MovaSchool commands: lining up, signals, the fire alarm
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-11-05, commit 610eccd1d
Lesson 21 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 ✗
After lunch, Miss, Perth: "register order, heaps quick, it's arvo already." Zac, near the end of the register, sprints to the front. What should happen?
- 1. Everyone moves back a place behind Zac — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Zac goes back to his own place in the line — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Miss starts the register from Zac's name — no support
- 4. Zac stays first, since he ran the fastest — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓
Bus-stop gossip: "did u hear?? a kid at St Mark's ran back in for his tablet in the fire drill and they had to do the whole drill again, the fire brigade was FUMING." What is the real lesson?
- 1. Only run back in if you are really quick — no support
- 2. Always hold on to your tablet so it isn't lost — no support
- 3. Fire drills are only for show and don't matter — no support
- 4. In a fire alarm, leave everything and never go back — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 21, line 3: «The fire alarm outranks everything, even a teacher in mid-sentence. You leave everything (bag, phone, half-done work), put down anything you are carrying where…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «leave» (+2); the same thing acted on «everything» (+2).
Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Fire alarm while Tama is carrying a tray of paint pots. His mate, Auckland: "chur, just chuck it and run, bro!" What is best?
- 1. Drop the tray where he stands and sprint — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Carry the tray outside with him to keep it safe — no support
- 3. Set the tray on the nearest table and walk — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Take it to the sink first, then join the line — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Ava's mate says "you never ever interrupt a teacher." Ava sees smoke coming out of the class bin while Miss is talking. What should Ava do?
- 1. Wait until Miss has finished the whole lesson — ← Mova's choice · score 11
- 2. Put her hand up and wait until she is picked — score 10
- 3. Interrupt Miss at once and point to the smoke — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Write it on a note and hand it to Miss after — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 11, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 21, line 2: «A class signal like a clap or "one, two, three, eyes on me!" is an interruption on purpose: it cuts into whatever you are doing, and you stop and look now, not…», 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 «finish» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Miss Tan: "hands up if you've finished the worksheet." Wei hasn't, but his friend whispers "just put up lah, then can go play, can or not?" What is honest?
- 1. Keep his hand down until he really finishes — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Put his hand up, since his friend says it's fine — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. Put it halfway up to show he's nearly done — no support
- 4. Shout "finished!" so Miss Tan hears him first — no support
Why: It applied a rule: lesson 21, line 7 («"Hands up if you've finished" means put your hand up only if it is true for you, and don't shout out.»), joined by «mean». Its condition Event _ hand up | quoted matched the question's Event _ hand up | quoted. Its conclusion, so: Event _ put up patient=hand. Option 2 says it (Event you put up patient=hand | cause→#1), the only option that does.
Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓
Silent reading. Callum, whispering: "it's no' talking, it's just a wee whisper, dinnae fash." Miss: "silent means silent." Who is right?
- 1. Callum: a wee whisper isn't really talking — no support
- 2. Callum, if he only whispers about the book — no support
- 3. Neither: you may talk but you may not shout — no support
- 4. Miss: silent means not even a whisper — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 21, line 11: «"Silent reading" means no sound at all, not even a whisper.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3); the same thing acted on «sound» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3).
Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Mr Diaz: "one, two, three, eyes on me!" Class: "one, two, eyes on you!" Jaxon keeps building: "bro I'm locked in, this tower's lowkey bussin'." What did he get wrong?
- 1. It only counts if Mr Diaz says his name — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He should have chanted with the class — no support
- 3. The signal means stop and look now — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nothing, his tower mattered more — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓
Principal, end of assembly: "Class 4 may please go, the rest of you remain seated." Arjun, Class 5: "chalo, yaar, he said go!" Who may leave?
- 1. Only Class 4; Arjun stays seated — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Whoever happens to be nearest the door — no support
- 3. Everyone, since assembly has ended — no support
- 4. Class 4 and Class 5 together — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Mrs Jones, Swansea, proper tamping: "I am NOT putting up with this racket, Year 4!" What does she want?
- 1. Everyone to tidy the PE kit — no support
- 2. A tennis racket handed in — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. The racket put up on a shelf — no support
- 4. The noise to stop — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 21, line 11: «"Silent reading" means no sound at all, not even a whisper.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «sound» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓
Some kids have been sitting on a neighbour's car in Joburg. He comes out: "eish, clear off my car, man, it's not lekker!" What does he want?
- 1. Clear the leaves off his car — no support
- 2. Take your bags off his car — no support
- 3. Clean the dust off his car — no support
- 4. Get off his car and go away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It applied a rule: lesson 21, line 15 («"Clear the table" means take everything off it; "clear off!" means go away; "is that clear?" means do you understand.»), joined by «mean». Its condition Event _ clear off | quoted matched the question's Event _ clear off patient=car+man | quoted. Its conclusion, so: Event _ go away attrs=away. Option 4 says it (Event you go away attrs=away), the only option that does.
Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓
Lunch supervisor, Toronto: "trays on the cart, cutlery in the tub, then wash your hands in the washroom, eh?" In what order?
- 1. Cutlery first, then wash the tray — no support
- 2. Just the tray, cutlery is optional — no support
- 3. Tray, cutlery, then wash hands — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Wash hands, then tray and cutlery — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 10, line 6: «A fast list like "shoes off, hands washed, sit down" holds several jobs, and all of them must be done.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wash» (+2); the same thing acted on «hands» (+2).
Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗
The alarm's wicked loud. Miss says leave everything, but Mason, from Boston, is fixin' to grab his jacket off his chair. What should Mason do?
- 1. Grab it, since being cold matters more — no support
- 2. Go back for it once the line is outside — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 3. Ask Miss to run back and fetch it for him — score 9
- 4. Leave the jacket and walk out with the class — ✓ the right answer · score 7
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 21, line 3: «The fire alarm outranks everything, even a teacher in mid-sentence. You leave everything (bag, phone, half-done work), put down anything you are carrying where…», 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 «go back» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 7.
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Whereas a teacher directs that pupils assemble at the door in the order of the class register, identify the position properly to be occupied by a pupil listed fourteenth.
- 1. Any position whatever, provided silence is kept — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The foremost position, by virtue of early arrival — no support
- 3. The final position, in deference to all others — no support
- 4. The fourteenth position in the line so formed — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Pursuant to the instruction "pencils down" issued during an examination, determine the conduct required of a candidate in the course of writing a word.
- 1. The continuation of writing until the paper is collected — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The completion of the sentence then in progress — no support
- 3. The completion of the word, followed by cessation — no support
- 4. The immediate cessation of writing, the word being left incomplete — ✓ 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 ✗
It is given that a fire alarm sounds during instruction and that a pupil's personal telephone remains in a bag. Select the conduct consistent with established procedure.
- 1. Retrieval of the telephone prior to departure — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Continued attendance until the speaker has concluded — no support
- 3. Departure at a run, carrying the bag and its contents — no support
- 4. Orderly departure without belongings, at walking pace — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Where a head teacher declares at the close of an assembly "Year 4, you may go", ascertain the party upon whom permission to depart is thereby conferred.
- 1. The entire assembled school — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The pupils of Year 4 alone, and no others — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Whichever pupil is nearest the exit — no support
- 4. Year 4 together with Year 3 — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
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