Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows

Tests: 6 of 18 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 18 of 22 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 300 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 in Ontario is toasting a marshmallow and his little sister wants to play tag around the fire. What should he say?

1. It is fine if we hold hands — score 5
2. No running near the fire; we could fall in — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Run quickly round the fire so the smoke cannot follow us — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Only run on the far side of the fire — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 300, line 6: «A boy in Canada ran around the campfire playing tag and tripped; his hand landed in the embers and he needed treatment for burns for weeks.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «campfire» (+5); the same action «run» (+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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which first aid for a burn is right?

1. Blowing on it hard for a minute or two — no support
2. Cool running water for 20 minutes — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Butter or cooking oil rubbed in gently — no support
4. Ice cubes held on the burn for an hour — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 290, line 20: «Butter, oil and toothpaste keep the heat in a burn; cool running water for 20 minutes is what helps.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same place «burn» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

A family in Wales wants to cross a fast stream on stepping stones. Why is this risky?

1. Wet stones are slippery and a fall into a river is dangerous — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. The stones get too hot in the sun and burn your feet — no support
3. Stepping stones always sink — no support
4. Fish nest under the stones — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 300, line 12: «Only cross a river where there is a bridge, or with a grown-up who says it is safe; wet stones and logs are slippery.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «wet stones» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

What would happen to a plastic bottle cap left on the beach?

1. It would turn into sand by morning and harm nothing — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It could be washed into the sea and eaten by a bird or turtle — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It would be eaten by crabs and do no harm — no support
4. It would dissolve safely in the water — 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 ✗

Why do lifeguards blow the whistle when children run around a pool?

1. Running splashes the lifeguard — score 2
2. Running makes the water in the pool cold for the swimmers — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Wet tiles are slippery and falls cause head injuries — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Running uses up the pool's air — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 232, line 5: «A boy of nine swam out past the flags at Bondi; the rip pulled him out and lifeguards could not reach him in time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «reach» (+3); the same doer «lifeguards» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Where do most young children drown?

1. In home pools when no one is watching — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Only in big public pools with lifeguards — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Only in winter, when the water is cold — no support
4. Only in the deep sea, far from the beach — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 109, line 22: «Small children can drown in a few centimetres of water in seconds and without a sound.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «small children» (+3); the same action «drown» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

A car in Arizona drives into a flooded dip in the road. What could happen?

1. The car would always drive out safely — score 3
2. Water about 30 cm deep could float the car away — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. The car is too heavy to move, so it is perfectly safe — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. The water would just clean the tyres — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 41, line 4: «In the USA and Canada cars drive on the right, so the nearest cars come from your left; in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand cars drive on the left, s…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «nearest cars» (+5); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

A girl runs towards a rainbow to find the end. What will happen?

1. She will find it at the next hill — score 5
2. She can never reach it, because it moves as she moves — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. She can touch it if she runs fast enough to get there before it fades — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. She will find the end in the rain — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 286, line 4: «Example: a girl in Edinburgh finds a fiver in a second-hand coat. She shows her mum, who takes it back to the charity shop. A tiny coin on an empty pavement is…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «way» (+5); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

my dad reckons put butter on a burn, true?

1. Yes, butter cools it down fast — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. No, use toothpaste instead — no support
3. No, cool running water for 20 minutes — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, or put ice on it — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 290, line 2: «Small injuries need simple, correct care. A cut is washed with clean water, pressed with a clean cloth to stop bleeding and covered. A bruise is cooled with a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cool» (+5); the same thing acted on «burn» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

roads flooded, only like ankle deep, we'll ride thru

1. Walk your bike through instead — no support
2. Yes, ankle deep is always safe on a bike — no support
3. Yes, ride fast so you don't fall — no support
4. No, turn around, moving water can knock you down — ← 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 300, line 18: «If floodwater covers a road or path, turn around; never walk, ride or drive through it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); the same action «turn around» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

gonna dunk my cousin in the pool as a joke

1. Fine, if it's only for a second or two — no support
2. Fine in the shallow end — no support
3. No, never hold anyone under, people can drown — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Fine if he's a good swimmer — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 300, line 16: «Never push, dunk or hold anyone under water, even in fun; people can hit the side, swallow water and drown.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «anyone» (+2); the same action «hold» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

rainbows out!! which way do i look, sun's behind me

1. Behind you, towards the Sun — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Towards the rain, with the Sun behind you — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Straight at the Sun — no support
4. Down at the ground — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

mates jumping off the bridge into the river, wanna go

1. Yes, if they're fine — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, feet first — no support
3. No, cold water and hidden rocks kill people every year — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, if you're a good swimmer — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

flooded road, water looks shallow, walk through?

