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Our street: who parked where and who won what

Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 41 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 cousin texts: «nan says girl at no 5 dyed her hair BLUE and her mum is FURIOUS lol». Which bit is known?

  • 1. Both, nan saw it all from the window — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Neither, nobody has seen the girl — no support
  • 3. The furious mum, nan heard her shout — no support
  • 4. The blue hair, the mum part's a guess — ✓ 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 ✓

Mum, on the doorstep: «Ambulance at the Lawsons' at six, hope it's not the baby.» What's the best thing for the street to do?

  • 1. Phone the hospital to find out more — no support
  • 2. Offer help and wait for the family's news — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. Knock and ask what is wrong with the baby — no support
  • 4. Text round that the baby is very ill — 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 41, line 12: «An ambulance outside a house tells you someone needed help, not who or why; offer help, not guesses.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «offer» (+3); the same thing acted on «help» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · right ✓

Grandad: «Bins at no 2 out since Monday. EVERY week. Bloody foxes had a party.» Put him right.

  • 1. He's right, they never take them in — no support
  • 2. The foxes are the real ones to blame — no support
  • 3. One bad week isn't every week — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 4. It's fine to call them the bin people — 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 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 thing acted on «weeks» (+4); the same doer «room» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · right ✓

Auntie Jen: «Pam's son's back at his mum's, 32! Something must've gone wrong.» Which is the fair reply?

  • 1. Lots of grown-ups move home for a while — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Yes, he must have lost everything he ever had — no support
  • 3. He's too old, he should be ashamed — no support
  • 4. Yes, he must have been thrown out — 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 sister, giggling: «man at 25 does karate in his garden at 7am IN HIS PANTS». They were shorts. What's the lesson?

  • 1. You should stop him exercising outside — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Shorts or pants, it makes no difference — no support
  • 3. Funny stories get sillier; don't add to them — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. It's fine to laugh at him to his face if he is silly — 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 6 · wrong ✗

Your little brother says «Mr Craddock's house is haunted, he eats cats.» Put him right.

  • 1. Only half true, he just keeps the cats — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. It's true, the big kids saw it at night — no support
  • 3. Maybe, we should all go and look through his front window — no support
  • 4. That's a made-up story; he's just old and lonely — ✓ 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 ✗

Mrs Okafor: «Well if they're not gonna say hello, I'm not either.» What would change things?

  • 1. Telling them the street's rules — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Waiting a year to see if they do — no support
  • 3. Asking around where they came from — no support
  • 4. Saying hello to them first — ✓ 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 · right ✓

Dad, cross: «The Fosters had a party till three!» Mum: «Was it three? I heard it stop at half twelve.» What happened to the story?

  • 1. Both of them are wrong, it was midnight — no support
  • 2. The time grew in Dad's telling — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
  • 3. The party really went on till six — no support
  • 4. Mum is lying to protect the Fosters — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. 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 what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · wrong ✗

Kayla: «I'm gonna go ask for a free kitten!» Mum: «Nobody said they're giving them away.» Who could get bothered by this rumour?

  • 1. Mrs Brennan, with kids knocking at her door — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Nobody, kittens are always given away — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 3. The Pattersons, because it's their kitten — no support
  • 4. The kittens, who will get too much food — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 26, line 11: «Clearing out a house after a death means sorting the person's things to keep, give to family, sell or give away; it is slow, sad work because every object hold…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give away» (+5); the same property (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

Auntie Jen: «Wilsons' lad, police round, told ya.» Later: the police came because the Wilsons had been burgled. What does it show?

  • 1. Police only visit bad families — no support
  • 2. Auntie Jen guessed right after all, as she usually does — no support
  • 3. Pinning a story on a person can hurt the innocent — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. The lad must have done something else — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 37, line 4: «Learning to hear what a phrase really means helps you know when to wait, when to ask again later, and when a grown-up is telling you something that truly matte…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «something» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · right ✓

Gary waves from the drive: «Night shifts, love — just got up!» What does this show about the street's story?

  • 1. The street was right all along — no support
  • 2. It was invented from a dressing gown — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
  • 3. Gary is hiding that he lost his job — no support
  • 4. Gary should not be seen outside like that — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 12, 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make up» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «stories» (+3). · 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 assertion that the Dawsons have won the lottery?

  • 1. It is a conjecture formulated to account for observed purchases — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. It is an established fact confirmed by the Dawsons themselves — ← Mova's choice · score 3
  • 3. It is a prediction concerning the Dawsons' future fortunes — no support
  • 4. It is a matter of public record available from the council — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 8: «A new car and builders in the kitchen are facts; «they won the lottery» is a guess made up to explain them.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «facts» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2); a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which a police visit to a dwelling ought not to be attributed to wrongdoing by a particular occupant.

  • 1. The police are not permitted to visit private dwellings — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The occupants are obliged to explain every visit to the street — no support
  • 3. Such visits are invariably undertaken in consequence of a crime — no support
  • 4. Such visits occur for numerous reasons, including the provision of assistance — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the dog belonging to the Pearsons.

  • 1. The postman sustained a minor nip to the hand through the letterbox — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. The postman sustained a grave injury to the leg requiring hospital care — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 3. The dog was removed from the household by the authorities forthwith — no support
  • 4. Postal deliveries to one side of the road were permanently withdrawn — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 31, line 14: «The NHS is the UK's National Health Service: medical care free when you need it, paid for by taxes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «care» (+4); the same action «need» (+3). Against it: a different doer (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 · wrong ✗

It is given that a newly arrived household has not greeted its neighbours. Determine the most appropriate conduct on the part of an established resident.

  • 1. To refrain from greeting them until they do so first — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. To greet the newcomers first and offer a welcome — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. To make enquiries as to the newcomers' previous address — no support
  • 4. To inform other residents that the newcomers are aloof — 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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