Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters

Tests: 12 of 19 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 16 of 23 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 213 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 · ★ · right ✓

A boy in Seattle has stopped seeing friends and enjoying anything for a month. What is true?

1. He should tell an adult, because long sadness can be helped — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. He is just lazy — no support
3. Children never get depression — no support
4. It will surely pass if he hides it — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 98, line 16: «Bullies rely on silence, so telling a trusted adult is the way to stop it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same receiver «trusted adult» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

A girl says, "Mum loves the new baby more than me." What is true?

1. The baby will always get more love — no support
2. She must earn back the love — no support
3. Parents can love only one child at a time, so the newest one wins — no support
4. Parents still love her as much; babies just need lots of care — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 213, line 11: «Babies simply need a lot of care.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+3); the same thing acted on «lot» (+3); the same doer «babies» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

A boy in Wellington says rainy days are useless without a tablet. What is a good idea?

1. Use the time to build, read, draw or cook something — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Sleep until the rain stops — no support
3. Complain until it is sunny — no support
4. Stare out the window all day — 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 girl finishes all her work in five minutes every lesson. What could she politely do?

1. Sit quietly doing nothing all year long — no support
2. Ask the teacher for extension work — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Tell the class the work is too easy — score 3
4. Do other pupils' work for them quietly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 117, line 4: «For example, a girl in London kicks her ball over the fence; she knocks on the door with her dad and asks politely, and the neighbour is happy to hand it back.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «ask» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

At lunch, two friends are telling a story and you burst in with yours. How do they likely feel?

1. Nothing at all — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Not respected, because they could not finish — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Happy to stop talking — score 6
4. Grateful for the new story, since theirs was going on — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 125, line 7: «A girl in Leeds did not introduce her friend to her nan; her friend felt left out and sat silently all afternoon.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «feel» (+4); the same doer «friend» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

A boy keeps saying his house is bigger than everyone's. What is likely to happen?

1. He becomes more popular — score 4
2. Nothing changes — no support
3. Everyone wants to be his friend more, so they can visit the big house — no support
4. Friends feel small and move away from him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 126, line 6: «A boy in Leeds never said sorry after he knocked his friend's tower down on purpose; his friend stopped playing with him, and the fight lasted for weeks.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «friend» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

A girl pushed a younger child in the queue and feels guilty. What will help her feel better?

1. Saying sorry and doing something kind for the child — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Pushing someone else — no support
3. Telling herself it did not happen — score 5
4. Avoiding the child forever, so neither of them remembers it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 58, line 1: «Most strangers are kind, but you cannot tell from someone's looks or friendly smile whether they are safe; a «tricky person» is anyone, stranger or not, who tr…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «something» (+4); the same circumstance (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Your older sister's friends are over and she wants time with them. What is kind?

1. Play loud music outside her door — no support
2. Let them be and plan something with your sister later — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Tell her friends embarrassing stories — score 3
4. Sit right in the middle of the group so you are part of it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 98, line 12: «Letting a friend copy your homework does not help them learn; explaining it does.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «let» (+3); the same thing acted on «friend» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Your brother is in trouble for breaking a vase. Why not tease him?

1. He deserves to feel worse — score 2
2. You would want kindness when it is your turn — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Teasing him somehow helps to fix the broken vase — no support
4. Parents like it when you tease — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 213, line 18: «You do not laugh when a brother or sister gets into trouble, because you would want kindness in your turn.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «kindness» (+4); the same action «want» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

been sad for weeks, dont even like football anymore

1. Tell a parent, teacher or doctor; long sadness can be helped — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It's normal, ignore it — no support
3. Keep it secret, it will pass — no support
4. Just play more football — 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 11 · ★ · right ✓

new baby gets all the attention, mum loves her more

1. It's true, babies are loved more — no support
2. Hide until they notice — no support
3. Ask for special time with just you; parents love you just as much — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Be mean to the baby — 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 213, line 10: «If you feel jealous of a new baby, you can ask a parent for special time with just you; parents love you just as much.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+4); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

maths is too easy, so boring

1. Just stop doing the work, they can't make you — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Mess around in class till it's over — no support
3. Politely ask the teacher for a harder challenge — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Tell everyone it's too easy — 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 ✗

my bro got told off lol

1. Laugh loudly at him so he knows he messed up — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Tell everyone at school — no support
3. Don't laugh, you'd want kindness in your turn — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Make it worse — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

been sad for ages, don't wanna do anything

1. Pretend you're fine — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Keep it in, it'll pass on its own soon enough — no support
3. Stay in your room more — no support
4. Tell a parent or teacher how you feel — ✓ 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 15 · ★ · right ✓