1. Yes, if a car just went through it fine — no support
2. Yes, if you hold hands with a friend — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Yes, if it only comes up under your knees — no support
4. No, floodwater can be deep and fast — ✓ 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 41, line 16: «Young children should cross roads holding an adult's hand.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+5); the same thing acted on «hand» (+1). 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 15 · ★ · right ✓

running round the campfire playing tag

1. Run faster, then the sparks can't catch you — no support
2. Run if the fire is small — no support
3. Run only on one side — no support
4. Stop, walk and stay three big steps away — ← 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 231, line 9: «Stay about three big steps away from a campfire and never run around it, because you could trip and fall into the fire.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «stay» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★ · right ✓

did u hear?? a kid at the caravan park tried to walk through the floodwater on the road and "got swept right down the drain". lesson?

1. Shallow-looking floodwater is always fine to walk through — no support
2. Never walk, ride or drive through floodwater; turn around — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Hold your breath and run across — score 6
4. Only cars get swept away — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 300, line 18: «If floodwater covers a road or path, turn around; never walk, ride or drive through it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drive» (+5); the same place «floodwater» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 17 · ★ · right ✓

my uncle says a boy dunked his mate at the pool "for like a whole minute" and "he had to be brought back to life". what's the true bit

1. Never hold anyone under water, even in fun — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Dunking is safe as long as it's quick — no support
3. Strong swimmers can't drown — no support
4. Only deep pools are dangerous — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 210, line 4: «A boy in Arizona touches a hot oven door; he holds his hand under cool running water for 20 minutes and calls his dad, because cooling stops the burn going dee…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+5); the same place «cool running water» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 18 · ★ · wrong ✗

ppl say the girl who fell in the campfire was "running around like an idiot". pass it on?

1. No, don't spread it; just stay three steps back and never run there — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, she was an idiot — no support
3. Yes, and tell everyone how bad her burns are and where they are — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Yes, it's a warning to all — 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 237, line 5: «Example: a girl in Ohio gathers sticks for a campfire and spots a vine with three shiny leaves. She leaves it alone, and tells her dad never to burn it, becaus…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «burn» (+5). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · 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 depth of moving floodwater sufficient to knock a person down?

1. Approximately two metres — no support
2. Approximately fifteen centimetres, or six inches — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Floodwater is unable to knock a grown person down at any depth — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Approximately one metre — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 300, line 19: «About 15 cm (6 inches) of moving water can knock a person down, and about 30 cm (1 foot) can float a car.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «knock down» (+3); the same thing acted on «person» (+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

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which persons walk, and do not run, around a swimming pool.

1. Running warms the water — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Running disturbs the swimmers in the water — no support
3. The lifeguard requires a clear view of the clock — no support
4. The wet floor is slippery and falls onto hard tiles cause head injuries — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · right ✓

It is given that a person wishes to see a rainbow. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

1. They shall walk towards the rainbow's end — no support
2. They shall stand within the rain cloud — no support
3. The Sun shall be behind them while they look towards the rain — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. They shall face the Sun directly during the heaviest rainfall — 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 300, line 20: «To see a rainbow, stand with the Sun behind you and look towards the rain; you can never reach its end, because the rainbow moves as you move.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+5); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

State the correct manner of crossing a river.

1. By wading across where the surface appears calm and shallow — no support
2. By a bridge, or with an adult who confirms it is safe — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. By jumping between wet stones — no support
4. By walking along the bridge railings — 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 300, line 12: «Only cross a river where there is a bridge, or with a grown-up who says it is safe; wet stones and logs are slippery.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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