MovaReview: vague commands and several at once
Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 7 of 16 · Run: 2026-11-05, commit 610eccd1d
Lesson 29 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 ✓
Mum said "deal with your stuff". Finn shoves his heap from the bottom step to the second step: "dealt with it." What went wrong?
- 1. He did the words, not the job: the stuff goes upstairs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nothing at all, the bottom step is clear now — no support
- 3. He should have asked Mum what "deal with" means first — no support
- 4. He should have dealt the clothes out like cards — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓
Kayden, Gen Alpha: "Miss said like six things, I did two and lined up, then she went off on me, so sus, she's mid fr." What is the real lesson?
- 1. Count the jobs in a long list and ask about any you lost — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. Teachers only check the very last job in a list — no support
- 3. Lists longer than three jobs never really count at school — score 0
- 4. Two jobs out of six is near enough most days — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 29, line 14: «With a long list, count the jobs on your fingers; if you lose one, ask only for the missing one: "sorry, Miss, what came after windows?"», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «count» (+2); the same thing acted on «jobs» (+2).
Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓
Nan, Dudley: "yow'm under me feet, bab, goo on, goo an' play, tara-a-bit." What does she want?
- 1. You to go off and play somewhere else, safely — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. You to stand still right where you are — no support
- 3. You to say goodbye and walk home on your own — no support
- 4. You to play closer to her feet in the kitchen — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Mam, Newcastle: "howay, either ye get them clarts off yer boots or ye're not comin' in." Owen: "I'll stay oot then." What does Mam really want?
- 1. Owen to pick whichever of the two he prefers — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The boots thrown out in the bin — no support
- 3. The mud off his boots, then come in — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Owen to stay outside all evening — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Back to the six-job list: the fire alarm goes just after "bins emptied". Ruby: "but Miss, books aren't in trays!" What now?
- 1. Finish the list really fast, then go out to the alarm — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 2. Put the books in trays, then follow the others — score 8
- 3. Hide under the desk until the noise stops — no support
- 4. Leave everything and walk out; the rest can wait — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 29, line 17: «When something urgent cuts a list short, you deal with it, then come back, check which jobs are done and what changed, and say what is left and who will do it.», 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 thing acted on «list» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓
It was a drill. Back in class Miss says "right, where were we?" What happens next?
- 1. Check what is done, then do the rest of the list — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Start the whole list again from the top, "chairs up" — no support
- 3. Go home, because the alarm cancelled the list — no support
- 4. Line up at once, the other jobs are dropped — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓
Dad: "peel the spuds, set the table and feed the dog." Halfway through the spuds, Ava's lift to swimming beeps. What should she say?
- 1. "Spuds are done, Dad," though half are still unpeeled — no support
- 2. "All done!", so that Dad does not worry about anything — no support
- 3. Nothing, she just runs out and Dad can work it all out himself — score 0
- 4. "Spuds half done, table and dog not yet. Can Sam take them?" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 29, line 8: «"Make yourself useful" means pick a helping job yourself, like setting the table; in Scotland "dinnae" means don't, "gawpin'" means staring and "hen" is a fond…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «table» (+1).
Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Ma, Durban: "pick up your toys now now, and set the table just now." Which job comes first?
- 1. The toys — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Both together — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. Neither today — score 3
- 4. The table — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 26, line 6: «Some commands are impossible, like being in two places at once; say so, and ask which job comes first.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+3); the same property (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3.
Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Teacher, Mumbai: "children, kindly do the needful: tiffins in bags, chairs on desks, then line up." What is "the needful"?
- 1. Bringing her a cup of tea from the staffroom — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The jobs she lists: tiffins away, chairs up, line up — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Something each child must work out and guess for themselves — no support
- 4. Only lining up; the rest is just extra talk — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Gran, Barnsley: "eh up, don't just sit there like a lemon, mek thissen useful, love." Jade: "what exactly, Gran? Which job? What order? How long for?" What went wrong?
- 1. Too many questions: a helping job is easy to pick — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. She should say no to Gran, because it is far too vague — no support
- 3. Nothing, you must always ask before you help — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. She should have asked even more questions — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 29, line 5: «Two myths to bin: "do exactly the words" (pushing the heap up one step is not dealing with it; that is how robots fail), and "always ask when unsure" (asking a…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓
Mum, to Dad: "can you fetch Nan from the station?" Ben grabs his coat and runs for the station. What went wrong?
- 1. Ben forgot to take the dog — no support
- 2. Nan is not at the station — no support
- 3. Nothing, Ben is quicker than Dad — no support
- 4. Mum asked Dad, not Ben — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 4: «Being mentioned is not being told. When Mum asks Dad "can you take the kids to school?", the kids get ready as usual; they only get a different driver.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+3); the same receiver «dad» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «mum» (+2).
Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Dad, Brisbane: "grab your togs, a towel and the sunnies, then hop in the ute, beach this arvo." How many things does Ellie grab?
- 1. Five — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Two — no support
- 3. Four — no support
- 4. Three — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is given that a parent, at five minutes past eight upon a school day, instructs the children to "get ready". Identify the conduct properly required of them.
- 1. The awaiting of a further and more particular instruction from the parent — no support
- 2. Preparation for school, namely dressing, washing the teeth, footwear and bag — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. An enquiry as to the purpose for which readiness is required by the parent — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. The donning of footwear alone, readiness being otherwise undefined — 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 29, line 11: «If you truly do not know which place or thing is meant, ask one short question that names the choices, once, and then act on the answer.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+4); the same thing acted on «one short question» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers.
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Select the statement that most accurately characterises an utterance of the form "either you tidy your room or there is no television tonight".
- 1. A threat whereby the speaker desires that the room be tidied — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A prohibition upon television irrespective of all conduct — no support
- 3. A genuine choice between two equally acceptable outcomes — no support
- 4. A request for information as to the child's preference — 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 ✓
Whereas an instruction comprises six enumerated tasks and the pupil, having retained four, is uncertain of the fifth, determine the most appropriate course of action.
- 1. An enquiry concerning the omitted task alone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Repetition of the four retained tasks a second time — no support
- 3. Completion of the retained tasks only, the remainder being disregarded — no support
- 4. The invention of a task resembling that which was forgotten — 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 ✗
In the circumstance that one parent requests the other to "fetch" a grandparent from the railway station, identify the party upon whom the obligation to perform the action is thereby imposed.
- 1. The household dog — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The grandparent herself — no support
- 3. The child who overheard — no support
- 4. The parent so addressed — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
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