Walking away

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

Lesson 371 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 ✗

«he said go on hit me, so I did, it's his fault innit». Is that right?

1. Only if he is bigger than you — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, he asked for it — no support
3. Yes, if he says it twice then it's his own fault — no support
4. No, nobody has to hit just because they are told to — ✓ 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 2 · wrong ✗

«oi chicken, you just gonna walk off??» What does a wise kid do?

1. Turn back and fight him, just to prove you're not — score 3
2. Stand still and wait for him — no support
3. Shout a worse name back — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Keep walking; names don't hurt like a fight — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 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 371, line 2: «Jake, who fights about everything, heard a boy call his football team rubbish. His fists itched and his face went hot. For the first time in his life he counte…», 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 «call» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · right ✓

Two big lads following you and your mate down the high street, it's getting dark. Best move?

1. Stop and ask them straight out what their problem is — no support
2. Run down the nearest empty alley — no support
3. Walk calmly into a busy shop and tell the adult there — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Split up so one of you escapes — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 371, line 3: «Walking away is not only leaving trouble, it is walking towards safety. When older boys followed Sam and Freddie, they did not run into an empty alley; they wa…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «walk» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · wrong ✗

«big fight at the rec 6 o'clock, everyone's going, don't be a wimp». Best answer?

1. I'll go and film it on my phone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. I'll bring my brother to help — no support
3. Not going; I'll stay home — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Fine, but I'll only stand and watch — 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 ✗

Teacher: «Jake, why did you leave PE without asking?» Best honest answer?

1. I needed the toilet — score 0
2. I was really angry and needed to cool off before I did something stupid — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. I was bored of the game — no support
4. Freddie told me to go and get out of the hall or he would tell on me — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 337, line 4: «Some lies hurt the liar most. Liam said a bruise came from falling, when a boy had pushed him, because he did not want to be a tell-tale. The boy did it again.…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+1); the same doer «boy» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · right ✓

Lily's ponytail gets yanked AGAIN. Her friend says «just smack him». What's wiser?

1. Smack him hard so he learns — score 0
2. Pull his hair back twice as hard — no support
3. Cut her hair short — no support
4. Walk away and tell the duty teacher — ← 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 0 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 receiver «teacher» (+4); the same action «tell» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · right ✓

«mate dared me to go sort out that kid from Station Road, gonna do it». What's a good way out?

1. Say no with a joke, like having something better to do — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. Do it, but tell nobody — no support
3. Get someone else to do it — no support
4. Go, but only shove him a little bit so he doesn't get hurt — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 302, line 20: «A good way to do a jigsaw is to find the edges and corners first, because edge pieces have a straight side and make a frame, then group pieces by colour.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «good way» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · right ✓

Jake's fists itch and his face goes hot after an insult. What helps most?

1. Tense your fists even harder — no support
2. Count to ten and turn round — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Stare at the boy until he looks away — score 4
4. Shout the insult back louder — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 371, line 2: «Jake, who fights about everything, heard a boy call his football team rubbish. His fists itched and his face went hot. For the first time in his life he counte…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «count» (+5); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · wrong ✗

Maddie: «If I walk off, they'll say I'm soft». What's true?

1. She has to fight to keep her name in the playground — no support
2. Walking away from a bigger person is smart, not soft — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Only boys can walk away — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. She should wait for them to hit first — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 371, line 1: «On the corner of Station Road a boy stepped right up to Sam, stuck his chin out and said «go on then, hit me». Sam's chest burned, because walking away looks l…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «walk away» (+2); the same doer «sam» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

Your friend walked away from a fight everyone was egging on. What can you do?

1. Start the fight for them — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Say «nice one» and walk with them — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Call them chicken with the others — score 6
4. Tell everyone they were scared — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 370, line 1: «Freddie — the boy who invented «Scaredy-Sam» — gets shoved into the big bins by two older boys. Sam doesn't fight anyone. He helps Freddie out, picks a banana…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «fight» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «start» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · wrong ✗

«just ignore him» — mate says. Lily ignored the tugging boy. What stops it for good if ignoring fails?

1. Giving him a sweet to share — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Telling a grown-up — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Ignoring him for another year — score 4
4. Moving to a new school — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 318, line 6: «A boy in Australia did not drink anything on a long, hot hike; he got a headache, felt sick and nearly fainted before his mum gave him water in the shade.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «boy» (+3); the same action «give» (+2); 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal reason for which a confrontation cannot proceed once one party withdraws.

1. The withdrawing party is automatically declared the victor of the dispute — no support
2. A fight necessarily requires the participation of two persons — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. The remaining party is obliged by law to depart — no support
4. Withdrawal is invariably followed by immediate punishment — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 337, line 6: «The fix for an excuse is always the same: tell the real reason, take the consequence, and next time ask properly or say what you are afraid of.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+2); the same doer «next time» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

It is given that two pupils are pursued by older youths along a public street. Select the course of action most consistent with their safety.

1. Proceeding calmly to an occupied shop and informing the adult present — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Proceeding into an unlit and unoccupied passage — no support
3. Separating so as to divide the pursuers — no support
4. Confronting the pursuers in the street in order to ascertain their intentions — 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 222, line 8: «On a phone in a shop or on the bus, you speak quietly and keep it short.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the act of withdrawing from a provocation?

1. It constitutes a form of courage, being more difficult than retaliation — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It invariably results in the provocation being repeated — no support
3. It constitutes an admission of guilt on the part of the pupil who withdraws — no support
4. It is appropriate only for pupils of small stature — 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 · wrong ✗

Whereas a pupil is described as «scared» for declining to attend an arranged street fight, ascertain the comparative cost of declining.

1. Declining is penalised more severely than fighting — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The cost of declining exceeds any consequence which might follow from attending — no support
3. The cost of an insult is negligible relative to injury, punishment or police involvement — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. No consequence attends either course of action — 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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