The lunchroom and school trips

Tests: 12 of 20 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 17 of 24 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 258 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 Ohio has a peanut butter cookie in her bag, and her school is nut-free. Why should she leave it at home?

1. A trace of nut could harm an allergic classmate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Peanut butter is bad for her teeth — no support
3. Cookies are not allowed at lunch — no support
4. The teachers want to keep the cookies for themselves at break — 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 ✗

Why should you tell a supervisor about a spilled drink on the lunch hall floor?

1. Someone could slip on the wet floor — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The supervisor will want to drink it — no support
3. Spills make the food go cold — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. The floor might change colour — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 258, line 11: «If you spill a drink, you tell a lunch supervisor and help clean it up, because wet floors make people slip.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+6); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

On a farm trip in Kent, a boy feeds a goat and then eats his crisps without washing. What could happen?

1. His crisps will taste of goat — no support
2. Germs such as E. coli could make him ill — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nothing, as goats carry no germs on their mouths or fur — no support
4. The goat will follow him home — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 100, line 6: «A boy in Ohio watched a kid being pushed around every day and said nothing; one day the kid was hurt badly, and the boy wished he had told a teacher sooner.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «watch» (+2); the same thing acted on «kid» (+2). Against it: 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

Your friend keeps saying she is not hungry and never has lunch. What is the best thing to do?

1. Quietly tell a teacher so the school can help — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Tell everyone in your class so they can share — no support
3. Ask her parents yourself at the gate in front of everyone — no support
4. Ignore it, because it is not your business — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 91, line 19: «If a friend says he wants to disappear or hurt himself, tell a trusted adult straight away, even if he asked you to keep it secret.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same receiver «trusted adult» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

A boy in Sydney spends all his trip money in the first gift shop and has nothing left for the ice cream. What could have helped?

1. Borrowing from the teacher — no support
2. Deciding before the trip how much to spend — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Buying everything in the last shop instead — no support
4. Bringing no money at all — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 258, line 18: «Before a trip you decide how much money to spend on souvenirs and keep it safe.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «decide» (+3); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Why do teachers use a buddy system on trips?

1. Buddies must share their lunch — no support
2. It makes the coach quieter — no support
3. Nobody can get lost without someone noticing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Buddies carry each other's bags — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 221, line 22: «If someone is choking and cannot talk or breathe, shout for help and call the emergency number; trained adults use back blows and a hard hug from behind to pus…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «trained adults» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

In an art gallery, a sign says "Please do not touch". Why does the gallery ask this?

1. The artist might be watching from the corner — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Hands can damage precious exhibits — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The paintings are all still wet and sticky — no support
4. Touching sets off the fire alarm in the gallery — 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 8 · ★ · right ✓

You feel homesick at camp on the first night. What is true?

1. It will last the whole trip and get worse each night — no support
2. Only babies and very young children feel homesick — score 3
3. It means you should never go on camp again — no support
4. It is normal and usually passes quickly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 258, line 19: «On a residential trip (one where you stay away overnight) you label your things, and feeling homesick is normal and usually passes quickly.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «pass» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

You really dislike the fish pie served at school every Friday. What could you do?

1. Talk to your parents about a packed lunch on Fridays — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Throw the pie on the floor — no support
3. Refuse to eat anything at all on Fridays — score -1
4. Tell the cooks loudly that their food is horrible and you won't eat it — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 256, line 7: «A girl in Ireland felt unwell at school but told no adult and walked home alone; she fainted on the way, and her parents did not know where she was.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «tell» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

On the coach to a museum in Quebec, a girl begins to feel queasy (a bit sick). What should she do first?

1. Tell the teacher early — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. Walk up and down the bus — score 3
3. Read her book closely — score 3
4. Keep it secret until she is sick — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 215, line 20: «If anyone touches you in a way that feels wrong, it is never your fault; tell a trusted adult and keep telling until someone helps.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «trusted adult» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «tell» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

forgot my lunchbox at home, starving

1. Tell the teacher or the office — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Take a friend's lunch — no support
3. Walk home to get it — no support
4. Go hungry 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 ✓

spilt my juice all over the floor oops

1. Wait and see if someone slips on it, that's funny — no support
2. Tell a lunch supervisor and help clean it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Cover it with napkins and leave — no support
4. Walk away quickly — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 258, line 11: «If you spill a drink, you tell a lunch supervisor and help clean it up, because wet floors make people slip.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same thing acted on «lunch supervisor» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

