Breakfast, the school day and honest homework

Tests: 13 of 20 right · Exam: 4 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 19 of 24 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 306 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 Leeds feels very tired and grumpy by eleven o'clock every school day. What might help most?

1. Running in the corridors at break — no support
2. Skipping lunch as well — score 5
3. Going to bed later so she sleeps in deeper — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Eating something simple for breakfast — ✓ the right answer · 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 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 a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «way» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

A fire alarm rings and the class goes outside. Why does the teacher read the register on the field?

1. To check that every child who was in school is safely out — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. To choose a child to lead the line — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. To practise the names before next year — score 3
4. To see who is wearing the right school uniform and shoes — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 98, line 14: «Teachers can choose teams in fair ways so nobody is always picked last.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «choose» (+4); the same doer «teachers» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

A boy in Texas runs round a corner in the corridor and crashes into a younger child carrying a tray. Which rule would have prevented this?

1. Keep your voice low at lunchtime — no support
2. Walk, do not run, in corridors — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Always carry a tray with both hands — no support
4. Always leave the classroom last of all — 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 306, line 12: «In the corridor, walk on the correct side, do not run and keep your voice low, because running in crowds causes collisions and falls.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «walk» (+3); the same place «corridor» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

A boy in Seattle feels the classroom start to shake hard. Which is the right action?

1. Get under his desk, cover his head and hold on — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. Go and look out of the window — score 7
3. Stand in the doorway on his own — no support
4. Run down the stairs and out of the building straight away — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 253, line 5: «A boy in Wellington hears the earthquake drill signal, drops under his desk, covers his head and holds on to the desk leg until his teacher says it is over.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cover» (+5); the same thing acted on «head» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

A car you do not know stops at the school gate and the driver says, «Your dad sent me, hop in.» Nobody told you about this. What do you do?

1. Get in if he knows your name — score 1
2. Ask him to wait while you finish a game — score 4
3. Get in because he knows your dad — score 1
4. Go back into the school and tell a teacher — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 267, line 3: «Road signs and markings are a language: red circles usually give orders or say no, give way or yield means let others go first, and lines on the road show wher…», 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 «say» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Why do many schools keep phones off during lessons?

1. Phones break easily if they are used indoors, near radiators and whiteboards — score 5
2. Teachers want to read the messages — no support
3. Phones make classroom lights flicker — no support
4. Phones distract from learning, and are meant for emergencies only — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 306, line 15: «Follow the school's rule about phones, usually switched off in your bag or handed in, because phones distract from lessons.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «distract» (+4); the same doer «phones» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

A girl copies a whole page from a website for her project and says she wrote it. What has she done?

1. Summarised it fairly — no support
2. Quoted it correctly — no support
3. Plagiarised, which is a kind of cheating — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Researched it well, which is fine for a project — ← Mova's choice · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 84, line 6: «A girl in Texas hit her head hard falling off a trampoline and said she was fine; later she was sleepy and sick, and doctors found a concussion.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+6); the same doer «girl» (+3); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Why is a tidy table useful at the end of a lesson?

1. It lets the teacher skip marking — no support
2. It keeps the pencils sharp — no support
3. You find things quickly and nobody trips over things left about — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. It makes the lesson finish early, so everyone gets a longer break — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 254, line 10: «At the end of the lesson you put books, pencils and papers back where they belong, so things are quick to find and nobody trips over them.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «trip» (+3); the same doer «nobody» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

A classmate keeps chatting while you try to read. You asked kindly, but it went on. What next?

1. Move to another classroom — no support
2. Throw a rubber at them to stop it — no support
3. Tell the teacher calmly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Start chatting loudly too — 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 203, line 5: «Example: a boy in Belfast keeps calling a classmate «Four Eyes» because of his glasses. The classmate says calmly «Stop, I don't like that» and walks away, and…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); the same action «say» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

You forgot to check your timetable and arrive without your swimming kit. What would have prevented this?

