreich" means grey and wet.) What's wrong with the poll? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/t5/) — Singapore classmate: "Clip got minister saying 'raise taxes', 5 seconds only. Share already, can or not?" ("can or not" means is it OK.) What do you say? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/t6/) — Little brother: "Teacher said lost lunchboxes are up 200%!!! we're doomed." It went from 1 lost lunchbox to 3. How bad is it really? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/t7/) — A poster shows dark clouds and says "THEY are coming to ruin everything. Vote for us!" Which tricks does it use? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/t8/) — Your mate: "Fake news! That story about our school winning a prize is fake, coz I hate our school lol." The story is on the council website. What is true? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/t9/) — Gran: "There's been a teeny mix-up in the paper, love." It printed the wrong winner of the town vote, then a correction. What does the correction show? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/t10/) — In Atlanta: "Y'all, a screenshot says the news says school's cancelled all week!" The news site's own page says nothing. Which counts? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/t11/) — A meme shows a president's face and the words "Children should work in mines", with no date and no link. Best move? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/t12/) — One report says "brave heroes defend our town", another says "angry mob blocks roads", about the same march. What can both probably agree on? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/e1/) — It is given that the number of reported incidents rose from two to three. Determine the percentage increase. — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/e2/) — Identify the principal deficiency of a survey conducted exclusively among persons already queuing for the product in question. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/e3/) — Select the description most consistent with the practice of cherry-picking. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/e4/) — Whereas a statement can be neither confirmed nor refuted at present, determine the most honest verdict. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [41. Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decid…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/41-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides/) - ↑ back to [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/)