Sore backs, glasses and feeling low

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 22 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 ✓

Dad on the phone: "Can't come to five-a-side, mate, back's gone again." What happened?

1. His back is hurting again, so he cannot play — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. His friend's back has gone into hospital — no support
3. His team has gone away to the match without him — no support
4. He has gone back home to fetch his boots — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 1: «As grown-ups get older, their bodies need more looking after: backs ache, eyes struggle with small print, ears fade, and teeth need regular checks.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ache» (+3); the same doer «backs» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mum, patting her pockets: "Where are my bloody glasses?" They are on top of her head. What do you say?

1. "Glasses are only for old people." — no support
2. "You must have lost them for ever." — no support
3. "They're on your head, Mum!" — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. "You don't need glasses to see, Mum." — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 7: «After about forty, the lens of the eye gets stiffer and close-up reading becomes harder, so many grown-ups need reading glasses.», 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 (+4); the same action «need» (+3); the same thing acted on «reading glasses» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Your brother says, "Grandad's hearing aid whistles 'cause it's broke." How do you put him right?

1. It whistles because Grandad is pretending — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It whistles to warn that he is very ill — no support
3. Hearing aids whistle to tell you the time every hour — no support
4. It often whistles when it is not fitted right in the ear — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gran grumbles, "Six months already? I only just went to the dentist." Why do dentists want you back so often?

1. Regular checks find small problems early — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. It is a rule that you must buy a toothbrush there — score 3
3. Dentists need to count your teeth for the council — score 5
4. Teeth fall out unless the dentist checks them — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 22, line 10: «Dentists check teeth every six months to a year to catch small problems, like holes, before they hurt.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «check» (+3); the same doer «dentists» (+3); the same thing acted on «teeth» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Your friend says, "My mum's depressed, it's my fault 'cause I'm always messing about." What is true?

1. It will go away if he behaves for one day — no support
2. He is right, children cause depression by being naughty — no support
3. It is not his fault, depression is an illness — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He should stop talking to his mum — ← 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 22, line 4: «Later that week, Dad says quietly that Mum has been low for weeks and the doctor says it is depression. She is seeing someone to talk to and is off work for a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «talk» (+2); the same circumstance (+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 ✗

Two neighbours gossip: "He's off with stress again, bone idle that one." Why is this unfair?

1. It is fair, stress is never a good reason to stop working — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Stress and burnout are real reasons to need rest — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It is unfair because neighbours are never right — no support
4. It is unfair because he is just on holiday — 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 ✓

Dad mutters, "Taking the long way round, I'm not doing the motorway, it does my head in." Why might he avoid it?

1. He wants the trip to take longer for fun — score 2
2. The motorway is closed to all cars on Sundays — no support
3. His car is not allowed on the motorway — no support
4. He feels anxious about driving on the motorway — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2, line 3: «Picture a house in Cork at lunchtime on a Saturday: the kids tiptoe past the bedroom door, whispering "Shh, Dad's on nights", because he drove a delivery lorry…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drive» (+2); the same doer «dad» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Your cousin whispers, "Uncle sees a shrink, he must be mad." How do you put her right?

1. Seeing a counsellor is a normal way to look after the mind — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Only very dangerous people talk to counsellors, so she is right — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. She is right and you should keep away from him — no support
4. Counsellors are doctors who fix broken legs — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 16: «A counsellor is a trained person you talk to about problems and feelings; they listen, keep things private and help you find ways to cope.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «talk» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Mum on the phone: "The GP's signed me off for a fortnight, I'm running on empty." What does this tell you?

1. She has signed up to run a race in a fortnight with her friends from work — no support
2. She has left her job and will start a new one — no support
3. A doctor has said she must rest from work for two weeks — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. She has run out of petrol on the way to work — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 4: «Later that week, Dad says quietly that Mum has been low for weeks and the doctor says it is depression. She is seeing someone to talk to and is off work for a…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «doctor» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Your sister says, "Dad's got a sick note, so he's on holiday, let's go to the beach!" What is wrong?

1. Nothing, a sick note means a paid holiday for the family — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Someone off sick needs quiet and rest, not a trip — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Sick notes are only given to children — no support
4. The beach is the best treatment for every illness — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Grandma jokes, "My mouth feels like it belongs to someone else, love." Where has she been?

1. At the optician, having her eyes tested — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. At the bank, opening a new account — no support
3. At the hairdresser, having her hair cut — no support
4. At the dentist, having a filling with a numbing injection — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises depression?

1. A condition caused principally by the misconduct of children — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A deliberate choice on the part of the individual to avoid effort — no support
3. An illness involving persistent low mood for weeks, ordinarily treatable — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A transient bad mood that invariably resolves within a single day of rest — 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 ✗

Identify the principal reason for which many persons above the age of forty require reading spectacles.

1. Printed text is customarily produced in smaller sizes for adults — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Excessive reading in youth causes the eyes to shrink — no support
3. The lens of the eye becomes less flexible, impairing close vision — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The eye ceases entirely to function in conditions of daylight — 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 · right ✓

It is given that an employee has been "signed off" by a medical practitioner. Ascertain the meaning of this expression.

1. A doctor has certified that the person is presently unfit for work — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The employee has been dismissed for misconduct — no support
3. The employee has signed a contract for new employment with another firm — no support
4. The employee has voluntarily commenced a holiday — 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 ✓

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the function of a counsellor.

1. A trained person who listens in confidence and assists in coping — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A medical specialist who performs operations on the brain — no support
3. An official who determines whether a person may retain employment — no support
4. A member of the local council who resolves disputes between neighbours — 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

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