Promises to family

Tests: 5 of 10 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 358 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 ✗

«said I'd play with my little bro but the lads are at the park, he won't care». What's true?

1. He's too little to care — no support
2. He will care; tell him and come back, or keep it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Just go, he'll forget — no support
4. Little kids never wait for you, they find something else to do — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 286, line 7: «A boy in Leeds kept a wallet he found in the park; it held an old man's only money for the week, and the police later traced it back to him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); the same doer «boy» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mum texts at 9pm: «Did you feed Biscuit??» You forgot. Best reply?

1. «Yes» and then feed him later when you remember — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. «No, sorry! Doing it now» — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. «He's fine, he's fat» — no support
4. Don't reply — 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 ✓

Gran: «I sat by the phone all evening, love». You forgot to call. Best move?

1. Say sorry and call her properly now — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Say you were doing homework — no support
3. Say the phone was broken — no support
4. Say she should have called you — 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 339, line 13: «When something has been taken from a shop, the fair way is to go back with a grown-up, give it back and say sorry yourself.», 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

«I told everyone Sara's secret but she made me promise, so technically…». What's true?

1. Breaking the promise hurt her; say sorry — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Promises only really count if you write them down — no support
3. Technically it's fine — no support
4. Secrets are made to share — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. 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 5 · ★ · right ✓

mate: «you said you'd come to my party, where were you?!». You went to another one. Best fix?

1. Say sorry, and next time tell him beforehand — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Say his party was boring — no support
3. Say you were ill in bed and couldn't come — no support
4. Say you forgot — 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 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 action «say» (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

broke my promise to wash dad's car last week and nothing happened, «it worked last time, so it's fine». Is it?

1. Yes, if nothing happened last time then it's fine — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yes, cars wash themselves in rain — no support
3. No, Dad was let down and trust gets thinner — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Only if Dad doesn't ask — 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 349, line 1: «Some rules guard your body, not your manners. Tom in Sydney thought his bike helmet looked babyish and left it at home. He rode without it three times and noth…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «happen» (+3); the same doer «nothing» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

friend: «gimme my game back, you said a week, it's been a MONTH». Best move?

1. Say he gave it to you — no support
2. Ask for another week — no support
3. Say you lost it somewhere and you'll look for it — score 3
4. Give it back today and say sorry — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 345, line 2: «On Friday Finn told the teacher it was him, said sorry to Rory and scrubbed the wall clean himself. Rory was cross for a day, then said, «Took you long enough»…», 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mum: «You promised you'd stop teasing her and she's crying again». What's the honest reply?

1. «It was only a joke» — no support
2. «Sorry, I did it again. I'll keep trying» — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. «She started it, she always starts it» — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. «I never promised» — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 348, line 1: «Isla in Phoenix kept playing on the tablet after Mum said «screens off». For a whole week nobody noticed, and she began to think nobody ever would. Then Mum sa…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «begin» (+3); the same doer «mum» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

You can't make it to Gran's on Sunday after all. When should you tell her?

1. Never, she'll guess anyway — no support
2. After she's cooked the dinner — ← Mova's choice · score -8
3. As soon as you know — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Late on Sunday afternoon — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score -8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 341, line 10: «Writing down reading time you didn't do doesn't make you read.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Why might Alfie stop believing Oliver's promises?

1. Promises are too long to remember — no support
2. Little children can't understand what a promise is at all — no support
3. Broken promises make people stop trusting your word — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Alfie is too young to trust anyone — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 358, line 14: «Keeping small promises builds trust, so people believe your bigger ones.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «build» (+6). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which a promise made to a young child ought to be honoured.

1. The child relies upon it and experiences disappointment if it is broken — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Young children do not remember promises — score 2
3. Promises to adults alone are significant — no support
4. Promises made to young children are legally binding upon the person who makes them — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 346, line 4: «Laughing at a fall, a stammer, glasses, someone's food or a wrong answer makes people stop trying, stop bringing their lunch, stop putting their hand up. A goo…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same thing acted on «one» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 5. · 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 borrowing of an article?

1. It entitles the borrower to retain the article indefinitely — no support
2. It imposes no obligation upon the borrower — no support
3. It transfers ownership after one week — no support
4. It entails an undertaking to return the article — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 119, line 15: «Borrowing something from a family member means asking first and giving it back.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give back» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «borrowing» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that a person can no longer attend an event to which attendance was promised. Select the response consistent with courtesy.

1. The host is informed in advance of the event — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The person attends for a single moment only and leaves — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. The person informs the host a week afterwards — no support
4. The person fails to attend without any notice at all — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 88, line 1: «Every person looks different: tall or short, curly or straight hair, freckles, glasses, braces, different skin colours and body shapes; there is no single righ…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+3); the same doer «person» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the principal consequence of the habitual keeping of small promises.

1. The person comes to be excused from keeping larger promises — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. No consequence follows — no support
3. Others come to trust the person's word — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Promises cease to be necessary — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 358, line 14: «Keeping small promises builds trust, so people believe your bigger ones.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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