Stopping safely, the half-done job and what outranks what
Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 5 of 16 · Run: 2026-11-05, commit 610eccd1d
Lesson 14 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 ✗
Back from the fire drill, you say "right, where was I?" You'd packed half your bag. What now?
- 1. Tip it all out and start packing again — no support
- 2. Check what's in it and pack the rest — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Leave it, the drill cancelled the job — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. Pack a second bag next to the first — 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 14, line 15: «An alarm outranks every job: leave the worksheet, the bag and the game, and walk out.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+4); the same thing acted on «worksheet» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗
You're stirring custard on the hob when Mum calls "come say hi to Gran on the speaker!" What's the safe thing?
- 1. Leave it bubbling on the heat and run — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Shout "never interrupt me!" and stir — no support
- 3. Carry the hot pan with you to the phone — no support
- 4. Take the pan off the heat, then go — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Big bro, streaming: "bruh, can you not? I'm live rn." You came to say the dog's got out of the front gate. What do you do?
- 1. Say it anyway, fast: "dog's out!" — ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. Say "no cap, can I not?" and leave — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 3. Wait until his stream has finished — score 9
- 4. Type it in his stream chat later on — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 14, line 3: «Then decide what happens to the half-done job: you finish it later, hand it over, or drop it, and you say which. "I'll finish the pile after", "can Sam take ov…», 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 «leave» (+4). The right option, 1, scored 8.
Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Mum, on the phone to the bank: "stop mithering me, I'm on the phone!" You only want to know what's for tea. What do you do?
- 1. Shout louder so she hears — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Wait until she's off the phone — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Hang the phone up for her — no support
- 4. Keep asking till she answers — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Your mate says "once you start a job you must never stop till it's done." Your little brother cuts his finger badly while you're halfway through the dishes. Who's right?
- 1. Not your mate: just leave the dishes for good — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Your mate: finish all the dishes, then help — no support
- 3. Not your mate: help him, do the dishes after — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Your mate: stopping means starting again — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Dad, raking leaves with you: "forget the rest, the bus is in five. Rake by the shed." What happens to the job?
- 1. You take the rake on the bus with you — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It's dropped for now; the rake goes away — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. You hand the rake over to the bus driver — no support
- 4. You finish raking first, then run — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Teacher in Glasgow, talking to a parent: "haud on, wee man, I'm just finishing wi' this." You want to show her a sticker. What do you do?
- 1. Wait till she's done with the parent — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Go home; "haud on" means for ever — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 3. Tug her arm and show her now — no support
- 4. Ask the parent to leave right away — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 17: «"Finish your peas" means eat them all; "finish up" means end what you are on soon; "I'm finished" can mean "I'm worn out".», 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 «mean» (+4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓
Your teammate in an online match: "afk 2 secs, mum's calling." What does he mean?
- 1. He's stepping away, back soon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He's ready for the next round — no support
- 3. He wants you to ring his mum — no support
- 4. He's quitting the game for good — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Mum, after the doorbell went: "did you finish tidying your room?" You'd done half. What do you say?
- 1. "Yep, all done," and hope she won't look — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. "I did half; I'll finish the rest now" — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. "No," and say nothing about the half — no support
- 4. "The doorbell did it," and walk away — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Gran, draining spuds: "you're alright, pet, in a minute." Your cousin tugs her sleeve anyway. What could easily happen?
- 1. Nothing, a little tug never hurts anybody — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Hot water splashes and scalds Gran's hand — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Gran laughs and looks at it straight away — no support
- 4. The potatoes cook a bit faster than usual — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗
You're on a call with your mate when your sister yells "the bath's overflowing!" What do you do?
- 1. Finish the call, then go and check the bath — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ask your mate what you should do about it — no support
- 3. Tell your sister to sort it, as you're busy — no support
- 4. Say "gotta go" and turn the taps off — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 12 · ★★ · right ✓
Gossip: "swear down, our Tyler grabbed the robot hoover while it was going and it ate his hair, bald patch the size of a plate." What's the real lesson?
- 1. Tyler should be teased about his hair at school — no support
- 2. Robot hoovers attack kids, so never be near one — no support
- 3. Pause a machine first; "size of a plate" is blown up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Nothing in gossip is true, so ignore all of it — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 9: «A machine in the middle of a job is paused with its button or app, never lifted or grabbed while its brushes still spin.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pause» (+2); the same thing acted on «machine» (+2).
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Whereas a domestic cleaning robot is in operation and an infant approaches it, identify the procedure most properly adopted.
- 1. The lifting of the device from the floor while its brushes yet revolve — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The suspension of the device by its control, pending removal of the infant — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The instruction of the infant to withdraw of its own accord elsewhere — no support
- 4. The continuance of the device's operation without any intervention — 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 · wrong ✗
It is given that a pupil ceases a task of tidying in order to answer a teacher. Ascertain the obligation thereby arising in respect of the incomplete task.
- 1. A declaration whether it shall be finished, transferred or abandoned — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The immediate resumption of the task without any word whatsoever — score 4
- 3. The abandonment of the task without any notice being given — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. The recommencement of the entire task from its very beginning — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 4, line 9: «"Tell X to do Y" means you pass the message on, and X does Y.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pass on» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers.
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Pursuant to an instruction to make a bed, subsequently qualified by "before that, accompany your brother to the lavatory", determine the order of performance.
- 1. The making of the bed, and thereafter the brother — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The simultaneous performance of both obligations — no support
- 3. The accompanying of the brother, and thereafter the bed — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The performance of the earlier instruction alone — 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 · right ✓
Select the statement most consistent with established practice upon the sounding of a fire alarm during a lesson.
- 1. All work is to be left and the room vacated at once — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Belongings are to be packed before the room is vacated — no support
- 3. The current task is to be completed before departure — no support
- 4. The pupil is to await confirmation that a fire exists — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
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