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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read all four paragraphs and choose the option that covers the whole text.", "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [ 7, 11 ], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [ "precision", "task" ] } ], "review": { "status": "editorially_reviewed_revision", "human_approved": false, "empirically_calibrated": false, "official_16_trap_mapping": "mapped_to_user_supplied_taxonomy_with_control_distractors_left_unmapped", "reference_exams": [ "C-2025-SUMMER-A", "C-2025-SUMMER-B" ], "difficulty_verdict": "within_C_ceiling_qualitative", "checks": [ "Everyday/social topic", "No technical knowledge needed", "Explicit details, basic links and controlled whole-text summary", "Four-choice single selection and six-choice select-two; open and completion forms" ], "format_caveat": "Seven questions and final whole-text question are the user-defined reading-practice format; this is not a complete exam including writing.", "changes_note": "Taxonomy and seven-family pedagogy applied; seven questions and paragraph allocation preserved." } }, { "id": "C-S03", "level": "C", "order": 3, "title": "The Map That Missed a Step", "topic": "accessible local maps", "narrative_structure": "discovery", "word_count": 188, "paragraphs": [ { "id": "C-S03-P1", "number": 1, "text": "A group of teenagers created a digital map of places to visit in their town. 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It gave clear details so people could decide for themselves. Noa's uncle used it to choose another shop. He thanked the group for describing the entrances honestly instead of making promises they could not keep." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "C-S03-Q01", "number": 1, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S03-P1", "type": "multiple_select", "stem": "What do we learn from paragraph I? Choose TWO correct answers.", "skill": "detail", "official_trap_ids": [ 6 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S03-P1", "quote": "A group of teenagers created a digital map of places to visit in their town. They added cafés, sports fields and bus stops. Noa tested the map with her uncle, who used a wheelchair. 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Anyone could take what they needed. The food had to be packed, labeled with its ingredients and marked with a date. A volunteer checked the fridge every day. The aim was to share useful food rather than throw it away." }, { "id": "C-S04-P2", "number": 2, "text": "Soon, a teenager suggested taking photos of people who used the fridge. She wanted to show online that the project helped real neighbors. However, another volunteer pointed out that some visitors might not want others to know they needed free food. A photo could make them stop coming." }, { "id": "C-S04-P3", "number": 3, "text": "The volunteers decided to photograph the fridge and its shelves instead of the visitors. With their permission, they also recorded short comments from people who prepared food. No one had to explain why they took anything. Sharing a meal did not require sharing a person's private story." }, { "id": "C-S04-P4", "number": 4, "text": "The pictures still brought new volunteers to the project. 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "scoring_units": 2, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [ 6, 13 ], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [ "precision", "time" ] }, { "id": "C-S04-Q02", "number": 2, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S04-P1", "type": "short_answer", "stem": "Give ONE thing that had to appear on the food label. 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "acceptable_answer_variants": [ "Photos of the fridge and shelves.", "Comments from people who prepared food." ], "scoring_units": 2, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [] }, { "id": "C-S04-Q06", "number": 6, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S04-P4", "type": "multiple_choice", "stem": "What happened after the new pictures were shared?", "skill": "detail", "official_trap_ids": [], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S04-P4", "quote": "The pictures still brought new volunteers to the project." } ], "required_answers": 1, "options": { "A": "More people offered help.", "B": "The organizers removed the photo rule.", "C": "The local shop began charging for soup.", "D": "Every visitor agreed to be photographed." }, "correct_option": "A", "distractors": { "B": { "error_description_en": "They continued the rule.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": null, "classification_status": "ordinary_control_distractor", "mapping_rationale": "They continued the rule." }, "C": { "error_description_en": "The shop offered boxes.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": null, "classification_status": "ordinary_control_distractor", "mapping_rationale": "The shop offered boxes." }, "D": { "error_description_en": "No such agreement was requested or described.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": null, "classification_status": "ordinary_control_distractor", "mapping_rationale": "No such agreement was requested or described." } }, "feedback_en": "Use the stored evidence and the question’s exact task. Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [] }, { "id": "C-S04-Q07", "number": 7, "scope": "whole_text", "paragraph_id": null, "type": "multiple_choice", "stem": "What does the whole text show?", "skill": "main_idea", "official_trap_ids": [ 6, 7, 11 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S04-P2", "quote": "A photo could make them stop coming." }, { "paragraph_id": "C-S04-P3", "quote": "photograph the fridge and its shelves instead of the visitors" }, { "paragraph_id": "C-S04-P4", "quote": "The pictures still brought new volunteers to the project." } ], "required_answers": 1, "options": { "A": "Online pictures never help community projects.", "B": "Useful projects must publish visitors’ names.", "C": "A project can attract support while protecting people’s privacy.", "D": "Free food is useful only when shops provide it." }, "correct_option": "C", "distractors": { "A": { "error_description_en": "The new pictures attracted volunteers.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 7, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "The new pictures attracted volunteers." }, "B": { "error_description_en": "No names or private stories were needed.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 11, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "No names or private stories were needed." }, "D": { "error_description_en": "Neighbors also prepared food.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 6, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "Neighbors also prepared food." } }, "feedback_en": "Use the stored evidence and the question’s exact task. Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read all four paragraphs and choose the option that covers the whole text.", "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [ 6, 7, 11 ], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [ "precision", "task" ] } ], "review": { "status": "editorially_reviewed_revision", "human_approved": false, "empirically_calibrated": false, "official_16_trap_mapping": "mapped_to_user_supplied_taxonomy_with_control_distractors_left_unmapped", "reference_exams": [ "C-2025-SUMMER-A", "C-2025-SUMMER-B" ], "difficulty_verdict": "within_C_ceiling_qualitative", "checks": [ "Everyday/social topic", "No technical knowledge needed", "Explicit details, basic links and controlled whole-text summary", "Four-choice single selection and six-choice select-two; open and completion forms" ], "format_caveat": "Seven questions and final whole-text question are the user-defined reading-practice format; this is not a complete exam including writing.", "changes_note": "Taxonomy and seven-family pedagogy applied; seven questions and paragraph allocation preserved." } }, { "id": "C-S05", "level": "C", "order": 5, "title": "A Town You Can Hear", "topic": "local history and audio", "narrative_structure": "search for an explanation", "word_count": 198, "paragraphs": [ { "id": "C-S05-P1", "number": 1, "text": "For a school project, Sami decided to collect sounds from his town. He recorded the market opening, bicycle bells and children playing in a square. He wanted listeners to imagine ordinary places without looking at pictures. His grandmother suggested one more sound: the bell that once rang outside the old cinema." }, { "id": "C-S05-P2", "number": 2, "text": "Sami could not find the bell in any recent recording. The cinema had closed years before, and a shop now used the building. An old photograph showed a bell near the door, but the shop owner had never heard it. Sami began to think his grandmother had remembered another building." }, { "id": "C-S05-P3", "number": 3, "text": "Then a former cinema worker explained that the bell had been removed when the cinema closed. He still kept it in a box. With the worker's permission, Sami recorded its sound. He labeled the recording clearly: it was the old bell recorded today, not a recording from the past." }, { "id": "C-S05-P4", "number": 4, "text": "At the school exhibition, visitors listened through headphones. Sami's grandmother smiled when she heard the bell. Younger listeners asked about the cinema that they had never known. Sami's collection now included both sounds heard in the town today and an object that helped people talk about its history." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "C-S05-Q01", "number": 1, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S05-P1", "type": "multiple_select", "stem": "What do we learn from paragraph I? Choose TWO correct answers.", "skill": "purpose", "official_trap_ids": [ 1, 12, 13 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S05-P1", "quote": "For a school project, Sami decided to collect sounds from his town. He recorded the market opening, bicycle bells and children playing in a square. He wanted listeners to imagine ordinary places without looking at pictures. 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "scoring_units": 2, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [ 1, 12, 13 ], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [ "evidence", "task", "time" ] }, { "id": "C-S05-Q02", "number": 2, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S05-P1", "type": "short_answer", "stem": "Which sound did Sami’s grandmother suggest? 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "acceptable_answer_variants": [ "The bell outside the old cinema." ], "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [] }, { "id": "C-S05-Q03", "number": 3, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S05-P2", "type": "multiple_choice", "stem": "What does paragraph II tell us about Sami’s search?", "skill": "explanation", "official_trap_ids": [ 2, 5, 10 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S05-P2", "quote": "Sami could not find the bell in any recent recording. The cinema had closed years before, and a shop now used the building. An old photograph showed a bell near the door, but the shop owner had never heard it. 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [ 2, 5, 10 ], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [ "evidence", "task" ] }, { "id": "C-S05-Q04", "number": 4, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S05-P2", "type": "sentence_completion", "stem": "Complete the sentence. The old cinema building was now used by _____.", "skill": "detail", "official_trap_ids": [ 14, 15 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S05-P2", "quote": "The cinema had closed years before, and a shop now used the building." } ], "required_answers": 1, "answer_key": [ "a shop" ], "grading": { "mode": "semantic_against_stored_key", "accept_equivalent_phrasing": true, "ignore_minor_spelling_or_grammar_if_meaning_clear": true, "meaning_required": "a shop", "do_not_accept": "An answer referring to a different actor, time, cause or object." }, "feedback_en": "Use the stored evidence and the question’s exact task. Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "acceptable_answer_variants": [ "a shop" ], "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [ 14, 15 ], "response_error_patterns": [ { "trap_id": 14, "example_wrong_response": "a place where Sami should record sounds", "reason_en": "This adds an interpretation of its use rather than identifying the shop in the sentence.", "exposure": "anticipated_response; not a displayed option" }, { "trap_id": 15, "example_wrong_response": "a museum", "reason_en": "A noun phrase fits the blank, but the building was used by a shop.", "exposure": "anticipated_response; not a displayed option" } ], "training_families_present": [ "completion" ] }, { "id": "C-S05-Q05", "number": 5, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S05-P3", "type": "short_answer", "stem": "What are TWO things Sami did when he found the old bell? 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "acceptable_answer_variants": [ "He recorded it with permission.", "He labeled the recording as made today." ], "scoring_units": 2, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [] }, { "id": "C-S05-Q06", "number": 6, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S05-P4", "type": "multiple_choice", "stem": "Which statement is NOT supported by paragraph IV?", "skill": "negative_question", "official_trap_ids": [ 16 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S05-P4", "quote": "At the school exhibition, visitors listened through headphones. Sami's grandmother smiled when she heard the bell. Younger listeners asked about the cinema that they had never known. 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [ 16 ], "response_error_patterns": [], "absence_check": "No sale of recordings is mentioned in paragraph IV.", "training_families_present": [ "task" ] }, { "id": "C-S05-Q07", "number": 7, "scope": "whole_text", "paragraph_id": null, "type": "multiple_choice", "stem": "What is the main purpose of the text?", "skill": "purpose", "official_trap_ids": [ 7, 11 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S05-P1", "quote": "collect sounds from his town" }, { "paragraph_id": "C-S05-P3", "quote": "it was the old bell recorded today" }, { "paragraph_id": "C-S05-P4", "quote": "helped people talk about its history" } ], "required_answers": 1, "options": { "A": "To argue that pictures are no longer useful.", "B": "To explain how to build a cinema.", "C": "To prove that old memories are always wrong.", "D": "To describe how a sound project connected present life with local history." }, "correct_option": "D", "distractors": { "A": { "error_description_en": "An old photograph helped the search.