How to say stop
Tests: 4 of 10 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 7 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 388 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 ✗
«oi stop flicking my ear» — he does it again. what next?
- 1. Pretend it doesn't hurt one bit — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. Let him, he'll get bored soon — no support
- 3. Move away and tell a teacher — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Flick him back, but a lot harder — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 77, line 6: «A girl in Toronto pushed a cotton bud deep into her ear; it pressed the wax further in and scratched the eardrum, and her ear hurt for days.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ear» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (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 2 · wrong ✗
«ur no fun, it's just a joke». Does Lily have to put up with it?
- 1. Yes, jokes are allowed to hurt a bit — score 1
- 2. Only if she can explain why to him — no support
- 3. No, a stop is reason enough — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yes, if he says it's only a joke — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 346, line 11: «A joke is only a joke if the person it is about laughs too.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «joke» (+2); the same thing acted on «joke» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · wrong ✗
Maddie, fists ready, boy poking her arm again. What's the move that keeps her out of trouble?
- 1. Kick his bag across the yard — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Say «stop» loud and clear — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Poke him back twice — no support
- 4. Shove him into the bushes — 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 · right ✓
«ur a grass if u tell miss». Lily said stop and he didn't. Is telling right?
- 1. Yes, but only if he hits her — no support
- 2. Yes, that's when a grown-up should help — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. No, she should never tell on anyone — no support
- 4. No, she should sort it out with her fists — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 388, line 2: «The day after, Tom tried again and Lily said «stop». «You're no fun,» he moaned. Lily wobbled for a second, then said: «I'm fun, but this isn't.» A «stop» does…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «help» (+3); the same doer «grown up» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · wrong ✗
Your mates: «go on, pull her hair, dare ya». What's a strong answer?
- 1. «Only if she doesn't see» — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. «Later, when Miss isn't looking» — no support
- 3. «Stop it, I'm not doing that» — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. «Fine, but you go first» — 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 ✗
Sam says «stop» but his voice wobbles. You're standing next to him. Most useful thing?
- 1. Say «stop» with him — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. Laugh at his wobbly voice — no support
- 3. Tell him to hit the boy — score 2
- 4. Walk away quickly without a word — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 371, line 5: «Walking away does not need a big speech. When a mate dared Sam to go and «sort out» a kid from the other street, Sam said «nah, I've got Lego to finish». His m…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «walk away» (+3); the same property (+2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · right ✓
«he didn't hear me» — he's grinning. What's true?
- 1. Pretending not to hear a stop is still not stopping — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Stop only counts if he answers — no support
- 3. If he didn't hear it, then it's her own fault — no support
- 4. She should whisper it again, more politely — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 388, line 12: «Pretending not to hear a stop is still not stopping.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stop» (+3); the same doer «pretending» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · wrong ✗
Chloe's sister: «say it again, louder, look at me!» Why is this good practice?
- 1. It's to make her sister go away — no support
- 2. A practised no comes out strong when needed — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It helps her sing better — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. It's a game for bossy big sisters who like shouting — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 255, line 1: «When a test is announced, revising (going over what you learned) a little on several different days works better than cramming (trying to learn it all at once)…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «help» (+6); the same doer «out practice» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · right ✓
Pillow fight, your little cousin yells «STOP» but he's giggling. Best move?
- 1. Stop and ask if he wants to keep going — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Keep going, he's laughing, so he likes it — no support
- 3. Pin him down for a joke — no support
- 4. Stop only when he cries — 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 ✓
Teacher: «What does our wall rule say?» Which is it?
- 1. When someone says stop, we stop — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Stop means slow down a bit — no support
- 3. Stop only counts in lessons — no support
- 4. When the teacher says stop, we stop — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 55, line 6: «A girl in Ohio was teased every day for months and told no one; she became so unhappy that she did not want to go to school at all, until a teacher noticed and…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «teacher» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the course of action prescribed for a pupil whose verbal request to desist has been disregarded.
- 1. Continued toleration of the conduct in silence — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Physical retaliation proportionate to the provocation received — no support
- 3. Repetition of the request in a whisper — no support
- 4. Withdrawal from the situation and notification of a responsible adult — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the status of the word «stop» when uttered by one pupil to another?
- 1. It is valid only when accompanied by a satisfactory explanation of one's reasons — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is a sufficient reason in itself and requires no further justification — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It is binding only when uttered by a member of staff — no support
- 4. It may be disregarded where the conduct is intended as a jest — 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 ✗
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the efficacy of a refusal voiced by several bystanders.
- 1. Bystanders ought to refrain from any involvement whatsoever — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A refusal repeated by companions is more likely to be heeded — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A refusal is effective only when accompanied by force — no support
- 4. A refusal is weakened by the participation of others — 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 · right ✓
It is given that a pupil is incited by his companions to repeat an unkind act and declines. State the most accurate characterisation of his conduct.
- 1. An act of courage, since refusal before one's own companions is difficult — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. An act of timidity, indicating a want of spirit — no support
- 3. An act of no significance whatsoever, the dare being trivial and harmless — no support
- 4. An act of disloyalty towards his companions — 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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