Little lies at home

Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 10 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 336 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 ✗

bro says ur at Tom's every day but Tom's mum just texted ours lol. what was the lie for, and what's the fix

1. Nothing, Tom's mum is wrong — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He wanted more time out; tell the truth and ask properly next time — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He should stop going out at all — no support
4. He should ask Tom to cover for him next time so the mums don't find out — 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 2 · right ✓

Mum's text: «found the vase. your sister says it wasn't her. anything u want to tell me??» What is the wise reply?

1. Say the cat did it — no support
2. Say nothing at all and hope it all blows over by tomorrow — no support
3. Say your sister is lying — no support
4. Tell her it was your ball and say sorry to your sister — ← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 336, line 4: «In the end he woke Mum and told her, and said sorry to his sister. On Saturday he went to confession at church: «Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.» The prie…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+5); the same receiver «sister» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · wrong ✗

«dog ate it, miss» «Jake you don't HAVE a dog». What is the best thing for Jake to do now?

1. Say the wind blew it away — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Cry so the teacher feels bad — score 0
3. Say it was the neighbour's dog, it gets in the garden — score 4
4. Say sorry, admit he didn't do it and do the work — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 102, line 10: «Putting things away where they belong every day keeps a room easy to clean and things easy to find.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «things» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · wrong ✗

Kid in the playground: «i said i was sick for swimming twice and it worked, so it's fine». What is wrong with that?

1. He should do it only once a month — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It worked twice, but it is still a lie and the fear stays — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It is only wrong if Mum finds out — no support
4. Nothing is wrong with it, because if a trick works it is fine — 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 · right ✓

Sister: «I'm tellin Mum u never brushed, the brush is bone dry». What is the honest next step?

1. Say the brush dries fast — no support
2. Go and brush them and tell Gran the truth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Say the sister is lying — no support
4. Wet the brush quickly under the tap — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 335, line 16: «After a lie, keep telling the truth, and trust will grow back slowly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «tell» (+1); the same thing acted on «truth» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · right ✓

Father at confession: «Is there anyone you need to make it right with?» Owen lied to his mum about biscuits. What is the truthful answer?

1. Nobody, because it was only two biscuits — no support
2. Only the biscuit tin — no support
3. Yes, Mum, and he has said sorry to her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. No, confession sorts out everything — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 285, line 15: «If you break something, tell an adult straight away and say sorry; adults are usually less upset about honesty than about lies.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same action «say» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · right ✓

Mate: «just say u read it, nobody checks reading logs». Why is that wrong advice?

1. Books know when you skip pages — no support
2. Teachers do ask about the book, and the lie gets found — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Reading logs are checked by computers, so it's the computer's job — no support
4. Lying in a log is allowed — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 336, line 5: «Lies are easy to check (a dry toothbrush, a teacher asking about chapter five, a boy looking it up), and once you are caught in a small lie, people stop trusti…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+4); the same doer «teacher» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

Dad, annoyed: «I called you three times. Don't tell me you didn't hear.» What is the honest answer?

1. «I was asleep with my eyes open» — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. «I heard, I didn't want to stop my game. Sorry» — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. «You must have called someone else» — no support
4. «My ears were blocked, I've got a cold» — 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 9 · wrong ✗

A boy owns up to a lie at bedtime, before Mum asks. What usually follows?

1. Nothing changes at all — no support
2. The trouble is smaller and trust comes back faster — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He gets a much bigger punishment — no support
4. Mum stops believing anything he says — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 285, line 4: «Example: a boy in Vancouver knocks over his grandma's vase. He feels scared, but he goes straight to her and says sorry. She is sad about the vase but proud of…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+5); the same doer «boy» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · right ✓

Which is TRUE about lying to get out of trouble?

1. It is fine if nobody gets hurt at once — no support
2. Grown-ups never notice small lies — no support
3. It always works if the story is good and you keep it the same — score 7
4. It often makes the trouble bigger when it comes out — ← 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 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 285, line 22: «Owning up early usually makes the trouble smaller, and hiding usually makes it bigger.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+5); the same thing acted on «trouble» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · wrong ✗

Friend, sneering: «your dad's NOT a footballer, liar». What fixes it best?

1. Get angry and push the friend — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Make up a bigger story — no support
3. Say the dad plays in secret — no support
4. Admit he made it up to seem interesting and stop doing it — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal reason for which a parent may impose a sanction more severe for a falsehood than for the minor offence it was intended to conceal.

1. Parents are obliged by law to punish all falsehoods more severely than other faults — no support
2. The falsehood is of no consequence whatsoever — no support
3. The falsehood undermines the trust upon which the relationship depends — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. The minor offence is invariably of great financial consequence — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 286, line 2: «You earn trust in small jobs: bringing back the right change and receipt from the shop, behaving well when the teacher steps out, watching a younger sibling, l…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «trust» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a child who permits a sibling to bear the blame for his own misconduct.

1. He wrongs the sibling and is commonly burdened by a troubled conscience — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He commits no wrong provided the matter remains undiscovered — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. He thereby transfers the fault lawfully to the sibling — score 1
4. He is relieved of any obligation to make amends — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 62, line 8: «A child walks a big or strong dog only with an adult, because it can pull a child over or into a road.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pull» (+5). Against it: the same doer «child» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relation between sacramental confession and restitution to the person wronged?

1. Confession may relieve the burden of guilt but does not replace apology and restitution — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. Restitution is required only where confession is refused — no support
3. Neither confession nor apology has any bearing upon the matter — score 3
4. Confession entirely removes any duty to apologise or to make amends to the person wronged — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 336, line 14: «Confession at church can lift the weight of guilt, but it does not replace saying sorry to the person you wronged.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «replace» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «confession» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Determine which course of action is most likely to diminish the consequences of a minor falsehood.

1. A voluntary admission made promptly, prior to discovery — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The attribution of the fault to a younger child — no support
3. The avoidance of the person deceived for some days — no support
4. A more elaborate repetition of the original falsehood — 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

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