Reading faces and voices
Tests: 7 of 19 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 23 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 14 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 ✗
Noah's friend laughs loudly, but his eyes stay flat and he quickly looks away. What is a good idea?
- 1. Decide he is having the best day ever — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Check gently that he is really okay — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Tell him to stop laughing at once — no support
- 4. Laugh louder to cheer him up 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
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Which is true?
- 1. Faces always show exactly what people feel — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Someone who cries must be sad, every single time — no support
- 3. Only grown-ups show feelings on their faces — no support
- 4. Words and face can sometimes say different things — ✓ 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
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
In the park, an adult starts yelling at people and walking unsteadily. What should a child do?
- 1. Keep away and find a trusted adult — ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. Go close to film it on a phone — score 3
- 3. Walk over and ask what is wrong — no support
- 4. Tell the adult loudly to go home now — ← Mova's choice · score 9
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 4: «If an adult is shouting, very angry, or acting strangely or confused, the safe choice is to keep your distance and tell an adult you trust.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «tell» (+4); the same receiver «adult» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Grandma cries at your school concert and then hugs you tightly. What is most likely?
- 1. She is hurt and needs a doctor — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. She is happy and proud — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. She did not like the music — no support
- 4. She is upset with you — 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 2, line 21: «After a bang on the head, feeling sick, dizzy or very sleepy is a warning sign: tell an adult at once, because you may need a doctor.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+2); the same thing acted on «doctor» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
A classmate is angry and shouting at you. What helps most?
- 1. Stepping up very close to them — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Shouting back even louder — no support
- 3. Speaking calmly and quietly — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Pulling a face at them — 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 ✓
If you listened only to someone's words and ignored their face and voice, what could happen?
- 1. You would know their feelings for sure — no support
- 2. You could miss that they are upset — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. You would never misread anyone again — no support
- 4. You would understand them better — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 13: «Nervousness can make the voice shake and the hands fidget or tremble.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «voice» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Which signs show someone may be nervous?
- 1. A shaky voice and fidgeting hands — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A big smile that crinkles the eyes — no support
- 3. Relaxed shoulders and slow breathing — no support
- 4. Leaning back and laughing easily — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Why is it wise to ask rather than guess how someone feels?
- 1. Everyone misreads faces sometimes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Guessing is against school rules — no support
- 3. Asking always makes people angry — no support
- 4. Faces never show any feelings — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Olivia scrunches up her face, wrinkles her nose and pushes away her plate. What does she feel?
- 1. Joy — no support
- 2. Disgust — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. Surprise — score 0
- 4. Pride — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 14, line 9: «Wide eyes, raised eyebrows and an open mouth often show surprise or fear; a wrinkled nose and a scrunched-up face show disgust.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «disgust» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
she's smiling but her eyes aren't, real smile?
- 1. No, real smiles never show teeth at all — no support
- 2. Maybe not; real smiles crinkle the eyes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. Yes, any smile is real — score 3
- 4. Yes, smiles are only in the mouth — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 2: «A smile that crinkles the eyes usually means happy; a frown and tight lips may mean angry; a quiet voice and eyes looking down may mean sad or worried.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «smile» (+4); the same thing acted on «eyes» (+4); the same action «crinkle» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
grandad cried at my concert, was he sad?
- 1. Yes, crying always means sad — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He must have been hurt — no support
- 3. He didn't like the music and wanted to go home — no support
- 4. Maybe not, people cry when proud or happy — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
friend's gone quiet, not sure what's up
- 1. Guess and walk off — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ignore her until she talks — no support
- 3. Ask kindly, are you okay? — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Tell everyone she is angry — 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 13 · ★ · right ✓
man in the park shouting and acting weird, go see?
