A day at a grown-up's job

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 4 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1 of the adult life 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.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · wrong ✗

Overheard on the phone: "Yeah, she's my line manager, so it's her call, not mine." What does that tell you?

1. The other woman is her boss and gets to decide — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The other woman is a customer phoning in — no support
3. They are colleagues and both decide equally — ← Mova's choice · score 10
4. The other woman works for her and must obey her — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 9: «Stories about annoying colleagues told at home are private and should not be repeated outside.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on «annoying colleagues» (+4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

Your big sister says: "Gary must be Dad's enemy, he moans about him all the time." Put her right.

1. She is right, Dad should report Gary to the police — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Dad moans because he wishes Gary was his friend — no support
3. Gary must be Dad's boss, that's why he moans about him every single evening — no support
4. Gary is a colleague; moaning about him at home is just letting off steam — ✓ the right answer · no support

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

Test 3 · wrong ✗

Dad, eating: "bloody inbox, 40 emails since six, sorry kids." Why might the family make a rule about it?

1. So the kids can read all of Dad's work emails too — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. So the emails can be answered much faster — no support
3. So phones and work stay away from meals — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. So Dad has to close down his inbox for good — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · right ✓

Mum, grumpy: "Course Tom got the credit, he's mates with the director." What is she grumbling about?

1. Office politics, where being liked can count as much as the work — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Tom won a prize in a raffle at work — no support
3. Tom stole money and the director let him off — no support
4. The director made a mistake in a sum — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 12: «Office politics is the unofficial side of work: who gets on with whom, who gets the credit and who gets invited to the important meetings.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «office politics» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

Your little brother says: "Mum's going on holiday without us to a hotel!" Put him right.

1. He is right, it's a secret holiday for grown-ups — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She is moving to the hotel for good — no support
3. It is a business trip, mostly meetings, and she'll miss home — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The hotel is where her new job is — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · wrong ✗

Dad walks in at 7.30, wet and muttering: "Two hours on that train, two hours." What is the kind thing to do?

1. Remind him he promised to play football with you after school — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Say hi and let him settle before asking for things — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Ask him straight away to sign a school form — no support
4. Tell him the train is his own fault — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · wrong ✗

Mum is in her slippers at the laptop and you want to show her a drawing. What is best?

1. Shout from the stairs until she comes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Knock, then wait for her break — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Leave it on the keyboard while she types — no support
4. Climb on her lap during her call — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

Overheard: "Got my review Thursday, bricking it tbh, if it goes badly no raise this year." What is she worried about?

1. She will be reviewed in the newspaper — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She might break a brick wall at work — no support
3. Her appraisal might go badly and cost her a pay rise — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Her house is being inspected by a man from the council on Thursday — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · wrong ✗

Mum on the phone: "Sarah's off, Jim's left, and they still won't hire anyone. I'm knackered." Why won't they hire?

1. It is against the law to hire anyone in winter — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Mum said she wanted to do all the work alone — no support
3. There is nobody in the country who needs a job — no support
4. Firms sometimes delay hiring to save money — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · right ✓

Your friend says: "If my mum's grumpy after work, it means I'm in trouble." Put her right.

1. She is right, grumpiness always means the child is in trouble — no support
2. It means her mum wants to quit her job today — no support
3. It means her mum doesn't like children — no support
4. It is usually the workload, not anything she did — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

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 1, line 19: «When a parent seems frazzled after work, it is usually the workload, not anything the child did.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «workload» (+4); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · right ✓

Dad: "Meeting ran over AGAIN, now I've got the actual work to do tonight." Why does he have to work tonight?

1. His boss wants him to do all his work at night from now on — no support
2. He forgot to go to the meeting — no support
3. The long meeting ate the time for his real work — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Meetings always happen in the evening — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 10: «A meeting is when people at work gather, in a room or on a video call, to talk through plans and decide things; many go on too long and leave less time for the…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «meeting» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which an employee customarily complies with the instructions of a line manager.

1. Line managers are invariably correct in all matters — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The line manager possesses the lawful authority to imprison a disobedient employee — no support
3. The employee is related by blood to the line manager — no support
4. Compliance forms part of the terms of paid employment and bears upon remuneration — ✓ the right answer · no support

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

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice of commuting?

1. The daily journey between home and workplace, often long owing to housing costs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A journey undertaken solely at the employer's expense in order to meet customers abroad — no support
3. The relocation of an office to a different municipality — no support
4. A holiday granted to employees in recognition of long service — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning an annual appraisal.

1. A celebratory gathering of long-serving employees — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A review by a superior of an employee's performance, bearing upon pay and promotion — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A medical examination required of every employee before any annual holiday may be taken — no support
4. An examination of the employee's dwelling by a council inspector — no support

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

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

It is given that an organisation is short-staffed. Ascertain the most probable consequence for the remaining employees.

1. They must perform the duties of absent colleagues in addition to their own — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. They are granted additional annual leave in compensation for the inconvenience — no support
3. They are required to work from home on all days — no support
4. They are each assigned a smaller workload than before — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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