Closed doors, whispers and secrets

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 35 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 «When they shut the door, it means they're getting divorced.» Put her right.

1. It means they're angry with you two — no support
2. It means someone has died in the family — no support
3. It's usually money, plans or other people's news — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, a shut door always means a divorce — ← 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 35, line 6: «A closed kitchen door and low voices mean grown-ups are discussing something they are not ready to share.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2); the same doer «closed kitchen door» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Overheard through the door: «...the hospital...» Then silence. What's the best thing to do?

1. Keep listening until you hear more — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Panic and tell everyone someone is dying — no support
3. Pretend you heard nothing and worry alone — no support
4. Ask Mum calmly later if everything's OK — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Uncle: «Keep this between us, kiddo — a new puppy for your mum's birthday Saturday!» Is it OK to keep?

1. No, every secret from a grown-up is bad — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, it's a happy surprise that ends on Saturday — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, and you must never tell her ever — no support
4. No, you must tell Mum this minute — 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 ✓

An older boy says «If you tell anyone what happened, you'll be in big trouble.» You feel scared. What should you do?

1. Wait until you're grown up — no support
2. Tell a trusted adult anyway — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 14
3. Only tell it to your diary — score 12
4. Keep the secret so you're safe — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 14, against 12 for the next best. Its support: lesson 35, line 4: «Good secrets are about timing, like a surprise party that ends in a happy moment. A secret someone says you must never tell, especially about being touched or…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «tell» (+4); the same receiver «trusted adult» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dad: «Chocolate before tea? Fine by me.» Mum: «I said NO.» Dad: «Right, sorry, we'll sort it.» What happens next?

1. They stop speaking to each other forever — score -2
2. They sort it out between them and agree one rule — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. You get to choose whose rule you like better each time — no support
4. You get chocolate because Dad said first — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 4, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 34, line 2: «Scene: in Melbourne, Dad drops his bag by the door: «I've had a long day.» He is quiet and grumpy until tea, then he tells jokes. By eight o'clock Mum is aslee…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same doer «dad» (+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 ✗

Dad, to Mum: «Shall we get I-C-E C-R-E-A-M after?» Your little brother can't spell yet. What's going on?

1. They don't want him excited before it's sure — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Ice cream is a grown-ups-only treat — no support
3. They want to keep the ice cream for themselves — score 5
4. They are practising their spelling — ← Mova's choice · score 13

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 13, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 35, line 1: «Sometimes grown-ups close a door, lower their voices or spell out words so children won't understand. It feels as if something big is being hidden, but most of…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «spell out» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «grown ups» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

You asked Mum for a sleepover, she said «ask your father», and you tell Dad «Mum said it's fine». What happens?

1. You get the sleepover with no problem at all, and a takeaway too — no support
2. Mum forgets she ever said anything — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. It backfires when they talk to each other — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Dad gives you two sleepovers instead — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 12, line 3: «Picture a Saturday in Leeds: the trolley that was meant for "three things" comes out full, there's a yellow packet on the windscreen, and at home Dad shouts "w…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mum» (+5). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Mum hangs up after whispering on the phone. «Aunt Kate's having a tough time, it's hers to share, not mine.» What does it show?

1. Aunt Kate is cross with your family — no support
2. Mum is hiding something about you — score 5
3. Grown-ups keep friends' secrets too — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. Mum doesn't trust anyone at all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 35, line 15: «Grown-ups keep friends' secrets too, so whispering on the phone is often about someone else's private problem.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «grown ups» (+1); the same thing acted on «secrets» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Gossip at the gate: «They haven't told the kids yet, she's moving jobs to Glasgow.» Why might the parents wait?

1. Because the move is a surprise party — no support
2. To tell the children once, when they know more — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Because children never need to know — no support
4. Because they want the children to find out by gossip — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 15, line 6: «"We have something to tell you" means important news, good or hard, and parents plan such talks so they can tell children carefully and together.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «children» (+2); the same doer «parents» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

What would happen if grown-ups told children every worry the moment it began?

1. Children would worry about things that turn out to be nothing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Nothing, it would make no difference — no support
3. Grown-ups would stop having any worries — score 4
4. Children would never feel worried about anything at all ever again — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 35, line 9: «Grown-ups spell words like P-A-R-K so young children will not get excited before a plan is certain.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «young children» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Cousin: «Grown-ups whispering on the phone means they're talking about you.» Is that right?

1. No, it's usually someone else's private business — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, and it means you're in trouble — no support
3. Yes, they're always talking about the kids and what they did wrong — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. No, grown-ups only whisper about money — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 35, line 2: «Grown-ups talk privately first so they can be honest, work things out calmly, and then tell you once, clearly and gently, instead of giving you half-finished w…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «talk» (+4); the same doer «grown ups» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the declaration «Dad and I need to talk»?

1. It denotes invariably that a calamity has occurred — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It denotes that a child is to be punished forthwith for misconduct — no support
3. It denotes an intention to watch television together — no support
4. It denotes a private and serious conversation between the parents — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal reason for which certain news is withheld from children for a period.

1. To ensure the news is disclosed through gossip — no support
2. To punish the children for previous misconduct — no support
3. To permit its communication once, clearly and gently, when more is known — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. To prevent the children from ever learning of the matter in any form whatsoever — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 35, line 10: «Some news, like an illness, a job change or a move, is kept back until the grown-ups know more and can explain it properly.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «know» (+3); the same thing acted on «more» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a secret relating to being touched or hurt.

1. It must be retained indefinitely as instructed — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. It may be disclosed solely to a younger sibling — no support
3. It must be disclosed only upon reaching adulthood — no support
4. It must be disclosed to a trusted adult — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 35, line 15: «Grown-ups keep friends' secrets too, so whispering on the phone is often about someone else's private problem.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «secrets» (+5); the same action «keep» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

It is given that one parent has refused a request and the child is directed to the other parent. Determine the most appropriate conduct.

1. Inform the second parent that the first parent sent the child — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Abandon the request and address neither parent again — no support
3. Conceal entirely the involvement of the first parent — no support
4. Inform the second parent that permission was already granted — 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 15, line 2: «A separation ends the marriage, not the family: both parents still love their children, and children never cause a split and cannot undo it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «children» (+5); the same doer «parents» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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