Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things
Tests: 12 of 21 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 18 of 25 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 225 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 Sydney is sitting in a priority seat on the train when a man with crutches gets on. What should she do?
- 1. Stay seated, since she is only a child — score 6
- 2. Move her bag onto another seat for him — score 6
- 3. Wait to see if anyone else stands first — score 6
- 4. Stand up and offer him the seat — ← 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, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 225, line 8: «On a crowded bus or train, offer your seat to an older, pregnant or disabled person, because they may need it more than you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «seat» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «offer» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
A boy rides an escalator in a busy city station and stands on the left. A man behind him says «Excuse me». What should he do?
- 1. Tell the man to use the stairs instead, since they are quicker — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Walk down the escalator the wrong way — no support
- 3. Move to the right so the man can walk past — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. Stand still where he is, as he was there first — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 35, line 4: «For example, a man knocks and says he has come to read the gas meter. You do not open the door; you can say through the closed door that he must come back late…», 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 «say» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
A girl gets on a full tram and stops just inside the door with her big backpack on. What would be better?
- 1. Stay right by the door so that she is not squashed inside — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Ask the people inside to get off — no support
- 3. Put her backpack on an empty seat — no support
- 4. Move further in and hold her backpack low — ✓ the right answer · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 109, line 20: «Fire doors must stay closed to stop smoke and fire spreading.», 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 «stay» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
A friendly woman on the bus asks a boy for his phone number and address. Which is true?
- 1. His safety comes before being polite, so he need not answer — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He should give her his parents' address and phone number instead — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. He must answer because she was friendly — score 2
- 4. It is rude to refuse an adult anything they ask for politely — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 128, line 19: «Never give a caller a bank card number; a call saying you have won a prize and asking for one is a scam.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «card number» (+3); the same action «give» (+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 5 · ★ · right ✓
Sam borrows his friend's football and accidentally kicks it into a river. What should he do?
- 1. Say someone else must have taken it — score 7
- 2. Tell his friend, say sorry and offer to replace it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 3. Buy a cheaper ball and say it is the same one — score 7
- 4. Keep quiet and hope that his friend soon forgets all about it — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 225, line 5: «Example: a girl in Toronto borrows her friend's new rubber and loses it. She tells her friend straight away, says sorry and buys a new one, and they stay frien…», 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 «tell» (+3); the same receiver «friend» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why do classmates feel upset when someone uses their pens without asking?
- 1. The pens are theirs, and they may need them or wonder where they went — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Pens break after being used by another person — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 3. Pens cost too much to share with anyone — score 7
- 4. Asking first is only needed with grown-ups — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 67, line 12: «Anaphylaxis is a dangerous allergic reaction, for example to a sting or to a food such as peanuts; you call the emergency number at once and help the person us…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+5); the same doer «person» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Your cousin has kept your skateboard for a month. You have reminded him twice. What next?
- 1. Give up and never mention it again — no support
- 2. Ask a grown-up to help — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Go to his house and take something of his — score 5
- 4. Shout at him in front of his friends — no support
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 218, line 19: «Children's medicines have special doses, so you ask a grown-up before taking any.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «grown up» (+3); the same action «ask» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
You have a packed lunch with eggs and tuna and a long bus ride ahead. What is considerate?
- 1. Share it with the passengers around you — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. Eat it on the bus with the window shut — score 5
- 3. Eat it before or after the journey — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. Eat it quickly so the smell goes away — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 209, line 15: «You share a friend's lunch only if neither of you has allergies and adults agree, because some foods are dangerous for people with allergies.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «lunch» (+3); the same action «share» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
bus is packed, old man with a stick just got on and i'm sitting. what do i do
- 1. Stay sitting, you got there first — no support
- 2. Pretend you didn't see him — no support
- 3. Put your bag on the seat beside you — no support
- 4. Offer him your seat — ← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 225, line 8: «On a crowded bus or train, offer your seat to an older, pregnant or disabled person, because they may need it more than you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «seat» (+3); the same action «offer» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
forgot my ruler, jack's is right there on his desk n he's gone to the loo. can i just use it
- 1. Yes, he won't notice anyway — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yes, a ruler is too small to matter — no support
- 3. No, wait and ask him first — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yes, if you put it back quickly — 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 · ★ · right ✓
oops i broke the pen i borrowed off maya. what now
- 1. Tell her it was already broken — no support
- 2. Put it back in her pencil case and say nothing — no support
- 3. Throw it away so she forgets — no support
- 4. Tell her, say sorry and offer to replace it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 222, line 2: «At a friend's house you stay in the rooms you are invited into, help tidy up before you leave, and if you break something you tell the adult at once and say so…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+5); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
on the escalator in london, ppl keep saying excuse me behind me??
