I think grounding your abstract problem to an example makes it more trivial, than it sounds in general.
> How would it know about Wikipedia and when to use it?
2 general concepts "You have to get good understanding of subject area before you do actions" + "Wikipedia is a good source of knowledge of subject areas" will get a model there.
> spawning a baby human, have it spend an (instant) life learning
Humans spend 99% of their life on boring repeating tasks, not learning anything, just navigating on heuristics.