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Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play

Tests: 7 of 22 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 20 of 26 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 293 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 boy sees an influencer's perfect bedroom online and feels bad about his own. What should he remember?

  • 1. Everyone else's rooms really are perfect, and only his is a mess — no support
  • 2. Online pictures show the best bits, and real life has ups and downs — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. He should buy everything she has — ← Mova's choice · score 1
  • 4. Messy rooms only happen in his house — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 259, line 5: «A boy in Wellington gets his own library card from the public library with his mum; now he can borrow many books for free and only buys the ones he loves.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «buy» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). 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 girl wants a $30 toy and gets $5 a week. What is the best plan?

  • 1. Ask for the toy every day — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 2. Borrow $30 from a classmate — no support
  • 3. Spend it all each week and just hope the toy turns up — score 5
  • 4. Save part of it each week until she has enough — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 241, line 3: «Big children's toys need sense too: drive a remote-control car away from the street, fly a drone only where allowed, aim water guns at the body, not the face,…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Your little sister asks why the Moon changes shape and you don't know. What is a good answer?

  • 1. «I'll make something up for you» — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 2. «Let's look it up together» — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. «Questions like that are silly» — no support
  • 4. «Nobody knows, so stop asking» — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 213, line 20: «Older brothers and sisters need time with friends their age, so you find your own fun and do something together another time.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «something» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Which kitchen job is fine for a child to do alone?

  • 1. Drying plastic cups and plates — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Draining a pan of boiling pasta — no support
  • 3. Washing the sharp carving knife — no support
  • 4. Pouring boiling water into a sink — 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 friend at a sleepover opens the bathroom door without knocking. What is the polite rule?

  • 1. Wait outside for a moment and then open it anyway — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 2. Knock, because bathroom time is private — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Shout through the door instead — no support
  • 4. Just walk in if the light is on — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 101, line 13: «When home alone for a short time, follow your parents' rules, do not open the door to strangers and know how to call them.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «rules» (+2). Against it: a different action (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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which is TRUE about a lot of screen time?

  • 1. It makes everyone feel happier — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. It can affect mood and sleep — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. It helps you sleep more deeply — no support
  • 4. It has no effect on how you feel — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

A boy in Ireland is the only one in his group without a phone. Which is TRUE?

  • 1. He should take a friend's phone home to use at night — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 2. His parents must not love him — score -1
  • 3. He will never be allowed a phone — no support
  • 4. Families choose different times for a phone, and that is fine — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 284, line 6: «A boy in Ohio took a dare to jump from a garage roof onto a trampoline; he missed the edge and broke both wrists, and spent the summer in casts.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Your friend keeps winning card games by peeking at your cards. What is likely to happen?

  • 1. He will become a famous player — no support
  • 2. Everyone will want to play with him even more — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 3. The game will get fairer — no support
  • 4. People will stop wanting to play with him — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 126, line 6: «A boy in Leeds never said sorry after he knocked his friend's tower down on purpose; his friend stopped playing with him, and the fight lasted for weeks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «play» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

A girl started growing faster than her friends and gets teased. Which is TRUE?

  • 1. Bodies change at different times for everyone — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Everyone grows at exactly the same age, so she is ill — score 1
  • 3. Her friends will never grow — no support
  • 4. She is growing the wrong way — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 293, line 6: «A girl in Leeds compared herself to perfect pictures online for months and started to feel ugly and sad; her mum helped her take a break, and she felt better.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+2); the same thing acted on «girl» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

everyone on insta has a perfect life, mine is boring

  • 1. Post more pics to catch up with them — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Pics show only the best bits, everyone has ups and downs — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Yes, other people's lives are always perfect, every single day — no support
  • 4. You need more followers to be happy — 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 · ★ · right ✓

got $10 pocket money, spend it all on lollies?

  • 1. Save it all and never spend any — score 4
  • 2. Give it all to your friends — score 4
  • 3. Save some and spend some wisely — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 13
  • 4. Spend it all, money is for spending — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 13, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 293, line 9: «With pocket money, save some and spend some wisely; money runs out if you spend it all at once.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); the same action «spend» (+4); the same thing acted on «some» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

im the only one in my class without a phone 😭

  • 1. Everyone your age has one by law — no support
  • 2. Your parents must buy one now — no support
  • 3. You'll fall behind at school without one in your bag — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 4. Lots of kids don't, each family decides when — ✓ the right answer · 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 254, line 19: «Homework practises what you learnt; if you keep skipping it, you fall behind and it gets harder to catch up.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall behind» (+4); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

mate peeks at the cards when we play, its fine innit

  • 1. Yes, it's just a bit of fun, everyone peeks a bit — no support
  • 2. No, cheating spoils the game and people stop playing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
  • 3. It's fine if he's losing — no support
  • 4. Yes, if he only peeks once — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 293, line 15: «Cheating spoils a game, and people will not want to play with a cheat; play fairly.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «spoil» (+4); the same thing acted on «game» (+4); the same doer «cheating» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

everyone online looks perfect, im so ugly

  • 1. Stay online more to look like them — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. They really are perfect, all of the time — no support
  • 3. Pictures show the best bits; talk to someone you trust — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. You need filters too — 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 ✓

just got pocket money, spend it all now?

