Wasting food and water
Tests: 5 of 10 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 9 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 360 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 ✓
«hate crusts lol just bin it every day». What's the wiser move?
- 1. Swap it for crisps every day — score 3
- 2. Keep binning it, nobody will ever know — score 3
- 3. Ask for no crusts and eat the rest — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 4. Hide it in your desk — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 360, line 1: «Every day for three weeks, Noah in Austin threw his sandwich in the school bin because he did not like the crusts. Nobody noticed, and he thought he had found…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «ask» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · wrong ✗
water's been running 2 minutes while u brush. Which is closest to how much is wasted?
- 1. One cup exactly — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. None, it goes back to the tap — no support
- 3. Several litres — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Just a few drops — 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 ✗
binned my lunch all last month and no one noticed, «it worked last time, so it's fine». Is it?
- 1. Yes, bins are for lunch — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, the food was still wasted and you went hungry — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Only on Fridays — no support
- 4. Yes, if no one noticed last month then it's fine — 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 ✗
Dad: «Who's left every light in the house on?!» Best reply if it was you?
- 1. «Not my lights, I didn't touch them» — no support
- 2. «Me, sorry, I'll switch them off» — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. «The lights turn on by themselves» — score 2
- 4. «It's cheaper to leave them on all day» — ← Mova's choice · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 358, line 4: «Lucy promised to tidy her room before going out and didn't, so she could not go out the next day. Sam forgot to call Gran, who waited by the phone all evening;…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «go out» (+4); the same property (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · wrong ✗
«got £20 for my birthday, gonna spend it all on sweets today». What's likely?
- 1. It's the best way to save — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The shop gives change back later — no support
- 3. Sweets last much longer than money does, so it's fine — no support
- 4. A sore tummy and no money left for later — ✓ 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 6 · right ✓
«Miss, can I have more paper?» It's your 30th sheet, each with one line. What will she probably say?
- 1. Go and buy some — no support
- 2. Paper is free, take the box — no support
- 3. Use the sheets you have, both sides — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. «Here's another 30 sheets, take as many as you like» — 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 360, line 9: «Paper is made from trees, so using both sides of a sheet saves trees.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «use» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «sides» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · wrong ✗
buffet: kid comes back with a mountain of food and eats half. What's the smart way?
- 1. Don't eat at all — no support
- 2. Take a little, go back for more if hungry — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Take one thing only — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. Take a mountain every time, just in case — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 209, line 6: «A boy in Texas ate chicken from a picnic that had sat in the sun for hours; that night he was sick again and again and needed a doctor because he could not kee…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «water» (+1); a different action (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 8 · right ✓
left my coat at the park, «mum'll just buy another». What's fairer?
- 1. Help pay for it and look after the next one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Blame your friend for not reminding you to take it — no support
- 3. Ask for a dearer one — no support
- 4. Say it was stolen — 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 9 · right ✓
lunch helper sees you bin a full sandwich and says «that's a waste, love». What's the honest response?
- 1. «I'm feeding the bin» — no support
- 2. «Sorry, I don't like the crusts» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. «Mind your own business, it's my sandwich» — score 3
- 4. «Not mine» — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 360, line 1: «Every day for three weeks, Noah in Austin threw his sandwich in the school bin because he did not like the crusts. Nobody noticed, and he thought he had found…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «like» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «crusts» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · right ✓
teacher: «Why are you so tired every afternoon?» You've been skipping lunch. What's the honest answer?
- 1. «I don't know, Miss» — no support
- 2. «I'm always tired» — no support
- 3. «I've been throwing my lunch away» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. «Maths is just really boring in the afternoon» — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 9, line 7: «A girl in Glasgow skipped breakfast and lunch to finish a project; by the afternoon she was shaky and could not think, and she fell off her bike on the way hom…», 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 «breakfast» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Identify the principal reason for which the discarding of food is regarded as wasteful.
- 1. It squanders the money, resources and labour expended in its production — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Food is of value only when expensive — no support
- 3. Food cannot be discarded legally — no support
- 4. Food which has been discarded is replaced at no cost to anyone whatsoever — 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 ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the leaving of a tap running whilst brushing the teeth?
- 1. It wastes no water whatsoever, since all of it is recycled back into the tap — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. It wastes a considerable volume of water each minute — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. It improves the efficacy of toothpaste — score 5
- 4. It is necessary for dental hygiene — no support
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 360, line 2: «Freddie left the tap running the whole time he brushed his teeth. Dad heard it and explained that a running tap can pour away several litres a minute — a bucke…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «running tap» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is given that a pupil has discarded his lunch daily for three weeks without detection. Select the conclusion consistent with sound reasoning.
- 1. The pupil incurs no consequence whatever — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. The practice is justified by its success, since no harm has been detected — no support
- 3. The waste ceases to exist if undetected — no support
- 4. The absence of detection does not negate the waste or its effect on the pupil — ✓ 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 97, line 10: «Many schools have buddies to help new pupils find their way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). 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 ✗
State the practice most consistent with the avoidance of waste at a self-service meal.
- 1. The taking of the maximum available portion on the first visit to the table — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. The taking of dessert alone — no support
- 3. The discarding of portions found unappealing — no support
- 4. The taking of modest portions with return for more if required — ✓ 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 48, line 4: «In an earthquake in California or New Zealand you drop to your hands and knees, take cover under a strong table and hold on until the shaking stops; if you are…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (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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