MovaVoice assistants, sat-navs and machine messages
Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-11-05, commit 610eccd1d
Lesson 24 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 ✗
Mum: "turn the pancake over." Leo flips the whole pan into the sink: "bro, that's lowkey mid, my bad fr." What did Mum mean?
- 1. Spin the pancake round on the plate — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. Flip the pancake so the other side cooks — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Turn the hob right over to a low, gentle heat — no support
- 4. Turn the whole pan upside down — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 24, line 5: «Machine messages are reports. "Sorry, I didn't catch that" means nothing happened, so say it again, clearly. "Item stuck. Please contact staff" means tell staf…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «pancake» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, scored 5.
Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓
The speaker is reading a recipe: "now add two cups of fl—" when the pot boils over. You shout "Hey Pip, stop!" Is that rude?
- 1. No, cutting a machine off is fine, the pot comes first — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. No, but you must unplug it straight after you stop it — no support
- 3. Yes, you should always say please to it before you stop it — no support
- 4. Yes, you should let it finish its sentence first — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 24, line 2: «A command said to a machine is for the machine. When Dad shouts "Hey Pip, stop!" over the music, the speaker stops; he did not tell you to stop. You can cut a…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «interrupt» (+2); the same thing acted on «machine» (+2).
Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Pot sorted, hob turned down. How do you get back to the recipe?
- 1. Start the whole recipe again from step one — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ask Pip to repeat the last step, then go on — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Wait for the speaker to carry on all by itself — no support
- 4. Guess the rest, since you stopped the speaker — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗
You've got three plates in your hands when Mam, Swansea, yells: "the pan's boilin' over, cariad, quick, turn it down!" What first?
- 1. Shout "in a minute" and keep going with the plates — no support
- 2. Put the plates down safely, then go — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Finish setting the table, then go — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 4. Drop the plates and run to the pan — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 24, line 5: «Machine messages are reports. "Sorry, I didn't catch that" means nothing happened, so say it again, clearly. "Item stuck. Please contact staff" means tell staf…», 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 «set» (+3); the same thing acted on «table» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Later Mam asks "is the table done?" You put out the plates but not the cutlery. What do you say?
- 1. "Yep, all done," and go and watch the telly — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. "Nope," and say nothing about the plates — no support
- 3. "The pan boiled over," and just walk off — no support
- 4. "Plates are out, but the cutlery's still left" — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓
"did u hear? Harper's speaker heard an advert and ordered like FIFTY tubs of ice cream, her mum was so salty, no cap." What's probably blown up, and what's the lesson?
- 1. Fifty is likely blown up; speakers can obey the TV, so check — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Fifty is right; speakers always order things in fifties — no support
- 3. It's all true; speakers order fifty of anything they hear — no support
- 4. It's all made up; a smart speaker can never hear a word the TV says — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 24, line 12: «A speaker can wake to a voice on the TV and obey it; cancel a wrong order and tell an adult.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «obey» (+4); the same doer «speaker» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1).
Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Kid, Boston: "Hey Pip, add bread." Speaker: "Added Fred to your list." Big bro: "wicked funny, kid! leave it, Ma's gonna be like, who's Fred?" Mum wants bread. What's best?
- 1. Tell Fred he's on the shopping list now — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Add "Fred" again so he's on there twice — no support
- 3. Fix it now: delete "Fred", add bread — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Leave it; Mum will laugh and buy bread — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓
Grandad, Dublin, to the speaker reading the weather: "Hey Pip, stop, ye eejit, I heard ya the first time, sure I'm not deaf." Your cousin stops his homework. Should he have?
- 1. No, Grandad was talking to the speaker — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yes, "stop" means everyone in the room — no support
- 3. Yes, because Grandad is in a bad mood — no support
- 4. No, but he should go and do it upstairs — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Uncle, Joburg, driving. Sat-nav: "turn right now." Uncle: "at the robot? ag, there's a cop waving us straight on, man." What happens?
- 1. Turn right now, as the sat-nav says — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Pull over and argue with the officer — no support
- 3. Drive straight on, as the officer waves — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Turn right, then go back to the officer — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 24, line 14: «After a detour a sat-nav says "recalculating" and works out a new way from where the car is now.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «sat nav» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓
Sister, Liverpool: "our kid, turn that down, it's well loud, I'm on the phone, la." What does she want?
- 1. Quieter music — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The speaker turned to face the wall — no support
- 3. Louder music — no support
- 4. The phone turned down instead — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓
Sat-nav: "in 200 metres, turn left; then, at the roundabout, take the second exit." The left turn is closed, so Mum drives straight on. What will the sat-nav most likely do next?
- 1. Say "recalculating" and find a new way — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 2. Keep saying "take the second exit" — score 8
- 3. Switch itself off for the rest of the trip — no support
- 4. Make Mum drive back to the closed road — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 24, line 4: «A sat-nav can be wrong. Road signs, roadworks and the police win over it, and the driver decides; a passenger shouting "turn left!" at a "Road closed" sign hel…», 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 «recalculate» (+4).
Test 12 · ★★ · right ✓
At the rink: "Item stuck. Please contact staff." Your buddy: "I put in a loonie, bud, just give 'er a good shake, eh." What do you do?
- 1. Find the staff and tell them, and leave it alone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. Kick the bottom of it gently to wiggle it loose — no support
- 3. Give it one big shake, since it's only the once — score 6
- 4. Put in one more loonie to knock the snack down — score 8
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 24, line 5: «Machine messages are reports. "Sorry, I didn't catch that" means nothing happened, so say it again, clearly. "Item stuck. Please contact staff" means tell staf…», 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 «happen» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1).
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Whereas a voice-operated device is addressed without the prescribed activation word, determine the consequence thereof.
- 1. The instruction is executed without any confirmation — no support
- 2. The instruction is deferred until the following day — no support
- 3. No instruction whatsoever is received or executed — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The instruction is transmitted to an adult for approval — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 18: «When you carry a message, say it as it was given and say who it is from: "Mum says can you wait a sec."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry» (+4); the same thing acted on «message» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers.
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is given that a navigation device directs a left turn into a carriageway displaying a notice of closure. Identify the authority to which the driver shall defer.
- 1. The passenger who first reads the instruction — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. The notice of closure displayed upon the road — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The navigation device, by reason of its data — no support
- 4. Whichever source is the louder of the two — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 18: «When you carry a message, say it as it was given and say who it is from: "Mum says can you wait a sec."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same thing acted on «message» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers.
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Pursuant to the message "Sorry, I didn't catch that" issued by a voice-operated device, select the statement that most accurately characterises the outcome.
- 1. The instruction has not been performed — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The instruction has been passed to another device — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. The instruction has been performed silently — no support
- 4. The instruction has been performed in part — 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 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 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 «messages» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers.
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
In respect of a vending machine displaying the notice "Item stuck. Please contact staff", ascertain the appropriate course of conduct.
- 1. The notification of a member of staff — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The insertion of a further coin — no support
- 3. The striking of the machine's lower panel — no support
- 4. The rocking of the machine to and fro — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
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