Copying and peeking in tests

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 340 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 ✗

«copied Josh's maths 3 times, never got caught, easy». What is the truth?

1. It's fine if Josh agrees — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It's fine after three times — no support
3. It can still be noticed any day, and Josh can get in trouble too — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It's only cheating in tests, not in homework, so it doesn't count — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Teacher: «Interesting. You and Josh made the exact same mistake in question 4.» What should Max say?

1. It's a coincidence, miss — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The question was wrong — no support
3. It was me who copied, not Josh's fault — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Josh copied me, miss, not the other 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 · ★ · right ✓

Mum's text: «Mrs Kelly wants to see us after school about your project. What's going on?» What's the honest reply?

1. «I didn't make it, you did. Sorry» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. «Someone broke my tower» — no support
3. «No idea, she's weird» — no support
4. «She's mixing me up with someone» — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Max, furious: «you took my console?! it's NOT FAIR!» What does Mum mean when she says «It's a consequence, not revenge»?

1. She will never give it back — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She is angry and wants him to suffer — no support
3. She is joking — no support
4. It is to help him learn, not to hurt him back — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ella's mate: «just peek at Mia's sheet, she's always right». What is the wise answer?

1. Okay, if Mia doesn't see — no support
2. Okay, peeking isn't copying — no support
3. Okay, but only for the hard words I don't know — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. No, I'd rather get a low mark that's mine — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 259, line 13: «If a first page has more than about five words you do not know, the book may be too hard for now.», 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 (+3); the same action «know» (+2); the same thing acted on «five words» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Coach, sharp: «You went down before he touched you. Yellow card.» What would put it right?

1. Argue that he did touch him — no support
2. Do it again, but better — score 2
3. Say sorry to the other team's player — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Blame the grass — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 338, line 11: «Putting a theft right means giving back or paying back, and saying sorry to the person.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Kid: «got 10/10 by peeking and nobody knows, so who cares». What is true?

1. The mark is empty, and he still doesn't know the words — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Peeking counts as learning — no support
3. It only matters in big tests — no support
4. Nobody knows, so it counts as a real mark that he earned — ← Mova's choice · 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 335, line 6: «A boy in Texas skipped a lesson because a friend pushed him to; nobody knew where he was, the school called his mum, and she left work frightened.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «know» (+2); the same doer «nobody» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Next morning Max is still sulking. What helps most?

1. Breaking the project — no support
2. Saying sorry and making his own project — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. Not speaking to Mum for a week — score 9
4. Asking Dad to give the console back secretly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 340, line 3: «When Max let his mum build his project for the school competition and said he did it, the teacher asked him how he made the tower, and he didn't know. The towe…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «project» (+3); the same doer «max» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

«answers r in the back lol just copy em». Why is that bad advice?

1. Teachers don't mind — no support
2. The answers in the back are wrong — no support
3. It takes longer than doing the sums — no support
4. You learn nothing, and the teacher sees there's no working — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 340, line 8: «The answers in the back of a book teach you nothing; doing the working does. A teacher can spot copied answers: every answer is right, but there is no working.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «teach» (+4); the same thing acted on «nothing» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which is TRUE about cheating that is never found out?

1. It turns into real learning later — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is completely harmless — no support
3. It is only wrong if found out — no support
4. It still leaves you not knowing, and often feeling guilty — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

A boy cut the corner in the race. Next year what is the best way to put it right?

1. Run the whole course honestly — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Not enter at all — no support
3. Cut a smaller corner — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Run only when no teacher is there — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 340, line 11: «Cutting a corner in a race is cheating too: a runner seen doing it is taken off the results.», 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 (+3); the same action «cut» (+2); the same thing acted on «corner» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Friend whispers: «ill text u the answers under the desk». What should you do?

1. Tell him to whisper it instead — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Ask for the answers by note instead — score 5
3. Say no and do your own test — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Say yes, but only for one answer — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 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 285, line 19: «If you lose something a friend lent you, tell them quickly and help find or replace it; waiting makes it harder.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «friends» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «tell» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · 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 repeated copying which has hitherto escaped detection.

1. Repeated success renders copying permissible — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Prior escape from detection affords no assurance against discovery, which commonly arises from identical errors — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Copying is permissible in respect of homework but not of tests — no support
4. Undetected copying involves no consequence to any person — 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 · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which a mark obtained by copying is of no value to the pupil.

1. It is of value provided it remains undiscovered — no support
2. It is invariably lower than an honest mark — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. It is not recorded by the school — no support
4. It does not reflect the knowledge of the pupil — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 255, line 4: «A low mark is a map of what to practise next, not a measure of how clever you are forever, and you never change a mark or forge a signature to hide it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «low mark» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). 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 ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the withdrawal of a games console by parents following misconduct at school?

1. It is an act of revenge on the part of the parents — no support
2. It is a consequence intended to instruct and not an act of revenge — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. It is an arbitrary measure without purpose — no support
4. It relieves the child of any duty to make amends — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 340, line 13: «A consequence like losing a console for a week is meant to teach, not to take revenge.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+5); the same thing acted on «consequence» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Determine the most appropriate conduct of a pupil who has submitted as his own a project constructed by a parent.

1. He ought to attribute the error to the teacher — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. He ought to maintain that he constructed it — no support
3. He ought to withdraw the project without explanation — no support
4. He ought to admit the matter and undertake a project of his own — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 333, line 3: «Games and tests only work when players are honest: the banker in Monopoly handles the money fairly, a tagged player admits it and becomes «it», a footballer do…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «pupil» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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