Speaking up is bravery too
Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 368 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 ✗
Head teacher: «Anyone see who smashed the window?» Total silence. What's the brave thing if you saw?
- 1. Keep quiet, because nobody ever likes a grass — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Say you saw nothing and leave — no support
- 3. Blame someone you don't like — no support
- 4. Put your hand up and say what you saw — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 335, line 14: «If you find out about a surprise present, keep quiet and act surprised; spoiling it takes the joy from the giver.», 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 right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
«oi Year 3, give us ur ball». You're in Year 5. What's a good move?
- 1. Say clearly «leave him alone» and tell a teacher — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Punch the big kid in the face — no support
- 3. Help take the ball off him as a laugh — no support
- 4. Walk off, it's not your problem — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 368, line 2: «Speaking up gets easier with practice. When Jake grabs little Ollie's football, Sam says, in front of everyone: «Leave Ollie alone, he's only in Year 3.» His k…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «leave» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
«Sam, ur mental, Jake'll batter u for that». What's true about Sam's words to Jake?
- 1. They were brave and fair, said without fists — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. They were rude to Jake — no support
- 3. They were stupid; he should've hit Jake first — no support
- 4. They broke a school rule — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 354, line 8: «Words said in anger, like «I hate you», can hurt more than you mean them to.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+1). Against it: the same doer «words» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
«my legs were literally shaking when I said it». Does that make it less brave?
- 1. No, because shaking means it was easy — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yes, brave means no shaking at all — no support
- 3. No, being scared and still saying it is brave — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yes, it only counts if you shout — 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 ✗
big lads nicking Year 3s' crisps every day. Lily tells the dinner lady. Kieran: «snitch». Who's right?
- 1. The big lads, because it's only a few crisps — no support
- 2. Kieran, you should never tell on anybody — ← Mova's choice · score -6
- 3. Nobody, because crisps don't really matter — no support
- 4. Lily, she's protecting the little ones — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score -6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 285, line 13: «If a friend shows you a weapon or says they will bring one to school, tell an adult right away; it is a danger to everyone.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
«Kieran started it, not the Station Road kid» — says Maddie, his mate. Why does that matter?
- 1. It means Kieran can't be her friend — ← Mova's choice · score -3
- 2. It doesn't matter, because friends always come first — no support
- 3. The truth matters even about your own friend — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It means the Station Road kid is perfect — 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 340, line 2: «Max in Dublin copied his friend's maths homework twice and got away with it, so he thought he always could. The third time they both had the same wrong answer.…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «fault» (+3). Against it: 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Teacher, a bit rattled: «Are you saying I'm unfair, Sam?» Best reply?
- 1. «Maddie told me to say it» — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. «Yeah, you're well unfair» — no support
- 3. «No, Miss, I'm asking why the rules are different» — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. «Forget it, Miss, I didn't say anything, honestly, nothing at all» — 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
«it's just a laugh, Lily, we only tug it cos we like u». What's Lily's best reply?
- 1. «OK, tug it a bit harder then» — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Pull their hair back hard — no support
- 3. Say nothing and cry later — no support
- 4. «I don't like it. Stop.» — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · right ✓
«He said my mum's gonna die so I hit him». What should the head teacher do?
- 1. Punish only the other boy — no support
- 2. Help Jake with his worry and still deal with the hitting — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. Tell Jake his mum is fine — score 6
- 4. Let Jake off completely because of his mum — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 368, line 4: «Maddie has her own moment. She stands up and says the Station Road boy did not start the fight — her own friend Kieran did. Jake tells the head the real reason…», 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 action «help» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
«Maddie, u shouldn't have pulled Chloe's plaits, that was mean». Is Sam a good friend here?
- 1. Yes, real friends tell you when you're wrong — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. No, it's none of his business what she does to Chloe — no support
- 3. No, a good friend always takes your side — no support
- 4. Yes, but only if Chloe pays him — 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 368, line 4: «Maddie has her own moment. She stands up and says the Station Road boy did not start the fight — her own friend Kieran did. Jake tells the head the real reason…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same doer «lily» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
You saw someone getting hit in the toilets but you're scared to say it out loud. What's a good option?
- 1. Post about it online — no support
- 2. Write it in the worry box or tell a teacher privately — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Do nothing, and maybe it'll stop on its own — no support
- 4. Go and tell the bully you saw him — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 100, line 20: «Telling an adult when you see someone being hurt is standing up for them, and it is not telling tales.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same receiver «adult» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the act of reporting a witnessed incident to the head teacher in the presence of the assembled school?
- 1. It indicates chiefly a desire to obtain favour with the members of staff present — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is an act of disloyalty towards other pupils — no support
- 3. It constitutes a form of courage notwithstanding visible nervousness — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It is of no value unless performed without fear — 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 function of a worry box in a primary school.
- 1. To enable pupils to report concerns safely to staff — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. To store articles of lost property — no support
- 3. To record the results of examinations — no support
- 4. To collect pupils' contributions towards the cost of school excursions — 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 · right ✓
Given that a pupil struck another after an unkind remark concerning his mother's illness, select the response consistent with the established facts.
- 1. The explanation assists understanding but does not justify the blow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The explanation renders the blow entirely justified — no support
- 3. The pupil who made the remark bears sole responsibility for the blow — no support
- 4. No consequence ought to follow in such circumstances — 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 4 · formal language · right ✓
Ascertain which conduct is most consistent with the principle that rules apply equally to all pupils.
- 1. That sanctions depend upon the popularity of the pupil concerned — no support
- 2. That boys alone are liable to detention — no support
- 3. That girls are exempt from sanctions for fighting — no support
- 4. That fighting incurs the same consequence for boys and for girls — ← 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 87, line 13: «If you find it hard to hear the teacher, tell a parent, because you may need a hearing test.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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