Editing and redrafting

Tests: 2 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 6 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 43 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 · wrong ✗

Your mate goes "editing is for people who mess up, I'm too good for it." What is the truth?

1. Editing means your writing was bad — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Even great writers edit; it's part of writing — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Only teachers are allowed to edit — no support
4. Good writers never need a second look at their work, ever — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 43, line 2: «Editing means improving the writing (a stronger word, a clearer order, a missing sentence), while proofreading means hunting the small slips: spelling, punctua…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+5); the same doer «editing» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

★★★ Spellcheck finds no errors in "Their going too the park to sea there friends." How many words are wrong?

1. Six — score 3
2. Four — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. None — score 3
4. Two — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 9, line 2: «Each suffix has its own spelling, and it stays the same. «-ful» has only one l, though the word «full» has two: careful, beautiful. «-ous» never ends in e: fam…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «two» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · wrong ✗

In a cartoon, a robot "improves" a story by replacing every word with the longest synonym. What happens?

1. Nothing changes at all — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The story becomes harder to read — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The story becomes much clearer and simpler for everyone — no support
4. The story turns into a poem — 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 · wrong ✗

What would happen if Ruby never read her work aloud?

1. Teachers would stop reading them at all — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Her stories would always come out perfect — no support
3. She might miss small gaps and slips — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Her spelling would improve on its own — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 26, line 1: «A sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense on its own. It starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, a question mark or an exclamati…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stop» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

A Gen Z sister says "Editing your story? That's lowkey nerdy." ("Lowkey" means a bit.) What is the best reply?

1. Authors never edit their books — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Editing is banned in secondary school — no support
3. Yes, only nerds need to look at their work twice — no support
4. Every real author edits — ✓ 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 6 · wrong ✗

A lad from Glasgow, bit gallus ("gallus" means cocky), says "Ma first draft's perfect, nae changes." What would a good editor ask?

1. Why not use a different pen? — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Have you read it aloud to check? — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Why did you write it at all? — no support
4. Can you make it shorter by half? — 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 ✗

★★★ Which change is an edit, not a proofread?

1. Changing "dont" to "don't" — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Adding a sentence showing a feeling — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Adding a full stop at the end — no support
4. Changing "i" to "I" — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · right ✓

Your partner writes on your story: "It's bad." Why is it not useful?

1. It doesn't say what or how to improve — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It is written in pen — no support
3. It uses too many words — no support
4. It is far too kind and much too detailed to read — 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 9 · wrong ✗

★★★ A story says: "I runned to the shop and buyed some sweets, then I eat them all." How many verbs need fixing?

1. Five — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. One — score 8
3. Two — score 8
4. Three — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 27, line 4: «Pronouns stand in for nouns: «Sam said he would bring his dog», where he stands in for Sam. Conjunctions join: «I was tired but I kept going.» Proper nouns nam…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «need» (+6); the same doer «nouns» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · right ✓

A kid in Sydney says "My story's sweet as, no worries." ("Sweet as" means great.) What should she still do?

1. Read it through once more to check — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Throw it away and start again — no support
3. Hand it in without looking — no support
4. Add "sweet as" to every line — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 24, line 4: «A diary is personal and chatty: «Dear Diary, today was the WORST. I forgot my PE kit and Mr Hall made me wear spare shorts that were massive.» It uses «I», fee…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «say» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · wrong ✗

Which tool can tell you that "there" should be "their"?

1. A ruler — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A thesaurus — no support
3. Only the spellcheck on a laptop — no support
4. Careful reading for meaning — ✓ 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the activity that constitutes proofreading.

1. The addition of a further chapter — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The invention of a new plot for the narrative — no support
3. The replacement of the protagonist — no support
4. Correction of spelling and punctuation errors — ✓ 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice of professional authors?

1. They customarily revise their work on numerous occasions — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. They never permit others to read their drafts — no support
3. They invariably compose a perfect first draft — no support
4. They submit their work without reading 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Select the principal limitation of automated spelling correction.

1. It functions only in the morning — no support
2. It cannot recognise any English words — no support
3. It misses correctly spelt words used in error — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. It alters every word that is longer than five letters — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 33, line 13: «Before "however" joining two sentences, use a full stop or a semicolon, with a comma after it: "It rained; however, we played."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the most appropriate response to feedback received from a classmate.

1. Copy the classmate's work in its entirety — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Request that the classmate cease reading — no support
3. Consider it carefully and use what improves the work — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Reject it immediately in all circumstances — 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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