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title: Why wars happen and why they are hard to stop; the UN and NATO — how Mova does on the tests · Politics
description: Lesson 23 of the politics course of Mova's primary school: 8 of 12 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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# Why wars happen and why they are hard to stop; the UN and NATO

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**Tests:** 8 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 9 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 23 of the politics 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/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/).

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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/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/).

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### Test 1 · right ✓ {#t1}

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Grandad says: «back in my day we didn't need a UN, kiddo, countries just sorted it out.» What is true?

- **1.** Countries never fought each other before the UN — score 3
- **2.** The UN was set up in 1945 after a terrible world war so countries could talk — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** The UN is an army that wins wars for its members — no support
- **4.** The UN has existed since Roman times, long before Grandad was born — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 4: «After the Second World War, countries built the United Nations so they could talk instead of fight. NATO is a different thing: a group of North American and Eu…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «talk» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same doer «countries» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/t1/)

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### Test 2 · right ✓ {#t2}

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A boy in Liverpool says: «NATO's sound, if anyone hits Finland, everyone hits back, end of.» Is he right?

- **1.** No, NATO only protects Russia and nobody else — no support
- **2.** No, NATO is a football league and Finland is not in it — no support
- **3.** Roughly: members promise to treat an attack on one as an attack on all — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Yes, and NATO can attack any country it likes, whenever it likes, without a reason — no support

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**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 23, line 15: «NATO members promise that an attack on one counts as an attack on all; Finland joined in 2023 and Sweden in 2024, news reports said.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «promise» (+3); the same doer «nato members» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/t2/)

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### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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A girl says: «the veto is so mid, one country says no and it's giving "Mum says no".» What is the fair summary?

- **1.** Every country at the UN has a veto, big or small — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The veto was abolished last year by a vote — no support
- **3.** Everyone agrees the veto is fair, so there is nothing to argue about — no support
- **4.** Some say the veto is unfair; others say it keeps big powers in the UN — **✓ the right answer** · 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/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/t3/)

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### Test 4 · right ✓ {#t4}

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What would happen if every Security Council member voted yes except one permanent member, which used its veto?

- **1.** The decision would pass anyway, because most voted yes — score 2
- **2.** The decision would be blocked — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** The vote would be counted again until it passed — score 0
- **4.** That country would be thrown out of the UN at once — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 12: «The Security Council has 15 members; five are permanent — the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia and China — and any of the five can block a dec…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «block» (+2); the same thing acted on «decision» (+2). Against it: 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/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/t4/)

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### Test 5 · right ✓ {#t5}

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A wee cousin in Glasgow says: «aye, the war's finished, the radio said ceasefire.» How do you correct it?

- **1.** A ceasefire means more fighting than there was before — no support
- **2.** Right, a ceasefire always ends a war forever, with nothing more to agree — no support
- **3.** A ceasefire is a pause; a war ends with a lasting deal — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** Ceasefire is the name of a brand-new weapon — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 23, line 3: «A ceasefire is like both teams agreeing to stop the match for a while: it is a pause, not the final score. Peace talks about land, safety and justice can take…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «pause» (+4); the same doer «ceasefire» (+1); 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/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/t5/)

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### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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In a cartoon, two kings end a war with one arm-wrestle in an afternoon. What is the real version?

- **1.** Real kings and presidents decide wars in a single day — **← Mova's choice** · score -5
- **2.** Wars are always settled by sport, like arm-wrestling or football — score -5
- **3.** Wars end when one leader gets tired of them — no support
- **4.** Ending a war takes long talks about land, safety and justice — **✓ the right answer** · score -5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -5, tied with another option at -5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 14, line 4: «When news makes you scared or sad, the best tools are small ones: say the worry out loud to a grown-up you trust, ask them to explain, take a news break, and d…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «wars» (-2); a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored -5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/t6/)

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### Test 7 · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Someone snaps: «shut up about talks, they just smile for the cameras and do nothing.» What is fair?

