MovaPassed-on orders, notes, stories and shared names
Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-11-05, commit 610eccd1d
Lesson 17 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 ✗
In PE a message goes down the line: "coach says bring water" arrives as "coach says bring Walter". Best move?
- 1. Go and find a kid called Walter — no support
- 2. Check with the coach what he said — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Bring nothing; the message is broken — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. Bring Walter along and some water — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wear out» (+4); the same thing acted on «message» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Wee cousin in Dundee: "yer mam says go for the messages, list's on the fridge, dinnae forget the milk." What does Mum want?
- 1. Write some messages and stick them up — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Go to the shop for what's on the list — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Fetch the post and the milk off the step — no support
- 4. Read out the texts on her phone to her — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 12: «In someone else's house their parents' orders count for guests too, even when your friend passes them on.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «messages» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓
Kid at the bus stop: "apparently Mr Lee got called to the office on the speaker, he's defo getting sacked, I swear." What's sensible?
- 1. Don't spread it; a call to the office proves nothing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Tell the whole class Mr Lee is getting sacked — no support
- 3. Go to the office yourself and find out why — no support
- 4. Ask Mr Lee in front of everyone if it's true — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Mate in Dublin: "me ma says yous all have to be out of the gaff by six, she's having people over." What does his mum want?
- 1. Everyone in the garden by six — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Everyone out of the house by six — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Everyone stays to meet the people — no support
- 4. Only you leave; his other mates stay — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Classmate in Singapore: "Teacher say must bring the forms tomorrow lah, can or not?" What is he asking?
- 1. Can you bring them today, before tomorrow — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Whether you would like to skip the forms — score 3
- 3. Can you bring the forms tomorrow, yes or no — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. Whether forms are allowed in class at all — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). 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: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «exact words» (+2); the same action «take» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6.
Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Voice note from your sister: "Mum said you're on dog-walk duty after school, it's giving chores, sorry not sorry." Whose order is it?
- 1. The dog's; he wants his walk now — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nobody's; it's only a voice note — no support
- 3. Your sister's; she's just being bossy — no support
- 4. Mum's; walk the dog after school — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓
Last night the babysitter left a note: "no telly after 7." Tonight Mum is home and says telly till 8 is fine. Which counts?
- 1. Neither, till the babysitter comes back — no support
- 2. The note, because writing beats talking — score 5
- 3. Both; watch the telly but stop at 7 — no support
- 4. Mum's word; the note was for last night — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 17, line 18: «A messenger with a real emergency ("Mum says come NOW, the bath's overflowing!") is right to cut in; you stop safely, say what happens to your own job ("I'll f…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «mum» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2).
Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓
Miss sends you to tell Mr Hughes his car lights are on before the battery goes flat. He's reading to his class. Do you wait till he's done?
- 1. Yes; tell him first thing tomorrow morning — no support
- 2. No; go out and switch his car lights off yourself — no support
- 3. Yes; you must never interrupt a teacher reading — no support
- 4. No; knock, say sorry, and pass the message on — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. 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 thing acted on «message» (+2).
Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓
A film on telly: the hero yells "Everybody out, NOW!" A second later the real smoke alarm goes and Dad shouts the same words. What do you do?
- 1. Stay put; the film said it first, so it's only the film — score 10
- 2. Stay put; you can't tell which one was meant for you — score 8
- 3. Get out; Dad's order is real, the film's isn't for you — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 14
- 4. Wait to see if the hero in the film gets out first — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 14, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 16, line 1: «A dog does not understand sentences. It learns a few short words, the hand sign that goes with each, and your tone. Dad says "Biscuit. Sit." once, hand up, and…», 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 doer «dad» (+4).
Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
At Little Athletics in Auckland there are two boys called Jack. The coach, eyes on the tall one: "Jack, chuck your jandals in the bag, mate." Which Jack?
- 1. Both Jacks, so that it's fair — no support
- 2. The tall one the coach is looking at — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The short one, as he's younger — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. Neither, till the coach says surnames — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 1: «A command can reach you by many roads: said to your face, passed on by a messenger, written on a note, sent as a text or a voice note, or read out over the sch…», 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 «person» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Miss: "whoever finishes first, hand out the books." You and Priya finish at the same moment. What's sensible?
- 1. Both of you sit still till Miss picks one — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. Do nothing, as nobody finished first — no support
- 3. Quickly agree to split the pile between you — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Race each other to grab the whole pile — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 4: «When two people, or a person and a robot, share a name, look at who the speaker faces, points at or holds. "Whoever" picks a person by what happens ("whoever's…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pick» (+4); the same thing acted on «person» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Hockey coach in Toronto: "take five, grab your toque, it's freezing." What does he want?
- 1. Your hat off for five minutes — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Five pucks each, and your hat — no support
- 3. A short break, and your hat on — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Five steps back, then your hat — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is given that a parent, being absent, has affixed to a refrigerator a written instruction that the children's bedrooms be vacuumed prior to the parent's return. Determine the standing of the said instruction.
- 1. It is advisory only, and may be disregarded at the children's discretion — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is to be performed after the parent's return, in the parent's presence — no support
- 3. It is a valid directive, to be performed prior to the parent's return — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It is of no effect, not having been delivered by word of mouth — 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 ✗
An announcement over the public-address system of a school requests the attendance of "Mr Lee" at the office. Identify the party upon whom the obligation to attend is thereby imposed.
- 1. Every pupil bearing the surname Lee — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Every member of staff upon the premises — no support
- 3. Whichever person first hears the announcement — no support
- 4. The member of staff so named, and no other — ✓ the right answer · 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 ✗
Ascertain the obligation imposed upon a listener by an imperative uttered by a character within a narrative read aloud, or recalled by a relative from his own past.
- 1. Performance of the action described, immediately upon its being heard — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. None; the imperative pertains solely to the narrative or the recollection — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Performance of the action by whichever listener is the youngest present — no support
- 4. Performance of the action described, upon conclusion of the narrative — 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 ✗
Whereas a speaker utters the name "Max" while facing and operating a domestic robot so named, a relative also named Max being present, determine to whom the instruction is directed.
- 1. To the relative, persons taking precedence over machines — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. To the robot, as the speaker's orientation indicates — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. To both parties, each being bound to comply in turn — no support
- 4. To neither party, the reference being indeterminate — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 doer «people» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers.
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