Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted

Tests: 7 of 21 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 18 of 25 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 315 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 ✗

At a sleepover, the older kids say you are a baby unless you drink a cup of washing-up liquid. What is TRUE?

1. A small sip is safe for anyone — score 0
2. It is fine if everyone else does it — no support
3. Refusing is right, because your health matters more than a dare — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. You must do it, or the older kids will say you are not a real friend — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 99, line 5: «A girl in California said yes when an older kid asked her to keep a secret about touching; she felt worse and worse until she told her mum, who got help and ke…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

A girl in Glasgow skips PE to sit in the library without telling anyone. Why might the staff panic?

1. They want her to do more running and get fitter — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Skipping PE is never noticed — no support
3. They must always know where every child is — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The library is closed in the afternoon — 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 ✗

Your grandma tells you she has knitted your sister a scarf for her birthday. Your sister asks what she's getting. What is best?

1. Keep the surprise and say «You'll have to wait and see!» — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Tell her straight away, because keeping secrets from your sister is always bad — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Make up a scary lie about the present — no support
4. Tell her and ask her to act surprised — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 113, line 4: «For example, a boy in Florida sees his baby sister holding the little round battery from the TV remote; he takes it away, tells his mum at once, and she checks…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+4); the same circumstance (+2); 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which is a happy secret that is fine to keep?

1. A surprise present for a friend's birthday — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Someone who took money from your class — no support
3. An adult asking you to hide that they hurt you — no support
4. A friend who is being bullied every day — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 57, line 3: «Surprises and secrets are different: a surprise, like a birthday present, is happy and is told soon, while a secret that makes you feel worried or uncomfortabl…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «secret» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

A boy who once lied about where he went now always tells the truth. What will most likely happen?

1. They will never trust him again — score 5
2. They will stop caring where he goes — no support
3. They will trust him fully the very next day — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. His parents will slowly trust him again — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 101, line 4: «For example, a boy in Ohio who feeds the family cat every morning without being asked shows he can be trusted with bigger things.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trust» (+4); the same thing acted on «boy» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

The supply teacher in Melbourne steps out and the class starts throwing paper. What shows you are trustworthy?

1. Writing names of others to tell on everyone — no support
2. Throwing paper too, so you fit in and nobody thinks you're a goody — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Hiding so you can't be blamed — no support
4. Carrying on with your work as if she were there — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 78, line 2: «The nose and the bottom are places where many germs live, so we use tissues and toilet paper, throw them away and wash our hands afterwards.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «throw away» (+3); the same thing acted on «tissues» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

You are minding your little cousin at the playground and she climbs too high on the frame. What should you do?

1. Look away and hope she gets down — score 1
2. Tell her to jump down quickly — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Stay close and call an adult for help — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Go home to fetch a game — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 304, line 13: «Never climb on or hang from a soccer goal; tell an adult if it wobbles, because unanchored goals can fall and crush children.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «tell» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

A friend says, «If you won't jump off the garage roof, you're chicken.» What is the smartest answer?

1. Jump from halfway up instead — no support
2. Ask him to jump first — score 2
3. Jump, so he stops calling you names in front of everyone — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. «No thanks, I'm not doing that», and change the subject — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 199, line 7: «A girl in Leeds kept promising to return a friend's book and never did; the friend stopped lending her things.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «friend» (+2); the same action «stop» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

they dared me to skip maths n hide in the loos

1. Say no thanks, staff must always know where you are — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. Only skip the boring half — no support
3. Do it once, nobody will notice that one kid is missing — no support
4. Do it if you're back by lunch — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 315, line 9: «Skipping a lesson gets you in trouble and worries school staff, who must always know where you are.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); the same action «know» (+3); the same doer «school staff» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

lied to mum last week, now she checks on me loads. unfair

1. Keep telling the truth and trust grows back slowly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Lie better next time — no support
3. It is unfair, she should just forget all about it by now — no support
4. Ask her to stop checking right now — 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 315, line 3: «Trust is like a glass vase: quick to break and slow to mend. If you have lied before, the only way to win trust back is to keep telling the truth, day after da…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same thing acted on «truth» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

dad's surprise party is sat, he's asking what we're doing

1. Tell him, secrets are always bad — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Keep it secret, it's a happy surprise — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Give him a big hint — no support
4. Tell him if he asks twice — 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 12 · ★ · right ✓

watching my cousin at the playground, mates want me on the other side

1. Keep him in sight and call an adult if needed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Go, he'll be fine on his own for a bit — no support
3. Leave him with a stranger — no support
4. Tell him to stay by the gate and not move till you're back — 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 ✗

they dared me to stay underwater the longest

1. Do it, just come up when dizzy — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Say no; you can black out and drown — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Do it if a friend is watching — no support
4. Do it in the shallow end — 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 ✗

wanna skip maths and hide in the toilets

1. Skip it and say you were ill — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Stay in class; staff will think you're missing — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Do it, nobody ever counts who's in maths anyway — no support
4. Skip it if a mate comes 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

looking after my little cousin at the park, got a text

1. Reply quickly, she'll be fine — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Sit and chat on your phone — no support
3. Let her go off alone — no support
4. Keep your eyes on her first — ✓ 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 16 · ★ · wrong ✗

did u hear?? some boys had a contest who could hold their breath longest underwater and one "just went limp, the lifeguard pulled him out". lesson?

