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Family changes and grief

Tests: 7 of 23 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 19 of 27 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 214 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 girl in Calgary gets cross when her baby brother cries at dinner. What would help her be patient?

  • 1. Knowing that babies cry to annoy people — score 6
  • 2. Leaving the house every evening — no support
  • 3. Knowing that crying is the baby's only way to tell what he needs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 4. Shouting at the baby to stop — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 214, line 8: «Babies cry to tell us they are hungry, tired or uncomfortable, because crying is the only way a baby can talk.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «babies» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A boy's grandparents let him stay up late, but his parents do not. At his grandparents' house, what is right?

  • 1. Stay up even later — no support
  • 2. Follow the grandparents' house rules kindly — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Ring his parents to complain about the new bedtime — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 4. Refuse to go to bed at all — 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 129, line 16: «If a friend wants to do something dangerous or against your family's rules, you say no and can phone your parents.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «phone» (+3); the same receiver «parents» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A girl's mum asks her which parent she likes more since the divorce. What is a good answer?

  • 1. "I like Dad best." — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Run away and not answer — no support
  • 3. "I like you best, because Dad is the bad one." — no support
  • 4. "I love you both and I don't want to choose." — ✓ 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Two step-sisters keep arguing about the TV. What is most likely to help?

  • 1. Making one of them always win — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Never speaking to each other — no support
  • 3. Asking the parents to split up — no support
  • 4. Finding things they both enjoy and giving each other space — ✓ 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 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A boy in foster care is asked by a new friend why he does not live with his mum. What is true?

  • 1. He should never make friends — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 2. He can choose how much of his story to share — ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. He must explain everything, right from the very start — score -2
  • 4. He must lie — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 213, line 16: «In a new town, a club, team or library group and saying hello to neighbours your age help you make friends.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «friends» (+4); the same action «make» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓

Your hamster dies, and the next day your parents offer a new one. You still feel sad. What is a good choice?

  • 1. Pretend you are not sad — no support
  • 2. Accept, since the new one replaces the old one — no support
  • 3. Say you want to wait a while and talk about it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
  • 4. Refuse ever to talk about the hamster — 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 214, line 14: «After a pet dies, you wait a while and talk with your family before getting a new one; you need time to grieve, and a new pet does not replace the old one.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wait» (+3). Against it: the same property (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A friend's dad has died. What can friends do that helps?

  • 1. Tell her not to be sad any more, it helps — ← Mova's choice · score 9
  • 2. Let her talk and cry, and listen — ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 3. Change the subject whenever he is mentioned — score 5
  • 4. Avoid her until she is cheerful again — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 196, line 5: «A girl in Leeds told her friend her new haircut looked fine when the friend asked, even though she did not love it; the friend was happy, and nothing bad came…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «friend» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «tell» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓

Why do adults use clear words like "died" with young children instead of "went to sleep"?

  • 1. Clear words help children understand, and sleep words can make them afraid of sleeping — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 2. It does not matter which words are used — score 5
  • 3. "Died" sounds kinder than "asleep" — score 4
  • 4. Children cannot understand clear words — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 211, line 13: «Glasses help many children see clearly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «many children» (+4); the same action «see» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A girl believes her grandma died because she forgot to visit her. What should an adult tell her?

  • 1. It was partly her fault — ← Mova's choice · score 10
  • 2. Not to talk about it ever — score 7
  • 3. It was not her fault; nothing she thought or did made her grandma die — ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 4. She should visit others to make up for it — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 214, line 7: «When her parents split up, a girl in California believed it was her fault and stopped seeing her friends; it was not her fault at all, and talking to both pare…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on «fault» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓

Grandpa tells you about the farm he grew up on. Why ask him questions?

  • 1. Because it is homework — no support
  • 2. Old stories are always made up — no support
  • 3. So he gets to the end and stops talking a bit sooner — no support
  • 4. His stories are family history that only he can tell — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 214, line 9: «Grandparents' stories about the old days are family history that only they can tell, so you listen and ask questions.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «stories» (+3); the same thing acted on «family history» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

dad says bad stuff about mum, i dunno what to say

  • 1. Say you love both and don't want to choose — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Agree with whoever is talking at the time, it's easier — no support
  • 3. Stop speaking to both — no support
  • 4. Tell mum everything he says — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 205, line 4: «A girl in Florida sees her dog chewing a sock and a packet of pills; she tells her mum at once, because the sock could block its gut and the pills could poison…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same receiver «mum» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗

my sister says nan died cos she went to sleep, true?

  • 1. Yes, sleep can make old people just stop — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Only a very long, deep sleep does that — no support
  • 3. Yes, so try hard to stay awake at night — no support
  • 4. No, sleeping does not cause death — ✓ 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

i wished my grandad would go away and now he's died, my fault?

  • 1. Yes, partly your fault — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Only if you said it out loud — no support
  • 3. Yes, wishes can come true — no support
  • 4. No, wishes can't make someone die; it's never your fault — ✓ 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 14 · ★★ · wrong ✗

baby wont stop crying, why is he doing that

  • 1. He doesn't like you — no support
  • 2. He's telling us he's hungry, tired or uncomfortable — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. He's being naughty on purpose to wind everyone up — no support
  • 4. Babies cry for no reason at all — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 214, line 2: «Babies cry because crying is the only way they can tell us they are hungry, tired or uncomfortable, so we are patient.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «babies» (+2); the same action «cry» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★★ · wrong ✗

grandad died, i don't wanna talk about it ever

  • 1. Only talk to your pet — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Pretend it didn't happen — no support
  • 3. Never talk, it makes it worse — no support
  • 4. It's okay to wait, but talking with someone you trust helps — ✓ 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 16 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Mia thinks her parents split up because she was naughty. Which is true?

