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Sounds that warn

Tests: 8 of 19 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 11 of 23 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 12 of the everyday 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 ✗

Sam is playing a game when the smoke alarm screams. His tablet is charging in another room. What should he do?

  • 1. Turn off the alarm and keep playing — ← Mova's choice · score 8
  • 2. Fetch the tablet, then leave the house — no support
  • 3. Leave the tablet and get out of the house — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Finish his level, then leave — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 14: «Running, pushing or playing games on stairs is dangerous.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «play» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

Which sound tells you a dog wants you to stay away?

  • 1. A playful yip while bowing down — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. A low growl — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. A soft sleepy yawn — no support
  • 4. Quiet snoring — 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 ✓

You are swimming in an outdoor pool in Florida and hear thunder. What should you do?

  • 1. Float on your back and wait — no support
  • 2. Stay in the water until you see lightning — no support
  • 3. Dive under the water to hide — no support
  • 4. Get out and go into a building — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 16: «If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning, so get out of the water and go inside a building.», 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 «get out» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · right ✓

Which is true about a siren?

  • 1. It means you must cross the road quickly — no support
  • 2. It warns that an emergency vehicle is coming — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 3. It means the traffic lights have broken — no support
  • 4. It only sounds when there is a fire — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 17: «In parts of the USA, outdoor sirens warn of tornadoes; when they sound, go inside to the lowest floor, away from windows.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «outdoor sirens» (+5); the same action «warn» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

An ambulance with its siren on is coming, and the walk signal turns green. What is best?

  • 1. Cross at once because the signal is green — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Wave at the driver and then cross — no support
  • 3. Cross slowly so the driver can see you — no support
  • 4. Wait, because the ambulance may go through anyway — ✓ 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 · right ✓

A neighbour's smoke alarm chirps once a minute and nothing smells of smoke. What is most likely?

  • 1. A low battery — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. A big fire next door — no support
  • 3. A burglar in the house — no support
  • 4. A broken window — 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 · right ✓

If a carbon monoxide alarm goes off, why can you not just sniff the air to check?

  • 1. The gas has no smell at all — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Your nose stops working near alarms — no support
  • 3. The gas only smells in the morning — no support
  • 4. The gas smells just like flowers — 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 does a car horn usually say?

  • 1. The car is running out of fuel — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The music in the car is too loud — no support
  • 3. The driver is lost and needs help — no support
  • 4. Watch out, there may be danger — ✓ 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 9 · wrong ✗

Ava in Auckland sees smoke pouring from the house next door. Which number should she call?

  • 1. 911 — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. 999 — no support
  • 3. 000 — no support
  • 4. 111 — ✓ 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 · right ✓

smoke alarm going off proper loud, what do i do

  • 1. Hide under your bed — no support
  • 2. Get out and stay out — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 3. Look for the fire first — no support
  • 4. Turn it off and go back to sleep — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 11: «A loud, repeating smoke alarm means there may be a fire: get out and stay out.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «get out» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · wrong ✗

alarm just chirps once every min, fire??

  • 1. It means someone is at the door — no support
  • 2. Yes, get out right now — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 3. No, probably the battery is low — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Yes, call the fire brigade — 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 12, line 4: «Example: a smoke alarm beeping loudly at night means get out at once — not hide, not look for toys, not finish your game.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «get out» (+4); the same property (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · right ✓

siren coming, can i still cross

  • 1. No, wait on the pavement until it passes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Yes, it will stop for you — no support
  • 3. Yes, run across quickly — no support
  • 4. Yes, if the little green man is showing on the light — 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 · wrong ✗

can hear thunder but no rain yet, keep playing out?

