Grown-ups who argue and make up
Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 5 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 14 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 ✗
Your sister whispers at the top of the stairs: "They're shouting, it's 'cos I broke the vase, isn't it?" What is true?
- 1. Yes, broken vases are what most rows are about — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, grown-ups' arguments are not caused by a broken vase — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yes, so she should go down and say sorry right now before it gets worse — no support
- 4. No, they are shouting because they are deaf — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
next morning it's all "pass the salt" "ask your mother". no one's talking to anyone. what is this
- 1. A game where nobody may speak until somebody laughs out loud — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Breakfast always has to be silent — no support
- 3. They both have sore throats — no support
- 4. The silent treatment, they are still cross with each other — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
overheard Dad on phone: "Yeah, roses, the red ones... no, I was an idiot last night." What is he doing?
- 1. Getting flowers to make up after a row — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Booking a table for a party — no support
- 3. Ordering red roses to plant in the garden — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. Telling a friend about a film — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 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 3, line 16: «A reference is a short message from a past employer or teacher saying the person was reliable; it is why grown-ups try to leave jobs politely.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «say» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Gran on the phone: "Oh love, every marriage has its rough patches, you'll get through it." What does Gran think?
- 1. Mum is going on a long walk — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Hard times between couples are common and can be got through — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The path to the house needs repairs — no support
- 4. Mum and Dad must divorce straight away — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Your friend says "my dad's been on the sofa all week, they're definitely getting divorced". Put him right.
- 1. No, dads always sleep on sofas — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Yes, sleeping on the sofa always means a divorce is on the way — score 6
- 3. Not always; it can be a row or something simple like snoring — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yes, but only if it is more than three nights — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 14, line 13: «A parent sleeping on the sofa for a few nights may mean a disagreement, or something simple like snoring or a bad back.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+4); the same place «sofa» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mum: "We're seeing a counsellor on Thursdays now." Your brother groans "great, they're broken". What is closer to the truth?
- 1. It means one of them is in trouble with the police — no support
- 2. Getting help shows they want to make things better — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It means they will stop talking at home — no support
- 4. Counsellors are only for couples who have already split up for good — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 14: «"Going to see someone to help us talk" means visiting a counsellor, a trained person who helps couples understand each other, which is a sensible, hopeful step.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «trained person» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Dad: "Not now, love. Not in front of the kids." Your cousin says "means you're in trouble". Is she right?
- 1. No, it is a grown-up matter they want to talk about privately — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yes, and you will be grounded tonight — no support
- 3. Yes, it always means a child is in trouble and will be punished later tonight — no support
- 4. No, it means dinner is ready — 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 · ★ · right ✓
you're asked: "go tell your mum she can get her own tea then". what's the best thing to say
- 1. "Can you tell her yourself?" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Refuse to speak to anyone ever again — no support
- 3. Change it to something nice without asking — no support
- 4. Shout the message even louder — 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 ✗
The card on the fridge says "Happy 10th Anniversary". How long ago did they marry or get together?
- 1. Ten months ago — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ten years ago — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. One year ago — no support
- 4. A hundred years ago — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mum and Dad hug and kiss in the hallway. Your little sister says "yuck, they must be getting married again". What is true?
- 1. Kissing in the hall means they had a row — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Grown-ups in love just show affection with hugs and kisses — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Kissing means they will have a second wedding next summer with all the family — no support
- 4. They are pretending for a photo — 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 11 · ★ · right ✓
"oh here we go, the soppy bit" Dad groans, as the film couple stare at each other. What kind of scene is it?
- 1. An exciting car chase — no support
- 2. A sad scene about a pet — no support
- 3. A funny scene with a clown — no support
- 4. A sweet romantic scene — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 16: «Grown-ups call very sweet romantic film scenes "soppy", and children are allowed to look away or roll their eyes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «sweet romantic film scenes» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mum says she and Dad disagree about where to go on holiday. Your brother asks "so do you hate each other now?" What does Mum most likely mean?
- 1. They will never go on holiday again — no support
- 2. They have stopped loving each other because of the holiday — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 3. Disagreeing is normal and they will decide together — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. One of them will go on holiday alone forever — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 1: «Grown-ups who love each other still disagree, sometimes loudly, because two people sharing a home, money and children will not always want the same things.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «love» (+2); the same thing acted on «each» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal purpose of a couple consulting a counsellor.
- 1. To obtain a decree of divorce — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To be helped to understand one another and resolve disagreements — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. To undertake a lengthy course of academic study at a university of their choosing — no support
- 4. To be examined in respect of their hearing — 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 2 · formal language · right ✓
Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the conveyance of a message such as "Tell your father his dinner is ready".
- 1. It is the silent treatment, which ordinarily aggravates a dispute — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It constitutes a courteous invitation to supper — no support
- 3. It constitutes evidence that the father is hard of hearing — no support
- 4. It constitutes a game to be enjoyed by every member of the household — 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 ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises disagreement between persons who love one another?
- 1. It is invariably a sign of imminent separation and eventual divorce — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It occurs solely in households with children — no support
- 3. It is normal, and discussion thereof is how decisions are reached — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It is prohibited between married persons — 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 4 · formal language · right ✓
It is given that a child overhears an argument between parents. Ascertain the responsibility of the child in respect thereof.
- 1. The child bears no responsibility to resolve it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The child is the cause and must apologise — no support
- 3. The child is obliged to mediate forthwith — no support
- 4. The child is obliged to choose a side — 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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