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Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 16 · Run: 2026-11-05, commit 610eccd1d
Lesson 7 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 ✓
Your mate goes, "'unless I call' means you wait for the call, innit." Put him right.
- 1. Yes, "unless" is just a posh "until" — no support
- 2. No, it means do it if no call comes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. No, it means you ring him first yourself — no support
- 4. Yes, nothing starts till the phone rings — 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 7, line 7: «"Unless X, do Y" means the same as "if not X, do Y": if no call comes, you do the job.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «call» (+4); the same action «come» (+2).
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
What would happen if you took the cake out the second Mum said it, not at the beep?
- 1. Nothing, cakes are done once they're in — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It would burn, because it came out early — no support
- 3. It'd be perfect, the timer is just a guide — no support
- 4. It'd likely be raw and sink in the middle — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
"yo, mom said take an umbrella in case it rains, but it's not raining rn, so nah, right?"
- 1. Right, take it once it starts raining — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Wrong, you should put it up right away — no support
- 3. Right, "in case" means if you feel like it — no support
- 4. Wrong, "in case" means take it anyway — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
A cartoon robot is told "if it rains, bring the washing in." It carries the washing in on a sunny day and leaves it out in the storm. What's wrong?
- 1. It should bring it in on both days — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. It should never move the washing — no support
- 3. It got the condition back to front — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nothing, it did exactly what it was told — no support
Why: It applied a rule: lesson 7, line 2 («"If it rains, bring the washing in" is not the same as "bring the washing in": you keep an eye on the sky, and you only move when the rain comes.»), joined by «if». Its condition Event it rain | quoted if unreal matched the question's Event it rain | quoted if unreal. Its conclusion, so: Event _ bring in patient=washing | quoted. Option 1 says it (Event robot(«it») bring in patient=washing(«it») attrs=when:day), the only option that does.
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Sister in Brisbane, holding up her phone: "touch my phone again, or else." What does she really want?
- 1. You may touch it, or something else of hers — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Please touch it one more time for her — no support
- 3. Touch it again, then pick something else — no support
- 4. Don't touch it again, it's a threat — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Gran, on a boiling hot July day: "if you see a snowman in the garden, call me." What do you do?
- 1. Watch the garden all afternoon for one — no support
- 2. Nothing, there won't be one; it's a joke — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Build a snowman so you can call her — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 4. Call her now just to be on the safe side — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 7, line 4: «"Unless I call" means do it if no call comes; "only if" means not otherwise; "until" means keep going and stop when it happens; and "or else" is not a second c…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «call» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Dad: "you can have a lolly only if you eat your veg." You've left all your carrots. Do you get one?
- 1. Yes, as long as you ask nicely twice — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yes, a lolly's fine, you ate the chicken — no support
- 3. No, the veg comes first and it isn't done — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yes, "only if" is just Dad being kind — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mum, from the garden: "when the washing machine beeps, hang the clothes out." It beeps when you're halfway through a sum. What do you do?
- 1. Wait for a second beep to be quite sure — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Finish the sum, then go and hang them out — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Shout for Mum to come and do it herself — no support
- 4. Leave the clothes in there till tomorrow — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 9: «"When X, do Y" says X will happen; you wait for it, and do Y then, not before.», 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 action «wait» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers.
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ali's mate says "as soon as" means any time that day, no rush. Is he right?
- 1. Yes, any time before bedtime is fine — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, it means an hour before it happens — no support
- 3. No, it means straight after it happens — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yes, it just means try to do it sometime — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
Mum: "if it rains — no, if it even looks like rain — bring the washing in." Big grey clouds, no rain yet. What now?
- 1. Bring it in, the last version counts — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Wait till the first drops actually fall — no support
- 3. Bring in the socks but leave the sheets — no support
- 4. Leave it, she first said "if it rains" — no support
Why: It applied a rule: lesson 7, line 2 («"If it rains, bring the washing in" is not the same as "bring the washing in": you keep an eye on the sky, and you only move when the rain comes.»), joined by «if». Its condition Event it rain | quoted if unreal matched the question's Event it rain | quoted if unreal. Its conclusion, so: Event _ bring in patient=washing | quoted. Option 1 says it (Event you bring in patient=washing(«it»)), the only option that does.
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
Nan in Swansea: "wait until I'm back from the shop, cariad, then we'll go to the park." She's back. What now?
- 1. You go off to the park together now — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. You go to the park on your own — no support
- 3. You keep waiting in case she goes out to the shop again — no support
- 4. You wait till she says "go" twice — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown.
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
"I've told you a million times, if you're last out, lock the back door!" You're last out. What do you do?
- 1. Wait for her to say it once more — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. Count how many times she's said it — score 8
- 3. Lock it a million times to be safe — no support
- 4. Lock the back door — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 7, line 17: «Waiting for a condition does not mean ignoring danger; "never interrupt" is a myth, and an emergency is told at once.», 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, 4, found no support in what it remembers.
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
It is given that a parent has instructed: "Should precipitation commence, the laundry is to be brought indoors." Precipitation does not commence at any point. Identify the action thereby required.
- 1. No action whatsoever is required in respect of the laundry — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The laundry is to be brought indoors forthwith — no support
- 3. The recipient is to ascertain the forecast by telephone — no support
- 4. The laundry is to be brought indoors at nightfall — 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 interpretation consistent with the instruction "Unless contacted by telephone, commence the preparation of the meal at six o'clock", given that no telephone contact occurs.
- 1. The recipient is to initiate telephone contact — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The preparation is prohibited in the absence of contact — no support
- 3. The preparation is to be commenced at six o'clock — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The preparation is to be deferred until contact occurs — 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 ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression "or else" when appended to an instruction?
- 1. It indicates that compliance is entirely optional — no support
- 2. It offers the recipient an alternative course of action — no support
- 3. It conveys a threat of adverse consequences for non-compliance — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It signifies that a second instruction will follow — ← Mova's choice · score 10
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 3: «Messengers get things wrong, and sometimes they make things up. If a message is odd, or mostly helps the messenger ("Dad said give me all your sweets"), check…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «message» (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers.
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the meaning of the instruction "Take headwear in case the temperature falls", issued at a time when the temperature is mild.
- 1. Headwear is to be left behind, the temperature being mild — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Headwear is to be taken only once the temperature falls — no support
- 3. Headwear is to be worn at once regardless of comfort — no support
- 4. Headwear is to be taken at once as a precaution — ✓ 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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