Teasing and laughing at others
Tests: 6 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 10 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 346 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 ✗
Mate: «it's only banter, she knows we're joking about her specs». She cried in the toilets. What's true?
- 1. She should toughen up — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It's banter so it's fine — no support
- 3. It hurt her, so it wasn't a joke — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Specs jokes don'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 ✗
«everyone copied his stammer and nobody got told off so it's fine». What's right?
- 1. It's fine if he laughs a bit — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It only matters in class — no support
- 3. It's fine if nobody's told off by a teacher — no support
- 4. It still hurt him, and it's still wrong — ✓ 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 3 · right ✓
Josh at confession: «I made fun of a boy's stammer.» Father: «And what will you do about the boy?» What is the right answer?
- 1. Say sorry to him and stop the others — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 15
- 2. Copy him less often — score 10
- 3. Nothing, I've told you now, that's enough — score 11
- 4. Avoid him — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 15, against 11 for the next best. Its support: lesson 346, line 2: «Some teasing is never punished. Maya's friend Josh copied the way a boy talks with his stammer, and everyone laughed. No teacher heard. But Josh saw the boy's…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «stop» (+4); the same thing acted on «others» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · right ✓
Teacher: «He's been by the fence every playtime. Who said the game was full?» What should the boys do?
- 1. Own up and let him play — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Say the teacher should play with him — score 5
- 3. Say the game really was full — score 3
- 4. Say he didn't want to play — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 334, line 5: «A teenager in Canada filmed himself hiding a fake spider in a friend's car; the friend panicked while driving and crashed into a fence.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «friend» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · right ✓
Mum: «Why isn't Amir on the party list? You've asked everyone else». What fixes it best?
- 1. Say sorry to Amir and invite him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. Cancel the party — no support
- 3. Say he wouldn't fit — score 4
- 4. Say he annoys everyone at school — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 346, line 2: «Some teasing is never punished. Maya's friend Josh copied the way a boy talks with his stammer, and everyone laughed. No teacher heard. But Josh saw the boy's…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same property (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · wrong ✗
«look at her lunch, stinks lol» – said loudly at the table. What would be kind instead?
- 1. Ask what it is and maybe try some — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Move to another table, away from the smell — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. Hold your nose — no support
- 4. Laugh with the others — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 251, line 11: «Small game pieces can choke a baby, so you move your game to a high table.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «high table» (+3); the same action «move» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · right ✓
Sister, upset: «I'm not reading to you any more, you said I'm stupid». What helps most?
- 1. Read for her — no support
- 2. Say she is a bit slow at reading — score 3
- 3. Ignore her — no support
- 4. Say sorry and help her read slowly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. 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 action «say» (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · right ✓
A boy laughs when his classmate trips in PE. «Lighten up, it was funny». What is true?
- 1. Laughing at his fall hurts him, so it's no joke — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. It's always funny when people fall, everyone laughs — no support
- 3. It's fine if he didn't cry — score 0
- 4. He should have laughed too — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 310, line 6: «A boy in England wore his seat belt under his arm because it rubbed; in a small crash it pressed into his tummy and hurt him inside.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · wrong ✗
Group leader: «Lily can't join, we said so». What is the wise thing for a group member?
- 1. Say Lily can join, and ask her — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Leave the group in secret the next day — no support
- 3. Agree with the leader to keep the peace — no support
- 4. Tell Lily it's the leader's fault — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 225, line 5: «Example: a girl in Toronto borrows her friend's new rubber and loses it. She tells her friend straight away, says sorry and buys a new one, and they stay frien…», 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 doer «things» (+1); the same thing acted on «friends» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · wrong ✗
Which is TRUE about whispering mean things?
- 1. It's harmless because it's very quiet — no support
- 2. It's as hurtful as saying them aloud — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. It's fine if she doesn't hear all of it — no support
- 4. It's kinder than saying them out loud — ← Mova's choice · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 346, line 10: «Whispering unkind things behind someone's back is as bad as saying them out loud.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «say» (+2); the same thing acted on «things» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · right ✓
Teacher's note: «Maya called a classmate names about her glasses». What did Maya do that mattered most?
- 1. Bought new glasses — no support
- 2. Said sorry to the girl's face and stood up for her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 13
- 3. Stayed in at golden time — score 3
- 4. Signed the sorry note and gave it to the teacher — score 11
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 13, against 11 for the next best. Its support: lesson 346, line 1: «Teasing often starts as showing off. Maya in Denver called a girl «four-eyes» because her friends laughed. The girl cried in the toilets, the teacher found out…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «say» (+4); the same receiver «face» (+3); the same doer «maya» (+1). · 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 mockery of a speech impediment.
- 1. It assists the person to speak more fluently, by drawing attention to the difficulty — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It causes distress and may render the impediment more severe — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It is of no consequence where unobserved by teachers — no support
- 4. It is harmless where intended humorously — 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 reason for which the exclusion of a single pupil from an invitation extended to an entire class is especially hurtful.
- 1. It singles out that pupil as the only person excluded — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It is in no respect hurtful — no support
- 3. It reduces the number of guests unduly and spoils the occasion — no support
- 4. It is contrary to the law — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a remark constituting a genuine jest?
- 1. It is any remark not overheard by its subject — no support
- 2. It is any remark at which a majority laughs — no support
- 3. It is any remark made without malicious intent — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. It is one at which the person concerned is also amused — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 203, line 9: ««Just joking» does not make a hurtful remark okay; you can say «That wasn't funny to me».», 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 «hurtful remark» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Determine what is required of a pupil who has received absolution for the mockery of a classmate.
- 1. A written report to the head teacher only, the classmate being left without any apology — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. An apology to the classmate and the discouragement of further mockery by others — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The avoidance of the classmate — no support
- 4. No further action of any description — 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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