MovaNegation
Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 5 of 16 · Run: 2026-11-05, commit 610eccd1d
Lesson 6 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 ✓
Kieran reckons "don't" always means leave it alone, so "don't forget your coat" means leave the coat behind. Put him right.
- 1. He's right, leave the coat at home — no support
- 2. It means forget the coat, but bring a hat — no support
- 3. It means only wear it if it's raining — no support
- 4. It means remember your coat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It applied a rule: lesson 6, line 9 («"Don't forget to X" and "don't forget your X" mean remember to do it, or remember to bring it.»), joined by «mean». Its condition Event _ NOT forget to=x | next→#547 quoted matched the question's Event _ NOT forget patient=coat | quoted. Its conclusion, so: Event _ remember | next→#551 unreal. Option 4 says it (Event _ remember patient=coat), the only option that does.
Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗
What would happen if a boy only slowed down after "no running" on wet poolside tiles?
- 1. Nothing; slow running is the same as walking — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The lifeguard would thank him for slowing down — no support
- 3. He could still slip; slow running is running — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He'd be fine, since only sprinting is banned — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Dad in Ohio: "don't have a cow, man, you don't have to clean the garage today." What does he mean?
- 1. Clean the garage today, no excuses — no support
- 2. Calm down; the garage can wait — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Don't get a cow for the garage — ← Mova's choice · score 10
- 4. You're never allowed in the garage — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 17: «"Legging it" is British slang for running fast; "don't have a cow" is older American slang for don't get upset; "yinz" in Pittsburgh means you all.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on «cow» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓
Mum in Pittsburgh: "yinz quit it with the pillow fight, the lamp's gonna go." Who has to stop?
- 1. Everyone in the pillow fight, now — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nobody; move the lamp and keep going — no support
- 3. Whoever is losing the pillow fight — no support
- 4. Only the youngest one has to stop fighting — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Dad in Cape Town: "no, man, don't play on the road, the robot's broken and the cars are going lekker fast." What does he want?
- 1. Fix the traffic light yourself — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Play, but watch the cars — no support
- 3. Stay off the road completely — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Only play when the light's green — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Mum on the phone said "don't interrupt me unless it's important." Then you see the bath overflowing. What do you do?
- 1. Mop it up yourself and say nothing at all — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. Wait quietly until she's off the phone — no support
- 3. Never interrupt; write her a note for later — no support
- 4. Interrupt her now: "the bath's overflowing!" — ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 6, line 19: «A friend who says "don't tell anyone, it's nothing" about a bad injury is downplaying it; tell an adult anyway.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «say» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored 5.
Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Your little brother interrupts Mum's phone call to ask for a biscuit. She mouths "not now". What does she mean?
- 1. Never, no biscuits ever again — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ask Dad and don't tell Mum — no support
- 3. Ask again after the call — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Take one now while she's busy — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Swimming coach: "you don't have to dive in, you can use the steps, but you mustn't dive in the shallow end." Which is true?
- 1. Everyone must dive, but only into the deep end — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Diving in the shallow end is allowed, just not needed — no support
- 3. Steps are fine, but no diving in the shallow end — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. You must use the steps, and diving is banned everywhere — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Mum: "I've told you a MILLION times, don't leave your bike on the drive!" What does she really mean?
- 1. Exactly a million times, she's been counting — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Never before; she's just making it all up — no support
- 3. Lots of times; move the bike — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Once, and she's only joking — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Your mate fell off the wall: "don't tell anyone, it's nothing, just a wee scratch." It's bleeding a lot. What do you do?
- 1. Laugh it off; "wee" means it's small — no support
- 2. Tell an adult anyway; it may be bad — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Put a plaster on and say nothing — score 4
- 4. Keep it secret, he said don't tell — ← Mova's choice · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 6, line 19: «A friend who says "don't tell anyone, it's nothing" about a bad injury is downplaying it; tell an adult anyway.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «tell» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 4.
Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Nan in Cardiff: "leave it, bach, that wasp's tamping already." What does she want?
- 1. Leave the room straight away — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Leave it out on the table for her — no support
- 3. Pick it up and take it outside — no support
- 4. Don't touch the wasp, it's angry — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Big sister: "don't you DARE touch my hoodie, I'm not even joking." What does she mean?
- 1. She's daring you to try it on — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She really means don't touch it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. She's joking, because she said "joking" — no support
- 4. She wants you to wash it for her — 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 ✗
Identify the utterance which imposes a prohibition, as distinct from one which merely removes an obligation.
- 1. "You do not have to stay" — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. "You need not finish" — no support
- 3. "You must not copy" — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. "You are not obliged to attend" — 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 pupil is instructed, "Do not forget your reading book." Determine the action thereby required of the pupil.
- 1. That the pupil refrain from reading the book — no support
- 2. That the pupil leave the book at home — no support
- 3. That the pupil remember to bring the book — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. That the pupil disregard the book entirely — no support
Why: It applied a rule: lesson 6, line 9 («"Don't forget to X" and "don't forget your X" mean remember to do it, or remember to bring it.»), joined by «mean». Its condition Event _ NOT forget to=x | next→#547 quoted matched the question's Event _ NOT forget patient=book | quoted. Its conclusion, so: Event _ remember | next→#551 unreal. Option 3 says it (Event pupil remember), the only option that does.
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
An instruction states that a recreational activity is not permitted until a homework assignment has been completed. Ascertain the effect thereof.
- 1. Permanent prohibition of the activity — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Permission now, the work being deferred — no support
- 3. Prohibition now, and permission upon completion of the work — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Permission for the activity only during the work — 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 that most accurately characterises the utterance "Don't you dare open that parcel."
- 1. An enquiry concerning the listener's courage — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. An invitation to show courage by opening it — no support
- 3. A firm prohibition against opening the parcel — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A request that the parcel be opened with care — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
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