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 11, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "An old photograph helped the search." }, "B": { "error_description_en": "No cinema construction is explained.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 11, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "No cinema construction is explained." }, "C": { "error_description_en": "The bell was found.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 7, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "The bell was found." } }, "feedback_en": "Use the stored evidence and the question’s exact task. 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One evening, the internet stopped working just as they were starting. Matan searched for a signal while the others waited. His younger sister put a box of drawing cards on the table, but nobody wanted to leave the game they had planned." }, { "id": "C-S06-P2", "number": 2, "text": "After twenty minutes, the friends agreed to try the cards. One person drew a strange machine, and the others guessed what it did. There were no points or winners. At first, Matan thought that a game without a score would be boring. Then a drawing of a shoe with wings made him laugh." }, { "id": "C-S06-P3", "number": 3, "text": "When the internet returned, the friends noticed that they were still enjoying themselves. They finished the card game before opening their computers. Matan put the funniest drawings on the wall. He asked his sister to leave the box downstairs so they could use it again." }, { "id": "C-S06-P4", "number": 4, "text": "The friends did not stop playing online games. 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However, they now sometimes began their meetings with a different activity." } ], "required_answers": 1, "options": { "A": "Matan and his friends", "B": "Matan and his younger sister", "C": "The people who fixed the internet", "D": "The people shown in the drawings" }, "correct_option": "A", "distractors": { "B": { "primary_trap_id": 9, "error_description_en": "His sister offered the cards, but the meetings are those of the friends.", "mapping_rationale": "His sister offered the cards, but the meetings are those of the friends.", "classification_status": "mapped" }, "C": { "primary_trap_id": 9, "error_description_en": "No such group is the referent of they.", "mapping_rationale": "No such group is the referent of they.", "classification_status": "mapped" }, "D": { "primary_trap_id": 9, "error_description_en": "The drawings are not the people holding the meetings.", "mapping_rationale": "The drawings are not the people holding the meetings.", "classification_status": "mapped" } }, "feedback_en": "Use the stored evidence and the question’s exact task. 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read all four paragraphs and choose the option that covers the whole text.", "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [ 7 ], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [ "precision" ] } ], "review": { "status": "editorially_reviewed_revision", "human_approved": false, "empirically_calibrated": false, "official_16_trap_mapping": "mapped_to_user_supplied_taxonomy_with_control_distractors_left_unmapped", "reference_exams": [ "C-2025-SUMMER-A", "C-2025-SUMMER-B" ], "difficulty_verdict": "within_C_ceiling_qualitative", "checks": [ "Everyday/social topic", "No technical knowledge needed", "Explicit details, basic links and controlled whole-text summary", "Four-choice single selection and six-choice select-two; open and completion forms" ], "format_caveat": "Seven questions and final whole-text question are the user-defined reading-practice format; this is not a complete exam including writing.", "changes_note": "Taxonomy and seven-family pedagogy applied; seven questions and paragraph allocation preserved." } }, { "id": "C-S07", "level": "C", "order": 7, "title": "A Jacket with a Second Story", "topic": "secondhand clothes and performance", "narrative_structure": "second attempt", "word_count": 199, "paragraphs": [ { "id": "C-S07-P1", "number": 1, "text": "Before a school concert, the singers wanted matching jackets. 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Its route followed marks on the floor. Teenagers enjoyed watching it roll past, and volunteer Oren said it made the kitchen team's work easier. The robot carried boxes, but it did not decide which snacks to give each group." }, { "id": "C-S09-P2", "number": 2, "text": "One afternoon, the robot stopped beside a gate between two rooms. A chair had fallen against the gate and kept it closed. Oren pressed the start button again, but the robot still could not move forward. The route on the screen looked correct. The problem was not in the route; something physical blocked it." }, { "id": "C-S09-P3", "number": 3, "text": "A girl waiting in the next room noticed the chair through the gate. She called an adult volunteer, who moved it away. Oren checked that the path was clear and restarted the delivery. He then asked the kitchen team to check the doors before sending the robot on its next trip." }, { "id": "C-S09-P4", "number": 4, "text": "The center continued using the robot, but people still had jobs that it could not do. Volunteers chose the snacks and kept the route clear. Oren no longer described the robot as a helper that needed no help. A successful delivery depended on both the machine and the people around it." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "C-S09-Q01", "number": 1, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S09-P1", "type": "multiple_select", "stem": "What do we learn from paragraph I? Choose TWO correct answers.", "skill": "detail", "official_trap_ids": [], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S09-P1", "quote": "At a youth center, a small delivery robot carried snacks from the kitchen to the activity rooms. Its route followed marks on the floor. Teenagers enjoyed watching it roll past, and volunteer Oren said it made the kitchen team's work easier. 