1. Asking a friend to bring two kits — score 4
2. Taking every kit to school every day — no support
3. Checking the timetable the night before — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. Getting up earlier in the morning — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 306, line 11: «Check the timetable the night before so you bring the right things and know where to be.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «check» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «timetable» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

no time for brekky, ill eat at lunch

1. Eat something quick, your brain needs food to focus — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. Fine, eat double at lunch — no support
3. Fine, just drink a fizzy drink — no support
4. Fine, skipping breakfast helps you focus coz your tummy's empty — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 306, line 8: «Eat something simple before school, such as toast, fruit or cereal; the brain needs food to concentrate.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «need» (+3); the same thing acted on «food» (+3); the same doer «brain» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

nobodys come to get me after school n everyone's gone

1. Walk home by yourself — no support
2. Go back to the office and tell a teacher — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Wait outside the gate till dark — no support
4. Get a lift from a friend's older cousin — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 253, line 17: «If nobody comes to pick you up, you go back to the school office and tell a teacher; you never accept a lift you were not told about.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «teacher» (+4); the same action «tell» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

shaking!! classroom's shaking, earthquake

1. Drop, take cover under a desk and hold on — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Hide by the windows — no support
3. Run out into the corridor and down the stairs — no support
4. Stand in the middle of the room — 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 ✗

copied the dino bit off a website for homework, thats fine yeah

1. Yes, the website said it best — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, if you change one word — no support
3. No, write it in your own words and say where it came from — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Only if the teacher doesn't check, they never look it up online anyway — 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 ✗

ground shaking in class, run outside?

1. Climb up on top of the desk and hold tight — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Drop, cover under the desk and hold on — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Stand by the window to see what is happening — no support
4. Run for the classroom door as fast as you can — 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 16 · ★ · wrong ✗

no time for brekkie, its fine

1. Drink a fizzy drink instead — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It's fine, you'll just eat more at lunch — no support
3. Skip it, it makes you lighter — no support
4. Eat something small, or you may feel faint — ✓ 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 17 · ★ · right ✓

nobody came to pick me up at school

1. Go back to the office and tell a teacher — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. Walk home alone along the way you usually drive — score 6
3. Go with anyone who offers to give you a lift — no support
4. Wait outside the gate on your own until dark — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 253, line 17: «If nobody comes to pick you up, you go back to the school office and tell a teacher; you never accept a lift you were not told about.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «teacher» (+4); the same action «tell» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 18 · ★ · right ✓

did u hear a girl skipped breakfast and then did PE and "fainted flat on the floor, ambulance came". lesson?

1. Breakfast doesn't matter for kids — no support
2. Eat something before school; the body needs food — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. Fainting is normal in PE — no support
4. Only eat if you're really hungry, never just coz it's morning — 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 306, line 8: «Eat something simple before school, such as toast, fruit or cereal; the brain needs food to concentrate.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+5); the same thing acted on «something» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 19 · ★ · right ✓

my mate says nobody picked up a kid and he "walked home 5 miles in the dark and a stranger gave him a lift". what's the real lesson

1. Walk home if no one comes, just keep to the main roads — score 2
2. Wait at the gate till dark — no support
3. If nobody comes, go back to the office and tell a teacher — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Accept a lift from anyone kind — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 253, line 17: «If nobody comes to pick you up, you go back to the school office and tell a teacher; you never accept a lift you were not told about.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «teacher» (+4); the same action «tell» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 20 · ★ · wrong ✗

kids say the girl who got caught copying an essay "is a cheat and always has been". pass it on?

1. Yes, and tell her parents — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yes, she's a cheat — score 1
3. No, don't spread it; just write in your own words yourself — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, everyone should know — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 123, line 6: «A girl in Florida went into a new neighbour's house to see his puppy without telling her parents; nothing happened, but the family searched the street for an h…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+5). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct required during an earthquake within a classroom?

1. Persons shall drop, take cover beneath a sturdy desk and hold on — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Persons shall stand in the window frames — no support
3. Persons shall remain seated without cover — no support
4. Persons shall run out of doors at once, by the nearest staircase — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 306, line 13: «In an earthquake, drop, take cover under a sturdy desk and hold on until the shaking stops; falling objects cause most injuries.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same thing acted on «cover» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal reason for which a pupil answers the register clearly.

1. The teacher is otherwise unpaid — no support
2. The school must know who is in the building in an emergency — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. It improves the pupil's marks for speaking and listening at the end of the year — no support
4. It decides the order of lunch — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 253, line 12: «At the register (when the teacher calls out every name) you answer clearly, because the school must know which children are in the building in case of an emerg…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «building» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

It is given that a pupil has copied text and presented it as their own. Select the term consistent with the established facts.

1. Plagiarism, a kind of cheating — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Quotation, a form of reference — no support
3. Summary, a form of note-taking — no support
4. Research, a kind of study — 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 · right ✓

State the purpose of checking the timetable on the night before school.

1. To choose one's teacher for the day — no support
2. To decide which of the next day's lessons to miss — no support
3. To count the hours until the holidays — no support
4. To bring the right things and know where to be — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 253, line 13: «You check the timetable the night before, so you bring the right things and know where to be.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «right things» (+2); the same action «bring» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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