Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table

Tests: 6 of 19 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 23 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 221 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 ✗

Which shows real good manners at school?

1. Speaking politely only to visitors — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Saying good morning to the cleaner and the head alike — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Greeting only the teachers — no support
4. Ignoring the dinner ladies — 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 ✗

A girl gives a handshake so limp it feels like a fish. What impression may it give?

1. That she is very polite — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. That she is in a hurry — no support
3. That she is unfriendly or not interested — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. That she is very strong and does not need to try hard — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which is true about the hongi?

1. It is a greeting used in Canada — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is a Maori greeting of shared breath, done when invited — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Anyone may do it to any stranger they meet out in the street — no support
4. It is a rude joke — 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

A tourist in Chicago answers "How's it going?" with a ten-minute story. What did he misunderstand?

1. It was a quick greeting, not a real question — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. It needed an even longer answer with all the details — no support
3. It was a rude remark — no support
4. It was a question about the weather — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 221, line 2: «Greetings differ: a handshake is firm but not crushing, a quick "Good, thanks!" answers "How's it going?" in Canada and the USA, and in New Zealand the hongi,…», 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 «traditional maori greeting» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Your friend's mum is leaving after picking her up from your house. What is polite?

1. Walking them to the door and saying goodbye — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Closing the door before they reach their car — no support
3. Shouting "Bye" from upstairs so they hear you go — no support
4. Saying nothing at all, since they came for her — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 35, line 3: «You never tell a caller or a stranger at the door that you are alone. A safe answer is "My mum can't come to the phone right now. Can I take a message?"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which is the best way to get a busy librarian's attention?

1. Calling "Hey, lady!" — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Waving a book right in front of her face — no support
3. Clicking your fingers — no support
4. "Excuse me, could you help me?" — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · right ✓

At a family dinner in Galway, Gran says "Go on, start before it gets cold". What is right?

1. You still must wait for everyone — no support
2. You must ask everyone's permission — no support
3. You must wait for dessert — no support
4. You may start, as the host said so — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 221, line 17: «You wait until everyone is seated and served before eating, unless the host says to start.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «host» (+2); the same action «say» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

A boy has never used chopsticks and keeps dropping food. What is fine to do?

1. Leave the food on his plate — score 5
2. Eat with his fingers instead — no support
3. Ask politely for a fork — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Stand the chopsticks in his rice and stop — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 221, line 5: «A boy in Leeds is given chopsticks at a friend's dinner; he tries them, never stands them upright in his rice, and politely asks for a fork when the noodles ke…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same circumstance (+3); the same action «ask» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why do we wait before taking the last biscuit on the plate?

1. It is the smallest one — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The last one is always kept for the host to eat later — no support
3. Someone else may want it, and sharing is kind — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Last biscuits are bad luck — 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 ✗

just a quick "good thanks" when someone walks past n says hows it going?

1. No, stop and shake hands — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, tell them your whole day — no support
3. No, ignore them and walk on — no support
4. Yes, that's enough — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

auntie in NZ says hongi, what's that

1. A kind of fish — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A traditional Maori greeting, done when invited — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A dance at weddings — no support
4. A word for goodbye — 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 · ★ · right ✓

last chip on the plate, nobody's lookin

1. Ask if anyone else would like it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Grab it quickly before anyone notices it's there — no support
3. Hide it in a napkin — no support
4. Lick it so it's yours — 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 ✗

at a friends for tea, food's on the table, dive in?

1. Eat from the dish directly — no support
2. Dive in before it's cold — no support
3. Take the biggest piece — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Wait until food is offered or everyone is served — ✓ the right answer · 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 221, line 4: «At the table you wait until everyone is seated and served, eat quietly, wait for food to be offered, and ask before taking the last piece.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «last piece» (+3); the same action «take» (+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 ✓

wanna tell my joke while eating, mouth full

1. Swallow first, talking with food in your mouth can make you choke — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Laugh first and swallow after — no support
3. Say it fast before you swallow — no support
4. Say it, but chew with your mouth shut — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 53, line 17: «Talking about your feelings with someone you trust often makes you feel better.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why might a family stop inviting a child who never says hello or thank you?

1. Children never need to greet adults — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Hello is old-fashioned — no support
3. They ran out of food and could not feed another guest — no support
4. They feel he does not care about them — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 121, line 13: «Children who greet adults themselves, instead of hiding behind a parent, seem confident and polite.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «greet» (+5); the same doer «children» (+2); the same receiver «adults» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★ · wrong ✗

dad's choking at dinner and can't talk

1. Wait, it'll pass — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Give him water — no support
3. Shout for help and call the emergency number — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Make him lie down — 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 ✗

did u hear a kid at the wedding was laughing with his mouth full and choked on a sausage and they had to do the hug thing on him?? real lesson?

1. Only eat sausages cut into tiny bits — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Never laugh at weddings at all — no support
3. Drink fizzy drinks to stop choking — no support
4. Don't talk, laugh or run while eating, to avoid choking — ✓ 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 ✓

apparently that boy grabbed the last slice of pizza at the party without asking and now nobody invites him anywhere ever. what's probably exaggerated?

1. Nobody ever; but rudeness can cost invitations — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. That rudeness bothers people — no support
3. That asking first is polite — no support
4. That he took the last slice without asking anybody — 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 ✗

my mate says that new kid's mum is so rude, she never says thank you to the dinner ladies. pass it on?

1. Yes, if you only tell your friends — no support
2. No, that's gossip about someone's family — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, everyone at school should know she's rude — no support
4. Yes, so the kid tells his mum off — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 116, line 4: «For example, a boy in Vancouver is home alone when he hears a bang; he stays in a safe room, calls his mum, and if he truly believed there was danger he would…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «mum» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, 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 appropriate conduct at a meal before eating begins.

1. One waits until all are seated and served, unless the host invites one to start — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. One waits until the host has finished eating — no support
3. One eats first from the shared dishes — no support
4. One begins eating as soon as one's plate arrives — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the treatment of school staff such as caretakers and cleaners?

1. They need not be greeted at all, being occupied with their duties — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They are to be greeted only by teachers — no support
3. They are to be greeted only on their birthdays — no support
4. They are to be greeted as courteously as the head teacher — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with established practice concerning the last piece of food upon a shared plate.

1. One takes it promptly, before any other person is able to do so — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. One leaves it untouched in all cases — no support
3. One asks whether any other person would like it first — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. One divides it without asking — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 221, line 18: «You ask if anyone else would like the last piece before taking it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «piece» (+3); the same action «take» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the circumstances in which choking at the table most frequently occurs.

1. When persons talk, laugh or run while eating — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. When persons drink water with meals — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. When persons eat slowly and sit perfectly still at the table — no support
4. When persons use a knife and fork — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 210, line 19: «If you get sunburnt, you get out of the sun, cool the skin with a cool shower, drink water and tell an adult.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «water» (+3); the same action «drink» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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