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read all four paragraphs and choose the option that covers the whole text.", "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [ 7, 11 ], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [ "precision", "task" ] } ], "review": { "status": "editorially_reviewed_revision", "human_approved": false, "empirically_calibrated": false, "official_16_trap_mapping": "mapped_to_user_supplied_taxonomy_with_control_distractors_left_unmapped", "reference_exams": [ "C-2025-SUMMER-A", "C-2025-SUMMER-B" ], "difficulty_verdict": "within_C_ceiling_qualitative", "checks": [ "Everyday/social topic", "No technical knowledge needed", "Explicit details, basic links and controlled whole-text summary", "Four-choice single selection and six-choice select-two; open and completion forms" ], "format_caveat": "Seven questions and final whole-text question are the user-defined reading-practice format; this is not a complete exam including writing.", "changes_note": "Taxonomy and seven-family pedagogy applied; seven questions and paragraph allocation preserved." } }, { "id": "C-S10", "level": "C", "order": 10, "title": "The Longer Walk Home", "topic": "heat and public spaces", "narrative_structure": "false appearance", "word_count": 199, "paragraphs": [ { "id": "C-S10-P1", "number": 1, "text": "On a hot afternoon, Shira's phone showed the shortest walk from school to her home. The route crossed a wide street with almost no shade. Her friend Rami suggested going through a small park instead. That walk took five minutes longer, so Shira first thought it was a poor choice." }, { "id": "C-S10-P2", "number": 2, "text": "Rami pointed to the trees covering most of the park path. He also knew that there was a water fountain beside the playground. Shira chose to try his route. They still walked at an ordinary pace, but they could rest in the shade before crossing the last street to her house." }, { "id": "C-S10-P3", "number": 3, "text": "For a class project, Shira and Rami compared two routes near the school. They counted shaded places and marked working water fountains. They checked the routes at the same time of day because shadows moved. Their map described conditions they had observed, not a promise that any walk would always feel cool." }, { "id": "C-S10-P4", "number": 4, "text": "Other students began using the map to choose their own routes. Some still preferred the shorter walk on cloudy days. Shira learned that a useful route was not always the shortest one. The extra information helped walkers decide what mattered to them on a particular day." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "C-S10-Q01", "number": 1, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S10-P1", "type": "multiple_select", "stem": "What do we learn from paragraph I? Choose TWO correct answers.", "skill": "cause", "official_trap_ids": [], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S10-P1", "quote": "On a hot afternoon, Shira's phone showed the shortest walk from school to her home. The route crossed a wide street with almost no shade. Her friend Rami suggested going through a small park instead. 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "acceptable_answer_variants": [ "Shaded places.", "Working water fountains." ], "scoring_units": 2, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [] }, { "id": "C-S10-Q06", "number": 6, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S10-P4", "type": "multiple_choice", "stem": "Which statement is NOT supported by paragraph IV?", "skill": "negative_question", "official_trap_ids": [ 16 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S10-P4", "quote": "Other students began using the map to choose their own routes. Some still preferred the shorter walk on cloudy days. Shira learned that a useful route was not always the shortest one. 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read all four paragraphs and choose the option that covers the whole text.", "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [ 7 ], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [ "precision" ] } ], "review": { "status": "editorially_reviewed_revision", "human_approved": false, "empirically_calibrated": false, "official_16_trap_mapping": "mapped_to_user_supplied_taxonomy_with_control_distractors_left_unmapped", "reference_exams": [ "C-2025-SUMMER-A", "C-2025-SUMMER-B" ], "difficulty_verdict": "within_C_ceiling_qualitative", "checks": [ "Everyday/social topic", "No technical knowledge needed", "Explicit details, basic links and controlled whole-text summary", "Four-choice single selection and six-choice select-two; open and completion forms" ], "format_caveat": "Seven questions and final whole-text question are the user-defined reading-practice format; this is not a complete exam including writing.", "changes_note": "Taxonomy and seven-family pedagogy applied; seven questions and paragraph allocation preserved." } }, { "id": "C-S11", "level": "C", "order": 11, "title": "A Museum Visit beyond the Screen", "topic": "museums and access", "narrative_structure": "discovery", "word_count": 198, "paragraphs": [ { "id": "C-S11-P1", "number": 1, "text": "A small museum offered an online tour of an old ship. 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read all four paragraphs and choose the option that covers the whole text.", "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [ 6, 7 ], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [ "precision" ] } ], "review": { "status": "editorially_reviewed_revision", "human_approved": false, "empirically_calibrated": false, "official_16_trap_mapping": "mapped_to_user_supplied_taxonomy_with_control_distractors_left_unmapped", "reference_exams": [ "C-2025-SUMMER-A", "C-2025-SUMMER-B" ], "difficulty_verdict": "within_C_ceiling_qualitative", "checks": [ "Everyday/social topic", "No technical knowledge needed", "Explicit details, basic links and controlled whole-text summary", "Four-choice single selection and six-choice select-two; open and completion forms" ], "format_caveat": "Seven questions and final whole-text question are the user-defined reading-practice format; this is not a complete exam including writing.", "changes_note": "Taxonomy and seven-family pedagogy applied; seven questions and paragraph allocation preserved." } }, { "id": "C-S13", "level": "C", "order": 13, "title": "The Seeds in the Wrong Box", "topic": "gardening and shared knowledge", "narrative_structure": "mistake and repair", "word_count": 208, "paragraphs": [ { "id": "C-S13-P1", "number": 1, "text": "At a neighborhood seed exchange, neighbors brought seeds from their gardens. They could take a small packet home without paying. Each packet was supposed to show the plant's name. Teenager Bar organized the table and enjoyed hearing visitors describe the vegetables and flowers they grew. He hoped to grow tomatoes on his balcony." }, { "id": "C-S13-P2", "number": 2, "text": "A week later, one visitor called Bar. The packet marked 'tomato' contained seeds that looked different from hers. Bar checked a photo of the exchange table and saw that he had put two groups of packets in the wrong boxes. Some visitors had gone home with the wrong seeds." }, { "id": "C-S13-P3", "number": 3, "text": "Bar told the organizers what had happened and wrote a correction for their community notice board. He kept it short and included a clear picture of each packet. He also phoned the visitors whose numbers the organizers already had, with their permission. The aim was to correct the mistake, not blame whoever had brought the seeds." }, { "id": "C-S13-P4", "number": 4, "text": "At the next exchange, two volunteers checked every label before putting packets on the table. Bar still helped, but asked someone else to check his boxes. Several neighbors thanked him for the correction. His balcony had no tomatoes yet, but the exchange now had a more careful way of working." