Railway crossings, maps and addresses

Tests: 13 of 19 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 16 of 23 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 275 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 Kansas sees the crossing lights flashing but no barriers. What should she do?

1. Cross, because there are no barriers — no support
2. Look for the train and then decide — score 8
3. Cross if she runs very fast — score 3
4. Stop and wait, because a train is coming — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 275, line 7: «At a level crossing or railroad crossing you stop when the lights flash, the bells ring or the barriers come down, because a train is coming.», 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 «come» (+3); the same doer «train» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓

Which is the right order for an address?

1. Name, house number and street, town, county, postcode — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Name, postcode, town, county, house number and street — no support
3. Postcode, town, name, street — no support
4. Street, name, postcode, town — 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 ✗

Two boys put stones on the railway line. What could happen?

1. The stones would just be crushed into sand — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The train could come off the track and people be hurt — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The train would stop and wait — no support
4. Nothing, because trains are far too heavy to be moved by a few stones — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

A boy flying a kite near a railway line sees it caught on the overhead wires. What should he do?

1. Climb the pole to pull it off — no support
2. Let it go and tell an adult; never climb to get it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Throw a stone at it to free it — no support
4. Pull the string hard until it comes free of the wires — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 227, line 5: «Example: a boy in Auckland sees his blind neighbour at the bus stop. He says «Hello, Mr Reid, it's Tom from next door», and does not pat the guide dog, because…», 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 «say» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓

Which directions are the most helpful?

1. Turn left at the post office, then right at the park — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Go that way for a while — no support
3. It is near the place with the thing — no support
4. Follow the cars along the big road and you will soon see it — 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 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A boy in Aberdeen gets lost on the way home from a friend's. Which choice is best?

1. Sit down and wait until night — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Keep walking faster and faster — no support
3. Get into a car with a kind stranger — no support
4. Go into a shop and ask to phone home — ✓ 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 7 · ★★ · right ✓

Why do people get hit at level crossings even though they saw the train?

1. Trains are faster and closer than they look — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. Trains change direction suddenly — no support
3. People cannot hear trains at all, even when they are very near — no support
4. Trains have no lights at the front — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 275, line 5: «A boy in Ohio ducked under the lowered barrier at a railroad crossing because he could not see a train yet; the train came much faster than he thought and only…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «train» (+4); the same property (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓

The barrier is down at a crossing and a woman says, "The train always takes ages, let's go under." What is right?

1. Go around instead of under — no support
2. Go under only if you are small enough not to touch the barrier — no support
3. Go under quickly while she watches — no support
4. Wait, because a train may come very fast — ← 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 275, line 7: «At a level crossing or railroad crossing you stop when the lights flash, the bells ring or the barriers come down, because a train is coming.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+3); the same doer «train» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓

A girl reads a map without first finding north and where she is. What can go wrong?

1. Nothing, because maps work any way up you hold them — no support
2. She may set off in the wrong direction — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. The map will tear more easily — no support
4. The roads on the map will move — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 94, line 7: «A girl in Canada felt lonely at her new school and started talking online to a stranger who said he was a kid; he was an adult who asked for photos, and she to…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «start» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «girl» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓

lights flashing at the level crossing but no train yet, quick dash?

1. Yes, if you run — no support
2. Go round the barrier before it closes — no support
3. No, stop and wait, a train is coming — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Duck under the barrier — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 275, line 7: «At a level crossing or railroad crossing you stop when the lights flash, the bells ring or the barriers come down, because a train is coming.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+3); the same doer «train» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓

wanna put a coin on the track so it gets squashed

1. Yes, it's a fun trick — no support
2. Yes, if you stand back — no support
3. No, it's dangerous and can derail a train — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Only a small coin — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 275, line 12: «Putting coins or anything else on the track is dangerous and can derail a train, which means knock it off its rails, and people on it can be hurt.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «train» (+5); the same action «derail» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★ · right ✓

lost walking home, which way is it

1. Get in a car with a stranger who says he knows the way — no support
2. Keep walking faster — no support
3. Stop, think and go to a shop to call home — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Hide until it's dark — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 275, line 15: «If you get lost walking home, you stop, think and go to a safe place, such as a shop or a library, to call home; staying calm helps, because panic makes it har…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «call» (+3); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★★ · wrong ✗

writing the address, which comes first, the postcode?

