--- title: Finding your way with landmarks — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 16 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 9 of 19 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/16-landmarks/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/) / 16 # Finding your way with landmarks **Tests:** 9 of 19 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 12 of 23 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 16 of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/16-landmarks/). Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/). ### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1} Zoe walks to a new friend's house and notes «left at the bakery, right at the bridge». Why is this useful? - **1.** Bakeries always face north, so they work like a compass — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Fixed places help her find the way back — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** It makes the walk much shorter — no support - **4.** Bridges are always in the town centre — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t1/) ### Test 2 · right ✓ {#t2} Which would be a poor landmark? - **1.** A food truck parked on the corner — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** A big stone statue — no support - **3.** The town hall clock above the square — no support - **4.** The old railway bridge over the river — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t2/) ### Test 3 · right ✓ {#t3} A boy in Wellington wants to use the midday Sun to find north. Where should he look? - **1.** Towards the Sun — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **2.** Straight up — score 8 - **3.** Away from the Sun — score 8 - **4.** To the left of the Sun — score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 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 16, line 6: «A boy in Yorkshire took a short cut through a wood without looking at where he was going; he got lost and wandered for hours before a search team found him col…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «look» (+4); the same doer «boy» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t3/) ### Test 4 · wrong ✗ {#t4} A girl in Dublin faces the midday Sun. Which way is she facing? - **1.** North — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** West — no support - **3.** East — no support - **4.** South — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t4/) ### Test 5 · right ✓ {#t5} Which is true about walking a route for the first time? - **1.** The way back always looks exactly the same as the way out — no support - **2.** Landmarks are only useful at night — no support - **3.** Looking back helps you recognise it on the way home — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** You should never look behind you — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 16, line 10: «A route looks different on the way back, so looking behind you helps you recognise it later.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «looking» (+4); the same action «help» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t5/) ### Test 6 · right ✓ {#t6} You are at number 22 and need number 28 in the same street. Where should you look? - **1.** On the same side, a few houses along — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **2.** Back at the first corner — score 3 - **3.** Straight across the street on the other side — no support - **4.** In the next street over — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 16, line 12: «On most streets, houses with odd numbers are on one side and even numbers on the other.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same place «one side» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t6/) ### Test 7 · right ✓ {#t7} Early in the morning the Sun is on your right. Which way are you facing, roughly? - **1.** North — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** South — no support - **3.** East — no support - **4.** West — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t7/) ### Test 8 · right ✓ {#t8} Your phone map stops working in a town you have walked through. What helps most? - **1.** Looking for moss on the trees — no support - **2.** Remembering the landmarks you passed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** Shaking the phone very hard — no support - **4.** Walking straight on in any direction — 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 16, line 21: «Remembering a big, fixed landmark helps you and the adults find each other again.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «big fixed landmark» (+3); the same action «remember» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t8/) ### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9} Why is a river a good landmark? - **1.** It looks the same in every town — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It always flows towards your house — no support - **3.** It is big, fixed and easy to recognise — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It moves to a new place every day — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t9/) ### Test 10 · wrong ✗ {#t10} walking to nan's new place, what do i remember the way by - **1.** Where the clouds are — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Things that don't move, like a church — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Parked cars along the road, they're easy to spot — no support - **4.** The dog in a garden — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t10/) ### Test 11 · right ✓ {#t11} why'd you keep looking back on the walk - **1.** To check nobody follows — no support - **2.** To count the houses — no support - **3.** The way back looks different — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** Because it is quicker — 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 16, line 2: «When you go somewhere new, pick a landmark at each turn, and look back now and then, because the way back looks different from the way there.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «look» (+2); the same doer «way» (+2); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t11/) ### Test 12 · wrong ✗ {#t12} does moss grow on the north side? - **1.** Yes, always on the north side, that's how you find north — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** Only on the south side — no support - **3.** Not reliably, it grows where it's damp and shady — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** Yes, moss is a compass — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 16, line 18: «Moss can grow on any damp, shady side of a tree, so it is not a reliable way to find north.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t12/) ### Test 13 · wrong ✗ {#t13} sun's going down, which way's that - **1.