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "C-S13-Q01", "number": 1, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S13-P1", "type": "multiple_select", "stem": "What do we learn from paragraph I? Choose TWO correct answers.", "skill": "detail", "official_trap_ids": [], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S13-P1", "quote": "At a neighborhood seed exchange, neighbors brought seeds from their gardens. They could take a small packet home without paying. Each packet was supposed to show the plant's name. 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "acceptable_answer_variants": [ "Tomatoes." ], "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [] }, { "id": "C-S13-Q03", "number": 3, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S13-P2", "type": "multiple_choice", "stem": "Why did some visitors receive the wrong seeds?", "skill": "cause_effect", "official_trap_ids": [ 4, 7, 13 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S13-P2", "quote": "he had put two groups of packets in the wrong boxes. 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "acceptable_answer_variants": [ "a photo of the exchange table" ], "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [] }, { "id": "C-S13-Q05", "number": 5, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S13-P3", "type": "short_answer", "stem": "What are TWO ways Bar shared the correction? Give TWO answers from paragraph III.", "skill": "purpose", "official_trap_ids": [], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S13-P3", "quote": "wrote a correction for their community notice board." }, { "paragraph_id": "C-S13-P3", "quote": "He also phoned the visitors whose numbers the organizers already had, with their permission." } ], "required_answers": 2, "answer_key": [ "He wrote on the community notice board.", "He phoned some visitors with permission." ], "grading": { "mode": "two_distinct_stored_meanings", "accept_equivalent_phrasing": true, "ignore_minor_spelling_or_grammar_if_meaning_clear": true, "meaning_required": [ "He wrote on the community notice board.", "He phoned some visitors with permission." ], "do_not_accept": "Repeating the same fact twice, or adding an answer from another paragraph." }, "feedback_en": "Use the stored evidence and the question’s exact task. Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "acceptable_answer_variants": [ "He wrote on the community notice board.", "He phoned some visitors with permission." ], "scoring_units": 2, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [] }, { "id": "C-S13-Q06", "number": 6, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S13-P4", "type": "multiple_choice", "stem": "What changed at the next exchange?", "skill": "detail", "official_trap_ids": [], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S13-P4", "quote": "two volunteers checked every label before putting packets on the table." } ], "required_answers": 1, "options": { "A": "The group stopped using labels.", "B": "Visitors stopped taking seeds home.", "C": "Bar was forbidden to help again.", "D": "Two volunteers checked labels before the packets were offered." }, "correct_option": "D", "distractors": { "A": { "error_description_en": "It checked labels more carefully.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": null, "classification_status": "ordinary_control_distractor", "mapping_rationale": "It checked labels more carefully." }, "B": { "error_description_en": "The next exchange still offered packets with checked labels.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": null, "classification_status": "ordinary_control_distractor", "mapping_rationale": "The next exchange still offered packets with checked labels." }, "C": { "error_description_en": "He still helped.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": null, "classification_status": "ordinary_control_distractor", "mapping_rationale": "He still helped." } }, "feedback_en": "Use the stored evidence and the question’s exact task. Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [] }, { "id": "C-S13-Q07", "number": 7, "scope": "whole_text", "paragraph_id": null, "type": "multiple_choice", "stem": "What does the text mainly show?", "skill": "main_idea", "official_trap_ids": [ 7, 11 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S13-P2", "quote": "the wrong boxes" }, { "paragraph_id": "C-S13-P3", "quote": "told the organizers what had happened" }, { "paragraph_id": "C-S13-P4", "quote": "a more careful way of working" } ], "required_answers": 1, "options": { "A": "Admitting a mistake can help a shared project improve.", "B": "A photograph always identifies a plant correctly.", "C": "People should stop gardening after a mistake.", "D": "Seed exchanges cannot work in neighborhoods." }, "correct_option": "A", "distractors": { "B": { "error_description_en": "The photo showed box placement, not plant identification.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 7, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "The photo showed box placement, not plant identification." }, "C": { "error_description_en": "Bar continued helping and hoped to grow plants.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 11, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "Bar continued helping and hoped to grow plants." }, "D": { "error_description_en": "The next exchange continued with better checks.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 11, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "The next exchange continued with better checks." } }, "feedback_en": "Use the stored evidence and the question’s exact task. Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read all four paragraphs and choose the option that covers the whole text.", "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [ 7, 11 ], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [ "precision", "task" ] } ], "review": { "status": "editorially_reviewed_revision", "human_approved": false, "empirically_calibrated": false, "official_16_trap_mapping": "mapped_to_user_supplied_taxonomy_with_control_distractors_left_unmapped", "reference_exams": [ "C-2025-SUMMER-A", "C-2025-SUMMER-B" ], "difficulty_verdict": "within_C_ceiling_qualitative", "checks": [ "Everyday/social topic", "No technical knowledge needed", "Explicit details, basic links and controlled whole-text summary", "Four-choice single selection and six-choice select-two; open and completion forms" ], "format_caveat": "Seven questions and final whole-text question are the user-defined reading-practice format; this is not a complete exam including writing.", "changes_note": "Taxonomy and seven-family pedagogy applied; seven questions and paragraph allocation preserved." } }, { "id": "C-S14", "level": "C", "order": 14, "title": "The Message about the Missing Cat", "topic": "online sharing and privacy", "narrative_structure": "rescue or intervention", "word_count": 200, "paragraphs": [ { "id": "C-S14-P1", "number": 1, "text": "When a gray cat disappeared from their building, Tamar's neighbors posted messages in a local online group. Tamar offered to design a clearer notice. She included a photo of the cat and the owner's full home address. She thought more information would make it easier for people to bring the cat back." }, { "id": "C-S14-P2", "number": 2, "text": "Before Tamar posted the notice, her brother asked whether strangers needed the owner's exact address. The owner agreed that they did not. People only needed to recognize the cat and know how to contact her. Tamar removed the house number and used the contact method the owner had chosen." }, { "id": "C-S14-P3", "number": 3, "text": "A shop worker saw the notice and recognized the cat near his back door. He contacted the owner rather than trying to carry the frightened animal across town. The owner came with the cat's familiar basket and took it home. Tamar changed the online notice to say the cat had been found." }, { "id": "C-S14-P4", "number": 4, "text": "Tamar was happy that her notice had helped. She also learned to ask which details were really needed before sharing information. A useful message did not have to tell strangers everything about the person involved. The group kept the good news but removed the old search notice." