Sweets, change and a friend's toy

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 338 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 ✗

«Harry got sweets n didn't pay lol, no one saw». Which is right?

1. It's fine because nobody saw — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is stealing whether anyone saw or not — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It's only stealing above a pound — no support
4. It's fine for sweets, not for toys — 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, counting coins: «this is two quid short. where's the rest??» What should the boy say?

1. The truth, and give the money back — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. That the shop gave the wrong change — no support
3. That all the prices in the shop went up today — no support
4. That he dropped it down a drain on the way — 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 ✗

Brother, furious: «you BROKE my headphones, I never said u could have them!» What is the best answer?

1. «Sorry, I'll buy you new ones with my money» — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. «You weren't using them» — no support
3. «They were rubbish anyway and the wire was loose» — no support
4. «Mum said I could» — ← Mova's choice · score 12

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 338, line 3: «The priest also said: «Now tell your mum, and pay it back.» He did, with jobs around the house. Mum was sad more than angry, and then she hugged him. A pound i…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «tell» (+4); the same thing acted on (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · right ✓

Priest at confession: «Have you given back what you took?» The boy took a pound from Mum. What does the priest mean?

1. Confession doesn't replace paying back the pound — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Only money above ten pounds must be given back — score 1
3. Paying back is not needed after confession — no support
4. He wants the pound for the church — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 338, line 2: «Some takings are never found out. Harry also took a pound from Mum's purse for a lolly. Nobody noticed, but every time she opened her purse his stomach turned…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «pound» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · right ✓

Friend: «I took a pound from mum's purse last week and she never noticed, so it's fine to do again». What is true?

1. Not noticing doesn't make it right, and next time she may — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It's fine once a month — no support
3. It's fine if it's only a pound — no support
4. It's fine because it's family, and family money is shared by everyone — 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 6 · wrong ✗

Year 3 girl, upset: «that's MY pencil case, I lost it!» What should the boy who took it do?

1. Give it back, say sorry and maybe add a pen — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Throw it back into lost property — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Say he bought it in a shop — score 3
4. Keep it, because finders keepers — score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 327, line 7: «A boy in England tried to use a hammer without an adult; he missed and hit his thumb so hard it swelled and the nail went black.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «miss» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · wrong ✗

Dad home late: «Where's my cake?» His son ate it. What would make it right?

1. Say the dog jumped up and ate it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Say sorry and help bake a new cake — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Say he never saw it — no support
4. Say cake is bad for Dad 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 8 · wrong ✗

Teacher, cross: «Nobody gets stickers till the person who took them owns up.» What is the fair thing for the taker?

1. Hide them better next time — no support
2. Blame the class helper for it — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Wait for someone else to own up — no support
4. Own up and put them back — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 338, line 13: «Things you had to steal are hard to enjoy, because you must hide them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «things» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · wrong ✗

Sister crying: «someone took my birthday money!!» Her brother did. What is the fix?

1. Put a note in the bank saying «borrowed, will pay back» — score -1
2. Say the piggy bank was empty — no support
3. Help her look and say nothing — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Own up, pay it all back and say sorry — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 285, line 21: «When a big brother or sister says «tell anyone and I'll kill you» about something embarrassing, like a crush, it usually just means «please keep this private»,…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

Which is TRUE about a stolen toy you have to hide?

1. It becomes yours after a week — no support
2. You can't enjoy it, and the owner is still missing it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It is fine if your friend has many toys — score 3
4. Hiding it makes it legal — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 241, line 1: «Toys are made for fun, but some are dangerous for babies and toddlers, who put everything in their mouths. Small parts, marbles, Lego bricks, balloons and loos…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same thing acted on «toys» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · wrong ✗

Kid: «it's only small stuff, not real stealing». Which reply is right?

1. Under a pound doesn't count at all — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Only shops can ever be stolen from — no support
3. Small stuff is still stealing — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It isn't stealing from friends — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the appropriation of confectionery from a shop without payment.

1. It constitutes theft only where the value exceeds a fixed sum — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is permissible where the goods are consumed at once — no support
3. It constitutes theft irrespective of the value of the goods — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It is permissible where no person observes it — 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 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal obligation which remains to a penitent who has received absolution for the taking of money from a parent.

1. No obligation of any description — no support
2. The restitution of the money and an apology to the parent — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. The payment of an equivalent sum to the church in place of the parent — no support
4. The avoidance of the parent for some days — 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 297, line 3: «A present is someone's time, thought and money. Saying thank you soon tells the giver it arrived safely and that you liked it. A short message is fine for smal…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same thing acted on «time» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an article deposited in a school's lost property?

1. It becomes the property of the finder — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It becomes the property of the school forthwith — no support
3. It remains the property of its owner — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It belongs to no person whatsoever once lost — 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 ✓

Determine the most probable consequence where an item is taken from a classroom and no pupil admits responsibility.

1. A sanction may be imposed upon the entire class until an admission is made — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The teacher invariably replaces the item without enquiry — no support
3. The youngest pupil is held responsible — no support
4. No consequence of any description ensues — 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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