MovaReview: the whole course
Tests: 8 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-11-05, commit 610eccd1d
Lesson 30 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 ✗
Mama, Georgia, on the phone to the doctor: "y'all hush, I'm fixin' to talk to the nurse, don't come in here 'less somebody's bleedin'." Little brother falls and cuts his head. What now?
- 1. Text her a photo of the cut from the hall — no support
- 2. Wait outside, because she said don't come in — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Patch him up quietly and say nothing at all — no support
- 4. Go in and tell her: that is the "unless" — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, 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 «order» (+4); the same doer «parents» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗
Dev on a headset, mid ranked match: "bro, my mum's yelling the cooker's smoking, I gotta dip, no cap." Teammate: "you're actually throwing rn, finish the round." Who is right?
- 1. The teammate: ranked rounds come first — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Dev: smoke beats a game, he goes now — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Neither: Dev should just mute his mum — no support
- 4. Both: finish fast, then check the smoke — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 3 · ★★★ · right ✓
Grandpa: "back in my day kids never interrupted a grown-up, period." While he talks, water is pouring through the ceiling from the bath upstairs. What does Lily do?
- 1. Wait politely until his story is done — no support
- 2. Turn the telly up so he stops sooner — no support
- 3. Go and watch the water from the stairs — no support
- 4. Interrupt at once: "Grandpa, the bath!" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 30, line 6: «Danger, an injury, fire, smoke or water pouring through are always worth interrupting for: say "excuse me" if there is time, and say what is wrong.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «say» (+4).
Test 4 · ★★★ · right ✓
Aoife, Cork: "Mammy says if there's no please it's not a real order, so I ignored Sir's 'sit down'. Ah here, he gave out to me!" Was she right to ignore it?
- 1. Yes, without please you can ignore an order — no support
- 2. Yes, but only for teachers, not for parents — no support
- 3. No, a command is a command, please or not — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. No, please only matters at birthday parties — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 30, line 4: «Three more myths. "A question is never an order": "can you get the door?" from someone holding a hot pan wants the door opened. "Saying please is what makes a…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «command» (+2); the same thing acted on «command» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1).
Test 5 · ★★★ · right ✓
Mum, Perth: "keep an eye on the snags while I grab the sauce, yeah?" The snags burn; Kai just stood and watched. Mum: "yeah nah, you were meant to turn them!" What did "keep an eye on" really mean?
- 1. Film them on his phone for Mum to see later — no support
- 2. Count the snags so none went missing — no support
- 3. Watch them and turn them, or call her if they burn — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 4. Only look at them, and do nothing else at all — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 30, line 19: «In Australia "snags" are sausages and "yeah nah" means no; in New Zealand "chur" means thanks and "jandals" are flip-flops; in South Africa "eish" means oh no,…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «snags» (+4).
Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗
Dad, Manchester: "our kid, leave the hoovering, your nan's on the phone mithering about the bus." Jack has done half. What should he say to Dad as he goes?
- 1. "Nan can ring back when the hoovering's done" — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nothing; the hoover can stay in the hall — no support
- 3. "All hoovered, Dad," so that Dad won't worry — no support
- 4. "Living room's done, hall's not, I'll finish after" — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 7 · ★★★ · right ✓
Ma, Cape Town, on the phone: "eish, the robot's down at the crossing, wait by the gate, I'll fetch you now now." What does Thabo do?
- 1. Wait at the gate; she is coming very soon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 2. Cross the road on his own to meet her — no support
- 3. Go and look for a broken toy robot by the road — score 9
- 4. Get a lift with whoever offers him one — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 30, line 5: «Some commands you refuse. "Give us your dinner money or else" is a threat: say no, walk away and tell a teacher. A friend who says "it's just a scratch, don't…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «come» (+4).
Test 8 · ★★★ · right ✓
Ma, Singapore: "if delivery uncle come, you sign for parcel, can?" The van never comes. What does Wei do when Ma gets home?
