Scary films, nightmares and sad endings

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 56 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 ✗

Noah's grandad turns on an old film with no colour at all. "Is the telly broken, Grandad?" What's the truth?

1. Yes, old films only work on old tellies — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. No, it's a black-and-white film from long ago — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. No, it's a film about a world with no colour — no support
4. Yes, the colour part of the telly has stopped working — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 56, line 4: «Sad films work the same way: a sad ending can make you cry or keep you thinking for days, and that is normal. Grown-ups choose films by asking two questions: i…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «work» (+2); the same doer «sad films» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ella switches off a Halloween film halfway. Her mate: "omg ur such a chicken lol." Who's right?

1. Ella, stopping when it's too much is sensible — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Her mate, switching off halfway is against the rules — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Nobody, they should have watched the sequel instead — no support
4. Her mate, you have to finish every film you start — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 56, line 11: «Hiding behind a cushion or switching off halfway is a sensible choice, not cowardice; being brave means doing what is right for you, not proving something.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «switch off» (+1); the same property (+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 to little sister: "Jump scares only work if you don't know they're coming, so I'm not scared." Put him right.

1. Jump scares often work even when you expect them — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Jump scares only work if the sound is off — no support
3. Jump scares only work on very young children — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. He's right, they never work at all if you know they're coming — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1, line 8: «Colleagues are the people you work alongside, often for more hours a week than you see your own family; some become friends and some get on your nerves.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «work» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mum on the phone, after the sleepover: "Freya's fine, just a bit shaky, she didn't sleep a wink after that film." What does "didn't sleep a wink" mean?

1. She winked at everybody she saw — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She slept all day long instead — no support
3. She slept with her eyes open — no support
4. She hardly slept at all — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dad grumbles: "Bloody trailer before a kids' film, scared her half to death." What is he cross about?

1. The kids' film itself was far too long — no support
2. A trailer was too scary for the children watching — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The trailer gave away the ending of the film — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. His daughter was badly hurt by something at the cinema — 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 56, line 15: «Some films are slow on purpose; grown-ups may love a quiet film that children find boring, and that is a difference in taste, not a fault.», 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 «quiet film» (+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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

A boy on the bus: "That alien film was real, my cousin says it was on the news." What is the best check?

1. Ask the boy to swear it is true on his life — no support
2. Look at a proper news channel; it would be everywhere — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Watch the film again to see if it's true — ← Mova's choice · score 14
4. Believe the cousin, because cousins always know these things — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 14, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 56, line 3: «Vivid example: in Manchester, Freya comes home from a sleepover yawning. She whispers to her mum that the girls watched a scary film and she lay awake till thr…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «watch» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «scary film» (+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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Your sister: "Crying at a sad film is so embarrassing." Put her right.

1. Crying at films is bad for your eyes — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Crying at a sad film is normal, even for grown-ups — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Crying means you didn't understand the film — score 5
4. Only babies cry at sad films, so she's right to say it — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 39, line 3: «Vivid example: in Toronto, big sister Maya opens her first pay slip from the cinema, shouts "I'm RICH!", then goes quiet: "Hang on, where's the rest? What's al…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «shout» (+3); the same doer «big sister» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Aunt, laughing: "I still can't watch that shark film, and I'm forty!" What does this show?

1. Sharks only scare people over forty — no support
2. She is lying to make you feel better — no support
3. Grown-ups get scared by films too — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. The film must have been all about her — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 56, line 15: «Some films are slow on purpose; grown-ups may love a quiet film that children find boring, and that is a difference in taste, not a fault.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «slow grown ups» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Leo begs: "Pleeease let me watch the end, it's only an hour!" It's already late on a school night. What would a good parent say?

1. Watch the end tomorrow; sleep matters on a school night — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, but only if you skip breakfast tomorrow — no support
3. No, and you can never watch that film again — no support
4. Yes, an hour makes no difference to anyone, even at bedtime — 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 ✓

Sophie, weeks later: "I keep thinking about the mum in that film. Does that mean my mum will die?" What's the kind, true answer?

1. No, mums in real life never get ill at all — no support
2. Nobody knows, so you'd better keep watching it — no support
3. No, the film is a story; thinking about it is normal — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Yes, films often tell us what will happen next in real life — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 56, line 12: «Some films are made to look like real news or real recordings, but they are still stories; a real alien landing would be on every proper news channel.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «stories» (+4); the same doer «films» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Gran to Theo, who's sulking: "You don't have to love it, love. Go and read your book." What does she mean?

1. Reading is his punishment for not liking it — no support
2. He must sit there until he learns to like the film — score 7
3. Books and films are exactly the same thing — no support
4. It's fine not to like the film they enjoy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 56, line 15: «Some films are slow on purpose; grown-ups may love a quiet film that children find boring, and that is a difference in taste, not a fault.», 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 «quiet film» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which an individual's heart rate may increase during the viewing of a frightening film.

1. The viewer is in genuine physical danger throughout the film — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The film transmits a signal which directly affects the heart — no support
3. The body reacts as though the danger depicted were real — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The room is invariably heated to a high degree during such a viewing — 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 ✗

Determine the meaning of the phrase "based on a true story" as employed in respect of a cinematographic work.

1. That every event depicted occurred precisely as shown — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. That the work derives from real events but alters them — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. That the work was filmed at the actual time of the events — no support
4. That the events depicted are entirely fictitious — 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 the repeated viewing of a frightening film.

1. It commonly diminishes fear, the content being anticipated — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It invariably augments fear on each successive occasion — no support
3. It renders the depicted events real in the mind of the viewer — no support
4. It is prohibited for persons under eighteen years of 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Whereas a child has terminated the viewing of a frightening film prior to its conclusion, ascertain the assessment which this lesson commends.

1. A breach of the rules governing sleepovers — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. An error requiring the film to be restarted from the beginning — no support
3. An act of cowardice warranting correction — no support
4. A sensible decision, being right for that child — ✓ 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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