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title: Viral facts and chain messages — how Mova does on the tests · Myths
description: Lesson 25 of the myths course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 10 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Viral facts and chain messages

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**Tests:** 5 of 10 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 9 of 14 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 25 of the myths 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/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/).

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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/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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"SEND TO 10 PPL OR BAD LUCK 4 10 YEARS!!!" your little cousin is crying. What do you tell him?

- **1.** Send it to 20 to get double luck — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** Throw his phone in the bin to break the curse for good — score 0
- **3.** Send it quickly, just in case — no support
- **4.** It's just words on a screen; nothing will happen — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 25, line 1: «Ping! "Send this to 10 people in 10 minutes or you'll have bad luck for 10 years!" Your thumb hovers over Forward, because what if?», 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 thing acted on «bad luck» (+2). The right option, 4, 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/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Your group chat says a famous singer has died, but nothing is on the news. What's wise?

- **1.** Delete the group chat — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Post that she died, everyone else is — no support
- **3.** Wait for trusted news before believing or sharing — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Message her family to ask — no support

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**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/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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"omg free iPad just click n share!!!" your mate's already clicked. What should he do?

- **1.** Enter his address quickly before the offer ends — no support
- **2.** Tell an adult and don't enter any details — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **3.** Share it with all his friends so they win too — score 6
- **4.** Click the link again to make sure it worked — score 9

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 25, line 10: «Messages saying WhatsApp will start charging unless you forward them have been shared for years and are hoaxes (tricks made up to fool people).», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «say» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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A post says typing a code gets you free credit. What would really happen?

- **1.** Your battery would last forever — no support
- **2.** You'd get £10 free credit — no support
- **3.** Nothing good; some codes change phone settings — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** Your phone would get faster — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 25, line 9: «Typing a code you saw online into your phone will not give free credit; some codes can change your phone's settings, so never type codes from strangers.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «change» (+2); the same doer «codes» (+2); the same thing acted on «settings» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Your nan forwards "WhatsApp will start charging, pass it on!" What can you kindly tell her?

- **1.** It's true, she must forward it now — no support
- **2.** WhatsApp only charges grandparents — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **3.** It's an old hoax; she doesn't need to forward it — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** She'll be charged by WhatsApp unless she sends it to you — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 25, line 10: «Messages saying WhatsApp will start charging unless you forward them have been shared for years and are hoaxes (tricks made up to fool people).», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «whatsapp» (+5); the same action «charge» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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"giraffes have the same neck bones as us lol, fake" Who is right?

- **1.** Nobody knows because giraffes are too tall — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The viral fact: both have seven neck bones — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Your mate: giraffes have far more — no support
- **4.** Neither: giraffes have none — no support

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**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/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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After a storm, the shark-on-the-motorway photo is all over the class chat. How could you check it?

- **1.** Search for it on a fact-checking site with an adult — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Zoom right in to see if the shark is smiling at the camera — no support
- **3.** Count how many people shared it — no support
- **4.** Believe it because there was a storm — no support

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**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/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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"lemon water melts belly fat, my fav influencer said so" What should you think?

- **1.** It works but only on Tuesdays — no support
- **2.** It works, influencers always check facts — no support
- **3.** No drink melts fat; the influencer may be selling something — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **4.** Drinking lemon water makes you thinner overnight — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 25, line 14: «No food or drink melts belly fat; lemon water is fine to drink, but it does not burn fat, and people who say a drink does may be selling something.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «food» (+5); the same action «melt» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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A scary "challenge" warning says share to warn parents. What could sharing do?

- **1.** Stop the challenge at once — no support
- **2.** Make the challenge illegal — score 10
- **3.** Nothing, sharing has no effects ever — score 6
- **4.** Spread fear about something that may be a hoax — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 11, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 25, line 15: «Some scary warnings about viral "challenges" turn out to be hoaxes, and sharing them can spread the fear; check with a trusted source and tell an adult instead.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «spread» (+4); the same thing acted on «fear» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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"this vid shows a phone charging off an onion, 2 mil views" What does 2 million views prove?

- **1.** That the video must be from a scientist — no support
- **2.** Nothing; popular videos can be staged — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** That onions really charge phones — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **4.** That only big onions work — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 7: «Putting a wet phone in rice dries it no better than leaving it in open air; switch it off, don't charge it, wipe it, and let it dry, and phone makers advise ag…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «charge» (+2); the same thing acted on «phone» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, 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/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/t10/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the efficacy of a message threatening misfortune upon a failure to forward it?

- **1.** Its efficacy is proportional to the number of recipients — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It occasions misfortune solely upon its deletion — no support
- **3.** It possesses no capacity whatsoever to cause misfortune — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** It occasions misfortune unless forwarded to ten recipients — no support

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**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/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Identify the number of cervical vertebrae possessed by the giraffe.

- **1.** Three, each of exceptional length — no support
- **2.** Seventy, being ten times the number found in humans — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **3.** None, the neck consisting solely of muscle — no support
- **4.** Seven, being equal in number to those of humans — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 25, line 11: «Humans and giraffes really do have the same number of neck bones: seven, like most mammals; giraffes' are just much longer.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «same number» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). The right option, 4, 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/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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It is given that an unsolicited communication offers an electronic device without charge in exchange for sharing and clicking a link. Determine the most probable purpose of such a communication.

- **1.** The measurement of internet connection speeds — no support
- **2.** The conduct of a lawful lottery — no support
- **3.** The charitable distribution of devices to children — no support
- **4.** The collection of personal details or the distribution of harmful links — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**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 25, line 7: «Posts offering free iPads or prizes for sharing and clicking are usually scams to collect personal details or spread harmful links; never click them, and tell…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «harmful links» (+4); the same action «spread» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the extent to which a claim is shared online.

- **1.** Its sharing by a celebrity establishes its truth — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Its sharing by a million persons conclusively establishes its truth — no support
- **3.** The frequency of its sharing does not establish its truth — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** A claim widely shared is invariably false — no support

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**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/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/e4/)

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