on the coach trip, feeling queasy

1. Read your book to forget about it — no support
2. Say nothing at all till you arrive, it'll pass — no support
3. Eat lots of sweets, sugar helps — no support
4. Tell the teacher early and look at the horizon — ← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 258, line 15: «If you feel travel sick, you tell the teacher early, sit near the front and look out at the horizon (the far line where the land or sea meets the sky).», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «teacher» (+4); the same property (+4); the same action «tell» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

farm trip, just stroked the goats, lunch now yay

1. Eat with one hand only — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Lick your fingers clean — no support
3. Wash your hands well first — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Wipe them on your jeans and eat — 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 ✓

swap ur sandwich for my cookie? (he's got a nut allergy)

1. Fine if he picks the nuts out — no support
2. Don't swap, the wrong food can make him very ill — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Fine if it's only a small bite of the edge — no support
4. Only if the cookie looks nut-free from the outside — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 80, line 4: «Food can also make you ill: germs grow fast in warm food left out, in spoiled food, and in raw eggs, flour and meat, so food is washed, kept cool and cooked pr…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same doer «food» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★ · right ✓

on the trip, wanna pop into that shop, back in 2 mins

1. Go if a friend comes — no support
2. Stay with your group and your buddy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Go quick, nobody will notice — no support
4. Go and meet them at the bus — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 258, line 3: «On a trip you stay with your buddy all day, so nobody can get lost without someone noticing; in a museum you walk, talk quietly and do not touch exhibits unles…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «stay» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 17 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did the school nurse use an EpiPen when Sam's face swelled at lunch?

1. He had eaten too fast — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It was a dangerous allergic reaction — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He had caught a very bad cold that morning — no support
4. He was far too hot in the crowded lunchroom — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

did u hear a kid shared his peanut cookie and his mate with the allergy got rushed to hospital? real lesson?

1. Allergies only matter for adults — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Only whole peanuts are dangerous, not cookies with bits in — no support
3. A small bite of nut is always fine — no support
4. Even a small bite can be life-threatening; don't share — ✓ 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 19 · ★ · right ✓

apparently on the zoo trip a kid wandered off and they found him 2 hours later in the gift shop. what's the true lesson?

1. Wander off only if you know the way — score 6
2. Trips are too dangerous to go on at all — no support
3. Go to the gift shop and wait there if you get lost — no support
4. Stay with your buddy; tell a teacher if separated — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 258, line 14: «On a trip you stay with your buddy all day and tell the teacher if you get separated.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «stay» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 20 · ★ · wrong ✗

my mate says that boy never has lunch cos his family's poor, everyone knows. pass it on?

1. Yes, so everyone shares with him — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. No, tell a teacher quietly; don't spread it — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Yes, it's not a secret — no support
4. Yes, if you say it kindly and don't laugh — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 111, line 15: «In a family everyone shares the work, so you pause a game to help when you are asked.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «share» (+3); the same doer «everyone» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the reason for which many schools are nut-free.

1. Nuts are too costly for school meals — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Tiny traces of nut may harm a child with severe allergy — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nuts make classrooms untidy — no support
4. Nuts are forbidden by all religions and by the law of every country — 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 to travel sickness on a school trip?

1. Read a book to take one's mind off it — no support
2. Tell the teacher early, sit near the front, look at the horizon — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Look at a phone screen — no support
4. Sit at the very back of the coach and say nothing until arrival — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 258, line 14: «On a trip you stay with your buddy all day and tell the teacher if you get separated.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+5); the same receiver «teacher» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Select the response consistent with established practice upon spilling a drink in the lunchroom.

1. One covers it with a napkin and leaves it for the cleaning staff — score 4
2. One leaves it for others to notice — score 4
3. One tells a supervisor and helps clean it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. One blames the nearest pupil — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 258, line 11: «If you spill a drink, you tell a lunch supervisor and help clean it up, because wet floors make people slip.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «lunch supervisor» (+4); the same action «tell» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the course of action for a pupil separated from his group on a trip.

1. He goes home by himself on public transport — no support
2. He hides until found — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. He follows a stranger out — no support
4. He informs the teacher or a member of staff without delay — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 97, line 10: «Many schools have buddies to help new pupils find their way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); the same doer «new pupils» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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