Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a story

Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 46 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 ✓

Big sister, scrolling: "omg 'sources close to' her say she's dumped him!!" You ask what the singer herself said. "Nothing yet." So how sure is it?

1. Not sure at all; nobody has confirmed it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Sure, because it's on a big app — no support
3. Totally sure, because sources never lie — no support
4. Sure, because all her fans believe it — 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: "he's DEAD, swear down, my cousin sent me a TikTok." Then the footballer posts a training video an hour later. What was it?

1. A mistake by the BBC news team — no support
2. A video made after he died — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. A real death that his club is hiding from the fans — no support
4. A death hoax that spread because it was shocking — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 46, line 16: «You can think a footballer's pay is unfair without hating the person who gets it, and making videos online is a kind of work too.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «videos» (+4); the same circumstance (+3); the same action «make» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Dad grumbles, "Footballer gets in a week what I get in ten years. Bloody disgusting." Which view is fair?

1. He should give all his money to Dad — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. You can think the pay unfair without hating him — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Footballers choose their own pay every week, as much as they like — no support
4. Dad must be lying about his pay — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 46, line 16: «You can think a footballer's pay is unfair without hating the person who gets it, and making videos online is a kind of work too.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pay» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «footballer» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Auntie Bev: "Look at her face, she's had work done, she looks nothing like in that film." The film was twenty years ago. What is most likely?

1. The magazine used a different woman — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She is older now and wearing make-up — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She is wearing a mask on purpose — no support
4. She has certainly had an operation — 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 ✗

Kids at school: "A famous footballer's moving here! My cousin's mate's dad's building his house!" Why is it hard to trust?

1. The chain of people makes it impossible to check — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Footballers are not allowed to move house during the season — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Cousins always tell the exact truth — no support
4. Builders never talk about their jobs — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 1: «Families move house for many reasons: a new job, more room, a cheaper rent, or because a tenancy ends. Buying, selling or renting a home has many steps, and th…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «move» (+2); the same thing acted on «house» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Nan, shocked: "That newsreader's left her husband for the weatherman! It's in all the magazines." The photo shows them leaving a restaurant together. What is confirmed?

1. That the weatherman has resigned — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. That her husband has said it's true — no support
3. That they are in love and moving in together next month — no support
4. Only that they left a restaurant at the same time — ✓ 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 ✗

Dad: "Politician caught on camera saying summat stupid at a party." What should you do before sharing the clip?

1. Believe the headline without watching — no support
2. Watch the whole clip, the headline may twist it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Share it straight away while it's still trending everywhere — ← Mova's choice · score 13
4. Add your own caption to make it funnier — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 13, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 46, line 1: «Grown-ups love a bit of celebrity gossip: the magazine by the shop till, the app on the phone, the clip everybody is sharing. It is fun, but a lot of it is a s…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on «clip» (+4); the same action «share» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓

Big brother: "Look, streamer screamed at a kid in his chat, clip's going viral!" What's missing from the clip?

1. Any sound at all from the stream — no support
2. The streamer's name and his face — no support
3. The number of people watching it — no support
4. What happened just before and just after — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 46, line 13: «A picture without its story can lie: a "mugshot" can be from a music video, and a short viral clip can leave out what happened before and after.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «happen» (+4); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Little sister: "The papers can write anything they want about famous people, it's allowed." Put her right.

1. Yes, as long as it's printed in a glossy magazine — no support
2. No, papers can only write nice things about people — score 5
3. Yes, famous people gave up all their rights to privacy — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. No, they must not lie or break privacy laws — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. 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 same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stop» (+4); the same doer «people» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (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 10 · ★★ · right ✓

Auntie Bev hands you a mag: "Star's SHOCKING beach body!! look at her belly lol." What does a kind reader take from it?

1. An ordinary body is being mocked, and that's unkind — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
2. It's fine, because she's famous and rich — no support
3. Her belly really is the biggest news story of the week — score 5
4. She must have wanted the photo taken — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 46, line 8: «Magazines that circle bits of a star's body in red are mocking an ordinary body, and teach readers to feel ashamed of their own.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mock» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «ordinary body» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓

Mum: "Paparazzi chased her home with her kids in the car." Why is this not just "part of being famous"?

1. It only ever happens in films, never in real life — no support
2. It is frightening and puts people in danger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Her kids secretly wanted to be in all the papers — no support
4. Famous people enjoy being chased home by cameras — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 38, line 6: «A home does not clean itself: dishes, hoovering, the bathroom and the bins all need doing, and when you live alone it is all your job.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «job» (+2); the same doer «home» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★ · right ✓

Auntie Jen: "That star's a total nightmare, everyone says, it was on a gossip site." What does "everyone says" usually mean?

1. Every person on the planet agrees — score 8
2. One person said it, without a name — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
3. A judge decided it in court — no support
4. The star said it about himself — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 12, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 46, line 15: «"Everyone says so" in a gossip story usually means one unnamed person said it.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «one unnamed person» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal deficiency of a report attributed solely to "sources close to" a public figure.

1. The origin of the claim cannot be verified by the reader — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The report must by law be entirely false — no support
3. The report has been checked by a court — no support
4. The figure concerned has personally and publicly confirmed the claim — 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 2 · formal language · right ✓

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the interception of telephone messages by certain British newspapers.

1. It was unlawful, was exposed, and led to a public inquiry — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It never occurred, being a rumour of the internet — no support
3. It was lawful, and was approved by those affected — no support
4. It was performed solely by foreign governments — 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 a photograph of a public figure is published without any account of its circumstances, determine the conclusion which this lesson commends.

1. That the image alone proves the accompanying headline — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. That the image must have been taken by the figure — no support
3. That the image alone may mislead as to what occurred — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. That the image is necessarily a forgery — 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 course of action most appropriate upon encountering an unverified report of the death of a celebrated sportsman upon a social media platform.

1. Immediate distribution of the report to all acquaintances — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Publication of condolences upon the sportsman's page — no support
3. Acceptance of the report on account of its popularity — no support
4. Consultation of a reputable news source before belief or sharing — ✓ 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

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