Clocks, calendars and planning the day

Tests: 5 of 20 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 15 of 24 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 263 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 ✗

In March a family in New York forgets to put the clocks forward. What happens on Monday morning?

1. They arrive an hour early — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. They arrive a day late — no support
3. They arrive an hour late — ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. They arrive on time — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 263, line 9: «For daylight saving time clocks go forward one hour in spring and back one hour in autumn: «spring forward, fall back».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «clocks» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓

A boy in Melbourne tells his pen pal in London that he will spend Christmas at the beach. Why is that normal for him?

1. December is summer in Australia — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Australians move Christmas to June — no support
3. Australian beaches are heated in winter — no support
4. It is always winter at Christmas everywhere — 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 ✗

A boy in Toronto reads an email from his aunt in Sydney: "Party on 5/6". When is the party?

1. May 6 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 6 May — no support
3. 5 June — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. 5 May — 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 ✗

The short hand is between 7 and 8, and the long hand points to 9. What time is it?

1. 8:45 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 9:35 — no support
3. 7:09 — no support
4. 7:45 — ✓ 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 girl in Scotland is told to be home by dusk in both June and December. Why must she come home earlier in December?

1. The clocks stop in December — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Dusk always comes at 5 o'clock — no support
3. The sun sets much earlier in winter — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Her parents are much stricter in the winter months — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Your mum and dad both planned something for Saturday afternoon, and it clashes with your party. What could have prevented this?

1. Keeping plans in your head — score 3
2. Having more Saturdays — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Not telling anyone about plans — score 3
4. Writing all events on a family calendar — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 263, line 19: «Most people think jobs are quicker than they really are, so timing them once helps you plan.», 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 «jobs» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

How many days are there in November?

1. 29 — no support
2. 31 — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. 28 — no support
4. 30 — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 263, line 11: ««Thirty days has September, April, June and November»; February has 28 days, or 29 in a leap year (every fourth year), and the other months have 31.», 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 «31» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A boy plays video games all Saturday morning and then worries all afternoon about his unfinished homework. What would have made his day better?

1. Never doing homework at weekends — score 5
2. Playing even longer to forget the homework — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. Doing the homework at midnight, when the house is quiet and nobody can disturb him — score 5
4. Doing the homework first, then playing without worry — ✓ the right answer · 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 80, line 6: «A boy in California played games until 2 a.m. most nights; at school he fell asleep in class, forgot his homework and snapped at his friends.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «forget» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «homework» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A boy in Florida writes his birthday, 12 July, as 7/12. His cousin in England reads it as what date?

1. 7 July — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. 12 December — score 6
3. 12 July — score 6
4. 7 December — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 130, line 12: «When you arrive, you say happy birthday to the birthday child and hello to the parents.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «happy birthday» (+4); the same action «say» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗

In autumn the clocks "fall back". What does that mean?

1. Clocks stop for the winter — no support
2. Clocks go back one hour — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Clocks go forward one hour — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Clocks fall off the wall — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 263, line 9: «For daylight saving time clocks go forward one hour in spring and back one hour in autumn: «spring forward, fall back».», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «clocks» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓

clocks change this wknd, spring forward or back?

1. In spring clocks go forward one hour — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. They go back one hour in spring — score 4
3. Clocks never change in spring — score 4
4. They go forward two hours — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 263, line 2: «With daylight saving time, clocks go forward one hour in spring and back one hour in autumn: «spring forward, fall back»; because the seasons are opposite sout…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «clocks» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗

the long hand's on the 4, how many minutes past

1. 14 minutes past — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 4 minutes past — no support
3. 40 minutes past — no support
4. 20 minutes past — ✓ 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 · ★★ · right ✓

my aussie pen pal says xmas is in summer there?? that's wrong innit

1. It's spring there at Christmas, summer comes in March — no support
2. Yes, Christmas is always in winter — no support
3. Yes, she's joking — no support
4. No, it's right, their summer is December to February — ← 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 263, line 3: «In Australia and New Zealand summer is December to February, so Christmas is in summer; and the date 3/4 means 3 April in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Ze…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «february» (+4); the same doer «summer» (+2); the same thing acted on «december» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★★ · wrong ✗

uk friend's party on 3/4, is that march?

1. Yes, it's March 4 everywhere — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, in the UK 3/4 means 3 April — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It's the 34th day of the year — no support
4. It means 4 March in the UK — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

wanna start the hike at 3, sunset's at 5

1. Run it to be quicker — no support
2. Go, it's only a few hours, you'll be back in time — no support
3. Go and use a phone torch — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Go earlier or pick a shorter walk — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 108, line 18: «In a power cut, use a torch (flashlight) rather than candles, and keep the fridge closed so the food stays cold for hours.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Why did Mia get stuck at the bus stop?

1. She took the wrong ticket — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Buses never run at night — no support
3. She didn't check when the last bus left — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Her bus broke down — 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 17 · ★★ · wrong ✗

missed the last bus, it's dark n i'm alone

1. Wait quietly and tell nobody, someone will come by in the end — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Walk home alone on the dark road — no support
3. Hitchhike with a stranger — no support
4. Call your parent or the emergency number if unsafe — ✓ 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

did u hear some kids went for a walk at 4 in winter and it got dark and they got lost and cold? real lesson?

1. Dark doesn't matter if you know the area well enough — score -1
2. Walks are only safe in summer — no support
3. Stay out until your parents call — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. In winter it gets dark early; be back before dusk — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 126, line 3: «A real apology takes responsibility: "Sorry I called you stupid" is real, "Sorry if you were upset" is not, and sorry means you try not to do it again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+2); the same doer «parent» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 19 · ★★ · right ✓

apparently a family flew to Australia for Christmas and it was like 40 degrees and they couldn't believe it. what's true?

1. It's always winter at Christmas everywhere — no support
2. Australia has no Christmas — no support
3. It was a freak heatwave only — no support
4. Christmas is in summer there — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 263, line 12: «In Australia and New Zealand summer is December to February, and Christmas is in summer.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «christmas» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 20 · ★★ · right ✓

my mate says when the clocks go forward u lose a whole day. right?

1. Yes, 12 hours, so you skip a night — no support
2. No, clocks go forward one hour in spring — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. No, they go back a day — no support
4. Yes, a whole day goes — 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 263, line 2: «With daylight saving time, clocks go forward one hour in spring and back one hour in autumn: «spring forward, fall back»; because the seasons are opposite sout…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «clocks» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify which hand of an analogue clock shows the hour.

1. The long hand — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. The short hand — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. The thinnest hand — no support
4. The red hand — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 263, line 1: «On an analogue clock (a clock with hands) the short hand shows the hour and the long hand shows the minutes; each number on the face stands for 5 minutes, so t…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «long hand» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises daylight saving time?

1. Clocks change only in the southern hemisphere — score 5
2. Clocks change by one day each season — score 5
3. Clocks go forward one hour in spring and back in autumn — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. Clocks go back one hour in spring and forward in autumn — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 263, line 9: «For daylight saving time clocks go forward one hour in spring and back one hour in autumn: «spring forward, fall back».», 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 doer «clocks» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the date written 3/4 in the United Kingdom.

1. It signifies the third of April — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. It signifies the fourth of March — score 4
3. It signifies the third quarter of the year — score 4
4. It signifies a fraction of a day — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 263, line 3: «In Australia and New Zealand summer is December to February, so Christmas is in summer; and the date 3/4 means 3 April in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Ze…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2); the same doer «date» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Ascertain the number of days in the month of November.

1. Thirty — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Twenty-nine — no support
3. Twenty-eight — no support
4. Thirty-one — 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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