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "C-S14-Q01", "number": 1, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S14-P1", "type": "multiple_select", "stem": "What do we learn from paragraph I? Choose TWO correct answers.", "skill": "cause", "official_trap_ids": [ 6, 13 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S14-P1", "quote": "When a gray cat disappeared from their building, Tamar's neighbors posted messages in a local online group. Tamar offered to design a clearer notice. She included a photo of the cat and the owner's full home address. 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [ 7 ], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [ "precision" ] }, { "id": "C-S14-Q07", "number": 7, "scope": "whole_text", "paragraph_id": null, "type": "multiple_choice", "stem": "What is the main idea of the text?", "skill": "main_idea", "official_trap_ids": [ 6, 7, 11 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S14-P2", "quote": "removed the house number" }, { "paragraph_id": "C-S14-P3", "quote": "recognized the cat" }, { "paragraph_id": "C-S14-P4", "quote": "did not have to tell strangers everything" } ], "required_answers": 1, "options": { "A": "Online groups never help neighbors.", "B": "A clear search notice can help while limiting unnecessary personal information.", "C": "A shop worker should keep every animal he finds.", "D": "Sharing a full address is the only way to find a pet." }, "correct_option": "B", "distractors": { "A": { "error_description_en": "A group notice helped the search.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 7, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "A group notice helped the search." }, "C": { "error_description_en": "The owner took the cat home.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 11, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "The owner took the cat home." }, "D": { "error_description_en": "The cat was found without it.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 6, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "The cat was found without it." } }, "feedback_en": "Use the stored evidence and the question’s exact task. Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read all four paragraphs and choose the option that covers the whole text.", "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [ 6, 7, 11 ], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [ "precision", "task" ] } ], "review": { "status": "editorially_reviewed_revision", "human_approved": false, "empirically_calibrated": false, "official_16_trap_mapping": "mapped_to_user_supplied_taxonomy_with_control_distractors_left_unmapped", "reference_exams": [ "C-2025-SUMMER-A", "C-2025-SUMMER-B" ], "difficulty_verdict": "within_C_ceiling_qualitative", "checks": [ "Everyday/social topic", "No technical knowledge needed", "Explicit details, basic links and controlled whole-text summary", "Four-choice single selection and six-choice select-two; open and completion forms" ], "format_caveat": "Seven questions and final whole-text question are the user-defined reading-practice format; this is not a complete exam including writing.", "changes_note": "Taxonomy and seven-family pedagogy applied; seven questions and paragraph allocation preserved." } }, { "id": "C-S15", "level": "C", "order": 15, "title": "The Sky Photo from Another Year", "topic": "media literacy and shared excitement", "narrative_structure": "false appearance", "word_count": 203, "paragraphs": [ { "id": "C-S15-P1", "number": 1, "text": "A beautiful photo of a bright green sky appeared in a class message group. Under it, someone wrote, 'This happened above our town last night.' Aviv wanted to share it with his family. His friend Hila liked the photo too, but asked where it came from. The message gave no photographer's name or source." }, { "id": "C-S15-P2", "number": 2, "text": "Hila searched for the picture and found it on a photographer's page. It had been taken in another country three years earlier. The photo itself was real; the description in the class group was not. Aviv had nearly shared a false claim because the image looked so convincing." }, { "id": "C-S15-P3", "number": 3, "text": "Aviv posted a correction with the link to the photographer's page. He did not accuse the first sender of lying, because he did not know whether the sender had checked the description. Hila suggested keeping the wonderful image but adding the correct place and date. The group replaced the old message." }, { "id": "C-S15-P4", "number": 4, "text": "Later, Aviv shared the photo with his family using its correct description. He still wanted to show them something amazing, but not pretend it had happened nearby. The experience taught him to separate a picture from the story written under it. Both needed to be checked before being passed on." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "C-S15-Q01", "number": 1, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S15-P1", "type": "multiple_select", "stem": "What do we learn from paragraph I? Choose TWO correct answers.", "skill": "cause", "official_trap_ids": [ 13 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S15-P1", "quote": "A beautiful photo of a bright green sky appeared in a class message group. Under it, someone wrote, 'This happened above our town last night.' Aviv wanted to share it with his family. His friend Hila liked the photo too, but asked where it came from. 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "acceptable_answer_variants": [ "His family." ], "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [] }, { "id": "C-S15-Q03", "number": 3, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S15-P2", "type": "multiple_choice", "stem": "What did Hila discover?", "skill": "contrast", "official_trap_ids": [ 13 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S15-P2", "quote": "The photo itself was real; the description in the class group was not." } ], "required_answers": 1, "options": { "A": "The real photo had an incorrect description in the group.", "B": "The photographer had asked Aviv to write the description.", "C": "The photo showed their town the previous night.", "D": "The photo had never been taken by anyone." }, "correct_option": "A", "distractors": { "B": { "error_description_en": "No such request appears.