- **1.** Talks have never ended any war in history, so they are pointless — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Talks are slow and often fail, but they are how wars are usually ended — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Leaders only ever smile when they have won — no support
- **4.** Talks always fix a war in one day — 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/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/t7/)

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### Test 8 · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Why is the old helmet Finn's uncle shows him blue?

- **1.** Blue is the colour of the Irish army only, so all its helmets are blue — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Blue helmets mean the soldier is a general — no support
- **3.** Blue helmets show they are UN peacekeepers, not fighting for a side — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Blue helmets are made of a special metal that stops all bullets — 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/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/t8/)

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### Test 9 · right ✓ {#t9}

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Which sentence reports the argument about NATO fairly?

- **1.** NATO is a football club that Russia dislikes — score 12
- **2.** Russia's government calls NATO's growth a threat; NATO says it is a defence alliance countries choose to join — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 14
- **3.** NATO and Russia both agree that NATO is a threat, so there is no argument between them at all — score 12
- **4.** Nobody anywhere has any view about NATO — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 14, against 12 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 16: «Russia's government says NATO growing towards its borders threatens Russia; NATO members say countries choose freely to join and NATO is only for defence.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «grow» (+4); the same doer «nato» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/t9/)

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### Test 10 · right ✓ {#t10}

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A young teacher laughs: «I'm literally dead, the kids think war's like their video game.» What would a veteran most likely say?

- **1.** Real war is exactly like a video game, only louder — score 8
- **2.** Real war lasts years and hurts families; it's nothing like a game — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 13
- **3.** Soldiers who fall come back to life, just like in games — no support
- **4.** Real wars are over in one round of fighting, then everyone goes home — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 13, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 18: «Real wars last years and hurt families; soldiers who come home often say war is nothing like games or films.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+4); the same doer «real wars» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «families» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/t10/)

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### Test 11 · right ✓ {#t11}

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Grace asks: «Will the war come here?» What is a kind, true answer?

- **1.** Wars only happen in films, never in real life — no support
- **2.** It is far away, grown-ups are working to keep you safe, and feeling worried is normal — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** Nobody is allowed to talk about it, so do not ask — no support
- **4.** Yes, it will arrive tonight, so pack a bag — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 17: «The news shows the most frightening things from anywhere in the world, so a war can feel close even when it is very far away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «war» (+1); 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/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/t11/)

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### Test 12 · right ✓ {#t12}

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Chloe asks: «Can't they just talk?» What is true?

- **1.** Countries never talk to each other at all — score 4
- **2.** Most quarrels are settled by talking; war comes when talking fails or one side uses force — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **3.** Talking always causes wars, so leaders should stay quiet — no support
- **4.** Only children can stop wars by talking to their friends in other countries — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 2: «Countries quarrel over land, power, money, fear and old grudges. Most quarrels are settled by talking, deals and courts; war comes when talking fails or one si…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «settle» (+4); the same thing acted on «most quarrels» (+4); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/t12/)

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

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a ceasefire?

- **1.** A final settlement determining all questions of territory, security and justice between the parties — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A declaration that one party has achieved total victory — no support
- **3.** An agreement whereby the parties suspend hostilities for a period, which does not of itself constitute peace — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** A treaty establishing a new international organisation — 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/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/e1/)

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

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State the year in which the United Nations was established.

- **1.** Nineteen hundred and fourteen — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Two thousand and one — no support
- **3.** Nineteen forty-five — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Nineteen eighty-nine — 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/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/e2/)

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

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Identify the power vested in each permanent member of the Security Council.

- **1.** The power to block a decision by means of a veto — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The power to expel any member from the General Assembly — no support
- **3.** The power to command the armies of all member states in time of war — no support
- **4.** The power to cast one hundred votes in the General Assembly — 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/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/e3/)

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

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Select the response consistent with the established principle of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

- **1.** Each member is obliged to attack its neighbours upon instruction — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Members are required to withdraw from the United Nations — no support
- **3.** An armed attack upon one member shall be regarded as an attack upon all — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Membership is restricted to countries situated in Asia and Africa — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/e4/)

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