  • 1. Yes, until it starts raining — no support
  • 2. Yes, if you stay under a tree — no support
  • 3. Yes, lightning only hits in rain — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 4. No, go inside, lightning can reach you — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 16: «If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning, so get out of the water and go inside a building.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «strike» (+2); the same doer «lightning» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · right ✓

smoke alarm keeps beeping every minute, so annoying, can i take the battery out

  • 1. No, tell an adult so they can put in a new battery — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Yes, take it out until morning, then put it back in again — no support
  • 3. Yes, it is only a test beep — no support
  • 4. Yes, put a sock over 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 15 · wrong ✗

train horn blasting at the crossing, the gates are still going down

  • 1. Horns are just for drivers — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Run across before the gates close — no support
  • 3. Stop and wait, a train is coming — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Look for the train first, then cross — 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 16 · wrong ✗

Ava reckons a car alarm or horn is never about her. right?

  • 1. Yes, it is just noise — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Yes, unless it plays a song or keeps on beeping at her — no support
  • 3. No, a horn may be warning you to move — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Yes, horns are only for other cars — 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 17 · wrong ✗

my aunty's neighbour ignored the smoke alarm cos she thought it was toast and the whole house burned down

  • 1. It is gossip, so alarms can be ignored — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 2. Real lesson: toast always sets houses on fire — no support
  • 3. Real lesson: a loud repeating alarm means get out and stay out; the details may be added — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. It proves smoke alarms go off for no reason — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 5: «A family in Pennsylvania ignored a chirping smoke alarm with a flat battery for weeks; when a fire started at night the alarm stayed silent, and they woke late…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «chirping smoke alarm» (+4); the same action «ignore» (+3). 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 18 · right ✓

kid at school says if u can hear thunder ur totally safe cos the lightning's miles away

  • 1. He is right, thunder means the storm has passed — score 4
  • 2. That is a wrong belief; if you can hear thunder you are close enough to be struck, so go inside — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 3. He is right if you stand under a tall tree — no support
  • 4. He is right as long as it is not raining yet — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 12, line 16: «If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning, so get out of the water and go inside a building.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «thunder» (+4); the same action «hear» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 19 · wrong ✗

Jacob's dad got pulled over for not moving for the ambulance, it's all over the group chat

  • 1. Spread it, since it is true and it is news — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Spread it, and add that his dad got arrested — no support
  • 3. Leave it alone; it is his family's business, and the real lesson is to make way for sirens — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Spread it, so everyone teases Jacob at school — 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 · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of a single brief chirp emitted by a smoke alarm at intervals of about one minute?

  • 1. It ordinarily indicates that the battery is low — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 14
  • 2. It indicates that carbon monoxide is present — no support
  • 3. It indicates that a fire is in progress — score 12
  • 4. It indicates that the alarm is functioning perfectly — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 14, against 12 for the next best. Its support: lesson 12, line 12: «A single short chirp every minute or so from a smoke alarm usually means its battery is low.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «battery» (+4); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

It being given that a carbon monoxide alarm sounds within a dwelling, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

  • 1. The alarm should be silenced and disregarded — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. All occupants should remain indoors with the windows sealed — no support
  • 3. The occupants should search for the source by smell — no support
  • 4. All occupants should proceed outside into fresh air — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the course of action to be taken by a pedestrian upon hearing a siren in the vicinity of a road.

  • 1. To stand in the road and wave to the driver — no support
  • 2. To remain upon the pavement until the emergency vehicle has passed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 3. To cross the road with all possible speed — score 4
  • 4. To follow the vehicle to observe the emergency — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 12, line 8: «When you hear a siren near a road, stay on the pavement or sidewalk and wait until the vehicle has passed.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stay» (+2); the same place «pavement» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Whereas a dog growls, bares its teeth and becomes rigid, determine the response recommended for a child.

  • 1. To reach out a hand and stroke it upon the head — no support
  • 2. To stand still, avoid staring into its eyes, and withdraw slowly once it calms — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
  • 3. To run away as fast as possible while shouting — no support
  • 4. To stare directly into its eyes to show no fear — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 12, line 15: «If a dog growls at you, stand still like a tree, do not stare into its eyes, and back away slowly once it calms.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stare» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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