Spoken language: presenting and show-and-tell

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 5 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 48 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 ✗

Jake says, "Show-and-tell's pointless if your thing's rubbish." Put him right.

1. Objects have to be bought, not found — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Show-and-tell is only for Year 6 — no support
3. The talk matters more than the object — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Only exciting objects count at all — 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 2 · right ✓

What would happen if Leo kept his head down and read every word?

1. His talk would sound flat and lose the audience — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. It would be shorter and therefore much better — score 4
3. The audience would hear him more clearly — score 4
4. Everyone would listen harder, as it is correct — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 48, line 9: «Eye contact helps the audience listen, while reading every word with your head down sounds flat.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sound» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · wrong ✗

Bradley, Gen Alpha: "My talk's sigma, no cap, I don't need practice." ("No cap" means no lie; "sigma" is slang for cool and needing nobody.) What is true?

1. Confident people never need to rehearse — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Practising makes a talk sound worse — no support
3. Practice is only for nervous people — no support
4. Even confident speakers improve with practice — ✓ 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 ✓

A cartoon presenter turns his back and reads ten slides aloud, and everyone cheers. What would really happen?

1. People would drift off; he should face them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nobody would notice which way he faced — no support
3. The audience would beg for more text — no support
4. People would love it, as the slides are the talk — 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 5 · wrong ✗

Nan from Newcastle: "Howay, pet, speak up, I cannit hear ye." ("Howay" means come on; "cannit" means can't.) What should you do?

1. Stop the talk and sit down — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Whisper so you don't seem rude — no support
3. Speak faster to get to the end — no support
4. Speak louder and clearer, to the back — ✓ 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 ✗

Which talk ending is best?

1. "The end. And please don't ask me anything." — no support
2. "I forgot the rest of it, so that is the end now, bye then." — no support
3. "Um, that's it, I think, yeah, I'm done now, bye." — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. "So volcanoes build land and destroy it. Any questions?" — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 8, line 3: «Listen too. When the ending sounds softer, /zhun/ instead of /shun/, it is nearly always -sion: television, division, decision, explosion. Nadia in London grum…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «sion» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «ending» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · wrong ✗

Dev, who speaks Indian English, says, "Kindly prepone my talk to Monday." ("Prepone" means move earlier.) When does Dev want to speak?

1. Later, after Monday — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Earlier, on Monday — ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. At the same time as planned — no support
4. Never; he is cancelling — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 38, line 3: «Accent is different: it is how words sound; you can speak Standard English in a Glasgow, Lagos or Texas accent, and you can speak dialect in a posh one.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «speak» (+4); the same thing acted on «standard english» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · right ✓

Your mate snaps, "Shut up, I'm not nervous, I'm just shaking for fun." What is going on?

1. He is nervous but hiding it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. He is truly calm and fine — score 7
3. He is cold and needs a jumper — score 7
4. He is angry with the teacher — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 30, line 2: «Jack writes «The boy which lives next door.» Which is for things, so it should be «The boy who lives next door.» Gran in Yorkshire says, «That's the lass what…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «mate» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · wrong ✗

Which is the best order for a talk?

1. Questions first, then the points, then a hook — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Sum up first, then the hook, then the topic — no support
3. Key points, then the hook, then stop dead — no support
4. Hook and topic, key points, sum up, questions — ✓ 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 10 · wrong ✗

Leah gives a talk to her mates, then the same talk to the governors. What should change?

1. Nothing; one talk fits every audience — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Her words: chatty for mates, formal for governors — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The facts, which can be made up for governors — no support
4. Only the font size on her slides — 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 11 · wrong ✗

Sam's talk lasts 2 minutes, but he says "um" 30 times. Which change helps the audience most?

1. Using longer, posher words — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Adding slides packed with text — no support
3. Pausing instead of saying "um" — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Talking faster to fit in more — 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 practice whereby a speaker adjusts vocabulary and formality to suit a particular audience.

1. Rebuttal — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Alliteration — no support
3. Projection — no support
4. Register — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

Select the response most consistent with recommended practice in respect of the employment of cue cards.

1. They should bear the full text verbatim — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. They should be concealed and never consulted — no support
3. They should be read with the head lowered — no support
4. They should bear key words only — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 48, line 10: «Cue cards hold key words only, so you can look up often.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+1); the same doer «cue cards» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that a presenter is unable to answer a question posed by the audience. Identify the most appropriate course of action.

1. Invent a plausible answer forthwith and proceed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Acknowledge it and undertake to find out — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Decline to acknowledge the question — no support
4. Terminate the presentation at once — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain which of the following most accurately characterises nervousness prior to a presentation.

1. It is confined to young children — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is normal, even among adults — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It afflicts only the unprepared — no support
4. It indicates an absence of ability — 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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