Maddie the tomboy
Tests: 2 of 10 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 10 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 378 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 ✗
«maddie's not a proper girl, she don't even have plaits lol». Right or wrong?
- 1. Wrong, because she's actually a boy who just has a girl's name — score 0
- 2. Wrong, there's no one right way to be a girl — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. Right, girls need plaits — score 6
- 4. Right, girls can't play football — ← Mova's choice · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 347, line 7: «Saying a girl can't play football because she is a girl is wrong; girls play football at every level.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+3); the same action «play» (+2); the same thing acted on «football» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · right ✓
«girls can't box, that's just a fact». Is it?
- 1. No, many girls and women box in clubs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Only girls over 30 can box — no support
- 3. Yes, it's against the rules — no support
- 4. Yes, girls just aren't strong enough to box — 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 ✗
«get down from that tree NOW, tea's on the table!!» Why did Maddie take ages?
- 1. She loved the view from the top — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. She didn't like her name — score 3
- 3. She'd lost her shoe — score 1
- 4. She had fallen asleep up there in the sun — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 317, line 2: «Sleep needs the right place and the right time. A dark, quiet, cool bedroom and no screens for about an hour before bed help you fall asleep and sleep deeply.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall» (+3); the same property (+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 ✗
«the rec lot say no girls, them's the rules». Are they?
- 1. Yes, the council says so on a sign — no support
- 2. Yes, it's the law in this country — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. No, it's just a habit, not a real rule — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Only on Sundays — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 298, line 4: «Example: a new girl in a school in Sydney has just moved from another country and does not know that the class lines up after break. A kind classmate quietly e…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «country» (+3). Against it: the same doer «new girl» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · wrong ✗
«how r Maddie and Lily even mates, one's a tomboy one's a princess??» What's true?
- 1. They only meet to fight — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. They will fall out soon, because they are too different — no support
- 3. Very different friends can be very close — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. They must be pretending to be friends — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). 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 action «see» (+2); the same doer «maddie» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · wrong ✗
Gran: «I was just as wild at your age». What is Gran telling Maddie?
- 1. Maddie should stay indoors — score -1
- 2. She never liked climbing anything at all as a girl — score -4
- 3. She wants Maddie to fight — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. Being wild as a kid is nothing new — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 257, line 6: «A stranger in a car at a school gate in Arizona told a girl her mum had sent him to collect her; she ran back to the teacher instead, and the police later foun…», 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 «girl» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · wrong ✗
«she wore a SUIT to the wedding, weirdo». What's the kindest true reply?
- 1. She looked great and it's her choice — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. She'll get into trouble with the bride for it — no support
- 3. Suits are only for boys — no support
- 4. Weddings ban suits for girls — ← Mova's choice · score 10
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 378, line 2: «For her cousin's wedding, Maddie flatly refused to wear a dress. After a long row, Mum found her a small navy suit, and Maddie looked so sharp that three aunti…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · wrong ✗
«dad said no boxing, so that's that forever». Is it?
- 1. Yes, parents never change their minds — no support
- 2. Not always, talking calmly can change a parent's mind — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yes, unless she sulks for long enough to make him give in — no support
- 4. No, she can just go without telling him — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 349, line 2: «Tom found matches in a drawer and struck one to see the flame. He burned his finger and frightened himself, and nobody else knew. He held the finger under cold…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «dad» (+3); the same action «tell» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · wrong ✗
«Mad Maddie lol». Can a joke nickname hurt?
- 1. Only if it's said in maths — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yes, even a joke can sting — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Only if it's spelled wrong — no support
- 4. No, nicknames never hurt — 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 · right ✓
«boxing club's the same as scrapping in the street innit». Is it?
- 1. No, a club has rules, coaches and safety gear — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Yes, exactly the same — no support
- 3. No, the club is much more dangerous than a fight in the street — no support
- 4. Yes, but with a bit less shouting — 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 365, line 12: «Idle time with friends who egg you on makes trouble more likely; clubs and hobbies help change habits.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «habits» (+3). · 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 term «tomboy»?
- 1. A boy who prefers quiet pursuits — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. A girl disposed towards pursuits commonly, though erroneously, regarded as masculine — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. A girl who is not truly a girl — score 4
- 4. A girl who is prohibited by her parents from wearing dresses at any time — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). 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: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «boys» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal distinction between participation in a supervised boxing club and engagement in a street fight.
- 1. There exists no material distinction whatsoever — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The latter is safer by reason of its considerably shorter duration — no support
- 3. The former is governed by rules, coaching and protective equipment — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The former permits unlimited striking of any person — 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 · wrong ✗
Ascertain the basis upon which girls have customarily been excluded from a particular recreational football game.
- 1. A statute of the realm — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A regulation issued by the council — no support
- 3. Habit, as distinct from any rule or law — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The physical incapacity of girls to play — 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 ✗
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning friendship between children of markedly differing temperaments.
- 1. Such friendships may be close and mutually beneficial — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Such friendships are invariably short-lived — score 0
- 3. Such friendships require both of the parties to change their natures entirely — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. Such friendships are prohibited in schools — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 54, line 7: «A girl in California sent an angry message in the middle of a row; it was shared around the class, and the friendship took months to mend.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same action «take» (+1). Against it: the same doer «friendship» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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