Being a good grown-up

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 5 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 40 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 ✗

Dad, soaking wet: "Bloody rain. Still, told Pete I'd help, didn't I." Why did he go?

1. Uncle Pete was paying him a lot of money for the whole afternoon — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He wanted to get out of the house — no support
3. He loves carrying sofas in the rain — no support
4. He keeps his promises even when he doesn't feel like it — ✓ 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Your mate promises to come to five parties on the same day. What's the problem?

1. He should promise ten to be safe — no support
2. Parties are never on the same day — no support
3. Nothing, more promises means more friends — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. He's promising what he can't really do — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 10: «Coming home with flowers the day after a row is making up, a way of saying sorry and wanting to be friends again.», 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 «friends» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Mum, to the school: "Sorry, I can't run the cake stall this year, I'm stretched too thin." Is Mum being lazy?

1. No, she is too busy eating the cakes — no support
2. Yes, grown-ups must always say yes to the school whenever they are asked — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. No, she is saying a kind, clear no so she isn't exhausted — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, she just doesn't like cakes — 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 36, line 3: «Vivid example: in a house in Leeds, Dad sees muddy football boots on the new carpet and shouts so loudly the dog hides. At bedtime Mum explains he had an awful…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dad» (+3); the same action «say» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Dad, laughing on the phone: "Gaz! Twenty years, mate, it's like we never stopped talking!" What is happening?

1. Dad being told off by his boss — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A stranger on the phone pretending to know Dad — no support
3. An old friend picking up again after years apart — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A scam call trying to steal money from Dad's bank account — 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 ✗

Big brother hid a problem at work for months until it exploded. What would have been better?

1. Quitting before anybody found out — no support
2. Hiding it for even longer — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Asking for help early — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Blaming a colleague for it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 40, line 9: «Asking for help is a grown-up skill; people think better of someone who asks than of someone who hides a problem until it explodes.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «problem» (+4); the same action «hide» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Text: "URGENT: your bank account is locked. Click here and type your password." What should you do?

1. Reply with your password to be safe — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Send it on to all your friends — no support
3. Click it fast before the account closes for good tonight — no support
4. Not click it, and tell a grown-up; it's a scam — ✓ 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 ✗

Your little sister says, "Mum's always tired cos she's lazy." Put her right.

1. No, she's tired because she's ill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, she just likes sleeping — no support
3. Yes, grown-ups get lazy as they get older, everybody knows that — no support
4. She's tired from looking after Gran and us too — ✓ 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 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Big sister groans, "Dad's got grey hair, he's practically dead." Put her right.

1. Yes, he's too old to do anything now — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, grey hair means he's very ill — no support
3. Grey hair is a normal part of getting older — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. No, he must have dyed it grey — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

Mum, after the hospital: "Grandad's not as quick on his feet these days, we'll pop round more." Why will they visit more?

1. He needs more help and company as he gets older — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He has won some money to share — no support
3. He has asked them to help him move house to the seaside — no support
4. He wants them to do his work for him — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

Auntie at the station: "So proud of him, but the house will be so empty." How does she feel?

1. Proud and sad at once — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
2. Only worried about the train — no support
3. Only happy that he's gone — no support
4. Only angry at the station — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 40, line 15: «Leaving home for work or study is a normal step in growing up; parents feel proud and sad at once, and home is still home.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «feel» (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓

Your mate broke the class plant pot and hid it behind the bin. What would a good grown-up advise?

1. Wait until the end of term to say — no support
2. Hide it better so nobody finds it — no support
3. Blame the class hamster for it — no support
4. Own up quickly so it's easier to fix — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 40, line 16: «Everyone makes mistakes; owning up quickly makes them easier to fix, while hiding them tends to make them bigger.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «own up» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal reason for which reliable persons restrict their undertakings to those they are able to fulfil.

1. So that every promise made may in fact be kept — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. So that promises need never again be made in writing — no support
3. So that others are prevented from asking favours — no support
4. So that they are relieved of all further obligations — 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 ✗

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning electronic messages purporting to originate from a bank and requesting the recipient's password.

1. Such messages are routine security procedures of every bank — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Such messages are fraudulent, as genuine banks make no such request — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Such messages may be safely answered by children only — no support
4. Such messages must be answered within the period stated — 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 ✗

Whereas an employee commits an error in the course of his duties, determine the course of action that this lesson commends.

1. Resignation prior to discovery of the error — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Concealment of the error until it is discovered — no support
3. Prompt disclosure of the error to his manager — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Attribution of the error to a colleague — 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 · wrong ✗

Ascertain the emotions most commonly experienced by a parent upon the departure of an adult child for employment in a distant city.

1. Relief and indifference simultaneously — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Pride and sadness simultaneously — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Fear and guilt exclusively — no support
4. Anger and resentment exclusively — 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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