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": null, "classification_status": "ordinary_control_distractor", "mapping_rationale": "No such request appears." }, "C": { "error_description_en": "It was from another country and year.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 13, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "It was from another country and year." }, "D": { "error_description_en": "It was a real photograph.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": null, "classification_status": "ordinary_control_distractor", "mapping_rationale": "It was a real photograph." } }, "feedback_en": "Use the stored evidence and the question’s exact task. Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [ 13 ], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [ "time" ] }, { "id": "C-S15-Q04", "number": 4, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S15-P2", "type": "sentence_completion", "stem": "Complete the sentence. 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "acceptable_answer_variants": [ "three years earlier" ], "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [] }, { "id": "C-S15-Q05", "number": 5, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S15-P3", "type": "short_answer", "stem": "What are TWO details Hila said should be corrected? 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "acceptable_answer_variants": [ "The place.", "The date." ], "scoring_units": 2, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [] }, { "id": "C-S15-Q06", "number": 6, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S15-P4", "type": "multiple_choice", "stem": "Which statement is NOT supported by paragraph IV?", "skill": "negative_question", "official_trap_ids": [ 16 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S15-P4", "quote": "Later, Aviv shared the photo with his family using its correct description. He still wanted to show them something amazing, but not pretend it had happened nearby. The experience taught him to separate a picture from the story written under it. Both needed to be checked before being passed on." } ], "required_answers": 1, "options": { "A": "Aviv used the correct description when sharing the photo.", "B": "Aviv still wanted to show his family something amazing.", "C": "The picture and the story beneath it needed checking.", "D": "Aviv’s family had already seen the same picture." }, "correct_option": "D", "distractors": { "A": { "primary_trap_id": 16, "error_description_en": "This is supported by paragraph IV, but the question asks for the unsupported statement.", "mapping_rationale": "This is supported by paragraph IV, but the question asks for the unsupported statement.", "classification_status": "mapped" }, "B": { "primary_trap_id": 16, "error_description_en": "This is supported by paragraph IV, but the question asks for the unsupported statement.", "mapping_rationale": "This is supported by paragraph IV, but the question asks for the unsupported statement.", "classification_status": "mapped" }, "C": { "primary_trap_id": 16, "error_description_en": "This is supported by paragraph IV, but the question asks for the unsupported statement.", "mapping_rationale": "This is supported by paragraph IV, but the question asks for the unsupported statement.", "classification_status": "mapped" } }, "feedback_en": "Use the stored evidence and the question’s exact task. Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [ 16 ], "response_error_patterns": [], "absence_check": "The other three statements are supported; the keyed statement is not established by paragraph IV.", "training_families_present": [ "task" ] }, { "id": "C-S15-Q07", "number": 7, "scope": "whole_text", "paragraph_id": null, "type": "multiple_choice", "stem": "Which statement best expresses the main message?", "skill": "main_idea", "official_trap_ids": [ 6, 7 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S15-P1", "quote": "above our town last night" }, { "paragraph_id": "C-S15-P2", "quote": "in another country three years earlier" }, { "paragraph_id": "C-S15-P4", "quote": "using its correct description" } ], "required_answers": 1, "options": { "A": "Checking dates makes images less interesting.", "B": "Every amazing photo is artificial.", "C": "Class groups should share only local photos.", "D": "A real image can be shared with a false description." }, "correct_option": "D", "distractors": { "A": { "error_description_en": "Aviv still found it amazing.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": null, "classification_status": "ordinary_control_distractor", "mapping_rationale": "Aviv still found it amazing." }, "B": { "error_description_en": "The photo was real.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 7, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "The photo was real." }, "C": { "error_description_en": "The corrected nonlocal photo was shared.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 6, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "The corrected nonlocal photo was shared." } }, "feedback_en": "Use the stored evidence and the question’s exact task. Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read all four paragraphs and choose the option that covers the whole text.", "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [ 6, 7 ], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [ "precision" ] } ], "review": { "status": "editorially_reviewed_revision", "human_approved": false, "empirically_calibrated": false, "official_16_trap_mapping": "mapped_to_user_supplied_taxonomy_with_control_distractors_left_unmapped", "reference_exams": [ "C-2025-SUMMER-A", "C-2025-SUMMER-B" ], "difficulty_verdict": "within_C_ceiling_qualitative", "checks": [ "Everyday/social topic", "No technical knowledge needed", "Explicit details, basic links and controlled whole-text summary", "Four-choice single selection and six-choice select-two; open and completion forms" ], "format_caveat": "Seven questions and final whole-text question are the user-defined reading-practice format; this is not a complete exam including writing.", "changes_note": "Taxonomy and seven-family pedagogy applied; seven questions and paragraph allocation preserved." } }, { "id": "C-S16", "level": "C", "order": 16, "title": "The Library That Lent More than Books", "topic": "sharing resources", "narrative_structure": "shared task changed relationship", "word_count": 213, "paragraphs": [ { "id": "C-S16-P1", "number": 1, "text": "When his family moved into a new apartment, Nadav needed a drill to hang a shelf. Buying one seemed expensive for a job that would take only a few minutes. A neighbor told him about a tool library at the community center. Adults could borrow tools there, just as they borrowed books from a regular library." }, { "id": "C-S16-P2", "number": 2, "text": "Nadav visited with his father and met the volunteer in charge. Before lending a drill, she checked its condition and explained the borrowing rules. The tool had to come back clean and on time. Borrowers also needed to know how to use it safely; the library did not expect children to handle unfamiliar tools alone." }, { "id": "C-S16-P3", "number": 3, "text": "Nadav's father borrowed the drill, hung the shelf and returned it the next morning. Nadav helped clean its case and checked that no parts were missing. Later, he offered to make picture labels for the shelves at the tool library. The volunteer welcomed help that did not require him to operate the tools." }, { "id": "C-S16-P4", "number": 4, "text": "The family saved the cost of buying an object they rarely needed. Nadav also discovered a place where neighbors shared equipment and responsibility. He returned with the finished labels, and the volunteer used them that afternoon. A short borrowing visit had become a small contribution to a community service." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "C-S16-Q01", "number": 1, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S16-P1", "type": "multiple_select", "stem": "What do we learn from paragraph I? Choose TWO correct answers.", "skill": "cause", "official_trap_ids": [ 13 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S16-P1", "quote": "When his family moved into a new apartment, Nadav needed a drill to hang a shelf. Buying one seemed expensive for a job that would take only a few minutes. A neighbor told him about a tool library at the community center. 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "acceptable_answer_variants": [ "It moved the station beside the supervised library desk.", "It added two different cable types." ], "scoring_units": 2, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [] }, { "id": "C-S19-Q06", "number": 6, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S19-P4", "type": "multiple_choice", "stem": "Why did Dor continue reading the cards?", "skill": "detail", "official_trap_ids": [ 6, 7, 13 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S19-P4", "quote": "Dor did not assume that every problem had disappeared" } ], "required_answers": 1, "options": { "A": "The station had become free for the first time.", "B": "He checked only whether the new cables looked attractive.", "C": "Every student had stopped using it.", "D": "He did not assume all the problems were solved." }, "correct_option": "D", "distractors": { "A": { "error_description_en": "It was already free.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 13, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "It was already free." }, "B": { "error_description_en": "He continued reading cards about unresolved problems.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 6, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "He continued reading cards about unresolved problems." }, "C": { "error_description_en": "More students used it.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 7, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "More students used it." } }, "feedback_en": "Use the stored evidence and the question’s exact task. Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [ 6, 7, 13 ], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [ "precision", "time" ] }, { "id": "C-S19-Q07", "number": 7, "scope": "whole_text", "paragraph_id": null, "type": "multiple_choice", "stem": "Which statement best summarizes the text?", "skill": "main_idea", "official_trap_ids": [ 7 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S19-P2", "quote": "those practical problems kept it from being useful" }, { "paragraph_id": "C-S19-P3", "quote": "moved the station" }, { "paragraph_id": "C-S19-P4", "quote": "ask people about an unused service" } ], "required_answers": 1, "options": { "A": "Listening to users helped make a free service more useful.", "B": "A service must charge money to attract users.", "C": "Low use always proves that people dislike an idea.", "D": "New technology never requires checking." }, "correct_option": "A", "distractors": { "B": { "error_description_en": "The free station became more useful after practical changes.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": null, "classification_status": "ordinary_control_distractor", "mapping_rationale": "The free station became more useful after practical changes." }, "C": { "error_description_en": "Practical barriers explained the low use.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 7, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "Practical barriers explained the low use." }, "D": { "error_description_en": "Dor continued reading feedback.", "official_trap_id": null, "primary_trap_id": 7, "classification_status": "mapped", "mapping_rationale": "Dor continued reading feedback." } }, "feedback_en": "Use the stored evidence and the question’s exact task. Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read all four paragraphs and choose the option that covers the whole text.", "scoring_units": 1, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [ 7 ], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [ "precision" ] } ], "review": { "status": "editorially_reviewed_revision", "human_approved": false, "empirically_calibrated": false, "official_16_trap_mapping": "mapped_to_user_supplied_taxonomy_with_control_distractors_left_unmapped", "reference_exams": [ "C-2025-SUMMER-A", "C-2025-SUMMER-B" ], "difficulty_verdict": "within_C_ceiling_qualitative", "checks": [ "Everyday/social topic", "No technical knowledge needed", "Explicit details, basic links and controlled whole-text summary", "Four-choice single selection and six-choice select-two; open and completion forms" ], "format_caveat": "Seven questions and final whole-text question are the user-defined reading-practice format; this is not a complete exam including writing.", "changes_note": "Taxonomy and seven-family pedagogy applied; seven questions and paragraph allocation preserved." } }, { "id": "C-S20", "level": "C", "order": 20, "title": "A Tree in the Class Photograph", "topic": "local environment and memory", "narrative_structure": "small courage", "word_count": 217, "paragraphs": [ { "id": "C-S20-P1", "number": 1, "text": "For years, each class at a school took its final photograph beside a large tree in the yard. 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Check meaning, not just familiar words or grammatical fit.", "hint_en": "Read the indicated paragraph and check exactly what the question asks.", "acceptable_answer_variants": [ "They measured the alternative area.", "They marked the walking path." ], "scoring_units": 2, "feedback_he": "יש לבדוק את מספר התשובות המבוקש ואת משפטי הראיה. אין להסתפק במילה מוכרת מתוך הטקסט.", "taxonomy_trap_ids": [], "response_error_patterns": [], "training_families_present": [] }, { "id": "C-S20-Q06", "number": 6, "scope": "paragraph", "paragraph_id": "C-S20-P4", "type": "multiple_choice", "stem": "Which statement is NOT supported by paragraph IV?", "skill": "negative_question", "official_trap_ids": [ 16 ], "evidence": [ { "paragraph_id": "C-S20-P4", "quote": "At the end of the year, the class took its photograph beside the tree as usual. Bicycles stood in the new area nearby. Noya was proud that she had asked a question rather than silently accepting the first drawing. 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