Boys who look at Maddie oddly

Tests: 4 of 10 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 8 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 389 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 ✗

«kieran keeps staring at u and goin red lol». What's the likeliest reason?

1. He's got a fever — no support
2. He probably likes her — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He thinks she stole his pen — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. He wants to fight her — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 385, line 3: «Kieran still thought being the hardest kid on the street earned respect. But people only did what he said when he was standing there, and laughed at him when h…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kieran» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«u HAVE to go out with him, he asked u». Is that true?

1. Yes, it's rude to say no to anyone — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yes, if he asked in front of people at school — no support
3. Only if he's from your street — no support
4. No, you never have to like someone back — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 19, line 12: «You can say no to anyone, even an adult you know, if something feels unsafe.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «anyone» (+3); the same thing acted on «no» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Connor: «I only did it cos I liked you». Maddie, fuming. What's true?

1. That makes it all right now, he liked her — score 3
2. Liking her doesn't excuse hurting her — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Then she owes him a date — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Then she should hit him back — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 377, line 4: «Other cases are harder. Freddie had been called names by Jake for a whole term; one day he snapped and hit Jake. The hit was wrong, but the months of names wer…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «boy» (+3); the same doer «maddie» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Jake grins: «you're decent at footy for a girl». What's a smart reply?

1. «I'm decent for a person» — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. «Thanks, girls are usually bad» — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. «I'll stop playing then, see ya» — no support
4. «Shut it or I'll deck ya, mate» — 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 122, line 7: «A girl in Texas ignored her friends when they said hi because she was in a bad mood; by the end of the week they had stopped asking her to play.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+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 ✓

You find a note «to Maddie» under a desk. It's folded and says «private». What's right?

1. Give it to Maddie and watch her face — score 3
2. Give it back to whoever wrote it without reading it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Read it first to see if it's juicy, then give it back — score 4
4. Pass it round the class — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 389, line 2: «Then a boy from Station Road, the street that was supposed to be «at war» with hers, asked Maddie to the cinema. She was surprised and secretly pleased, and sa…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «write» (+3); the same thing acted on «note» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓

«she's a tomboy, why would anyone fancy HER». What's true?

1. Anyone can be liked, tomboys too — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Only girly girls get crushes — no support
3. Tomboys never like anyone — no support
4. Boys only stare at girls they hate — 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 389, line 4: «Jake told her she was «all right for a girl». «I'm all right for a person,» Maddie said, and Jake laughed and agreed. When her friends teased her about boys, s…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «anyone» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓

Kieran face-plants doing a wheelie right in front of her, everyone howls. What's kind?

1. Laugh with him, then help him up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Laugh loudest and point — no support
3. Walk past as if nothing happened — no support
4. Tell him he's a loser — 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 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Gang chanting «Maddie's got a boyfriend!» She's red and cross. Best thing for a friend to do?

1. Write it on the board — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Join in, it's only a bit of a laugh — no support
3. Tell the boy that she likes him — no support
4. Stop teasing and change the subject — ✓ 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 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«r u gonna tell me who u like or what». Maddie doesn't want to. What's fair?

1. She has to tell if anyone asks her twice — score 2
2. She must tell her best friend everything — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Lying is the only way out — score 4
4. She can share when she chooses, or never — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 377, line 4: «Other cases are harder. Freddie had been called names by Jake for a whole term; one day he snapped and hit Jake. The hit was wrong, but the months of names wer…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «boy» (+3); the same doer «maddie» (+2). 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 10 · ★★ · right ✓

Station Road lad asks her to the pictures. Her mates: «he's the ENEMY». What does the lesson say?

1. A crush can cross lines a street war draws — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She must refuse him because of the war — no support
3. The streets should vote on it — no support
4. She should challenge him to a fight 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the conduct most commonly associated with a child who harbours a fondness for a classmate.

1. Open hostility arising from genuine dislike — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Staring, blushing or awkward conduct in the classmate's presence — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Formal written declarations of affection to the head teacher — no support
4. Indifference towards the classmate at all times — 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 an act of violence committed by a child towards a classmate for whom he professes affection?

1. The affection substantially mitigates the wrong committed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The affection renders the act a form of play — no support
3. The affection obliges the classmate to reciprocate — no support
4. The affection provides no excuse whatsoever for the violence — ✓ 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 ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the obligations of a child who is the object of another child's fondness.

1. She is under no obligation to return the fondness — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She is obliged to return the fondness if it is declared — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. She is obliged to declare her own preferences when asked — score 2
4. She is obliged to accept any invitation extended to her — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 269, line 8: «In a crash nobody can hold a child with their arms, because the forces are far stronger than any arms.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «child» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that a pupil discovers a private note addressed by one classmate to another. State the conduct most consistent with respect for privacy.

1. Its submission to the recipient in public — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Its return to the author unread — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Its perusal prior to delivery — no support
4. Its circulation among the class — 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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