1. The town first — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. The street name last, after the postcode — score -2
3. Yes, the postcode first — score -2
4. No, the name first, postcode at the end — ✓ the right answer · score -8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -2, tied with another option at -2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 18, line 18: «Never follow a person or a car to get details; staying safe comes first.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored -8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★★ · wrong ✗

barrier down but no train lol can we just go under

1. Yes, if you run — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, if you look both ways — no support
3. No, wait, a train can come faster than it looks — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, the barrier is just for cars, people can walk under it — 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 15 · ★★ · right ✓

wanna put a coin on the track to see it squashed

1. Yes, coins are too small to matter — score 1
2. Yes, trains are made to crush them flat, that's what the wheels are for — score 5
3. Yes, if you step back quickly — no support
4. No, it can derail a train and you could be hit — ← 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 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 275, line 12: «Putting coins or anything else on the track is dangerous and can derail a train, which means knock it off its rails, and people on it can be hurt.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «train» (+5); the same action «derail» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★★ · right ✓

mates climbing on the train wagons for pics, near the wires

1. Stay off, electricity can jump from the wires — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Fine if the train is not moving — no support
3. Fine if you do not touch the wires — score -5
4. Fine if you wear rubber shoes, they stop the electricity — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 275, line 6: «Two teenagers in England climbed onto a parked train wagon to take photos; electricity jumped from the overhead wire to one of them, and he was badly burned.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «electricity» (+2); the same place «overhead wire» (+2); the same action «jump» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 17 · ★★ · wrong ✗

did u hear some teens ducked under the crossing barriers and "the train missed them by a hair". lesson?

1. You can cross if you run quickly and keep looking at the train — score 2
2. Duck under fast if the train looks far — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Barriers are only meant for cars — no support
4. Never go round or under lowered barriers — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 275, line 11: «A train is faster and closer than it looks, so it is easy to misjudge.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+3); the same doer «train» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 18 · ★★ · wrong ✗

my mate says a kid put a coin on the track and the train "flew off the rails into a field". what's likely

1. Probably blown up, but things on tracks really are dangerous — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Coins on the track are always harmless — no support
3. Trains are too heavy to ever derail — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. It's exactly true, every word of it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 275, line 1: «A train is heavy and fast and needs a very long way to stop, and it is faster and closer than it looks, so at a level crossing or railroad crossing you stop wh…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «train» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 19 · ★★ · right ✓

everyone's saying the boy who got lost walking home is "too dumb to read a map". pass it on?

1. No, that's unkind; just learn to stop and go somewhere safe — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, it's true so it's fine — no support
3. Yes, and say it to his face — no support
4. Yes, and laugh about it at lunch — 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 ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct required at a level crossing when the warning lights flash and the barriers descend?

1. Persons shall cross rapidly before the barriers close fully — score 1
2. All persons shall stop and wait, since a train is approaching — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Persons may pass beneath the barriers if no train is visible — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Pedestrians may proceed whereas vehicles shall stop — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 275, line 7: «At a level crossing or railroad crossing you stop when the lights flash, the bells ring or the barriers come down, because a train is coming.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «train» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal reason for which nothing is to be climbed in the vicinity of overhead railway wires.

1. The wires are liable to fall in high wind — no support
2. Electricity may jump from the wires to a person without contact — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. The wires are heated to a high temperature — no support
4. The railway company prohibits climbing upon its structures for reasons of privacy — 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 275, line 6: «Two teenagers in England climbed onto a parked train wagon to take photos; electricity jumped from the overhead wire to one of them, and he was badly burned.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «electricity» (+2); the same place «overhead wire» (+2); the same action «jump» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the correct sequence in which the elements of a postal address are written.

1. Postcode, town, name, street, county — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Name, postcode, house number and street, county, then the town at the foot — no support
3. Town, name, postcode, street, county — no support
4. Name, house number and street, town, state or county, postcode — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that a child walking home has lost their way. Select the response consistent with established guidance.

1. The child shall sit upon the kerb until darkness falls — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. The child shall accept a lift from a passing motorist — score 5
3. The child shall continue walking until a familiar sight appears — score 5
4. The child shall stop, think and go somewhere safe to telephone home — ✓ the right answer · 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 268, line 25: «An airbag opens with enough force to injure a small child, which is why children ride in the back seat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ride» (+3); the same doer «children» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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