Running games and the playground

Tests: 11 of 19 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 23 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 247 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 ✗

Your mum said to be home at six, and the game is exciting at five to six. What should you do?

1. Stay until it gets dark — no support
2. Go home at the agreed time — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Stay ten more minutes — no support
4. Ask a friend to phone mum — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 3, line 5: «If something is too heavy, ask an adult or a friend to help, or use a trolley; a girl in Phoenix moving a big bag of soil asks her dad to take one end instead…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «adult» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «ask» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

A boy in Melbourne runs to the bus holding a sharpened pencil. What could happen if he trips?

1. The pencil would just break without hurting anyone — no support
2. Nothing, because pencils are never really sharp enough to hurt — no support
3. He would run faster — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. The pencil could stab his eye or body — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 245, line 6: «A boy in Texas ran across the classroom holding open scissors; he tripped and the blade went into his leg, and he needed stitches.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «run» (+2); the same doer «boy» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

In the school relay, Ava throws the baton to her teammate and it falls. What went wrong?

1. She should have thrown it higher and harder — no support
2. The baton should be passed into the hand — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. Only the teacher may pass it — score 9
4. Batons should always be rolled along the ground — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 247, line 12: «In a relay you pass the baton into the next runner's hand; in a three-legged race you start slowly and move together.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «baton» (+5); the same action «pass» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

In red light green light, Jack moves on red but says he did not. Why does this spoil the game?

1. Red light green light has no real rules, so nothing is spoilt — no support
2. The caller will get tired — no support
3. The game only works when people play fair — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Jack will run too fast for the others to catch up — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 242, line 1: «Games only work when everyone plays by the same rules. Before a new game, read the rules together or ask someone who knows it, then deal fairly, shuffle well a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «work» (+4); the same doer «games» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

A girl in Colorado sees that the climbing frame has soft bark under it but the bars over the path have concrete. Where should she not hang upside down?

1. Over the soft bark — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Over sand — no support
3. Anywhere with mats — no support
4. Over the concrete — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · right ✓

Why can a scarf be dangerous on a slide or climbing frame?

1. It keeps you too warm — score 5
2. It can catch and strangle you — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. It makes you slide too slowly — score 5
4. It gets dirty — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 247, line 19: «Ropes, scarves and hoodie cords can catch on equipment and strangle, so they never go near climbing frames.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «strangle» (+6); the same doer «ropes» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Two children run onto the trampoline while another is still jumping. What is likely?

1. They collide and get hurt — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. They all bounce higher safely — no support
3. The trampoline gets stronger — no support
4. Nothing happens to anyone at all — 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 55, line 5: «If you see bullying, don't join in or laugh; stand with the child who is hurt, invite them to be with you, and tell an adult; when one boy in a Seattle playgro…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

A wrestling game turns into real hitting and the other child does not stop when you say so. What next?

1. Hit back harder — no support
2. Tell an adult — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Keep quiet so you are not called a tattletale — no support
4. Go home and never tell anyone — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 247, line 14: «If a game gets too rough, you say stop, and tell an adult if it does not stop.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+1); the same receiver «adult» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

On a hot August day in Florida, a boy sits straight down on a black plastic slide in full sun. What might happen?

1. Nothing at all — no support
2. He would slide too slowly — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. The slide would feel cold — no support
4. He could burn his legs — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 231, line 5: «A boy in Montana jumped across a fast river on wet stones; he slipped, the current pulled him under and his dad only just reached him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «slip» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

street lights just came on but we're mid-game

1. Hide so mum can't find you — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Go home now, like you agreed — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Stay out till it's really dark — no support
4. Finish the game first — 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 ✗

tag's getting really rough, kids shoving

1. Keep playing and hope it stops by itself — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Shove back even harder so they stop — no support
3. Say stop, and tell an adult if it doesn't stop — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Run away and say nothing — 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 ✓

wanna hang upside down on the monkey bars, it's just concrete under

1. Yes, if you hold on tight — score 0
2. Only if a friend catches you — no support
3. No, not without a soft surface below — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. Yes, concrete is fine for a short time — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 247, line 16: «On monkey bars you use both hands, everyone goes the same way, and nobody hangs upside down without a soft surface below.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same circumstance (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

running to the bus stop w a lolly in my mouth lol

1. Take it out first, never run with it in your mouth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Run faster so it's over sooner — no support
3. Bite it in half and keep running, then it's short — no support
4. Hold it tight with your teeth only, no hands — 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 · ★ · right ✓

chase near the gate, it's more fun there

1. Play away from the gate and the road — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Fine if you look first — no support
3. Fine, cars go slow by schools — no support
4. Only if a friend keeps watch — 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 ✓

mate bumped heads with me, now he's sleepy and feels sick

1. Give him a fizzy drink n a biscuit — no support
2. Get him to run it off round the field — no support
3. Let him have a nap n sleep it off — no support
4. Tell an adult now, he needs checking — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 9, 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 same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+5); the same receiver «adult» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why are so many crashes in tag about running backwards?

1. Poles move about in the playground — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Tag is only really safe when everyone runs backwards — no support
3. Running backwards is always much slower — no support
4. You can't see what's behind you — ✓ 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 a kid ran out between parked cars after a ball and a van didn't see him? real lesson?

1. Don't run out between parked cars; drivers can't see you — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. Run fast so the van can't hit you — no support
3. Only vans are dangerous, not cars — no support
4. Parked cars protect you from traffic — 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 5, line 5: «Drivers often do not see children, so try to catch the driver's eye; a boy in Austin waits at a driveway until the reversing car has stopped and the driver has…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+5); the same doer «drivers» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 18 · ★ · wrong ✗

apparently a boy fell off the monkey bars and broke his arm in 5 places, my mate saw the bone. what's the true lesson?

1. Only small kids fall off monkey bars — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Use both hands and go the same way; falls are common — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Monkey bars should be banned everywhere — no support
4. Hang upside down for a better grip — 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 39, line 6: «A boy in Texas stayed up past midnight every school night; he got grumpy, forgot things, and fell off his bike because he was too tired to concentrate.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall off» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 19 · ★ · right ✓

my mate says a kid ran with a lolly in his mouth and the stick went through his throat. probably exaggerated, but the lesson?

1. Never run with anything in your mouth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Run slowly with lollies and it's ok — no support
3. Only sharp sweets are dangerous to run with, not lollies — no support
4. Lollies are fine if they're the small ones — 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 · wrong ✗

Identify the most common cause of playground injury.

1. Sitting on benches — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Falls from monkey bars — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Running on grass — no support
4. Drinking from fountains — 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 · right ✓

Which of the following constitutes the appropriate response when a game becomes too rough?

1. To say stop and to tell an adult if it continues — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. To become rougher in return — no support
3. To continue so as not to spoil the game for the others — score 1
4. To leave without saying anything to anyone whatever — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 247, line 14: «If a game gets too rough, you say stop, and tell an adult if it does not stop.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+5); the same receiver «adult» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Select the response consistent with established practice concerning a metal slide in summer sun.

1. It is used at once, since metal stays cool in the sun — score -1
2. It is cooled with a cold drink — no support
3. It is sat upon without testing — no support
4. It is touched with the hand first, as it may burn — ← 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 -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 228, line 14: «Metal and plastic in strong sun can burn skin, so touch a slide with your hand before sliding.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «touch» (+1); the same thing acted on «slide» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the signs after a head bump that require medical attention.

1. Wishing to play again at once with friends — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Sleepiness, sickness or confusion — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A good appetite and a cheerful smile — no support
4. A small pink mark that fades within the hour — 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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