Why was letting down the bike tyres a dangerous thing to do?

1. The rider could fall and get hurt — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It only wastes some of the air inside — no support
3. Flat tyres make the whole bike dirty — no support
4. Flat tyres can never be pumped again — 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 ✗

so bored i'm gonna climb the garage roof

1. Yes, boredom's the worst, anything's better than that — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Only the low side — no support
3. Yes, if nobody's watching — no support
4. No, find something safe, roofs are a bad fall — ✓ 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 17 · ★ · right ✓

did u hear that girl's been crying every day for weeks and doesn't even go to dance anymore, everyone thinks she's just being dramatic. real lesson?

1. Sadness is only a problem for grown-ups — no support
2. It'll pass on its own in a day — score 1
3. Long sadness can be an illness; an adult can help — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. She's just being dramatic for attention, so ignore her — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 201, line 7: «A test finds out what you know so the teacher can help you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «help» (+3); the same doer «teacher» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 18 · ★ · wrong ✗

apparently the new kid boasts he's got 3 iPads and a pool and nobody likes him now. what's the true lesson behind it?

1. Kids with pools always have more friends — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Never tell anyone anything good about you — no support
3. Boasting makes people like you more, if your stuff is cool — no support
4. Boasting pushes friends away; share the fun instead — ✓ 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 99, line 5: «A girl in California said yes when an older kid asked her to keep a secret about touching; she felt worse and worse until she told her mum, who got help and ke…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «secret» (+3); the same doer «older kid» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 19 · ★ · wrong ✗

everyone's saying that boy's mum loves his baby sister more, he said so himself. pass it on?

1. Yes, it's not a secret anyway — no support
2. Yes, so his mum finds out — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. No, it's private and parents love both just as much — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, it must be true if he said it himself, so it's fine — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 108, line 6: «A girl in Ohio climbed into the dryer during hide-and-seek; the door shut and she could not open it from inside, and luckily her mum heard her knocking.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hear» (+3); the same doer «mum» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the condition which may be characterised as the illness called depression.

1. Anger felt upon losing a game — score 5
2. Boredom on a single rainy day — no support
3. Sadness lasting a few minutes after a defeat — score 7
4. Sadness lasting many days with loss of interest in things once loved — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 91, line 17: «Sadness that lasts many days and takes away interest in things you loved can be an illness called depression, and it can be helped.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «last» (+4); the same doer «sadness» (+3); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following constitutes an appropriate request where a lesson is too easy for a pupil?

1. The refusal to complete the work set — no support
2. The completion of other pupils' work — no support
3. A polite request to the teacher for a harder challenge — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. A complaint to the whole class that the lesson is dull and childish — 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 51, line 8: «Saying please turns an order into a polite request.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «polite request» (+1). Against it: the same property (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning jealousy upon the arrival of a new baby.

1. Jealousy of a baby is never felt — no support
2. The child ought to keep the feeling hidden — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. The child may ask for special time; parents' love is undiminished — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Parents cease to love older children — score 4

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 95, line 21: «Babies' heads and necks are weak, so children should only hold a baby when sitting down with an adult there.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+3); the same doer «children» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Ascertain the effect of boasting upon friendships.

1. It has no effect upon others — no support
2. It invariably increases one's friends and one's standing among them — no support
3. It causes others to feel proud — no support
4. It causes others to feel small and drives friends away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 213, line 15: «Boasting makes others feel small and pushes friends away, so you share the fun instead.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feel» (+4); the same property (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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