MovaSeveral commands in one breath
Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-11-05, commit 610eccd1d
Lesson 10 of the commands 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.
Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Leo's sister says "Dad's 'get your coat and wait by the car' just means get your coat." Is she right?
- 1. Yes, waiting is only a suggestion — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, it is one job: wait by the car — no support
- 3. Yes, the coat is the only real job — no support
- 4. No, it is two jobs and both count — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗
"tea or coffee?" Grandad, in a hurry, says "yeah go on." What has he not done?
- 1. Asked for both — no support
- 2. Picked one of the two — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Said no — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 4. Said please — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 10, line 5: «If you cannot finish the whole list, say which parts are done and which are not: "coat and bag got, couldn't find my hat". Saying "done!" for half a list is ho…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «say» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓
Priya, Bangalore, is told "take the forms, fill the date, and do the needful." She fills the date and leaves the forms. Fair?
- 1. Yes, "do the needful" means stop there — no support
- 2. No, she missed taking the forms — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Yes, the date was the main job — no support
- 4. No, she should have done nothing yet — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 3: «Real people also chop commands down to a word or two, like "oi. remote. now.", and the scene fills in the missing action. People who take only the exact words,…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same thing acted on «exact words» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1).
Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗
A robot cartoon hears "pick up the red block and the blue block" and picks up only the red one. What is the bug?
- 1. It picked the wrong colour first — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It stopped after the first "and" — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It should have asked which block — no support
- 4. Nothing, red was said first — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Cara, Belfast: "Mammy said bring in the washing and also the bikes, so I brought the bikes." What went wrong?
- 1. Nothing, because "also" swaps the washing for the bikes instead — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. "Also" added the bikes; the washing still had to come in — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. She should have asked Mammy which one — no support
- 4. She should have brought the washing only — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓
Dad, fixing the boiler: "pass the spanner, hold the torch, and do not touch that pipe, it's red hot." Which job matters most?
- 1. Not touching the hot pipe — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Passing the spanner quickly — score 5
- 3. All three matter equally — no support
- 4. Holding the torch steady — 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 10, line 3: «The part said with the most feeling is often the real point: "and for the love of God don't wake the baby" matters more than the pyjamas. "Or at least the pans…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «smallest job» (+2).
Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓
Mid-list, Mum shouts "bloody hell, the toast!" and runs to the grill. Then she says "where was I?" What helps her most?
- 1. Starting the whole list again from the top — no support
- 2. Saying nothing so she has time to think — no support
- 3. Telling her which jobs on the list are still left — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 4. Saying "you were in the kitchen, Mum, by the grill" — no support
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 11: «In a list, the part said with the most feeling is often the real point.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «say» (+4); the same place «list» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2).
Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓
Owen was told "dishes, bins and hoover". He did the dishes and bins, then his mate called round. What should he tell Mum?
- 1. "Dishes and bins done, I still need to hoover" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 2. "All done!" — no support
- 3. "I did nothing, my mate came" — no support
- 4. "The hoover's broken, sorry" — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 10: «"Do the dishes, or at least the pans" means do all the dishes if you can; the pans are the smallest job that will do.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on «dishes» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2).
Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Your mate says "if you get interrupted halfway through a list, the list is cancelled." What do you say?
- 1. No, you finish the jobs that were left — ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 2. No, you go back and start the whole list again from the top — score 8
- 3. Yes, unless it was a teacher's list — ← Mova's choice · score 12
- 4. Yes, an interruption wipes the list — score 10
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 10, line 5: «If you cannot finish the whole list, say which parts are done and which are not: "coat and bag got, couldn't find my hat". Saying "done!" for half a list is ho…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on «whole list» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 1, scored 10.
Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Kiri, Auckland, hears "pack your togs, your towel and your goggles" for swimming. She packs her togs and towel. What is missing?
- 1. Nothing, that is the full list — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Her towel, packed twice — no support
- 3. Her goggles — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Her shoes — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓
Mrs Okafor: "line up by the door, coats on, and Darnell, not you, you stay and finish your sum." What does Darnell do?
- 1. Stay and finish his sum — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. Line up with his coat on — score 5
- 3. Line up and then finish the sum — score 8
- 4. Put his coat on and stay — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 10, line 4: «Lists get interrupted all the time. The doorbell goes, the toast burns, a teacher cuts in. Deal with the interruption, then go back and ask "where was I?" and…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «finish» (+3).
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
It is given that a parent issues the instruction "shoes off, hands washed, sit down". Ascertain the number of discrete actions thereby required of the child.
- 1. Three — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. One — no support
- 3. Four — no support
- 4. Two — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Whereas a relative inquires "tea or hot chocolate?", identify the response that constitutes a proper answer to the inquiry.
- 1. The nomination of one of the two beverages — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A request for both beverages in combination — no support
- 3. A refusal to answer pending further inquiry — no support
- 4. An unqualified affirmative, namely "yes" — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Pursuant to the instruction "do the dishes, or at least the pans", select the statement that most accurately characterises the obligation thereby imposed.
- 1. Either the dishes or the pans may be chosen, both options being equally desired — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Neither task is required, the instruction being merely advisory in character — no support
- 3. All dishes are desired, the pans constituting the minimum acceptable performance — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The pans alone are desired, the remaining dishes being expressly excluded — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is given that a sequence of instructions is interrupted by the ringing of a doorbell. Identify the conduct properly to be adopted subsequent to the attendance at the door.
- 1. Recommencement of the sequence from its first item — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Abandonment of the entire sequence as having lapsed — no support
- 3. Performance of the final instruction alone — no support
- 4. Resumption and completion of the instructions as yet unperformed — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/10-several-commands-in-one-breath/