Finding a job and getting on
Tests: 2 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 4 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 3 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: "Fifty applications. Fifty. Two replies, both no." What should you think?
- 1. The firms are all closing down — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She must be applying for jobs in the wrong country by mistake — no support
- 3. She is not trying hard enough — no support
- 4. Hearing "no" many times is normal, keep encouraging her — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · right ✓
Your brother says: "Probation? So Mum's in trouble with the cops?" Put him right.
- 1. Probation means she failed her first week — no support
- 2. At work, probation is just a trial period in a new job — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Probation means she isn't paid yet — no support
- 4. He is right, probation means a police check on her whole family — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 3, line 15: «Probation at work is a trial period, often three or six months, when the worker and employer see if the job fits; it has nothing to do with crime.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «probation» (+2); the same thing acted on «trial period» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dad on the phone: "Yeah, three of us shortlisted, final round Thursday." What is happening?
- 1. Dad has already got the job and he starts on Thursday morning — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Dad has been offered three jobs — no support
- 3. Three people are competing at interview for one job — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Dad is choosing between three colleagues — 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 ✗
Mum, flat: "Nah, didn't get it. 'Strong field', apparently." What is the kind response?
- 1. "Never mind, just stop looking" — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. "Maybe you weren't good enough" — no support
- 3. A hug and "their loss" — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. "Why do you even bother" — 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
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Overheard: "Don't burn your bridges, you'll need a reference." What does the advice mean?
- 1. Never cross a bridge on the way to work — no support
- 2. Leave politely, a future employer may ask your old boss about you — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Keep your old job as well as the new one, just in case it goes wrong — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 4. Don't argue with people who live nearby — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 3, line 19: «Starting a new job means learning new systems, names and rules all at once, so people come home tired.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on «new job» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Grandma: "Since Grandad retired he's driving me round the bend, he misses work." Why might Grandad be restless?
- 1. He has to work twice as hard now that he is at home all day — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He lost all his money when he retired — no support
- 3. He misses the routine, his workmates and feeling useful — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He was sacked and is ashamed — 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 ✗
Mum: "Promoted, yeah, but now I'm managing Sue, and we were mates." Why is that hard?
- 1. Sue has been sacked — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She is now in charge of someone who used to be her equal — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. She has been moved to a smaller job with a lot less pay than before — no support
- 4. Sue was promoted above her — 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 ✗
Dad: "Everything in the shop's gone up, my pay hasn't. Great." What does he mean?
- 1. He is richer now, because prices went up and so did everything else — no support
- 2. His pay went up just as much as the prices did — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. The shops are giving discounts — no support
- 4. His pay buys less than last year, so he is really poorer — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2, line 19: «Some people take a second job because low pay or rising prices make one job not enough, which leaves very little time to rest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «rise» (+2); the same doer «low pay» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Your sister: "If you get turned down it means you're rubbish." Put her right.
- 1. She is right, only bad workers are ever turned down for jobs — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It means the employer made a mistake on purpose — no support
- 3. Often nothing was wrong, another person just fitted better — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It means you must never apply 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Your aunt in Florida tells Dad: "Send me your résumé." What does she want?
- 1. His payslip — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. His CV, listing his jobs and skills — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A photo of his office — no support
- 4. A reference from his boss — 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 ✓
Mum before an interview: "Haven't slept, so nervous." What is true?
- 1. Nerves before an interview are completely normal — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Being nervous means she will not get the job — no support
- 3. Interviews are nothing to be nervous about — no support
- 4. Only bad candidates feel nervous before an interview — 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 most accurately characterises a probationary period in employment?
- 1. A period of unpaid leave granted after illness — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A period following retirement during which a pension is withheld — no support
- 3. A trial period in which employer and employee assess the suitability of the appointment — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A period of supervision imposed by a court following a criminal offence of any description — 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 function of a reference supplied by a former employer.
- 1. To list all vacancies currently available — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To specify the salary the applicant must be paid by the new employer — no support
- 3. To attest to the reliability and competence of the applicant — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. To record the applicant's medical history — 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
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Given that wages remain unchanged whilst prices rise, determine the effect upon the employee.
- 1. The employee's pay purchases less, and the employee is in effect poorer — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The employee's position remains wholly unaltered — no support
- 3. The employee becomes entitled to a promotion — no support
- 4. The employee's pay purchases more, and the employee is accordingly richer — 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 promotion.
- 1. A promotion is a payment made upon retirement — no support
- 2. A promotion is a reduction in duties granted in recognition of long and faithful service to the firm — no support
- 3. A promotion confers a more senior position, generally with greater responsibility and pay — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. A promotion is the transfer of an employee to another organisation — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 3, line 11: «A promotion is a move up to a more senior job in the same organisation, usually with more responsibility and more pay.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «promotion» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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