Reading non-fiction: recount, instructions, report
Tests: 3 of 10 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 6 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 23 of the english 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. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.
Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.
Test 1 · right ✓
«a recount is just a story innit». What's the difference?
- 1. A recount is always made up — score 0
- 2. A recount retells real events; a story can be made up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 14
- 3. A recount has no order — score -1
- 4. There's no difference at all — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 14, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 1: «Non-fiction texts are about real things, and each kind has its own shape. A recount retells real events in time order: «On Tuesday, Class 4 went to the seaside…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «retell» (+4); the same doer «recount» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «real events» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · wrong ✗
★★ Which sentence belongs in instructions, not a recount?
- 1. Next, Tom stirred the paint — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. We stirred the paint until it was smooth — no support
- 3. Stir the paint until it is smooth — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yesterday the paint was smooth — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · wrong ✗
★★ Ruby says the koala report is heaps boring. Mum: «What did you learn?» What is a good thing to do with a dull report?
- 1. Decide that boring texts can't teach you anything — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Only look at the pictures — no support
- 3. Stop reading at once — no support
- 4. Find one surprising fact — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · right ✓
★★★ Instructions: «1. Crack the egg. 2. Whisk it. 3. Pour it into the hot pan.» Sam whisks first, then cracks. What will happen?
- 1. It works just the same — no support
- 2. He'll whisk an egg still in its shell, so it won't work — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. The egg will crack itself — no support
- 4. The pan will cool down — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 19, line 1: «A prediction is a sensible guess about what will happen next, built from clues in the text and from what you know about stories. «Sam saw the sign: DANGER: THI…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sam» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · wrong ✗
★★★ «Last Saturday, we went to the zoo. The lions were asleep. Lions sleep up to 20 hours a day. Then we saw the penguins.» Which sentence is a report-style fact, not part of the recount of the day?
- 1. Then we saw the penguins — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The lions were asleep — no support
- 3. Lions sleep up to 20 hours a day — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Last Saturday, we went to the zoo — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · wrong ✗
In a cartoon, a character builds a rocket without instructions and it works first time. What happens in real life?
- 1. Instructions slow you down — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It always works first time — no support
- 3. Rockets don't need instructions — no support
- 4. Skipping instructions usually leads to mistakes — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · wrong ✗
«everyone knows hedgehogs are the cutest animal, it's a fact». Is it?
- 1. Yes, it's in a report — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, that's an opinion — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. No, hedgehogs are not animals — no support
- 4. Yes, everyone knows it — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · wrong ✗
What would happen if the hedgehog report had no headings and no glossary?
- 1. Hedgehogs would stop hibernating — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Nothing at all — no support
- 3. Facts and hard words would be harder to find — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It would be easier to read — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 23, line 3: «A report, sometimes called a non-chronological report, gives facts about a topic grouped by idea, not by time: «Hedgehogs are small mammals covered in spines.…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «hibernate» (+2); the same doer «hedgehogs» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · right ✓
«Yesterday I visited Gran.» Change it to third person.
- 1. Visit Gran yesterday. — score 5
- 2. Yesterday Jo visited Gran. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 3. Yesterday I visited my gran. — score 5
- 4. Tomorrow I'll visit Gran. — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 7: «A recount written by someone who was there uses «I» and «we»: this is first person. A recount about other people uses he, she, they or a name, like «Jo visited…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «visit» (+4); the same doer «jo» (+3); the same thing acted on «gran» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · wrong ✗
«she's mardy cos she lost the match». How is she feeling?
- 1. Proud and happy — no support
- 2. Grumpy and sulky — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Hungry — no support
- 4. Scared of the dark — ← Mova's choice · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 4: «Small marks can carry big meaning. «Ravi pretended he wasn't scared of the dark. But every night he left the hall light on "by accident".» The quotation marks…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same circumstance (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a recount?
- 1. A set of numbered directions — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A collection of opinions — no support
- 3. A retelling of actual events arranged in chronological order — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A fictional narrative concerning imaginary creatures in a faraway land — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal function of the numbering of steps in a set of instructions.
- 1. To decorate the page — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To enumerate the ingredients required for the recipe in order of their weight — no support
- 3. To ensure that the steps are performed in the correct sequence — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. To indicate the cost of each step — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Select the response that accurately identifies a statement of opinion.
- 1. Owls are the finest of all birds — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. The majority of owls hunt nocturnally — no support
- 3. Barn owls possess heart-shaped faces — score 3
- 4. Owls are birds, which is to say feathered creatures that lay eggs — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 4: «Dad builds a bookcase without reading the instructions, and it wobbles. Reading every step before you start saves trouble. And reports should be facts, things…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «best birds» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the function of a glossary appended to a non-chronological report.
- 1. To list the chapters — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To summarise the report's conclusions in the form of a single paragraph — no support
- 3. To define key terms used in the text — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. To display photographs — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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