Walking on the pavement and crossing roads

Tests: 8 of 20 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 22 of 24 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 266 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 ✗

A girl in Toronto is playing catch near the road and the ball bounces into the street. What should she have done?

1. Played with a smaller ball — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Thrown the ball more gently on the sidewalk — no support
3. Run after the ball as quickly as she could, before a car came — no support
4. Played in a park or yard, away from the road — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 46, line 5: «In hot weather you also drink water often; a girl in Arizona who plays all afternoon in the heat without drinking may get a headache and feel dizzy and sick, w…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «play» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

A boy in Dublin sees a car stopped at a crossing for him. The lane beside it is busy. Why must he wait?

1. The rule is to wait for the driver to wave at him twice, then once more — no support
2. Only one lane has to stop for him — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. The stopped car might change its mind — score 4
4. A car in the next lane may not see him behind the stopped car — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 266, line 15: «When one car stops for you, you check that every other lane has stopped too before you pass in front of it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «other lane» (+5); the same action «stop» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which is true about a car travelling fast?

1. Cars stop more quickly when it rains — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Even if the driver sees you, they may not stop in time — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. A fast car is easier to stop than a slow one — score 5
4. It can stop at once if the driver brakes hard — 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 266, line 19: «A car going at speed needs many metres to stop, even when the driver has seen you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stop» (+3); the same doer «car» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

A girl's hat blows off into the road while she is halfway across. What is the safest thing to do?

1. Stand still in the road until a car stops — no support
2. Run back to grab it before a car comes — no support
3. Chase it, because hats do not cost much and the cars can see a hat clearly — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. Finish crossing and ask an adult to get it when it is safe — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 30, line 9: «Hunting animals have a strong instinct to chase things that run away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «chase» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «things» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Walking to school in Perth, a group of friends meets a man using a white cane on a narrow footpath. What should they do?

1. Call out to him to move to the edge — no support
2. Walk faster to get past him first — score 4
3. Go into single file and step aside so he can pass — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Keep walking together; he will hear them coming — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 266, line 12: «On a narrow pavement friends walk in a line and step aside for prams, wheelchairs, canes and walking frames, and pass slowly and politely, saying excuse me.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «step» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

At a school crossing in Sydney there is a lollipop man. When do you cross?

1. As soon as you see a gap in the cars — score 1
2. When he is looking the other way and busy with the cars on the other side — score 3
3. When your friends have already started — no support
4. When he has stopped the traffic and signals to you — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 266, line 16: «A school crossing guard, also called a lollipop man or lollipop lady, stops the traffic, and you cross only when they signal you.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «traffic» (+5); the same action «stop» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

A small boy in Phoenix wants to walk on the road side of his mother. Why should she keep him on the inside?

1. Cars like to see children on the road side — no support
2. It is easier to hold his hand there — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Children walk faster on the inside, away from the noise of the cars — no support
4. Small children can dart into the road without warning — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 266, line 4: «A boy in Leeds walks his little brother to the shop holding his hand, on the side away from the traffic; when a car backs out of a driveway, both stop and wait…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hold» (+3); the same thing acted on «hand» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why should you not run across a road even if no car is near?

1. You can trip and cannot react if a car appears — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Running makes cars speed up — score 5
3. Running across roads is slower than walking — score 5
4. Drivers only stop for people who walk — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 266, line 13: «You never run across a road: you stop, look and walk, because a running child can trip and drivers cannot stop in time.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «drivers» (+5); the same action «stop» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

A boy in Glasgow stands right at the kerb on a rainy day. What is likely to happen?

1. A passing car may splash him with puddle water — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Cars will stop to let him stay dry — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. The rain will stop sooner for him — no support
4. Nothing, because cars always steer around puddles near the kerb — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. 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 action «stay» (+3); the same doer «boy» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which is a good reason not to pat a dog tied up outside a shop?

1. It will run away if you touch it — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Dogs never like to be patted by anyone they do not know at all — score 5
3. Its owner might give you a reward — no support
4. Alone and tied up, it may be nervous and snap — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 22, line 1: «Before you touch any dog, even a friendly-looking one, ask the owner «May I pat your dog?» and wait for a yes; if there is no owner, do not touch it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «dog» (+5); the same action «touch» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

car backing out of the driveway, i'm on the pavement

1. Wave and keep walking — no support
2. Run past behind it quickly — no support
3. Stop and let it pass — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Knock on the window to say hello — 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 266, line 8: «When a car comes out of a driveway across the pavement, you stop and let it pass, because the driver may not see a child behind it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pass» (+3); the same doer «pavement» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

dropped my hat in the middle of the road while crossing!