- 1. No, move away and tell a trusted adult — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Yes, ask him what is wrong — no support
- 3. Stand close and watch him so you can tell the police — no support
- 4. Yes, go and calm him down — 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 4: «If an adult is shouting, very angry, or acting strangely or confused, the safe choice is to keep your distance and tell an adult you trust.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same receiver «adult» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
he's gone red and quiet and his fists are tight but i'm only joking
- 1. Keep going, he will laugh soon — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Stop the joke, he is getting upset — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Poke him to cheer him up a bit — no support
- 4. Joke louder so he gets 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 ✗
my mate's been super quiet for days and won't eat lunch
- 1. Ignore it, it will go away — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ask if she is okay and tell a trusted adult — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Tell everyone so they all ask her what is wrong with her — no support
- 4. Leave her, it is not your business — 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 ✗
Noah says if someone's smiling they can't be upset. true?
- 1. Yes, unless they are crying too — no support
- 2. No, people sometimes smile to hide how they feel — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yes, smiles always show real feelings — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. Yes, sad people never smile — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 1: «People show feelings with their faces, voices and bodies, often before they say a word.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «feelings» (+4); the same action «show» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 17 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mason's mum was shouting in the car park and someone says she's always like that and the police know her
- 1. Spread it, so others avoid Mason — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Spread it, because shouting proves the rumour — no support
- 3. Spread it, and add that she was crying too — no support
- 4. Do not spread it; you only saw one moment, and the rumour could be untrue and hurtful — ✓ 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 18 · ★ · right ✓
kid at school says if someone smiles with just their mouth it means they're lying to you, always
- 1. He is right, a mouth-only smile always means lying — score 4
- 2. He is right, so never trust any smile — no support
- 3. That goes too far; a real smile often crinkles the eyes, but people misread faces, so ask if unsure — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 4. He is right, crinkly eyes always mean anger — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 2: «A smile that crinkles the eyes usually means happy; a frown and tight lips may mean angry; a quiet voice and eyes looking down may mean sad or worried.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «smile» (+4); the same thing acted on «eyes» (+4); the same action «crinkle» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 19 · ★ · wrong ✗
heard Isla cried at the awards and everyone's saying she was sad she didn't win more
- 1. It means she was pretending to be upset — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It must be true, crying always means sadness — no support
- 3. It proves she was jealous of the others — no support
- 4. People can cry when happy or proud, so the rumour may be wrong; ask her if she is okay — ✓ 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 · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a genuine smile?
- 1. It involves the mouth exclusively, the eyes remaining unaltered — no support
- 2. It ordinarily causes the skin about the eyes to crinkle, and not merely the mouth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. It causes the eyebrows to be drawn sharply together — no support
- 4. It is invariably accompanied by laughter — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 11: «A real smile usually crinkles the skin around the eyes, not just the mouth.», 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 action «crinkle» (+2); the same doer «real smile» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the course of action to be pursued where an adult appears to be unsafe, being very angry or acting strangely.
- 1. To move away and inform a trusted adult, rather than attempting to resolve the matter oneself — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. To approach the adult and attempt to calm him alone — no support
- 3. To remain close by and observe the adult in silence — no support
- 4. To shout at the adult in order to stop the behaviour — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 19: «An adult who is very angry, shouting or acting strangely may be unsafe to be near.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «shout» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning disagreement between words and body language.
- 1. Where the two diverge, the words are invariably the truth — no support
- 2. Body language conveys no information of any kind — no support
- 3. Where the two diverge, the body is frequently nearer to the truth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. Words and body language never diverge in children — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 16: «Words and body can say different things; then the body is often closer to the truth.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «body» (+4); the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
It is given that a friend has become silent, ceased to eat and avoids all company. Determine the appropriate response.
- 1. To recognise that the friend may require help and to inform a trusted adult — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 2. To laugh in order to raise the friend's spirits — no support
- 3. To leave the friend entirely alone until the condition passes — no support
- 4. To tell other children so that they may avoid the friend — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 23: «A friend who goes quiet, stops eating or avoids everyone may need help from a trusted adult.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «help» (+4); the same action «need» (+3); the same doer «friend» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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