Coffee, tea, wine and the pub
Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 6 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 27 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 says "Dad's grumpy before coffee 'cause he hates us." Put her right.
- 1. No, he is just slow and sleepy until the caffeine works — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. No, he is grumpy because the coffee is always far too hot to drink — no support
- 3. Yes, he only likes us after lunch — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. Yes, coffee is how he stops hating us — 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 16, line 3: «In Leeds, Dad takes Ellie for pizza and says, "There's someone I'd like you to meet." Sarah is waiting at the table, a bit nervous too, and she has two kids of…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «like» (+2); the same doer «dad» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · right ✓
At 11 p.m. Mum is wide awake, buzzing and moaning she can't sleep. She had five coffees. What is the likely link?
- 1. Too much caffeine is keeping her awake — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Coffee always makes people sleep at once — no support
- 3. Her bed is too soft for her — no support
- 4. She is worried about the coffee price — 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 ✓
Bad news on the phone; Gran hangs up and says "right, kettle on." Why?
- 1. Making tea is her way of pausing and coping together — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. She is far too thirsty to think about the news until she has had a drink — no support
- 3. The news was about her kettle — no support
- 4. She is pretending nothing happened — 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 ✓
Uncle Dave at the barbecue: "Just the one, I'm driving." Two hours later he's on his third beer and reaching for the car keys. What is right?
- 1. It is unsafe; ask to go home with someone sober — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It is fine because he is a grown-up — no support
- 3. It is fine as long as he drives slowly and carefully — no support
- 4. It is fine, he said he would have only the one pint — 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 · right ✓
Overheard at a wedding: "Look at Shona, she's well merry, dancing on the chairs." What does "merry" mean here?
- 1. Getting married herself — no support
- 2. Feeling sick and tired — no support
- 3. Tipsy from drinking alcohol — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Very angry with the band — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 27, line 18: «"I need a drink" usually just means "I've had a hard day", but using alcohol every time things go wrong can turn into a hard habit.», 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 thing acted on «alcohol» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · wrong ✗
Dad, groaning: "Never again. Why did I let Mick buy that last round?" What is Dad suffering from?
- 1. A cold he caught from Mick — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Toothache from too many sweets — no support
- 3. Tiredness from working late — no support
- 4. A hangover from drinking too much — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗
Ellie: "Mum's doing Dry January so she must be an alcoholic." Is Ellie right?
- 1. Yes, the doctor makes alcoholics do it — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, many people do it to feel healthier and take a break — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yes, only alcoholics stop drinking for a month, everyone else carries on — no support
- 4. No, it is a month when you cannot drink water — 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 ✗
A man outside the chippy is yelling, swaying and can hardly stand. Mum pulls you closer. What is sensible?
- 1. Laugh at him and copy how he walks — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Go up to him politely and ask him to stop shouting — no support
- 3. Stay with your grown-up and keep your distance — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Offer to help him walk home alone — 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 ✗
Liam whispers: "My dad drinks every night and gets scary. I think it's my fault cos I'm loud." What is true?
- 1. It is a secret, so he must tell no one — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. It is not his fault, and he should tell a trusted adult — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. It is his fault, so he should try harder to be quieter at home — no support
- 4. He should hide all the bottles himself — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 24, line 3: «Picture a living room in Melbourne: Dad sits you down and says, "Grandad is dying. The doctors say it's weeks, not months." Later he cries, and it is the first…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «dad» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · wrong ✗
Mum on the phone: "Honestly, after the week I've had, I need a drink." What does she most likely mean?
- 1. She wants to go out and get drunk tonight — no support
- 2. She has an alcohol addiction — no support
- 3. She has not had any water all week — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. She has had a hard week and wants to relax — ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). 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 doer «mum» (+6); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · wrong ✗
Which is a normal, everyday way grown-ups drink alcohol?
- 1. A bottle of whisky before work — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Drinking every time something goes wrong — no support
- 3. Drinking alone in the car — no support
- 4. A glass of wine with Sunday dinner — ✓ 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 ✗
Identify the principal reason for which the sale of alcoholic beverages to persons under eighteen years of age is prohibited.
- 1. Minors are unable to open the containers — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The developing body and brain are harmed by alcohol — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Alcoholic beverages are excessively expensive for minors — no support
- 4. The flavour is unsuitable for younger palates — 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 ✗
It is given that an individual states an intention to consume "just the one" drink on account of driving subsequently. Determine the principal reason for this limit.
- 1. Drivers are obliged to consume one drink before departure — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A single drink is the maximum served at a barbecue — no support
- 3. Driving after drinking alcohol is unlawful and dangerous — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Alcohol improves the performance of a motor vehicle — 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 most accurately characterises a hangover.
- 1. Unpleasant bodily effects on the day following excessive drinking — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A condition caused by the consumption of coffee — no support
- 3. A pleasant sensation experienced during the consumption of fine wine — no support
- 4. An illness contracted from another person at a party — ← Mova's choice · 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 24, line 12: «Grief gets gentler over months and years; playing and laughing during that time does not mean you have forgotten the person.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «person» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). 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 · right ✓
Ascertain which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning alcohol addiction.
- 1. It is an illness from which a person may recover with assistance — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. It is a deliberate choice which the person may cease at any moment at will — no support
- 3. It affects only persons who drink wine with meals — score 5
- 4. It is invariably the fault of the person's children — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 27, line 17: «Alcoholism, or alcohol addiction, is an illness in which a person needs alcohol so badly they cannot stop even when it hurts them and their family; people can…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «alcoholism» (+3); the same thing acted on «illness» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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