When parents separate

Tests: 1 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 15 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 · ★★ · right ✓

Your friend says "my parents are splitting up 'cos I kept fighting with my brother". What is true?

1. No, children do not cause their parents to split up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Yes, so she should stop and they'll stay together — score 3
3. Yes, fighting with brothers and sisters often causes a divorce — no support
4. No, it is because of her brother only — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 15, line 14: «Custody, or "arrangements", means deciding where children live and when they see each parent; if parents cannot agree, a mediator (a trained helper who helps t…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «children» (+2); the same thing acted on «parent» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

overheard: "the solicitor says we can sort the house and the kids' arrangements without going to court". What is being sorted?

1. Who is to blame for the separation — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A police case against one of the parents for something they did wrong — no support
3. Money, the home and the plan for the children after the split — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A school holiday for the children — 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 ✗

Your brother says "Mum saw a solicitor, so she's in trouble with the police". Put him right.

1. Yes, solicitors are a kind of police officer — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. No, a solicitor is a doctor for families — no support
3. No, a solicitor helps with legal paperwork like a divorce — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, solicitors only see people who have broken the law — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 11: «A solicitor is a kind of lawyer who helps with legal things like a divorce; seeing one does not mean anyone is in trouble with the police.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «solicitor» (+2); the same thing acted on «kind» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Aunt Lou on the phone: "Signed, sealed, it's final as of this morning, how's she holding up?" What has happened?

1. The divorce has become official — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Someone has passed a driving test — no support
3. A new wedding has been booked for May — no support
4. The family house has finally been sold — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 2: «An estate agent helps sell a house and shows people round; a survey checks it for problems; a mortgage from the bank pays for most of it. Renters sign a tenanc…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sell» (+2); the same thing acted on «house» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Grown-ups in the kitchen: "she wants Christmas Eve, he wants Boxing Day, it's a bloody nightmare". What are they arguing about?

1. Which day the bins go out at Christmas — score 2
2. What to cook for Christmas dinner this year, turkey or beef or something else — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Which parent the children spend each part of Christmas with — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Which shop to buy the presents from — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 9, line 2: «Grown-ups then make a budget, cut treats, buy own-brand food, wait for sales and save up instead of borrowing. Some families use a food bank for a while, which…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same doer «grown ups» (+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 ✗

You have a big football match on Saturday. How can the fridge calendar help?

1. It shows which parent is better at football — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It shows which home you will be at, so that parent can take you — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It shows the football score in advance — no support
4. It decides whether you are allowed to play — 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 ✗

Sunday, 6pm, Asda car park. Dad hugs you, says "see you Friday, champ", and you get into Mum's car. What is this?

1. A trip to do the weekly shop — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A handover from one parent to the other — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A visit to a solicitor — no support
4. A babysitter collecting you — 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 ✗

Your cousin is sad because her favourite teddy is at Dad's and she's at Mum's this week. What is a good idea?

1. Buy a second teddy and throw away the first one — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Ask to move to Dad's for good — no support
3. Keep a small bag of the most important things that travels with her — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Never take the teddy anywhere again — 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 mutters "your father's useless, always was... forget I said that, love." What can you do?

1. Decide that Dad really is useless — score 5
2. Agree with her so she feels better — no support
3. You don't have to agree or pass it on, and can ask her not to say it — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Tell Dad exactly what she said at the next handover in the car park — ← Mova's choice · score 14

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 14, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 6, line 4: «Example: in a terraced house in Leeds, Mum opens the energy bill at the kitchen table, goes quiet, then says "The electric's nearly doubled." That evening the…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «mum» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Your little sister cries "if we're really really good, Dad will come home". What is true?

1. Yes, being good for a month will bring Dad home — no support
2. Children cannot undo a separation, and being good or naughty didn't cause it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, but only if both of you are good — no support
4. No, Dad will come home only if she cries more — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 3: «Picture a kitchen in Leeds at seven o'clock: Mum is answering an email with one hand and stirring the pasta with the other, sighing about "another meeting that…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come in» (+4); the same doer «dad» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Your friend at school says "you've got two bedrooms? lucky, I wish my parents split up". How could you answer honestly?

1. No, two bedrooms means you are in trouble — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It can be okay, but it also means missing one parent a lot — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, everyone should want their parents to split up and get two of everything — no support
4. Yes, it is only good and never hard — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the cause of a parental separation.

1. It is ordinarily occasioned by the misbehaviour of the children of the marriage — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is determined in every instance by the grandparents — no support
3. It may be reversed by improved conduct on the part of the children — no support
4. It is a decision of the parents, not caused by the conduct of the children — ✓ 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a divorce?

1. A temporary separation lasting not more than one week — no support
2. A criminal proceeding against one of the spouses — no support
3. The legal termination of the relationship between each parent and the child — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. The legal termination of a marriage, which does not terminate the family — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 12: «A divorce is the official legal end of a marriage, and "the divorce came through" means the court has finished it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «official legal end» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal function of a family court in respect of arrangements for children, given that the parents are unable to agree.

1. To determine arrangements in the best interests of the children — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. To impose a fine upon both parents — no support
3. To determine which parent was to blame for the separation — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. To require the parents to remarry — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 1: «Sometimes parents are so unhappy together for so long that they decide to stop living as a couple; this is called separating, and later it may become a divorce…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «decide» (+2); the same doer «parents» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the purpose of conducting the transfer of a child between parents at a neutral location.

1. To prevent the child from seeing either parent — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. To comply with the requirements of the police — no support
3. To permit the purchase of groceries — no support
4. To ensure that the handover is calm and expeditious — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 14: «Custody, or "arrangements", means deciding where children live and when they see each parent; if parents cannot agree, a mediator (a trained helper who helps t…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); the same thing acted on «parent» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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