** Roughly north — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Straight south — no support - **3.** Roughly east — no support - **4.** Roughly west — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t13/) ### Test 14 · right ✓ {#t14} we're in a new park, how do i not get lost - **1.** Notice big landmarks and look back at them often — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Only look at your feet — no support - **3.** Just run until you see the car — no support - **4.** Follow any path that looks nice and you'll end up back somewhere — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t14/) ### Test 15 · wrong ✗ {#t15} lost dad at the mall, we were near the fountain - **1.** Go with anyone who offers a lift — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Leave the mall and wait by the car until he comes out — no support - **3.** Stay or go back to the fountain and ask a worker — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Walk around until you see him — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t15/) ### Test 16 · right ✓ {#t16} Leo says looking back at the way u came is pointless. true? - **1.** Yes, roads look the same both ways — no support - **2.** Yes, unless it is dark — no support - **3.** Yes, you only need to look ahead — no support - **4.** No, the way back looks different from the way out — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 16, line 2: «When you go somewhere new, pick a landmark at each turn, and look back now and then, because the way back looks different from the way there.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «look» (+2); the same doer «way» (+2); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t16/) ### Test 17 · wrong ✗ {#t17} did u hear a family got lost hiking cos they followed the moss to find north and ended up in the wrong state - **1.** Real lesson: moss is not a reliable compass; «wrong state» is likely blown up — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Real lesson: moss always grows on the north side, so they must have read it wrong — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** It proves families should never go hiking — score 4 - **4.** It means only maps from shops can be trusted — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 16, line 18: «Moss can grow on any damp, shady side of a tree, so it is not a reliable way to find north.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+3); the same place «damp shady side» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t17/) ### Test 18 · wrong ✗ {#t18} my brother says the sun's always straight above you at noon everywhere so it can't help you find your way - **1.** He is right, so only phones can show direction — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** He is right, the Sun moves randomly each day — no support - **3.** Not true; at midday the Sun is in the south of the sky in the UK and USA, and in the north in Australia — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** He is right, it is overhead everywhere at noon — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t18/) ### Test 19 · wrong ✗ {#t19} Aiden got lost on the school trip cos he's thick, that's what Jake says, pass it on - **1.** Do not pass it on; getting lost can happen to anyone and calling him thick is cruel — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Pass it on, but only to the teachers — no support - **3.** Pass it on, so he pays attention next time — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **4.** Pass it on, since getting lost on a trip proves he never listens to anything — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 1: «Some sounds are made on purpose to warn you: sirens, car horns, smoke alarms and bike bells all say «pay attention now».», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pay» (+4); the same thing acted on «attention» (+4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/t19/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following most accurately characterises a suitable landmark for the purpose of finding one's way? - **1.** A cloud of unusual shape above the route — no support - **2.** A feature that is readily recognisable and does not move, such as a tower or a bridge — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 - **3.** A dog that is seen upon a particular street — no support - **4.** A parked vehicle of a distinctive colour — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 16, line 8: «A landmark is a feature that is easy to recognise and remember.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «feature» (+5); the same doer «feature» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Identify the principal reason for which a person ought to look behind him whilst walking a new route. - **1.** It enables him to walk the route at greater speed on the following occasion — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It is required by the rules of the road — no support - **3.** A route presents a different appearance upon the return journey — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It prevents others from following the route — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} It being given that the observer is situated in Australia at midday, select the part of the sky in which the Sun appears. - **1.** The southern part of the sky — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** Directly beneath the horizon — no support - **3.** The western part of the sky — no support - **4.** The northern part of the sky — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 16, line 16: «At midday the Sun is in the southern part of the sky in the USA, Canada, the UK and Ireland.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «southern part» (+3); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the use of moss for the determination of north. - **1.** Moss points towards north in the manner of a compass needle — score 2 - **2.** Moss may grow upon any damp and shady side of a tree and is therefore unreliable — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** Moss grows exclusively upon the northern side of trees — score 6 - **4.** Moss grows exclusively upon the southern side of trees — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 16, line 18: «Moss can grow on any damp, shady side of a tree, so it is not a reliable way to find north.», 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 «moss» (+2); the same place «damp shady side» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/16-landmarks/e4/) - ← previous: [15. Weather signs and the 30-30 rule](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/15-weather-signs/) - next →: [17. What to do if you are lost](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/17-if-you-are-lost/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)