1. Stop and pick it up — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Run back for it now before a car squashes it — no support
3. Kick it to the other side — no support
4. Leave it, finish crossing, get it later when safe — ✓ 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 ✓

one-way street, only need to look one way yeah?

1. Don't look, just walk — no support
2. No, still look both ways — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Only look up the road — no support
4. Yes, cars only come one way — 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 266, line 18: «Even on a one-way street you look both ways, because bikes, scooters and some buses may come the other way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+3); the same thing acted on «ways» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

car stopped for me but the other lane's still going

1. Run across fast — no support
2. Wave to the other cars to stop — no support
3. Check every lane has stopped before you go — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Go, one car stopping is enough for all the lanes — 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 266, line 15: «When one car stops for you, you check that every other lane has stopped too before you pass in front of it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stop» (+3); the same doer «other lane» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗

can i text while crossing, it's a small road

1. No, phone away, look and listen till you're across — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, if you walk fast — no support
3. Yes, if you keep one earbud out — no support
4. Yes, small roads have no cars — ← Mova's choice · 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 235, line 10: «On a wet day walk away from the kerb, because cars splash and wet roads make it harder for cars to stop.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wet roads» (+2); the same thing acted on «car» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★ · right ✓

ball rolled into the road!!

1. Run and grab it quickly before a car comes — score 4
2. Dash out between the cars — no support
3. Kick it back from the kerb — score 4
4. Let it go and get an adult to fetch it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 234, line 5: «Two boys in Minnesota walked onto a frozen pond to fetch a ball; the ice cracked and one fell through into freezing water, and firefighters had to rescue him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fetch» (+3); the same doer «two boys» (+2); the same thing acted on «ball» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 17 · ★ · right ✓

Why are children hit so often when they step out between parked cars?

1. Children are always seen there, as drivers look out for them — score 5
2. Parked cars make roads wider — score 4
3. Drivers go faster near parked cars — score 4
4. Drivers cannot see them until it is too late — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 266, line 8: «When a car comes out of a driveway across the pavement, you stop and let it pass, because the driver may not see a child behind it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+3); the same thing acted on «child» (+2); the same doer «driver» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 18 · ★ · wrong ✗

did u hear a kid was walking across the road on her phone and didn't see the car? real lesson?

1. Cars always see people on phones — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Look up and put the phone away when crossing — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Walk faster while texting so you're in the road for less time — no support
4. Phones help you hear traffic — no support

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 266, line 22: «People looking at phones while crossing miss cars they would otherwise have seen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+3); the same doer «cars» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 19 · ★ · wrong ✗

apparently a car stopped for a boy at the crossing, he walked out and a car in the next lane hit him. what's the true lesson?

1. Run when one car stops — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Only trucks are dangerous — no support
3. Check every lane has stopped before passing a stopped car — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. One stopped car means all the cars in every other lane will stop as well — score 4

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 266, line 19: «A car going at speed needs many metres to stop, even when the driver has seen you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stop» (+3); the same doer «car» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 20 · ★ · right ✓

my mate says on a one-way street u only need to look one way. right?

1. No, look both ways; bikes and buses may come the other way — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Yes, unless it's raining — no support
3. No, but only at night, when you can't see the arrows painted on the road — no support
4. Yes, traffic only goes one way — 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 266, line 18: «Even on a one-way street you look both ways, because bikes, scooters and some buses may come the other way.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «bikes» (+2); the same action «come» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the correct manner of crossing a road.

1. Crossing while looking at a phone, provided one walks quickly — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Stopping, looking and walking, never running — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Running so as to cross quickly — no support
4. Crossing between parked cars — 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 11, line 17: «Every year many walkers are hurt because they were looking at a phone instead of the road.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following constitutes the appropriate response upon dropping something in the road while crossing?

1. One waits in the road for a gap — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is left, the crossing finished, and retrieved later — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. One runs back for it immediately, before any vehicle approaches — no support
4. One stops at once to pick it up — 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 · right ✓

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a car travelling at speed.

1. It needs many metres to stop even when the driver has seen you — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
2. It cannot stop until the road ends — score 5
3. It stops within one metre — score 5
4. It may stop instantly at any speed — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 11, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 266, line 19: «A car going at speed needs many metres to stop, even when the driver has seen you.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «many metres» (+5); the same action «need» (+3); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same doer «car» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the reason for which a small child is held on the side away from the traffic.

1. Small children walk more slowly — score 5
2. It keeps the child out of the puddles that collect along the kerb — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Small children may dart into the road — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. It is required only at night — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 251, line 1: «Little children are still learning how to play: they cry when they lose, wander off at the park and put small things in their mouths, so an older child plays g…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same doer «older child» (+2); the same thing acted on «children» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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