Reality TV: what is staged and what is real
Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 6 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 54 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 ✓
Mum, a nurse, laughs at the hospital show: "My shifts are tea, paperwork and quiet care. Nobody films that bit!" What does she mean?
- 1. Her hospital is much more dramatic than the show, and they missed it all — no support
- 2. Documentaries choose the exciting bits; ordinary days don't make TV — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. The show made up all its patients — score 4
- 4. Nurses are not allowed to drink tea at work — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 16, line 15: «A step-mum who says "I'm not trying to replace your mum" means she wants a different kind of relationship with you, not to take your mum's place.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «place» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Presenter, all smiles, as a contestant sobs on her way out: "Aww, see you next week!" George feels sorry for her. What is the kind view?
- 1. Noticing how the loser feels is a good habit, and the show looks after her — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The presenter is laughing at her on purpose — no support
- 3. George is silly to care about people he only sees on TV — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 4. Losers deserve to cry, that's the game, and it's fun to watch them go — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 53, line 1: «Breakfast shows and chat shows feel like friends chatting on a comfy sofa, but they are a job: the presenters are paid, the chat is planned, a voice in their e…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «job» (+3); 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 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Big brother: "Reality TV is literally all fake, they're actors innit." Put him right.
- 1. It is all true, with nothing edited out — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The people and feelings are real, but situations are set up and edited — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He's right; every person on it is an actor from drama school — no support
- 4. They are robots made to look like people — 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 ✗
Noah, worried: "They film naughty kids on that show, are they gonna film me?" What does Mum say?
- 1. Nobody will film him; children's privacy matters — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Only if he is naughty three days in a row — no support
- 3. Yes; every child is filmed once a year — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. Yes, if he misbehaves at the shops on a Saturday — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 54, line 5: «Reality shows film real people for many hours and edit them into short episodes; producers choose the most dramatic moments and set up situations.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «film» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «real people» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Your mate: "That judge is savage, I'm gonna talk like that to people, it's just honest." What's the honest answer?
- 1. Yes, rudeness is the bravest kind of honesty there is, so go for it — no support
- 2. Being honest doesn't mean being cruel; the judge plays a part — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. Only judges are allowed to tell the truth — no support
- 4. Honesty means saying the worst thing you can — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 48, line 12: «AI can now make fake videos of real people saying things they never said; check whether the person really said it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «things» (+4); the same action «say» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Theo's cousin posts under a reality star's photo: "ur so ugly get off telly." What does Dad say?
- 1. It's fine because she chose to be on TV, so she has to take it — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Don't send anyone a message you wouldn't say to their face — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Only post it if your friends agree — no support
- 4. It doesn't matter; reality stars can't read — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 34, line 13: ««I'm fine» often means «I'm not fine, but I don't want to talk about it now».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dad» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Dad mutes the cooking show at the tense bit. "Not so scary now, eh?" What has he shown?
- 1. The show was always silent anyway — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The cooks have stopped cooking now — no support
- 3. Music makes ordinary moments feel dramatic — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Sound is what cooks the food on TV — 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 ✓
Sophie's friend: "Everyone was cheering when they ganged up on her, so it's not bullying." What is true?
- 1. It's still bullying, even with cheering — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It's only bullying in a school — no support
- 3. It's fine if it's on TV at night — no support
- 4. If people cheer, it can't be bullying — 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 ✗
Lily, after the final: "They're getting married, they said so on the last show!" A year later they split. What's the lesson?
- 1. TV couples always split after exactly one year, it's a rule — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They should have stayed on TV longer — no support
- 3. Real relationships take longer than a few weeks on TV — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The show lied about their names too — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Grace: "She told the diary room a secret, so nobody knows!" What's wrong with that?
- 1. Diary rooms only film in the dark, so nothing shows — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The cameras there are just for show — no support
- 3. Secrets told on TV are kept by law — no support
- 4. The diary room is filmed for millions to see — ✓ 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 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Finn, dreamy: "Reality star, then I'm rich and famous forever." Dad: "Hmm." What is Dad thinking of?
- 1. Every reality star buys a mansion with the money — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Fame is guaranteed for life after one show on TV — no support
- 3. Most go back to normal life, and fame has a hard side — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Only children can be reality stars — 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 12 · ★★ · right ✓
Poppy's nan sniffs: "That makeover reveal was fake, they did it three times." Is the show then bad?
- 1. Not necessarily; a set-up moment can still be a happy day for the family — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. Yes; anything filmed twice is a lie and the whole show is a cheat — no support
- 3. Yes; the family must have hated the house — no support
- 4. No, because Nan is always wrong — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 54, line 10: «Big "surprise" moments, like a makeover reveal, are sometimes filmed more than once; it can still be a happy day for the family.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same thing acted on «happy day» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Identify the principal manner in which reality television programmes are produced.
- 1. Real participants are filmed at length and edited for dramatic effect — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Events are broadcast in their entirety without editing — no support
- 3. Participants are filmed without their knowledge or consent — no support
- 4. Professional actors perform from a fully written script — 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 ✗
Whereas a participant speaks within a so-called diary room, determine the status of the remarks so made.
- 1. They remain confidential to the participant alone — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They are destroyed upon the conclusion of filming — no support
- 3. They are disclosed solely to the participant's family — no support
- 4. They are recorded with a view to public broadcast — ✓ 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 that is consistent with the established understanding of the conduct of a television judge who habitually disparages contestants.
- 1. The judge is obliged by law to be discourteous to contestants — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The judge's cruelty is the only form of honesty — no support
- 3. The judge is selected at random from the audience — no support
- 4. The judge frequently adopts a role for entertainment — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗
Ascertain the reason for which the faces of certain persons are obscured in documentary programmes concerning the police.
- 1. Those persons are professional actors in disguise — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Those persons have been convicted of criminal offences — no support
- 3. Those persons have not consented to being shown — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The camera malfunctioned in their presence — 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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