Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes and apologies

Tests: 2 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 3 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 47 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, fuming: "Manager said the ref was blind! He'll get fined, rightly so." Who often gets hurt after such words?

1. Nobody, it is just a football chat — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The ball boys, who lose their jobs — no support
3. The manager, who is sent to prison — no support
4. The referee, who gets abuse from fans — ✓ 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 ✗

Mum, giggling: "Newsreader said the wrong word on live telly and the whole internet's having a laugh." When does it stop being okay?

1. It is always okay, she's on the telly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. When one little slip is mocked for weeks — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Only if the newsreader was very famous — no support
4. It is never okay to smile at a slip — 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 ✓

Auntie Bev: "That famous family are all at war over their dad's will, I read." Why should we be careful?

1. They are grieving, and money in families is private — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Wills are always printed in the newspapers for anyone to read — no support
3. All rich families fight over wills — no support
4. The dad is still alive and fine — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Auntie Jen, laughing: "She demands white flowers AND a puppy at every concert, total diva!" The list came from an unnamed source. What is likely?

1. Puppies are sent to every concert hall — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The singer wrote the list herself online — no support
3. The funny bits like the puppy are made up — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Every word of the list is a fact — 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 ✗

Your mate: "he's a millionaire, lives in a mansion in Dubai, my mate said." The YouTuber filmed some videos in Dubai. What do videos show?

1. Where he lives every single day — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. His bank statement for the year — no support
3. A place, not his bank balance — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. How many millions he owns — 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 ✗

Auntie Bev: "That actor's a terrible dad, never sees his kids." The magazine only said he was filming abroad. What is the problem?

1. Magazines know families very well — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Judging his parenting from a work schedule — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. His kids must have rung up the magazine and told them everything — no support
4. He should never have gone to work — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

Big sis texts: "free iphone from that youtuber!!! just put ur password in, quick b4 it ends" What do you do?

1. Type a password that isn't quite yours — no support
2. Type it fast before the time runs out — no support
3. Don't type it, it's a scam; tell a grown-up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. Send it to your friends so they win too — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 9, 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 the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «tell» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Your little brother: "Reality TV is real, that's why it's called reality!" Put him right.

1. It's called reality because it's on at night — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It's all actors and none of it is real — no support
3. Scenes are planned and edited, though the people are real — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He's right, every moment is just as it happened, nothing is cut — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Mum reads: "Company boss charged with fraud." Your cousin says, "So he's a crook then." Put him right.

1. Charged isn't guilty; the court decides — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. No, bosses can never be charged — no support
3. Yes, the BBC has decided it already — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Yes, being charged means he did it — 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 1, line 2: «At work there is usually a boss who decides what needs doing, colleagues who do it alongside them, meetings to agree plans, and emails that keep arriving even…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «boss» (+4); the same action «decide» (+2). 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

Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Mum shows you a tiny box on page 42: "Correction: our story about the actress was untrue." The lie was on the front page. Why does it matter?

1. The correction will be on the front page in big letters next week — no support
2. Corrections are bigger than the stories — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. The actress wanted it on page 42 — no support
4. Most readers saw the lie but never the correction — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 47, line 6: «Corrections are usually much smaller than the false stories they correct, so be slow to believe a shocking first story.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «corrections» (+1). Against it: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Your mate: "she's not ill, she's just lying cos no one bought tickets lol." What's the kind and fair reply?

1. She deserves it for cancelling — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. You're right, singers always lie about that — no support
3. Let's post that on her page — no support
4. She said she's ill; don't swap it for a meaner 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Determine the legal term which denotes the publication of false statements injurious to the reputation of a person.

1. Correction — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Advertisement — no support
3. Defamation — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Satire — 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 distinction between a person who has been charged with an offence and a person who has been convicted of it.

1. The former has paid a fine, whereas the latter has been released — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The former has been found guilty, whereas the latter has merely been accused — no support
3. There exists no distinction between the two — no support
4. The former has been accused, whereas the latter has been found guilty — ✓ 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 · right ✓

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning invitations to enter a password in order to obtain a free telephone from a celebrated person.

1. Such invitations are fraudulent and must not be answered — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Such invitations are lawful competitions conducted by banks — no support
3. Such invitations may be answered if the offer is time-limited — no support
4. Such invitations are genuine where the celebrity's face appears — 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 ✓

Ascertain the conclusion which may properly be drawn from the observation that a correction is printed upon a minor page whereas the original false report occupied the front page.

1. Fewer readers will learn of the correction than of the falsehood — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The subject of the report requested the arrangement — no support
3. The original report has been proven true thereby — no support
4. The correction is of greater importance than the original — 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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