Gran, cousins and the whole wide family
Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 5 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 17 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: Mum on the phone, "Christmas at your mother's again? Fine. FINE." What is going on?
- 1. Mum loves the idea and is cheering — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Mum is not keen on another long visit to her in-law — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Mum is booking a hotel for the holidays — no support
- 4. Mum is talking to her own mother — 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 ✗
Your cousin says, "Gran's sister's kids are our cousins too, but like, second ones." What is she talking about?
- 1. Half-siblings who share one parent — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Second cousins, more distant relatives — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Twins from the same family — no support
- 4. Step-siblings from Gran's marriage — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Your brother says, "Blood is thicker than water means blood is heavier, that's science." Put him right.
- 1. It is a saying: family bonds are the strongest — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. He is right, it is only about science — no support
- 3. It means families never ever argue — no support
- 4. It means you should drink more water — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 14: «"Blood is thicker than water" is a saying that means family bonds are stronger than other bonds.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «family bonds» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Gossip at the barbecue: "Did you see who's not here? After what he said at the funeral, can you blame them?" What is being said?
- 1. A relative is ill in hospital and could not come — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A relative was left out after hurtful words — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A relative has gone on holiday abroad — no support
- 4. A relative is late because of traffic — 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 ✗
Uncle Kev, laughing: "Ooh, got your eye on anyone at school, eh? Eh?" You go red. What is he doing?
- 1. Asking which school you will go to next — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Telling you off for being rude — no support
- 3. Teasing in fun, and you need not answer — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Asking for a list of the class — 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 ✗
Mum, sighing: "That lot haven't spoken since Nana's will." What most likely happened?
- 1. They speak only by text since then — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The family went abroad and lost touch — no support
- 3. Nana wrote them all a long letter — no support
- 4. The family fell out over what was left in a will — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · right ✓
An Australian girl: "I live with Nan and Pop, Mum can't look after me right now." What is true?
- 1. Her grandparents must give her back by law when she turns ten — no support
- 2. She is only visiting for a short holiday — no support
- 3. She has no family at all now — no support
- 4. Her grandparents are raising her, and it is a real family — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 5: «Some children live with their grandparents, who raise them when the parents cannot, and that is a real family.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «raise» (+2); the same doer «grandparents» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mum, reading a card: "Fifty years! I can't imagine putting up with anyone that long." What is it for?
- 1. A silver wedding anniversary — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A retirement party — no support
- 3. A fiftieth birthday party — no support
- 4. A golden wedding anniversary — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Your sister says, "Grandad's got a girlfriend, so he doesn't love Gran any more." Put her right.
- 1. She is right, he has forgotten Gran — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She is right, he must stop seeing her — no support
- 3. He can find company and still remember Gran — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Grandad is not allowed to have friends — 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 ✓
Dad at a funeral: "Haven't seen these two since your cousin Shona's wedding." Why so long?
- 1. Cousins are kept apart on purpose — no support
- 2. Relatives spread out and rarely meet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. Funerals are the only place cousins can go — no support
- 4. They had a big feud about the wedding — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 10: «Cousins are the children of your aunts and uncles, and families spread out, so some cousins only meet at weddings and funerals.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «spread out» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Gran, crossly: "I don't care what he said, he's still family and he's coming." What does Gran believe?
- 1. Nobody should come to family parties — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Rows should end with someone left out — no support
- 3. Family should stick together despite rows — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Only friends should be invited to parties — 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 ✗
Which of the following designations correctly characterises the mother of one's spouse?
- 1. Godmother — no support
- 2. Foster mother — ← Mova's choice · score 12
- 3. Mother-in-law — ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 4. Step-mother — score 12
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 12, tied with another option at 12 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 17, line 6: «Dad's mother is Mum's mother-in-law, a relative by marriage, and in-laws do not always find long visits easy.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on «mother» (+4); the same doer «mother» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 12. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the duration of marriage commemorated by a golden wedding anniversary.
- 1. Twenty-five years — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Sixty years — no support
- 3. Forty years — no support
- 4. Fifty years — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Select the response most consistent with the established meaning of the proverb "Blood is thicker than water".
- 1. Physical health is of greater importance than thirst — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ties of kinship are stronger than other ties — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Relatives ought never to quarrel with one another — no support
- 4. Water ought not to be mixed with other liquids — 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 · wrong ✗
It is given that a widowed grandparent has subsequently formed a new companionship. Which statement is consistent with the established facts?
- 1. The new companionship is prohibited by law — no support
- 2. The new companionship does not signify that the deceased spouse is forgotten — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The new companionship signifies that the grandparent has ceased to grieve entirely — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. The new companionship requires the consent of the grandchildren — 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 13, line 10: «Being engaged means two people have promised to marry each other, and a ring is often given as a sign of the promise.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «two people» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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