When the police come

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 384 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 ✓

older kid: «if the feds come, just leg it». Wise?

1. Only if you're fast — no support
2. No — stay calm and tell the truth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Leg it then hide at home — no support
4. Yeah, they can't catch you if you're quick — 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 384, line 4: «Police are not only there to catch people; they keep people safe and stop things getting worse. Fights in the street are a police matter because people get bad…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stay» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate: «tell the copper u never saw nothing, don't be a grass». What's right for a witness?

1. Blame someone you don't like very much — no support
2. Say honestly what you actually saw — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Say you saw nothing at all, to be safe — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Make up a different, more exciting story — score 1

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 196, line 1: «Sometimes the plain truth would hurt someone and a big lie would not be honest. There is a third way: find something TRUE and kind to say, or kindly say nothin…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «all» (+3); the same thing acted on «nothing» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

A lad's on the floor after a fight by the chippy and isn't moving. Everyone's filming. What do you do?

1. Go home and say nothing — no support
2. Shake him hard to wake him up as quickly as you can — no support
3. Ring 999 and stay back at a safe distance — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Film it too, so the police can see it later — ← Mova's choice · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 256, line 2: «In group work every idea deserves to be heard: everyone takes a turn, disagreements are settled fairly by listening and voting, and if your idea is not chosen…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same action «take» (-1); a different thing acted on (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 4 · ★ · right ✓

On a 999 call: «Which service?» What do you say?

1. Is this the police? I'll ring back — no support
2. I dunno, someone's hurt somewhere near the shops, I think — no support
3. Ambulance, and police — a boy's hurt after a fight on Elm Road — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
4. Can you just come quick — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 285, line 17: «If you accidentally hurt a friend, stop, check they are okay and say sorry; caring about them matters more than whose fault it was.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

«I only watched, I didn't nick the bike, so nobody can say nothing to me». True?

1. Yes, people who only stood and watched are never asked anything — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, if you were laughing — no support
3. Only if you're under 18 — no support
4. Not quite — police can still question people who were there — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Teacher: «Jake, what do you say to Mr Patel about his oranges?» Best answer?

1. He shouldn't put stands outside — no support
2. Sorry — I'll help clear up and pay my share — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Oranges are cheap anyway — no support
4. It wasn't me, it was the other lad who knocked it — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 368, line 4: «Maddie has her own moment. She stands up and says the Station Road boy did not start the fight — her own friend Kieran did. Jake tells the head the real reason…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dad: «police again and the phone's gone for a month». What's he trying to do?

1. Punish her for nothing at all — no support
2. Stop her going out with friends — no support
3. Make sure Maddie stays out of fights — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Get himself a new phone — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 384, line 17: «Parents often set their own consequences, like losing a phone, on top of anything the police do.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+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 ✗

Kieran: «my name's in the copper's book, I'm a proper criminal now lol». What's true?

1. He's famous now, everyone knows his name — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. It means he can't be told off any more — no support
3. It's a warning sign, not something to be proud of — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He'll get a cool gang name for it — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 384, line 1: «The knock came at teatime. A police officer stood on Kieran's doorstep asking about a bike stolen from outside the Co-op. Kieran's mum went white, then red. Ki…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «name» (+1); the same doer «kieran» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sam's hands are shaking when the officer asks him questions. What helps most?

1. Say his friend saw it instead of him — ← Mova's choice · score 11
2. Breathe, go slowly, and say only what he really saw — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Say whatever he thinks the officer wants to hear from him — score 3
4. Say he forgot everything — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 11, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 384, line 3: «Not every visit was bad news. Sam saw a fight in the street, and an officer asked him what he had seen. His voice wobbled, but he said only what he really saw…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+6); the same circumstance (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

«999 is only for fires innit». Correct?

1. No, it's for police, ambulance, fire and coastguard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, it's only for fires and nothing else — no support
3. Only for robberies — no support
4. Only if an adult rings — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Community officer: «What should you do if you see a fight?» Best answer?

1. Throw something at them to stop it — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. Jump straight in between them and split them up yourself — score 9
3. Keep away, get an adult or call 999 if someone's hurt — ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. Cheer for the smaller one — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 214, line 7: «When her parents split up, a girl in California believed it was her fault and stopped seeing her friends; it was not her fault at all, and talking to both pare…», 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 «stop» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

«police cars only stop when someone's getting arrested». True?

1. Only for adults — no support
2. Only at night — no support
3. No, they also stop to check people are safe — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Yes, always, that's the only thing they're there for — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 266, line 11: «When it rains, you stand back from the kerb, because passing cars splash water from the puddles at the edge of the road.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «water» (+2); the same doer «passing cars» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

It is given that a person lies motionless following an altercation in a public street. Identify the action most consistent with established guidance.

1. The recording of the incident upon a mobile device for later submission to the police — no support
2. The departure of the observer without informing any person — no support
3. The physical intervention of the observer between the parties concerned — no support
4. The summoning of emergency services by telephone while remaining at a safe distance — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 384, line 10: «Stay at a safe distance from a fight; your job is to call for help, not to step in.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+1). · 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 obligation of a child witness questioned by a police officer?

1. The witness should decline to answer in order to protect his peers from blame — no support
2. The witness should supply probable details where uncertain — no support
3. The witness should relate the accounts of others as his own — no support
4. The witness should state truthfully only what he personally saw and heard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 384, line 11: «A witness should say only what they really saw and heard, not guesses or what others said.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «witness» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

State the minimum age at which a child may be charged with a criminal offence in England and Wales.

1. Ten years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Five years — no support
3. Eighteen years — no support
4. Sixteen years — 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 a child who was present and amused during the theft of a bicycle.

1. The child is thereby rendered criminally liable irrespective of age — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Only the adult guardian may be questioned — no support
3. Presence without participation is beyond the interest of the police — no support
4. Presence and encouragement may result in the child being questioned by the police — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 278, line 20: «Threats about weapons or bombs are always taken seriously by schools and police, even when the child says it was a joke.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same thing acted on «joke» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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