What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth
Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 374 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 banged his head and he's just lying there quiet, he's fine yeah?» Best move?
- 1. Splash water and leave — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, call 999 and get an adult now — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yes, let him sleep it off on the bench — no support
- 4. Walk him home on your own — 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 · ★★ · right ✓
«Connor said she wanted equality so she got hit, fair's fair». Is it?
- 1. Yes, because she is a tomboy — no support
- 2. Yes, that is exactly what equality means in the playground — score 4
- 3. No, equality means nobody should hit anyone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. Only if she hit first with a fist — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 374, line 1: «For weeks Maddie had been shoving boys in her class. Then she shoved Connor, who always says he is «all for equality». Connor said «you want to fight like the…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hit» (+2); the same doer «nobody» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«Maddie looks well hard in that photo with two shiners, haha». What's the wiser view?
- 1. Her injury is a reminder of the fight, not a trophy — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. She should get more black eyes for the next school photo — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 3. It is the best photo of the year — no support
- 4. Black eyes make you look grown-up — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 374, line 2: «The nose cost more the next week: the swelling spread and Maddie had two black eyes for the school photo. The photo ended up on Gran's mantelpiece, and every t…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «maddie» (+3); the same circumstance (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«gonna scrap him for that card, it's MINE». Jake did that once. What did it really cost?
- 1. A chipped tooth and a dentist's bill, for a common card — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nothing, because he got the card back in the end — score 0
- 3. A rare card for free — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. A day off school — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 374, line 5: «Real fights are messy and ugly, not like on TV. Jake chipped his front tooth over a football card that was not even rare, and the dentist cost his parents mone…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «football card» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «football card» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓
«there's a fight round the back, come watch!» What's the safe choice?
- 1. Push to the front to see better — no support
- 2. Cheer for your mate so he knows you're on his side — no support
- 3. Film it from close up — no support
- 4. Walk away from it and tell an adult — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 363, line 14: «Leaving a chat that has turned mean, or telling an adult, is a brave and sensible choice.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «adult» (+4); the same action «tell» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓
Kieran's chin's split and bleeding after a scuffle on the kerb. What's right?
- 1. Carry on with the scuffle — no support
- 2. Take a photo for the group chat — no support
- 3. Get an adult, he may need stitches — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Tell him to rub some dirt on it and carry on playing — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 374, line 5: «Real fights are messy and ugly, not like on TV. Jake chipped his front tooth over a football card that was not even rare, and the dentist cost his parents mone…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «need» (+2); the same thing acted on «four stitches» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«just punch his arm, it's soft, won't hurt you». What does Maddie know now?
- 1. Punching an arm is always safe — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Your fingers can sprain or break doing that — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Arms are too soft to hurt your hand, so it's fine — score 3
- 4. It only hurts the other person — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 374, line 4: «The list of costs goes on. Jake got a black eye that swelled shut for two days and missed the class football final, where he would have been in goal. A boy Jak…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «punch» (+3); the same doer «maddie» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+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 ✓
«he bit me in the fight, it's just a scratch». Two days later it's red and puffy. Why tell an adult?
- 1. Bites often get infected and need treatment — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. Red means it is healing nicely — no support
- 3. Bites never get infected — no support
- 4. So the other boy gets told off by his mum for biting — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 23, line 19: «Cat scratches and bites can get infected, so they should be washed with soap and water.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cat scratches» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«she called him names so she deserved the wall, innit». What's true?
- 1. Name-calling is worse than pushing, so she got what she asked for — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nobody deserves to be hurt; name-calling still has a cost too — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It was nobody's fault at all — no support
- 4. She deserved to break her wrist — 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 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Two kids are arguing on top of a high wall in the park, one about to shove. What's the biggest danger?
- 1. Missing their tea — no support
- 2. Getting their clothes muddy and having to explain it at home — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. The park keeper hearing them — no support
- 4. A fall onto the hard ground, causing broken bones or a head injury — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «weapon» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓
Connor felt proud for a second, then sick when he saw blood. What does that suggest about fights?
- 1. Many people don't really want the harm a fight does once they see it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Blood is the best part of a fight — no support
- 3. Hitting always feels good afterwards, once the shock wears off — no support
- 4. Connor was ill already that day — 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 ✗
Identify the principal action required where a person has struck their head upon the ground and subsequently become unusually quiet.
- 1. The emergency services ought to be summoned and an adult informed without delay — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The person ought to be escorted home unaccompanied by another pupil in order to rest — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. No action is required unless bleeding is observed — no support
- 4. The person ought to be left to rest undisturbed — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 17, line 10: «Searchers find people faster when they stay put, because searchers start looking where the person was last seen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+1). 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 · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principle of equality in respect of physical violence?
- 1. Equality has no bearing upon physical violence — no support
- 2. Equality permits any person whatsoever to strike any other person — no support
- 3. Equality requires that no person strike any other person — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. Equality permits retaliation by either sex — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 330, line 5: «Respect the festivals your classmates celebrate, such as Christmas, Diwali, Eid, Hanukkah or Lunar New Year: everyone's traditions deserve respect.», 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 doer «classmates» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning an adult tooth fractured in a fight.
- 1. It does not regenerate and requires repair by a dentist — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. It requires no treatment of any kind, the chip being of a cosmetic nature only — score 0
- 3. It regenerates within several weeks — no support
- 4. It is replaced by a milk tooth — score -2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 90, line 6: «A boy in Leeds was afraid of the dentist and hid his toothache for weeks; by the time he went, the tooth needed taking out instead of a small filling.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+1). Against it: the same doer «tooth» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is given that a bystander, not a participant, observed a fight at close quarters. Ascertain the risk to which the bystander was exposed.
- 1. No risk, bystanders being invariably safe — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Accidental injury from the movements of the participants — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A risk solely of boredom — no support
- 4. A risk of punishment as the principal aggressor, even where no blow is struck — 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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