Getting help is not telling tales
Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 369 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 ✗
«u told ur MUM?? grass». Sam's been dodging the bus shelter boys for 3 weeks. Was he right?
- 1. No, he should've waited longer — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. Yes, but only because he's a baby — no support
- 3. Yes, it was getting help, not grassing — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. No, he should have sorted it all out by himself — score -2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 369, line 1: «For three weeks Sam walks the long way round to school to avoid the boys at the bus shelter. He's late twice, his shoes wear thin and he tells nobody. Then one…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sam» (+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 2 · ★★ · right ✓
«Miss, Freddie took 2 grapes not 1!!» Tales or getting help?
- 1. Getting help, it's a real emergency — no support
- 2. Telling tales, it's a tiny thing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. Getting help, because grapes matter most — no support
- 4. Neither, because it's a serious crime — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 369, line 2: «Lily is worried about «telling tales», because that is what the boys sneer at. So she asks her teacher what the difference is. The teacher says: «Telling tales…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same thing acted on «tales» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«Miss, a Year 6 keeps punching Ollie at break». Tales or getting help?
- 1. Getting help, but only if Ollie asks — no support
- 2. Telling tales, it's not your business — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. Neither, punches don't count at break — no support
- 4. Getting help, someone's being hurt — ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 369, line 5: «Telling tales means trying to get someone into trouble over something small; getting help means someone is hurt, in danger or being bullied.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Maddie, limping: «nah don't tell anyone, I'll be fine». Her ankle's going purple. What should a friend do?
- 1. Leave it, she said she's fine and to go away — score 9
- 2. Tell her to run on it so it loosens up — ← Mova's choice · score 12
- 3. Push hard on it to see if it's really broken — score 9
- 4. Get an adult now, even if she's cross — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 12, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 307, line 5: «A girl in Texas was too scared to tell anyone about trouble at home; when she finally told a teacher, help came, and she wished she had said something sooner.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «tell» (+3); the same receiver «teacher» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓
Jake's dad: «A real man never grasses». Jake's getting shoved about by older lads. Best choice for Jake?
- 1. Tell a teacher and let adults sort it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Bring a weapon to scare them — no support
- 3. Stay home from school forever — no support
- 4. Fight all of them by himself after school — 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 14, line 4: «If an adult is shouting, very angry, or acting strangely or confused, the safe choice is to keep your distance and tell an adult you trust.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «adult» (+3); the same action «tell» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗
little girl's knocked off her scooter, crying, big lad legging it. ur 9. what's the move
- 1. Chase the big lad down the street and tackle him — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Film it on your phone — no support
- 3. Get the nearest adult, like the shopkeeper — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Walk on, she'll be OK — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«she nicked my phone» — Lily's sobbing. «I'll get it back, I'll smack her», says Kieran. Wiser idea?
- 1. Let Kieran go and smack her to get it back — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Grab it back yourself — no support
- 3. Fetch the teacher on duty right now — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nick her phone back in return — 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 225, line 15: «When you have something new, like a game, invite your friend to share it instead of showing off.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «friend» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓
«nobody at home listens, the name-calling's been weeks». What's a good thing to try?
- 1. Call them worse names every day — score 4
- 2. Ring a helpline like Childline or tell another trusted adult — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. Give up and say nothing to anyone, ever — no support
- 4. Wait till it gets worse — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 369, line 4: «Sam keeps learning. When a big Station Road boy knocks a little girl off her scooter, Sam runs to the shop on the corner and tells the man at the counter, who…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «ring» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«telling is for babies, mate». Which is true?
- 1. Only babies need help; big kids sort it out alone — score -2
- 2. Telling makes everything worse every time — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 3. Getting help when someone's hurt is right at any age — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Grown-ups never need help — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 320, line 20: «Bullies often say telling will make it worse, but telling a trusted adult is what most often stops bullying.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same action «make» (+1). Against it: the same doer «telling» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Teacher: «Why didn't you tell me sooner, Sam?» What's the most honest likely reason?
- 1. He wanted the long walk home every day — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. He thought the teacher was busy — score 2
- 3. He was scared of being called a grass — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. He forgot for three weeks — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sam» (+1); the same property (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«I'm not grassing, I'll get him back myself after school». What's likely to happen?
- 1. A medal from the head teacher — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Everything sorted out forever, with no trouble at all — no support
- 3. A fight where someone gets hurt and both get in trouble — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The other boy becomes his friend — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately distinguishes «telling tales» from «seeking assistance»?
- 1. Seeking assistance concerns harm, danger or repeated bullying — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Seeking assistance concerns trivial matters only — no support
- 3. Telling tales concerns injuries requiring a doctor — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. The two terms are entirely interchangeable in ordinary usage — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 36, line 4: «For example, a boy says: "My grandma fell and won't wake up. We're at 14 Oak Street, Denver, the blue house." Then he stays on the line, does what he is told,…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same thing acted on «boy» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Given that a pupil has sustained a twisted ankle and concealed the injury, identify the principal consequence observed.
- 1. The concealment prevented any further harm — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The swelling increased substantially for want of treatment — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The ankle was strengthened by continued use — no support
- 4. The injury resolved more rapidly without intervention of any kind — 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 ✓
Identify the most appropriate course of action for a pupil who discovers that a classmate's telephone has been taken by another child.
- 1. To summon the teacher on duty without delay — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. To refrain from any action whatsoever — no support
- 3. To take an article belonging to the other child — no support
- 4. To retrieve the telephone by force — 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 98, line 13: «If children say you cannot play, ask an adult on duty or find another group.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «adult» (+3); the same place «duty» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a parental instruction never to inform on others.
- 1. Such an instruction applies to injuries, but not to cases of bullying — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Such an instruction must be obeyed in every circumstance — no support
- 3. Such an instruction is endorsed by all schools — no support
- 4. The safety of children takes precedence over such an instruction — ✓ 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
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