Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow

Tests: 2 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 6 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 42 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 ✗

Auntie Bev: «New woman at 23's a famous actress, apparently, was on telly in the nineties.» What's the real evidence?

1. Her name is on the credits of a show — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Someone thought she looked familiar — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She showed them old photos from telly — no support
4. She signs autographs at the shop — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Grandad: «Murphys never cut their grass, you could lose a sheep in there.» What might the real reason be?

1. They've moved out and left the house — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They're lazy and don't care about anyone — no support
3. They want to annoy the whole street — no support
4. A bad back, or leaving it for the bees — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓

Nan: «Bakers in Spain AGAIN, three hols this year, where do they get the money?» One of the «hols» was a weekend at Grandma's. What's really behind Nan's question?

1. A bit of envy, dressed up as a question — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. A real worry about the Bakers' bills — no support
3. A plan to go with them next time — no support
4. Proof that the Bakers are hiding money — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 42, line 18: ««Where do they get the money?» is usually envy dressed up as a question.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «dress up» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Auntie Jen: «Vicar's leaving! Something must've happened, they don't just leave.» What did the vicar actually do?

1. Leave in the night with no goodbye — ← Mova's choice · score 12
2. Get sent away by the bishop for something — score 6
3. Announce in church she's moving parish — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Refuse to say where she's going — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 12, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 36, line 18: «Happy tears come when people are moved, touched or very happy; they pass quickly and leave people feeling warm.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «leave» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Kids at the park: «Jamie's dad has a Lamborghini, a yellow one, I saw it!» It was hired for one birthday afternoon. Who could this rumour make awkward?

1. The kid who saw it, for telling — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Jamie, if friends expect him to be rich — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nobody, sports cars are just fun — no support
4. Jamie's dad, who has to give the car back to the garage — 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 mate: «Mum said Debbie said she's off for good. No wait — my auntie said it.» How many people did the story go through?

1. Two, so it's guaranteed true now — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Just one, so it must be right — no support
3. None, it's what Debbie said herself — no support
4. Several, so it may have changed shape — ✓ 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 ✗

Big brother: «Lad at 14 nicked the lead, everyone at school says so.» What's the right reply?

1. Tell the vicar so she can thank the school — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Ask the police to arrest him today — no support
3. If everyone says it, it must be true, so it is fine to say it — no support
4. Don't put his name on it, the police named nobody — ✓ 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 ✗

Sister: «I'm gonna tell everyone the Grants' garage is haunted, it's hilarious.» Why think twice?

1. The Grants might sell up and leave — no support
2. The garage might really be haunted by an old owner — no support
3. Mr Grant is a real neighbour, kids scream at him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It might make a real ghost angry — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 0, 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» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Nan says «midlife crisis» about Mr Ali's car, and he overhears. What does it do to him?

1. Nothing, it's just about his car — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It might hurt or embarrass him — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It makes him want a bigger car — no support
4. It's a compliment about his age — 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 ✓

Dad: «I'd never chop down a tree like that without asking!» Later: the roots were cracking the drains. What should people have done?

1. Planted a new tree in their garden — no support
2. Reported the Websters to the police for cutting it — no support
3. Asked what happened before blaming them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
4. Never spoken to the Websters again — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 38, line 3: «Vivid example: in Melbourne, cousin Jess moves into her first rented flat with a bag of old plates from Gran. In her first week she turns all her white shirts…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «ask» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mum reads the chippy sign: «Closed for refurbishment, back on the 14th.» What should she do with her story?

1. Correct it, it's only shut for two weeks — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Tell people it's closing on the 14th — ← Mova's choice · score 12
3. Say she heard it from someone else — score 12
4. Keep it going, the rent will go up anyway — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 12, tied with another option at 12 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). 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 the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «say» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+2). 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 · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the process whereby «visiting a sister» becomes «emigrating permanently»?

1. A narrative is progressively altered in successive retellings — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The listeners have consulted an official record of emigration — no support
3. A narrative is faithfully preserved in successive retellings — no support
4. The original speaker has deliberately misled her audience — 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 reason for which the name of a resident ought not to be attached to an unsolved theft.

1. Thefts from churches are not considered criminal offences — no support
2. The police are obliged to publish all names within one week — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. An innocent person may thereby acquire an undeserved reputation — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Residents are prohibited from discussing local events — 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 18, line 15: «Parents often make a shortlist of names, and the name must be registered officially within a few weeks of the birth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «name» (+4); the same property (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · 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 young driver at Number 19.

1. He is incontrovertibly below the minimum driving age — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He has been reported to the authorities and charged — no support
3. He has been prohibited from entering the vehicle — no support
4. He may lawfully be learning to drive under supervision — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · right ✓

It is given that a neighbour has been absent from four consecutive social gatherings. Determine the most appropriate conduct.

1. To enquire courteously after her wellbeing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. To cease forthwith to extend any invitation to her — no support
3. To conclude that she has quarrelled with all present — no support
4. To solicit the opinions of others as to her motives — 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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