  • 1. Children usually cause their parents to split — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. She can fix it by being extra good — no support
  • 3. It is not her fault; it is a grown-up decision — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. It is partly her fault for being naughty, but only a little bit — 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 ✓

mum says we're moving after the divorce, i'm so scared

  • 1. Keep quiet and hope it stops — score 2
  • 2. Run away so you don't have to move house at all — no support
  • 3. Tell her how you feel and ask your questions — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 4. Blame your sister — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 205, line 4: «A girl in Florida sees her dog chewing a sock and a packet of pills; she tells her mum at once, because the sock could block its gut and the pills could poison…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same receiver «mum» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 18 · ★★ · right ✓

my cousin said a kid in her school wished his grandad would go away and then the grandad died that week, so it was his fault. true?

  • 1. No, thoughts and wishes can't make anyone die — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Yes, strong wishes can come true if you mean them hard — no support
  • 3. Partly, if he was very angry — no support
  • 4. Yes, if he said it out loud — 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 19 · ★★ · wrong ✗

apparently that boy's parents are splitting up cos he's so naughty, everyone's saying it. what's just a rumour?

  • 1. That his parents may be separating — no support
  • 2. That he might feel upset — no support
  • 3. That children feel better talking — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 4. That it's his fault; separation is never the child's fault — ✓ the right answer · 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 81, line 21: «When parents are «splitting up», they are separating or divorcing, and a child can feel ill from the worry.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feel» (+4); the same doer «child» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 20 · ★★ · wrong ✗

did u hear the new girl's adopted, her real mum was in prison or something. should u spread it?

  • 1. Yes, adoption is nothing to hide anyway — no support
  • 2. No, her story is hers to tell or keep — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Yes, if you ask her first in front of others — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 4. Yes, the whole class has a right to know — 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 122, line 7: «A girl in Texas ignored her friends when they said hi because she was in a bad mood; by the end of the week they had stopped asking her to play.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+3); the same receiver «girl» (+1); 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 21 · ★★ · wrong ✗

overheard dad on the phone: "we're going our separate ways, it's for the best". what does it mean and who can you talk to?

  • 1. It's your fault, so keep it secret forever — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 2. Dad is going on a business trip — no support
  • 3. Mum and dad are walking home on two roads — no support
  • 4. Mum and dad may be separating; you can ask them or another trusted adult about it — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 214, line 7: «When her parents split up, a girl in California believed it was her fault and stopped seeing her friends; it was not her fault at all, and talking to both pare…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «fault» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 22 · ★★ · wrong ✗

kid at school says "ur mum's got a boyfriend already, ur dad's only been gone a year, that's weird" — what's fair to think?

  • 1. It's your mum's private life; the kid is being unkind, and you can tell a trusted adult — ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 2. The kid is right, so be angry at mum — score 5
  • 3. Ask the whole class to vote if it's weird — no support
  • 4. Hit the kid so he stops — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 126, line 5: «A boy in Brisbane yells at his sister when angry; later he says "Sorry I shouted at you", and he really does stop shouting, so she believes him the next time.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stop» (+4); the same doer «boy» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 23 · ★★ · right ✓

grandad says "your nan was the love of my life, sixty years and never a cross word". what does "love of my life" mean?

  • 1. She was his big sister growing up — no support
  • 2. She was his favourite cook in the whole town — no support
  • 3. She was the person he loved most — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 4. She was his very first teacher at school — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 214, line 22: «Grown-ups have gentle phrases for these things: «going our separate ways» means a couple is splitting up, and «the love of my life» means the person someone lo…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «person» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the most accurate statement concerning the cause of the separation of parents.

  • 1. It is never the fault of the child — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 2. It is generally the fault of the eldest child — score 4
  • 3. It is caused by the child's poor school marks — score 6
  • 4. It is caused by children's quarrels — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 214, line 21: «When parents separate, it is never the child's fault, and children feel better when they can ask questions and talk.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «fault» (+3); the same circumstance (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises death?

  • 1. The person returns after some time — no support
  • 2. The body ceases to function permanently and the person cannot return — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. It may be caused by a child's wishes — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 4. It is a form of very deep sleep — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 22: «Drowning is one of the leading causes of death for young children, and most happen when nobody is watching.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «death» (+4); the same action «cause» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with established practice in respect of an adopted child's personal history.

  • 1. It must be kept secret from the child — score 3
  • 2. Teachers must announce it to all pupils — no support
  • 3. The child shares only that which he wishes to share — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. The child is obliged to tell the whole class when asked to do so — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 107, line 13: «Never carry a hot drink while holding a little child.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «little child» (+4); the same action «hold» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the bodily signs that may arise in children who conceal their grief.

  • 1. Improved appetite, longer sleep and a cheerful manner — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Headaches, stomach aches or difficulty in sleeping — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. No signs whatsoever in any child — no support
  • 4. Faster growth and stronger muscles — 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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