Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry

Tests: 7 of 11 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 355 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 · ★ · right ✓

«dare ya to call the lollipop lady a old cow». What's the best answer?

1. Yes, a dare is a dare — no support
2. No, she keeps us safe; I'm not doing that — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. OK, quietly so she can't hear — no support
4. OK, but only if you do the dare as well, straight after — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 348, line 10: «Crossing at the green signal and waiting for it keeps you safe from cars.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Priest: «Is there anything else troubling you?» You called someone a name last week. Best answer?

1. Ask him what he did last week — no support
2. Tell him about the name too — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Say no and leave the room quickly — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Say someone else in your class did it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 12: «When you enter a building, noticing where the exits are helps you leave quickly in an emergency.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+3); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

«Father said I'm forgiven, so I don't need to say sorry to her, sorted». Is that right?

1. Only if she asks — no support
2. Yes, forgiveness from Father covers everything, sorted — no support
3. Yes, priests pass it on — no support
4. No, you still say sorry to the one you hurt — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 355, line 2: «On Saturday the family went to confession. Liam whispered «Bless me, Father, for I have sinned» and told the priest about the name. The priest listened, said t…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Coach takes u off at half time, u scream «this is a joke!». Next week you're on the bench. Why?

1. The coach just hates you — no support
2. Benches are random — no support
3. Half time is the rule — no support
4. Shouting at the coach has consequences — ← 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 355, line 4: «Rudeness to adults comes in many forms: shouting at the coach, mocking an accent, muttering, slamming a door. Each one needs the same fix: own it, say sorry, c…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «coach» (+4); the same action «shout» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

supply teacher says «ze homework» and the back row cracks up. You laughed too. Best fix?

1. Laugh louder to fit in — no support
2. Ask the head for a new teacher — score 3
3. Say sorry to her and treat her with respect — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Say the others in the back row started it, not you — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 260, line 12: «Touch typing, with all fingers starting on the home row (the middle row of letter keys), is much faster in the long run.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «home row» (+4); the same action «start» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Uncle: «Bit podgy these days, eh?» You call him a rude name back. Which is true?

1. Nobody did wrong — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Only you did wrong — no support
3. Only he did wrong, because he started it with «podgy» — no support
4. Both did wrong; two sorrys can fix 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

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

muttered «stupid tidy-up» last week and mum didn't hear. «it worked last time, so it's fine». Is it?

1. Yes, if she didn't hear it then it doesn't really count — score 2
2. No, it's still rude, and next time she may hear — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Only on weekends — no support
4. Yes, muttering never counts — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 108, line 6: «A girl in Ohio climbed into the dryer during hide-and-seek; the door shut and she could not open it from inside, and luckily her mum heard her knocking.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hear» (+3); the same doer «mum» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

slammed my door, dad's outside going «can we talk?». I'm still raging. Best move?

1. Hold the door shut all night until he gives up — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Shout «go away» — score 5
3. Take a breath, then open and talk — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Climb out the window — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 106, line 16: «If something catches fire inside a microwave, keep the door shut, switch it off at the wall and call a grown-up.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same property (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

blurted «shut up» at Miss Ross, the whole class went «oooh». What now?

1. Pretend it was someone else — no support
2. Walk out of class — no support
3. Say sorry quickly and explain you were upset — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Say it again louder so you look tough in front of everyone — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 347, line 4: «Telling everyone a friend's secret (that he still sleeps with a teddy) got the whole class teasing him, and he stopped trusting Kai. Kai said sorry and told th…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «say» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

lollipop lady told the school about u and u had to write a letter. Is the letter enough?

1. Saying sorry to her face makes it complete — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. She will not read it anyway — no support
3. Yes, a letter is always enough and you never need to see her — no support
4. No, you need to write ten — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. 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: the same property (+4); the same action «say» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

You went to confession and feel light again. Your little brother asks «so it's like it never happened?». Best answer?

1. I'm forgiven, but I still have to put it right — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Yes, so I can do the same thing again and go back next week — no support
3. No, confession does nothing — no support
4. Yes, nothing happened — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 347, line 2: «Kai felt good about changing — and a few weeks later slipped. His friend got a wrong answer in maths and Kai laughed out loud. She stopped putting her hand up.…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «put» (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal reason for which a dare does not excuse a discourteous act.

1. Dares transfer responsibility to the challenger — no support
2. Responsibility rests with the person who performs the act — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Dares are prohibited by school regulations and therefore excuse nothing — no support
4. Discourtesy is excused only when unintended — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 355, line 5: «A dare does not make a rude act acceptable; the person who does it is still responsible.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «person» (+1); the same thing acted on «act» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between confession and the making of amends?

1. Confession brings forgiveness but does not replace an apology to the person wronged — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
2. Confession removes any obligation towards the person wronged — score 9
3. Confession and amends are mutually exclusive — score 6
4. Amends are required only in those cases where confession has been refused — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 12, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 355, line 3: «Confession lifted the weight, but it did not replace the sorry to the person he had hurt; he did both. A dare does not make rude words fine — the one who says…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «replace» (+2); the same doer «confession» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

It is given that a pupil, upon removal from play by a coach, shouted at the coach. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

1. The protest is without consequence — no support
2. The protest is a recognised appeal procedure — no support
3. The protest obliges the coach to reverse the decision without delay — no support
4. The protest does not alter the decision and may incur a sanction — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 355, line 9: «Shouting at a referee or coach does not change the decision, and can get you benched or sent off.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «change» (+1); the same thing acted on «decision» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the outcome most commonly associated with prompt apology following an angry remark to a teacher.

1. The remark is entered on a permanent record — no support
2. Forgiveness is more readily obtained — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The pupil is automatically excluded from school — no support
4. The teacher is required to apologise in turn — ← 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 321, line 11: «Ask a grown-up for help with very hot water, because it can scald your skin.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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