MovaIdioms that look like commands
Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-11-05, commit 610eccd1d
Lesson 28 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 ✗
A kid at the theatre: "my nan says never wish anyone 'break a leg', it's a curse and they'll fall." Is she right?
- 1. Yes, it really makes people fall over — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, it's just how people wish good luck — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. No, it means stand still and don't move — no support
- 4. Yes, you must say "break an arm" instead — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓
Gossip at break, Gen Alpha: "bro, Maddie's mum said 'break a leg' and Maddie LITERALLY broke her leg on stage, no cap, whole school saw it." What is the real point?
- 1. Maddie's mum wanted her to get hurt — no support
- 2. The words themselves made her fall — no support
- 3. "Break a leg" is just a good luck wish — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. Never say it to anyone before a school play — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 28, line 7: «"Break a leg" means good luck, said before a show, a play or a concert.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «break» (+4); the same thing acted on «leg» (+2).
Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓
Brother, as you rage over a lost Fortnite match: "it's not that deep, just chill, you're being so delulu." What does he want?
- 1. You to calm down — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. You to play a deeper level — no support
- 3. You to quit the game for good — no support
- 4. You to go and sit somewhere cold — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓
Older kid at the servo, Perth: "rack off, ya drongo, I'm on the phone." What does he mean?
- 1. Fetch him a rack — no support
- 2. Ring him back later when he's off the phone — no support
- 3. Go away and leave him alone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. Pay for his drink — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 28, line 13: «"Go jump in a lake", "jog on", "do one" and "rack off" all mean go away, rudely; walk away, and tell an adult if it turns nasty.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «go away» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3).
Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Coach, Somerset, at half-time: "you'm gurt slow today, my lover, pull yer socks up!" What does he want?
- 1. Run harder and put more effort in — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Change into a new pair of boots for the second half — no support
- 3. Sit out the rest of the match — no support
- 4. Fix your socks on the pitch — ← Mova's choice · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 28, line 2: «Some idiom-commands are real orders in disguise: "hop to it" means start now, fast; "pull your socks up" means try harder; "keep your hair on" and "chill" mean…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «socks» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓
Gogo, Durban: "eish, the braai's ready now now, hop to it and set the table!" What do you do?
- 1. Wait a few hours, "now now" is later — score 8
- 2. Light the braai yourself to help out — no support
- 3. Start setting the table straight away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
- 4. Hop on one foot to the table for fun — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 11, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 28, line 2: «Some idiom-commands are real orders in disguise: "hop to it" means start now, fast; "pull your socks up" means try harder; "keep your hair on" and "chill" mean…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «start» (+5).
Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Auntie, Singapore, at eleven at night: "aiyah, so late already, go and hit the sack lah." What does she want?
- 1. Go to bed now — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Go and buy a sack of rice — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 3. Sleep on a sack on the floor — no support
- 4. Punch a sack of rice — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 28, line 8: «"Hit the hay" and "hit the sack" mean go to bed.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «sack» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓
Big lad at the park, Manchester: "do one, our kid's next on the swing." What does he mean?
- 1. Give his brother one big push on it — no support
- 2. Go away, his brother's having the swing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 3. Do one more go, then get off the swing — no support
- 4. Count to one and then jump off the swing — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 28, line 13: «"Go jump in a lake", "jog on", "do one" and "rack off" all mean go away, rudely; walk away, and tell an adult if it turns nasty.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «go away» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3).
Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Sister, on her phone: "shut UP, you got concert tickets?? I'm literally dead." What does she mean?
- 1. She wants you to stop talking — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She has hurt herself badly — no support
- 3. She's angry about the tickets — no support
- 4. She's amazed and really happy — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Big sister is babysitting, on a video call, when the toddler starts climbing the bookcase. Her mate on the call: "shh, good kids never interrupt." What now?
- 1. Climb up the bookcase after the toddler yourself — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Cut into the call: the toddler's climbing — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Type a message in the chat on mute — no support
- 4. Wait quietly till her call is over — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 4: «Real life still cuts into games: Mum calling "dinner, NOW", a little sister climbing the bookcase, a smoke alarm. You pause or save, say "gotta go" to your tea…», 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 «bookcase» (+2); the same action «climb» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Mam, Swansea, as Owen sulks in his room: "c'mere, cwtch, open up, bach, what's got you so down?" What does Mam want?
- 1. Owen to open the window up — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Owen to open his mouth wide — no support
- 3. Owen to tell her what's wrong — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Owen to open his presents — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 12 · ★★ · right ✓
Coach, Manitoba, at the rink: "hold your horses, guys, toques on before you hit the ice!" What does he want?
- 1. Hit the ice with your sticks to warm up — no support
- 2. Go out on the ice right now, quickly — no support
- 3. Go outside and look for the horses — no support
- 4. Wait and put your woolly hats on first — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It applied a rule: lesson 28, line 11 («"Hold your horses" and "hang on a tick" mean wait a moment.»), joined by «mean». Its condition Event _ hold patient=horse | next→#3299 quoted matched the question's Event _ hold patient=horse+guy+toque | says→#3 quoted. Its conclusion, so: Event _ wait attrs=when:moment | unreal. Option 4 says it (Event you wait | next→#1), the only option that does.
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Where an adult, immediately prior to a theatrical performance, addresses a performer with the expression "break a leg", identify the intention thereby conveyed.
- 1. A warning that the stage presents a hazard — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A wish that the performance should succeed — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A direction to detach the leg of a chair — no support
- 4. An instruction to sustain an injury on stage — 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 · right ✓
It is given that a parent instructs a child to "hit the hay". Ascertain the action thereby required.
- 1. Retirement to bed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The feeding of livestock — no support
- 3. The striking of fodder — no support
- 4. Attendance at a barn — 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 ✗
Whereas an older youth addresses a child with the words "jog on", determine the most prudent conduct.
- 1. Jogging in place for the duration of the encounter — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. An insistence upon remaining where one stands — no support
- 3. Withdrawal, with recourse to an adult should hostility ensue — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Physical confrontation in defence of the location — 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 ✓
Whereas a child holding a breakable vessel is instructed to "drop everything", select the conduct properly required.
- 1. Placing the vessel down securely, then prompt attendance — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Release of the vessel to the floor forthwith — no support
- 3. Conveyance of the vessel to the place of summons — no support
- 4. Completion of the present task prior to attendance — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
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