Our street against theirs
Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 382 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 · right ✓
Kieran: «Oi Sam, u're lookout tonight, just whistle if a grown-up comes». Best reply?
- 1. Fine, what time — no support
- 2. No, I'm not being part of it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. OK but I won't whistle too loud — no support
- 4. OK, if Maddie's coming too then I'll come — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 379, line 12: «You can admit your own part in a fight and still be angry about what was done to you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · wrong ✗
«Station Road lot are scum, everyone knows». Is that true?
- 1. Only the ones near the shop — no support
- 2. Only the older ones who hang round the shop — no support
- 3. Yes, everyone says so, so it must be true — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 4. No, people aren't bad because of their street — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 381, line 2: «The street was just as muddled. When Maddie fought, kids said «Maddie's so cool»; when Jake did exactly the same, they said «that's horrible». After Connor pun…», 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 «everyone» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · right ✓
Mate: «it's only paint lol, rain'll wash it off». True?
- 1. No, it's vandalism and costs money to clean — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yes, paint always washes off in the rain — no support
- 3. Only if it's not red — no support
- 4. Yes, bus stops are meant for painting on — 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 4 · wrong ✗
«finders keepers, the ball came over our fence». What's right?
- 1. Hide it till they forget about it — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Keep it, they're from Station Road — no support
- 3. Give it back to them — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Sell it at school for a quid — 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 ✗
Jake's at the bus stop and both streets shout «traitor!». What's true about Jake?
- 1. He should fight both sides — score 0
- 2. He has to choose a side by Friday or he's out — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. He's a traitor to both sides — score -1
- 4. He's done nothing wrong; it's not about him — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 356, line 4: «Owen looked in the teacher's desk while she was out; she came back, saw him, and he stayed in at break. Leo glanced at the test answers on her desk, then owned…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same doer «jake» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · wrong ✗
Maddie's new swimming mate is from Station Road. Kieran: «u can't hang with HER». Wise answer?
- 1. OK, I'll stop talking to her from now on — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. I'll pretend I don't know her when they're about — no support
- 3. She's my mate, the street thing is daft — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. I'll ask her to switch streets — 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 ✗
Mum at Christmas: «you two, budge up and pass the gravy». Kieran won't look at his cousin. What's sensible?
- 1. Sit on the stairs instead of at the table — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. Say Station Road started it all — no support
- 3. Be normal with his cousin; it's family — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Make the cousin pass him everything at dinner — 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 362, line 1: «Aiden in Phoenix bought gems in his favourite game with Mum's saved card, a few dollars at a time, so he could beat his friend. Each tap felt like nothing. At…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit down» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · wrong ✗
«if u don't join the gang ur not Mill Lane». Lily says?
- 1. I'll move to Station Road then — score 4
- 2. Fine, I'll join for a bit and see what it's like — no support
- 3. I'm Mill Lane and I'm not joining — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. I'll ask my friend to join too — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. 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 receiver «teacher» (+4); the same action «ask» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · right ✓
Teacher: «Can anyone tell me why your streets are fighting?» Long silence. What does that show?
- 1. Nobody has a real reason — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 2. The other street started it — no support
- 3. The teacher should already know — score 5
- 4. It's a secret only big kids know — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 382, line 3: «Then Sam asked Maddie the question nobody had asked: «Why do the streets even fight?» Maddie opened her mouth and shut it again. «Because... they're Station Ro…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on «question» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · right ✓
«just go round and get our ball back off them, smash a window if u have to». Wise move?
- 1. Take one of their bikes in swap for the ball — score -1
- 2. Smash just one window so they know — no support
- 3. Ask an adult to help talk to them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Go at night so nobody sees — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 319, line 16: «If the news about wars, fires or disasters scares you, ask an adult to explain and watch less news; the news shows the worst things and often not the helpers.», 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 «ask» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · wrong ✗
Sam: «why do we even fight them?» Kieran: «cos». What's true?
- 1. Sam should go and fight them to find out — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. Sam is being disloyal — no support
- 3. «Cos» is a good enough reason — no support
- 4. «Cos» isn't a reason; it's worth asking — ✓ the right answer · 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 370, line 2: «One afternoon the Station Road boys corner Sam by the garages. Maddie walks over and simply stands next to him, arms folded, saying nothing. The boys look at h…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hear» (+1). Against it: the same doer «sam» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal characteristic of a feud between neighbouring streets as described.
- 1. It is confined to children of the same age — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It persists long after any original cause has been forgotten — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It is resolved by one decisive confrontation — no support
- 4. It is invariably caused by a serious offence committed by one side — 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 · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the application of slogans to a public bus shelter without permission?
- 1. It constitutes lawful decoration of public property by local residents — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is without consequence if no person observes it — no support
- 3. It is permissible if the paint is of a washable kind — no support
- 4. It constitutes vandalism, the cost of removal being borne by the public — ✓ 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
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is given that a child is requested to keep watch during a planned altercation. Select the response consistent with the established facts.
- 1. The child may keep watch provided he strikes no blow himself — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. The child should keep watch and report afterwards — score 0
- 3. The child may keep watch if the altercation is between other streets entirely — score 2
- 4. The child should decline and inform a trusted adult, a lookout being a participant — ✓ the right answer · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 376, line 13: «Even the child who is picked on costs the family time, because parents must go to meetings to stop it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «child» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
State the conclusion most consistent with the observation that friends and relatives reside in the opposing street.
- 1. Residence in a particular street determines a person's loyalty and character entirely — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Friendships with residents of the other street ought to be ended — no support
- 3. Residence in a particular street determines neither the worth nor the hostility of a person — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Relatives residing in the opposing street are to be regarded as opponents — 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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