MovaReported commands vs given ones
Tests: 7 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 5 of 16 · Run: 2026-11-05, commit 610eccd1d
Lesson 5 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 cousin says: "a message from your brother isn't a real order, so ignore it." Put him right.
- 1. Right: only orders said to your face count — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Wrong: brothers can give any order they like — no support
- 3. Right: only teachers can pass orders on — no support
- 4. Wrong: if Mum really said it, it's Mum's order — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 5, line 13: «When someone repeats a message into the phone ("she says get bread"), it is for the person on the call, not for whoever overhears; but if they turn to you and…», 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 «order» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6.
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Little brother, grinning: "bro, Mum said you gotta give me the tablet, no cap, she lowkey said it." What's sensible?
- 1. Ask Mum yourself before handing it over — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Keep it and never speak to him again — no support
- 3. Give it over because he said "lowkey" — no support
- 4. Hand it over; "no cap" proves it's true — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
What would happen if Kai stayed in every day because of Monday's "today"?
- 1. Nothing; old orders last forever — no support
- 2. He'd miss football for nothing; the order ran out — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. He'd be obeying Mum perfectly, which is always best — no support
- 4. Mum would be cross that he went out — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 4: «A reported command keeps its scope: who said it, to whom, where and until when. Mum's "you're staying in today" from Monday has run out by Wednesday.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «run out» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2).
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
A cartoon boy hears a film hero shout "Get down!" and dives behind the sofa. What's wrong?
- 1. The hero was shouting at people in the film — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nothing; whenever anyone shouts an order, you obey — no support
- 3. He should have waited for "Simon says" — no support
- 4. The sofa is not a safe place to hide — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Wee cousin in Glasgow: "Auntie says yous have tae come in for yer tea, she's no' joking." What does Auntie want?
- 1. Come in for your evening meal now — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Make Auntie a cup of tea — no support
- 3. Bring some tea back from the shop — no support
- 4. Tell a joke when you come in — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Classmate: "Sir says we can all go home early today, he said it, honest." Nobody else heard him. What's sensible?
- 1. Go home and tell Mum that Sir said so — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Leave now; he said "honest" — no support
- 3. Stay at school until six, to be safe — no support
- 4. Check with Sir before you leave — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mate in Perth texts: "coach reckons training's moved to the arvo, 4pm, same oval." What do you do?
- 1. Go to training in the morning as usual — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Skip training; it's been called off — no support
- 3. Go to the same oval at 4pm instead — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Go to a different oval at 4pm — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dad turns to you, phone in hand: "Mum says have you fed the dog?" Who is the question for?
- 1. Nobody; Mum was only on the phone — no support
- 2. Dad, who forgot to feed the dog — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. The dog, who should go and find his bowl — no support
- 4. You; say yes or no, and feed him if not — ✓ the right answer · 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 4, line 2: «Dad in the hall, facing the dog, says "Biscuit — sit!" He is talking to the dog; the twins who plop down on the hall floor have got it wrong.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver (+4); the same doer «dad» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Big sister in Durban: "Ma says you must tidy the lounge now now, before the visitors come." What does Ma want?
- 1. Tidy it twice, once for each "now" — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Tidy it whenever you like, with no time limit at all — no support
- 3. Tidy it only after the visitors leave — no support
- 4. Tidy the lounge soon, before visitors arrive — ✓ 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 ✓
You're mid-game. Your sister: "Dad says dinner's on the table, he's not saying it twice." What now?
- 1. Save or pause, then go to the table — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yank the plug out and run — no support
- 3. Shout "in a minute" and keep playing — no support
- 4. Finish the whole level first — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Your brother bursts in while Mum's on an important call: "Mum! Dad said I can have crisps!" Was that interruption right?
- 1. No; that could wait until she's off the phone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yes; Dad's messages always come first — no support
- 3. Yes; you must always interrupt with news — no support
- 4. No; you should never interrupt anyone, even in danger — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
Miss Jones sends you: "tell Mr Patel the hall is free." He's teaching a class. What do you do?
- 1. Say "Miss Jones wants you in the hall right now" — score 8
- 2. Wait outside until the end of the day — no support
- 3. Say "sorry to interrupt, Miss Jones says the hall is free" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 4. Say "the hall is free" and walk out without saying who sent it — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 5, line 7: «Words like "Mum said…", "Miss says…" and "the coach wants us…" show that a command is being passed on.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «miss» (+4); the same action «say» (+3).
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
It is given that a child is informed by a sibling that a parent has instructed the child to tidy a bedroom. Identify the party from whom the instruction originates.
- 1. The child, upon whom the duty falls — no support
- 2. The parent, the sibling acting merely as messenger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. The sibling, who has thereby assumed parental authority — no support
- 4. Neither party, the instruction being void — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 8: «If a passed-on order seems odd, or mostly helps the messenger, check it with the person who gave it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «person» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1).
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the appropriate course of action where a purported instruction, conveyed by an intermediary, appears irregular and confers an advantage solely upon that intermediary.
- 1. Disregard of every instruction conveyed by any intermediary whatsoever — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Immediate and unquestioning compliance therewith — no support
- 3. Confirmation sought from the intermediary alone — no support
- 4. Verification of the instruction with its stated originator — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · right ✓
An instruction issued on a Monday and expressly confined to "today" is recalled by its recipient on the following Wednesday. Determine its status.
- 1. It has lapsed and imposes no obligation on the Wednesday — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It remains in force for the remainder of the week — no support
- 3. It remains in force indefinitely until expressly revoked — no support
- 4. It is to be performed twice on the Wednesday — 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 ✗
Select the response consistent with the established principles concerning an imperative uttered by a character within a narrative read aloud.
- 1. It obliges the listener to perform the action described — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It concerns the characters and imposes no duty upon the listener — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It obliges the reader to perform the action at once — no support
- 4. It obliges whichever listener happens to be the youngest — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
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