Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and school reports and teachers
Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 3 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 15 of the euphemisms 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 ✓
Parents' evening: "Sophie is very sociable, she always has something to say to her neighbour." What is the teacher saying?
- 1. Sophie chats too much in class — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Sophie has many friends at home — no support
- 3. Sophie is popular and well behaved — no support
- 4. Sophie is good at speaking French — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
School report: "Writing: emerging." How is the child doing in writing?
- 1. Above the expected level — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. At the expected level for her age — no support
- 3. Well below the expected level — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Getting top marks — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Mum to Dad, rough: "Your son's 'testing boundaries' again. He drew on the wall, the little sod." What happened?
- 1. The boy did his homework — no support
- 2. The boy painted a picture he was told to — no support
- 3. The boy misbehaved on purpose — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 4. The boy measured the room — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 11: «"Testing boundaries" means misbehaving on purpose to see what is allowed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «misbehave» (+2); the same place «purpose» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Kid: "omg i'm sooo hangry, gimme ur crisps" What is going on?
- 1. The kid is cross because of hunger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The kid is happy — no support
- 3. The kid is sick — no support
- 4. The kid is hanging off a climbing bar — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Teacher in the staff room: "Oh, Mason's a live wire alright. Never sat still once." What is Mason like?
- 1. Good at science — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Very ill — no support
- 3. Very hyperactive — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Very calm — 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 ✗
Nursery worker: "She's just having a moment, give her a minute." What is the child doing?
- 1. Playing a game — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Having a tantrum — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Taking a nap — no support
- 4. Counting to sixty — 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 ✗
Report: "Ethan has a strong personality and likes to lead games his way." What may it really mean?
- 1. Ethan is the best athlete — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ethan is bossy — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Ethan is quiet and shy — no support
- 4. Ethan is very strong — 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 ✗
Dad, sarcastic: "Oh, here comes the little darling," as his son slams the door. What does Dad mean?
- 1. The son is sweet — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The son is a baby — no support
- 3. The son is behaving badly — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The son is small — 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 ✗
School psychologist: "Since his dad left, Toby has been acting out in class." What does it mean?
- 1. Toby is often absent — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Toby acts very well — no support
- 3. Toby misbehaves because he is upset — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Toby has a part in the school play — 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 ✗
Gran: "Full of beans this morning, aren't we? Up at five!" What is Gran saying?
- 1. The child ate beans for breakfast — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The child is full of energy — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The child is sick — no support
- 4. The child is sleepy — 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 ✗
Uncle: "Boisterous? Mate, they wrecked the garden." What does it tell you?
- 1. The children did the gardening — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The children were rough and noisy — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The children were asleep — no support
- 4. The children were quiet and polite — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Teacher: "Report says 'working towards' in maths. Not a fail, but not there yet." What is true?
- 1. The child has finished maths — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The child changed classes — no support
- 3. The child is well above the expected standard — no support
- 4. The child is below the expected standard — ✓ 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 13 · ★ · right ✓
Mum at the school gate: "He's slow to warm up, he'll talk to you after a while." What is the boy like?
- 1. Shy with new people — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Late every morning — no support
- 3. Always cold — no support
- 4. Slow at sports — 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 meaning most accurately conveyed by the remark in a school report that a pupil "has a lot of energy".
- 1. The pupil is in excellent physical health — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The pupil consumes a nutritious diet — no support
- 3. The pupil excels in athletic competition — no support
- 4. The pupil experiences difficulty in remaining seated — ✓ the right answer · 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
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is given that a pupil's attainment in reading is recorded as "working towards" the expected standard. Ascertain the attainment thereby indicated.
- 1. Attainment that fully meets the expected standard — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Attainment that cannot be assessed — no support
- 3. Attainment that exceeds the expected standard — no support
- 4. Attainment that does not yet meet the expected standard — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 23: «"Working towards" on a UK report means not yet meeting the expected standard.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «meet» (+2); the same thing acted on «expected standard» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Select the response consistent with the established usage of the term "clingy" in respect of a young child.
- 1. The child is anxious and reluctant to be parted from the parent — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. The child's hands are adhesive owing to the consumption of confectionery — no support
- 3. The child habitually climbs upon furniture — no support
- 4. The child is susceptible to the cold — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 8: «"Empty nester" means a parent whose children have grown up and left home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «children» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a parent's description of a child as "a free spirit"?
- 1. The child prefers solitude to company — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The child professes belief in apparitions — no support
- 3. The child is provided without charge — no support
- 4. The child does not readily conform to rules — ✓ 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
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