- 1. Tells her nothing came, so there was nothing to sign — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. Signs a bit of paper anyway, just to be safe — no support
- 3. Rings the delivery firm to ask why they are late — score 8
- 4. Goes to the depot himself to find the parcel and sign — score 6
Why: It applied a rule: lesson 30, line 16 («"Come clean" means tell the truth; "after you" means you go first; "after school" means later, once school is over.»), joined by «mean». Its condition Event _ come attrs=clean | quoted matched the question's Event uncle come | quoted if unreal. Its conclusion, so: Say(assert) truth tell | unreal. Option 1 says it (Say(assert) _ tell to=ma(«her») | says→#1), the only option that does.
Test 9 · ★★★ · wrong ✗
Mia is making a cake: "melt the butter, then add the sugar, then the eggs." Butter melted, she is called away to catch the escaped dog. When she comes back the butter has set hard. What now?
- 1. Add the eggs, because the butter step is done — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Throw it all away and give up on the cake — no support
- 3. Add the sugar to the hard butter and carry on — no support
- 4. Melt the butter again, then add the sugar — ✓ 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 · ★★★ · right ✓
Bus-stop gossip: "did u hear, a Year 6 lad made Tom hand over his dinner money every day, Tom said nothing for a month and literally starved, I swear." What is the real lesson?
- 1. Fight the big kid next time instead — no support
- 2. Say no to threats and tell an adult — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Always carry spare money for bullies — no support
- 4. Never take dinner money to school — 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 30, line 15: «A threat like "or else" from another kid is said no to, walked away from, and told to an adult; a secret that hides someone getting hurt is a bad secret and mu…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same receiver «adult» (+2).
Test 11 · ★★★ · right ✓
Mum, Leeds: "don't you dare go out in that rain without your coat, you're that nesh." What is Mum telling Harry?
- 1. He should go out without a coat — no support
- 2. He must not go out at all tonight — no support
- 3. He should dare his brother to go out — no support
- 4. If he goes out, he wears his coat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 30, line 12: «"Don't not go" means go; "not now" means later, so you ask again when the gap comes; "don't you dare go without your coat" means if you go, wear your coat.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wear» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «coat» (+1).
Test 12 · ★★★ · right ✓
Dad is reversing slowly; a bike comes flying round the corner behind the car. Little Sam: "STOP, DAD, BIKE!" Was Sam right to shout at a driver?
- 1. Yes: warning of danger is when you must speak up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. No: you never speak to someone who is reversing — no support
- 3. Yes, but only by tapping Dad's shoulder quietly — no support
- 4. No: he should wait till the car is parked first — 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 ✗
Where a pupil, having sustained a nosebleed, finds the responsible teacher engaged in conversation with the headteacher, determine the conduct properly required of the pupil.
- 1. Departure from the premises in order to obtain assistance — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A courteous interruption stating the nature of the difficulty — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Silent attendance until the conversation is concluded — no support
- 4. Physical contact with the headteacher without explanation — 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 ✗
Select the statement that most accurately characterises the proposition that a child must never interrupt an adult, irrespective of circumstance.
- 1. It is correct save during telephone conversations — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is correct save where food is urgently desired — no support
- 3. It is a myth, interruption being proper in danger — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It is correct and admits of no exception whatsoever — 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 ✗
It is given that an elder sibling instructs a child "do not not attend" a social gathering. Ascertain the action thereby required of the child.
- 1. Abstention from the said gathering — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Attendance at the said gathering — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Attendance conditional upon another's absence — no support
- 4. Consultation with a third party prior to deciding — 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 ✗
Whereas a minor is threatened by an older pupil with unspecified consequences unless he surrenders his dinner money, identify the response that is consistent with the established guidance.
- 1. Concealment of the matter so as to avoid escalation — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Surrender of the money in order to avoid conflict — no support
- 3. Refusal, withdrawal and a report to a responsible adult — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. An undertaking to provide a larger sum on the morrow — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
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