1. Never do breath-holding contests underwater; you can black out — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Only hold it for a minute — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. It's safe in shallow water — score -1
4. Breath holding is fine if you're a good swimmer and come up when it hurts — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. 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» (+4); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same property (-1); a different doer (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 17 · ★ · wrong ✗

my sister says a kid skipped maths to hang out behind the gym and "the whole school was searched, police and everything". what's the true bit

1. Skip it, no one will ever notice one kid gone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Skipping is fine if you come back — no support
3. Police come for every late child — no support
4. Staff must treat a missing child as an emergency, so never skip class — ✓ 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 18 · ★ · right ✓

kids say Amy "spilled the surprise party, she's a blabbermouth and always ruins everything". pass it on?

1. Yes, she ruins everything — no support
2. Yes, and don't invite her — no support
3. No, don't spread it; just keep happy secrets yourself — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Yes, and tell the birthday girl — 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 99, line 5: «A girl in California said yes when an older kid asked her to keep a secret about touching; she felt worse and worse until she told her mum, who got help and ke…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same thing acted on «secret» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 19 · ★ · right ✓

my cousin said "I'll tell u a secret if u swear: I kissed someone at the party, don't tell auntie". what kind of secret is it?

1. A private, harmless one about her; keep it unless she's in danger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. A funny one, post it online — score 2
3. A dangerous one, so tell the whole class straight away — score 4
4. A fake one, so tell auntie anyway — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 233, line 4: «Example: a girl in Florida notices the gate of the pool fence at her aunt's house is open while her toddler cousin plays nearby. She shuts it and tells her aun…», 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 «cousin» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 20 · ★ · right ✓

older kids dare you: "go ask the dinner lady if she's got a boyfriend lol" — what's right?

1. Say no; it's rude and her private life is not a joke — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Write it on a note and leave it — no support
3. Do it, a dare is a dare — no support
4. Ask her husband instead — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 315, line 16: «Asking someone about their boyfriend or girlfriend as a dare is rude; people's private lives are not a joke.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «joke» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «private lives» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 21 · ★ · right ✓

a grown-up you know says "our special friendship is our secret, don't tell your mum". what do you do?

1. Keep it, he is being nice to you and you don't want to get him into any trouble — score 6
2. Ask him to buy you something to keep it — score 5
3. Promise and forget about it — score 6
4. Tell your mum or another trusted adult; grown-ups should not ask kids for secrets like that — ← 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 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 297, line 4: «Example: a boy in Denver wants to tell his mum something while she talks to a neighbour. He waits for a pause, or rests his hand gently on her arm so she knows…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «mum» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «tell» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · 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 appropriate response to a dare?

1. It must be performed if repeated twice — no support
2. It must be accepted, in order that one retain the respect of one's friends — no support
3. It may be refused, since health matters more than proving anything — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. It may be refused only by younger children — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 315, line 7: «You do not have to accept a dare; your health matters more than proving anything.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «prove» (+4); the same thing acted on «anything» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «health» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal danger of holding one's breath underwater for too long.

1. One's ears may become blocked — no support
2. One may become cold — no support
3. One may swallow too much water — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. One may black out without warning and drown — ✓ the right answer · 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 279, line 19: «Never copy tricks with fire, knives or swallowing things; performers are trained and use special equipment.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swallow» (+4); the same thing acted on «things» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

It is given that a child's trust has been damaged by a lie. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

1. Repeated truthfulness allows trust to grow back slowly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Trust cannot be regained in any case — no support
3. Trust returns after a fixed time — score 2
4. A single sincere apology restores trust at once, completely — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 315, line 12: «After a lie, parents may check up on you more; telling the truth again and again lets trust grow back slowly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grow back» (+4). Against it: the same property (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

State the reason for which a happy secret, such as a surprise present, should be kept.

1. Secrets must always be kept without exception — score 6
2. It is required by law — no support
3. Spoiling it takes the joy from the giver — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. The giver would otherwise demand payment — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 315, line 10: «A happy secret, like a surprise present, should be kept, because spoiling it takes the joy from the giver.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «spoiling» (+3); the same thing acted on «joy» (+2); the same place «giver» (+2); the same action «take» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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