  • 1. Hide it and forget it — no support
  • 2. Lend it all to a friend — no support
  • 3. Save some for later — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 4. Spend it all, more comes next week — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 293, line 9: «With pocket money, save some and spend some wisely; money runs out if you spend it all at once.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «save» (+4); the same thing acted on «some» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★ · right ✓

mate cheats every game, nobody wants to play with him

  • 1. They're just jealous — no support
  • 2. Cheating is fine if you win — no support
  • 3. Only cheating at cards counts, other games don't — no support
  • 4. Cheating spoils games and loses friends — ← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 293, line 15: «Cheating spoils a game, and people will not want to play with a cheat; play fairly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «spoil» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 17 · ★ · right ✓

did u hear a girl spent all her birthday money "in one day on sweets" and then "couldn't even buy her mum a present". lesson?

  • 1. Birthday money doesn't need a plan, you can't run out — score 4
  • 2. Spend it fast before it's lost — score 4
  • 3. Sweets are always worth it — no support
  • 4. Save some and spend some; money runs out if you spend it all — ← 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, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 293, line 9: «With pocket money, save some and spend some wisely; money runs out if you spend it all at once.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «save» (+4); the same thing acted on «some» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 18 · ★ · wrong ✗

my mate says a boy played games "for 3 days straight without sleeping". what's prob exaggerated

  • 1. That screens affect sleep — no support
  • 2. That games can be fun for hours — score 1
  • 3. The 3 days; but too much screen time does hurt sleep and mood — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. That boys play games — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 248, line 6: «A boy in Ohio played soccer without shin pads; a hard tackle cracked his shin bone and he was in a cast for six weeks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «play» (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 19 · ★ · wrong ✗

kids are saying the girl with no phone is "so poor lol". pass it on?

  • 1. Yes, and leave her out of the chat — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 2. No, every family decides when the time's right; that's unkind — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Yes, and ask her why in front of everyone at break — score 3
  • 4. Yes, she must be poor — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 286, line 6: «A girl in Florida was left to watch her little brother by the pool and went inside for a minute to get a drink; he slipped in, and only her mum's quick swim sa…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 20 · ★ · wrong ✗

everyone in my class has a boyfriend or girlfriend already and I don't, I'm 10, is something wrong with me?

  • 1. Yes, you should copy what older kids do — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Yes, you must get one this week — no support
  • 3. No, lots of kids don't, and there's no rush at all — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Yes, pretend you have one so nobody laughs — 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 21 · ★ · wrong ✗

classmate: "if you don't ask Mia out you're a loser, everyone's counting on it" — what's right?

  • 1. Tease Mia so they stop asking — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Pay someone to ask her for you — no support
  • 3. You don't have to; do what feels right for you, not what others push — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Ask her, because everyone is counting on you and you can't let them down — 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 22 · ★ · right ✓

online someone says "send a pic of u to my bf so he can see if ur cute" — what do you do?

  • 1. Ask them to pay you first, then send it — score 7
  • 2. Send one, it's only a face — score 3
  • 3. Send a pic of your friend instead — score 3
  • 4. Don't send it, block them and tell a trusted adult — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 11, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 58, line 4: «Many families choose a secret family password: if someone says «Your mum sent me to pick you up» and does not know the password, you do not go, you tell a trus…», 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 (+4); the same action «tell» (+3). · 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 pictures commonly published online?

  • 1. They are always taken without any editing and show exactly what happened — no support
  • 2. They often show only the best moments, while real life has ups and downs — ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 3. They show life exactly as it is — ← Mova's choice · score 8
  • 4. They show only the worst moments — 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 293, line 2: «Online pictures usually show only people's best moments. Behind every smiling holiday photo there are ordinary and sad days too, because real life has ups and…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «show» (+2); the same doer «online pictures» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal reason for which a weekly sum of money ought to be planned.

  • 1. Money spent on the first day cannot be spent later — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 2. Money must be spent before the week ends, or it is taken back — score 4
  • 3. Planning doubles the sum available — no support
  • 4. Money loses its value after one day — 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 293, line 20: «Money spent in the first day of the week cannot be spent later; that is why people plan.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «spend» (+4); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that a child assists in the kitchen. Select the response consistent with established guidance.

  • 1. The child shall carry boiling water unaided — score 3
  • 2. The child shall handle all the knives alone, so as to learn quickly — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 3. Help shall be sought only for washing up — no support
  • 4. An adult shall be asked to help with sharp knives and very hot water — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 95, line 3: «Parents are people too: they argue sometimes, get ill, sad or very tired, and work long hours; children never cause grown-ups' arguments, and they can help a l…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); the same doer «children» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

State the consequence of cheating in a game.

  • 1. It has no effect upon friendships — no support
  • 2. It spoils the game, and others will not wish to play — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 3. It improves the game for every player and makes it more exciting — score 3
  • 4. It is permitted if the game is long — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 242, line 23: «Being a bad loser or a cheat makes others stop wanting to play with you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «play» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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