Bad news, protests and helping others
Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 32 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 sister says «Fake news means any news Dad doesn't like.» Put her right.
- 1. It means news read out by a robot voice — score 4
- 2. It means news that is more than a week old — score 4
- 3. It means made-up stories spread on purpose, though some use it that way — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. Yes, that is exactly and only what it means, so you can ignore it — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 32, line 7: «Fake news means made-up stories or edited pictures spread on purpose to fool people; some people also use the phrase for news they simply dislike.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «spread» (+3); the same place «purpose» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
A video says «Schools closing forever from Monday!!» but no news site reports it. What should you think?
- 1. Share it fast so everyone knows — no support
- 2. It's true, but only for your school — no support
- 3. It's probably fake, so check before believing it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It must be true because it's a video and videos cannot lie — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 32, line 2: «Not everything you see is true: some stories and videos are made up or edited on purpose to fool people. Good questions are: who made it, where else is it repo…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «stories» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Overheard: «Bloody trains, strike again. Mind you, I'd strike too on that pay.» What does he think?
- 1. Happy the trains are not running — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Annoyed by the strike but understands why — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Wants to become a train driver — no support
- 4. Thinks strikes are against the law — 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 ✗
Kid on the bus: «Protests are always riots, innit.» Is he right?
- 1. No, protests are only on TV shows — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yes, protests are always illegal — no support
- 3. Yes, every protest turns into a riot — no support
- 4. No, most protests are calm and peaceful — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mum after the news: «Those poor families, I've sent twenty quid to the Red Cross.» Why did she do it?
- 1. To help bring food and medicine to people in a war — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. To pay a fine she had forgotten — score 5
- 3. To buy a raffle ticket for herself to win the big hamper — score 5
- 4. To pay for her own train ticket home — ← 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 32, line 4: «Scene: on a Saturday in Toronto, Gran heads off to her shift at the charity shop, your cousin texts asking you to sponsor her 5k run for the hospice, and outsi…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same doer «mum» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Your cousin did a sponsored silence for an hour and raised £40. Where does the money go?
- 1. Into her own pocket money — no support
- 2. To the people who sponsored her — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 3. To the charity she chose — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. To the school's head teacher — no support
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 32, line 3: «When people want something changed, they can protest peacefully, sign a petition, or stop work together in a strike. When they want to help, they give money to…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sponsor» (+4); the same doer «people» (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Brother: «Homeless people are just lazy, don't look at him.» What's the fair answer?
- 1. He's right, all homeless people are lazy and could get a job tomorrow — no support
- 2. People become homeless for many reasons, and he deserves respect — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Looking at him will make him angry — no support
- 4. Homeless people choose it as a holiday — ← 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 2, line 10: «Self-employed people work for themselves, like many plumbers and hairdressers; they choose their hours but get no sick pay or holiday pay and must work out and…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «choose» (+2); the same doer «people» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dad turns the radio off: «Enough doom for one day.» What is he doing?
- 1. Telling you the radio is broken — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Taking a break from heavy news — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. Trying to save the radio's batteries — no support
- 4. Getting ready to go to bed at noon — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. 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: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «dad» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Mum's petition to save the town library gets thousands of signatures. What does a big petition do?
- 1. It makes the Prime Minister resign — no support
- 2. It is thrown away unread, because nobody has time to read so many names — no support
- 3. It shows those in charge how many people want the change — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. It turns into a new law straight away — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 32, line 10: «A petition is a list of names of people asking for a change; the more people sign it, the harder it is for those in charge to ignore.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «petition» (+3); the same place «charge» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Gran says «I don't get a penny, love, but I get a cuppa and good company.» What does she do?
- 1. Works there for a big wage — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Owns the charity shop — no support
- 3. Sells her own clothes for cash — no support
- 4. Volunteers in the charity shop — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 32, line 14: «Volunteering means working without pay to help a good cause, like Gran's shift at the charity shop.», 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 action «work» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Little brother is scared after seeing a war on the news. What can you tell him?
- 1. It's far away, and grown-ups are working to help — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Don't tell Mum, she'll get cross — no support
- 3. It's coming to our street tomorrow, so we must pack our bags — no support
- 4. Wars only happen in films — 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 · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a strike?
- 1. A holiday granted to employees by their employer — no support
- 2. A collective cessation of work in pursuit of improved pay or conditions — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. A punishment imposed upon workers by the government for poor performance — no support
- 4. An unlawful act in every circumstance whatsoever — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 32, line 3: «When people want something changed, they can protest peacefully, sign a petition, or stop work together in a strike. When they want to help, they give money to…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stop» (+2); the same thing acted on «work» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal purpose of a petition.
- 1. To impose a new law without any further deliberation — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To collect funds on behalf of a registered charity — no support
- 3. To demonstrate the number of persons requesting a particular change — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. To record the votes cast at a general election — 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 ✓
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning volunteering.
- 1. The performance of work without remuneration in aid of a good cause — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The sale of one's personal possessions for private profit — no support
- 3. The performance of work in return for a substantial salary — no support
- 4. The obligatory service imposed upon retired persons by law — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is given that a widely circulated video is reported by no reputable source. Determine the most prudent course of action.
- 1. Report it forthwith to the police as a criminal offence — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Verify its origin before accepting it as true — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Distribute it forthwith to all of one's acquaintances — no support
- 4. Accept it as accurate on account of its popularity — 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
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