MovaClubs, coaches and playground games
Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-11-05, commit 610eccd1d
Lesson 23 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 · ★★ · right ✓
Coach blows the whistle mid-match: "stop! Josh is down, he's hurt!" Lily: "coaches should never interrupt a game." Is she right?
- 1. Yes, he should wait for half-time to check Josh — no support
- 2. No, stopping for an injury is exactly right — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. No, but he should have said please before it — no support
- 4. Yes, a match must always be played to the end — no support
Why: It applied a rule: lesson 11, line 6 («"Stop!" shouted in danger means stop at once, then do the thing that keeps people safe.»), joined by «mean». Its condition Event _ stop | quoted matched the question's Event coach stop | quoted. Its conclusion, so: Event _ stop | next→#1016. Option 2 says it (Event _ stop for=injury), the only option that does.
Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓
After the fire bell the dance class files back in. Miss, Bristol: "right my lovers, where were we? proper job, we'll go from the chorus." What do they do?
- 1. Pack up, since a bell ends the class — score 4
- 2. Start the dance from the very top — score 4
- 3. Start again from the chorus, not the top — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 4. Carry on from wherever each kid remembers — no support
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 3: «Sport steps come in order, "push off the wall, glide, then kick", and you do them in that order. A count-in like "five, six, seven, eight, and go" tells you wh…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same place «chorus» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2).
Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗
One long whistle while Ella is climbing the high-board ladder. How does she stop safely?
- 1. Stay up top until the whistle is over — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Dive in and swim out the far side — no support
- 3. Jump off fast to get it over with — no support
- 4. Climb back down carefully and step out — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓
"did u hear?? some kid at the leisure centre kept swimming after the long whistle cos he was 'nearly done', got banned for a YEAR, fr fr." What is the real lesson?
- 1. Finish your length if you're nearly done — no support
- 2. A long whistle means stop and get out at once — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. Swim faster so you finish before the whistle — no support
- 4. Lifeguards ban kids for no reason at all — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 23, line 2: «A whistle or a shout from a coach, lifeguard or referee can cut in on anything. One long blast at the pool means stop where you are and get out, even halfway d…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «get out» (+2); the same property (+1).
Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Ref at hockey practice, Toronto, after a little bump: "play on, eh! no stopping!" Ryan stops to fix his toque. What did the ref want?
- 1. Stop play and take a penalty shot — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Stop and fix your gear before going on — no support
- 3. Keep playing, the bump was nothing — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Stop and line up at the centre again — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Coach, Cape Town: "watch me now now, then you try, it'll be lekker." What does "watch me" ask?
- 1. Film me on a phone for later on — no support
- 2. Keep an eye on me so I stay safe — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. Wait until I've gone, then start — no support
- 4. Look at what I do, then copy it — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 2: «"If it rains, bring the washing in" is not the same as "bring the washing in": you keep an eye on the sky, and you only move when the rain comes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2); the same thing acted on «eye» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓
Gran, Yorkshire: "no splashin' yer sister, she's nesh." Tom gives her "just a tiny splash". Did he obey?
- 1. Yes, as long as he says sorry right after — no support
- 2. No, "no splashing" means no splash at all — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. No, he should have splashed her more gently — no support
- 4. Yes, a tiny splash isn't really splashing — 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 23, line 4: «"No" commands are simple: "play on, no stopping" means keep playing, and "no bombing" means no bombs at all, not smaller ones. When a job is cut short, it is f…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2); the same place «all» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1).
Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓
Coach, Galway, mid-drill: "lightning, lads! in ye go, NOW, leave the yokes!" Cian is halfway through setting out cones. What happens to the cones job?
- 1. Finish setting out every cone, then go in — no support
- 2. Stay out and hand the cones to the coach — no support
- 3. Leave it half-done, go in, finish it later — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 4. Pick up all the cones first, then go in — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 23, line 4: «"No" commands are simple: "play on, no stopping" means keep playing, and "no bombing" means no bombs at all, not smaller ones. When a job is cut short, it is f…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «finish» (+3); the same property (+3); the same thing acted on «job» (+2).
Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
You're folding bibs with Coach when Mum's car pulls up. Coach, from Chennai: "go, go, your mother is waiting, I will do the needful." What do you say?
- 1. Nothing, since Coach said he'd do it — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 2. "Thanks, Coach! red bibs done, blue ones left" — ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. "Bye!", and leave the bibs in a heap — score 6
- 4. "I'll stay till every bib's folded" — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 19: «More words: "cwtch" = hug and "tamping" = furious (Wales); "my lover" = friendly "dear" and "proper job" = great (West Country); "toque" = woolly hat (Canada);…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «needful» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 7.
Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Dance teacher, at "seven": "hold it, wrong song!" What do you do?
- 1. Start dancing on "eight" anyway — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Stay still and wait for a new count — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Start without any count at all — score 7
- 4. Dance to the wrong song till it ends — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 23, line 18: «Words in these scenes: "nae" = no, "aboot" = about, "whit" = what, "numpty" = silly person (Scotland); "bombing" = jumping in curled up to make a big splash; "…», 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 action «jump» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓
Grandad, helping at PE: "okay kiddos, circle up, hold hands, don't have a cow about it." What does he want?
- 1. A circle, sitting down, arms folded — no support
- 2. A circle, holding hands, no fuss — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 3. A circle drawn on the floor in chalk — no support
- 4. A line, holding hands, no talking — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 23, line 19: «More words: "cwtch" = hug and "tamping" = furious (Wales); "my lover" = friendly "dear" and "proper job" = great (West Country); "toque" = woolly hat (Canada);…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on «fuss» (+3).
Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Mum: "before you go out, hang your coat up." Leo runs out and texts "will do it later". Did he do what Mum asked?
- 1. Yes, a text counts as doing it — ← Mova's choice · score 10
- 2. No, the coat had to come first — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yes, as long as he does it tonight — no support
- 4. No, he should have worn the coat — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 23, line 6: «In Simon Says, only commands that start with "Simon says" count; you obey nothing else.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «count» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers.
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Whereas, in the game designated "Simon Says", an instruction is issued without the prefatory words "Simon says", identify the conduct required of the participants.
- 1. The participants shall execute the instruction — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The participants shall leave the game forthwith — no support
- 3. The participants shall remain entirely still — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The participants shall request a repetition — 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 single prolonged blast of a whistle is sounded at a swimming pool whilst a pupil is midway through a length. Ascertain the obligation thereby imposed.
- 1. Completion of the length prior to exit — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Submersion pending further instruction — no support
- 3. Immediate cessation and exit from the pool — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Continuation until a second blast is sounded — 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 · right ✓
Select the statement that most accurately characterises a prohibition of the form "no X" issued by a lifeguard in respect of an activity.
- 1. It excludes the activity in its entirety — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It permits the activity if no person objects — no support
- 3. It permits the activity on a reduced scale — no support
- 4. It applies solely in the presence of the lifeguard — 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 ✗
Pursuant to the instruction "before you depart, embrace your grandmother", determine the order in which the two actions are to be performed.
- 1. The departure first, the embrace thereafter — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Both actions at precisely the same moment — no support
- 3. The embrace first, the departure thereafter — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Either action first, at the pupil's discretion — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
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