MovaStatus vs action
Tests: 1 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-11-05, commit 610eccd1d
Lesson 3 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 ✗
Your friend says: "a question is never an order, so when Mum asks 'did you feed the cat?' you just answer and that's it." Is he right?
- 1. Yes, and "yeah" is quickest whatever the truth — no support
- 2. Yes, a question only ever wants an answer — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. No, every question is secretly an order — score 2
- 4. No, a "no" usually means go and do it now — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 2, line 3: «The scene decides. If the job is right there and you could do it, the question is a request. If the swimming teacher holds a clipboard at sign-up, "can you swi…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+2); the same doer «real question» (+2); the same thing acted on «true answer» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Leo said "yeah" to "did you feed the cat?" but he never had. What really happened next?
- 1. Nothing, the cat feeds itself at night — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. The cat yowled all evening by an empty bowl — ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. Mum fed the cat twice by mistake — score 3
- 4. The cat was fed, because Leo said "yeah" — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 3, line 2: «Mum at the front door with her coat on asks "did you feed the cat?" It is a status question: answer it truthfully, and if the answer is no, she means do it now.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «cat» (+4); the same thing acted on «status question» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 7.
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
A helper robot is asked "is the back door locked?" It isn't. What should a good helper say?
- 1. "That is a question, not a task. Goodbye." — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. "Yes", because people like hearing yes — no support
- 3. "No, it's open. Shall I lock it?" — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nothing, and it locks every door in the house — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Nan, holding an empty biscuit tin: "who's scoffed all the biscuits?!" You didn't. Best reply?
- 1. Say "the biscuits" to answer her — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Run to the shop to buy more biscuits — no support
- 3. "Not me, Nan, honest" — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Start washing out the empty tin — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Miss, sharply, as Jayden taps his ruler on the desk during silent reading: "Jayden. What are you doing?" What should Jayden do?
- 1. Explain the drum beat he is making — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Stop tapping and say sorry — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Tap more softly and carry on — no support
- 4. Ask Miss what she is doing — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Aussie dad, hopping on one foot by the door: "anyone seen me thongs?" What does he want?
- 1. A chat about where shoes are sold — no support
- 2. Someone to tell him to sit down — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. Help finding his flip-flops — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A list of everyone in the house — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2, line 2: «Even plain remarks can be requests. Nan saying "it's baltic in here" means shut the window; Dad saying "bin's full, then" to the kids whose job it is means tak…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «dad» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mum is on an important phone call. You want to ask "where's my PE kit?" for tomorrow. Best?
- 1. Tug her sleeve until she hangs up on them — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Wait until she is off the phone, then ask — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Never ask, because interrupting is always wrong — no support
- 4. Shout it over her call straight away — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
You are carrying a hot bowl of soup to the table when Dad asks "have you seen the remote?" Best?
- 1. Spin round with the bowl to point at the sofa — no support
- 2. Drop everything and start searching at once — no support
- 3. Ignore him, because a question needs no answer — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. Put the soup down safely first, then answer — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2, line 7: «At a sign-up, a test or a check-up, "can you…?" usually asks what you are able to do and wants a true answer.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+2); the same thing acted on «true answer» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dad, looking at the fridge rota: "who's on dishes tonight?" It is your turn. What is right?
- 1. Say "the dishes" because he asked "who's on" — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. Say "not me" to get out of it — no support
- 3. Say "me" and do them after tea — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Hide in your room until somebody else does them — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 3, line 3: «Dad lifting the sofa cushions and asking "where's the remote?" wants help finding it. But "who left the tap running?" once the tap is already off only asks who…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+4); the same doer «dad» (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mum is telling you about tomorrow when Dad yells "look out!" as a shelf starts to tip. Was Dad rude to cut in?
- 1. Yes, he should wait until Mum finishes — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, danger is the right time to cut in — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. No, because dads are allowed to be rude — no support
- 4. Yes, nobody should ever interrupt anyone — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Which of these really asks you for a job? A: "who left the tap running?" after it is off. B: "did you water the plants?" when you haven't. C: "what are you doing?" from a curious friend.
- 1. Only B — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Only A — score 3
- 3. All three — score 3
- 4. A and C — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 2, line 6: «"Can you…?" or "could you…?" with the job right in front of you asks you to do it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1).
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is given that a parent, attired for departure, enquires whether the domestic cat has been fed, and that it has not. Identify the response most appropriate to the circumstances.
- 1. A request that the parent first state the purpose of the enquiry — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A truthful negative, with no further action of any kind — no support
- 3. A truthful negative, followed forthwith by the feeding of the animal — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. An affirmative reply, so as to expedite the departure of the parent — 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 ✗
Whereas an instructor, upon discovering a flooded floor and a tap already closed, demands to know who left the tap running, ascertain the nature of the demand.
- 1. An instruction that the nearest pupil close the tap — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. An instruction that the class forthwith mop the floor — no support
- 3. An enquiry as to responsibility, imposing no task upon the class — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. An enquiry as to the volume of water spilled — 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 ✗
Select the response consistent with the established usage of the verb "check" in the instruction "check the oven".
- 1. To observe the oven and, should a fault be found, remedy or report it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. To switch the oven off irrespective of its condition — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. To place a written mark upon the door of the oven — no support
- 4. To observe the oven and in no circumstances act upon what is seen — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2, line 10: «A worried "is the oven still on?" means go and check, switch it off if nothing is cooking or tell the grown-up, and say what you found.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «switch off» (+2); the same thing acted on «oven» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers.
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Determine the interpretation to be placed upon the utterance "what are you doing?" when delivered in a sharp tone by a parent who observes a ball being bounced against a wall.
- 1. An enquiry as to the child's plans for the evening — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A genuine request for a description of the game — no support
- 3. A direction that the activity cease forthwith — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. An invitation to continue the activity more quietly — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
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