- 1. Stand on the right so people can walk on the left — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Stand in the middle so nobody pushes — no support
- 3. Sit down on the step — no support
- 4. Walk down the up escalator — 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 225, line 13: «On escalators in London and many big cities, people stand on the right and walk on the left, so people in a hurry can pass.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «walk» (+2); the same place «left» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
train's coming, wanna stand right at the edge to see
- 1. Run along the edge — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Lean out a bit to see it coming, it's fine — no support
- 3. Stand back behind the yellow line — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Stand on the edge, it's fun — 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 93, line 7: «A girl in Leeds was so excited at her party that she ran around the pool edge; she slipped on the wet tiles and needed stitches in her chin.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+2); the same place «pool edge» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · right ✓
Why did hiding the crack in the borrowed tablet end the friendship?
- 1. His friend stopped trusting him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Tablets can never be fixed once they crack — no support
- 3. Friends never lend things — no support
- 4. The crack was too big — 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 ✓
dropped my phone on the tracks
- 1. Wait for the train to pass and get it — no support
- 2. Lean down with a stick — no support
- 3. Jump down and grab it — no support
- 4. Don't go down, tell staff — ← 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 225, line 20: «The edge of a train platform is dangerous; people who fall onto the tracks can be killed by trains or by the electric rail, so you stand behind the yellow line…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2); the same action «go down» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 16 · ★ · right ✓
did u hear a kid was messing about near the edge of the train platform and fell on the tracks? real lesson?
- 1. Stay back from the platform edge; trains and the rail kill — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Only stand near the edge when trains are slow — no support
- 3. Jump back up quickly if you fall — no support
- 4. The tracks are safe when no train comes — 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 ✓
apparently that boy borrowed a girl's calculator, broke it and hid it, and now she won't speak to him ever. what's the true lesson?
- 1. Tell the owner, say sorry and offer to replace it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. Never borrow anything at all — no support
- 3. Hide it and buy a new one secretly — no support
- 4. Say it was broken when you got it — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 204, line 5: «Example: a girl in Auckland hides a rubber snake in her brother's drawer, and he screams and cries, because he is truly scared of snakes. She stops, says sorry…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 18 · ★ · right ✓
my mate says some old lady on the bus told a kid off for not giving up his seat and he cried lol. should we spread it?
- 1. No, it's not ours to spread; offering a seat is kind though — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Yes, and say which school he goes to — no support
- 3. Yes, old ladies always overreact — no support
- 4. Yes, it's a funny story — 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 225, line 8: «On a crowded bus or train, offer your seat to an older, pregnant or disabled person, because they may need it more than you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «seat» (+3); the same action «offer» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 19 · ★ · wrong ✗
on the bus two teens behind you kiss and your little brother goes "EWWW they're snogging!!" loudly. what's best?
- 1. Take a photo to show everyone — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. Quietly tell him it's their business and not to shout about people — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 3. Shout it louder so they stop — no support
- 4. Tell the driver to throw them off — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 224, line 13: «During a service you sit quietly, may stand or sit when others do, and take photos only if allowed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «photos» (+3); the same action «take» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 20 · ★ · right ✓
lady on the train on her phone: "I'm done with him, I'm moving back to me mum's". what does she probably mean?
- 1. She is done with her homework — no support
- 2. Her mum is moving house — no support
- 3. She is ending a relationship and moving back home — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 4. She has finished cooking dinner and is going out shopping now — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 225, line 21: «Strangers' private lives are their business: «snogging» is British slang for kissing, and «I'm done with him» means someone is ending a relationship.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «end» (+4); the same thing acted on «relationship» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 21 · ★ · wrong ✗
your friend borrowed your pen and gave it back with "Ben ❤️ Lucy" written on it. Lucy's in your class. what's right?
- 1. Give the pen to Ben's mum — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Show it to Lucy and the class at break — no support
- 3. Write a mean word next to it — no support
- 4. Rub it off and don't spread it, it's their private business — ✓ 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 ✓
Identify the persons to whom one ought to offer one's seat on a crowded bus or train.
- 1. Only those persons who expressly request it — no support
- 2. Only persons one knows personally — no support
- 3. Older, pregnant or disabled persons — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. Only persons carrying bags — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 225, line 8: «On a crowded bus or train, offer your seat to an older, pregnant or disabled person, because they may need it more than you.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «older person» (+4); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following constitutes the appropriate manner of borrowing a ruler from a classmate?
- 1. To take it quietly while the classmate is out of the room — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To ask «May I borrow…?» and await consent — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. To take it if the classmate has two — no support
- 4. To take it and return it later unasked — 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 on escalators in London and many large cities.
- 1. One walks against the direction of travel — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. One stands on the right and walks on the left — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. One stands in the middle of each step — no support
- 4. One stands on the left and walks on the right — 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Ascertain the proper course where a borrowed item has been lost or broken.
- 1. The owner is informed, an apology made and replacement offered — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Another item is substituted secretly — no support
- 3. The owner is blamed for lending it — no support
- 4. The matter is concealed from the owner — 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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