Time, routines and sleep
Tests: 8 of 19 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 23 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 39 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 ✓
A boy in Auckland plays an exciting video game until he goes to bed and then lies awake. What is the best explanation?
- 1. Games make you sleepy, so he was too sleepy — score 3
- 2. He had eaten too much protein at lunch — score 3
- 3. His room was too dark to sleep in — no support
- 4. The game kept his brain too alert to sleep — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 39, line 5: «Bright screens and exciting games just before bed keep the brain alert, so it is wise to put them away about an hour before sleep. Big homework jobs are easier…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «keep» (+2); the same doer «bright screens» (+2); the same thing acted on «brain» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Which statement is true?
- 1. Children usually need more sleep than adults — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Children need less sleep because they are small — no support
- 3. Sleep is a waste of time for the brain — no support
- 4. Everyone needs exactly 8 hours, at any age — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lily's bus comes at 8:10. She needs 15 minutes for breakfast and 25 minutes to wash and dress. What is the latest she can get up?
- 1. 7:55 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 7:20 — no support
- 3. 7:30 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. 7:45 — 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 ✗
What would most likely happen if you started a big science project the night before it was due?
- 1. You would always do your best work — no support
- 2. You would rush and probably do a poor job — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The teacher would give you an extra day or two — no support
- 4. The project would take less time — ← Mova's choice · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 2: «Hold the handrail, take one step at a time and put your whole foot on each step; the rail gives you something to grab if you trip.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
A girl in Dublin goes to bed at 11 p.m. and gets up at 7 a.m. on school days. What is the problem?
- 1. There is no problem at all with this — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She sleeps 8 hours, less than a child her age needs — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. She sleeps far too much for her age — no support
- 4. She sleeps exactly as much as a child needs — 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 ✗
Why do people use alarm clocks?
- 1. To tell them when to eat lunch — no support
- 2. To make the night pass more quickly while you sleep — no support
- 3. To help them fall asleep — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 4. To wake at the same planned time every day — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 39, line 3: «Your body has an inner clock that likes regular times. Going to bed and getting up at about the same time every day, even at weekends, makes it easier to fall…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fall» (+4); the same property (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Jake keeps forgetting his PE kit. What would help most?
- 1. Buying a bigger bag for school — no support
- 2. Leaving his kit at home on purpose so it can't get lost — no support
- 3. Going to bed much later — no support
- 4. A routine of packing his bag each night — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 39, line 1: «A routine is the same set of steps done in the same order every day, like getting up, washing, dressing, eating breakfast and packing your bag. Because you do…», 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 doer «routines» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Why is it smart to plan backward from the time you have to leave?
- 1. It makes the clock run slower — no support
- 2. It makes everyone else late instead of you, so it's fair — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. It means you can skip some steps — no support
- 4. You can work out when each step must start — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 39, line 15: «To be on time, you plan backward from the time you have to leave.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Which is the best bedtime routine?
- 1. Bath, teeth, a book and lights out at the same time — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A big sugary snack and a scary film — no support
- 3. A different bedtime every single night — no support
- 4. Games on a phone until you fall asleep — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
need to leave at 8, takes 30 min to get ready, start when
- 1. 8:00 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 7:30 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. 7:00 — no support
- 4. 8:30 — 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 · ★ · right ✓
project due friday, it's massive
- 1. Break it into small parts over several days — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Do it all on thursday night — no support
- 3. Leave it all till friday morning before school — no support
- 4. Do one huge bit and stop — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
how long do i brush my teeth
- 1. About two minutes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Until the paste runs out — no support
- 3. Just a quick ten seconds — no support
- 4. A good ten minutes or more — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
pack ur bag tonight, why
- 1. Bags are easier to pack at night — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. It makes the bag lighter to carry — score 7
- 3. Teachers check your bag at night — score 2
- 4. It saves time in the morning — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 3, line 17: «Two light bags, one in each hand, are easier to carry than one heavy bag in one hand.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «two light bags» (+3); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
been up til 1am all week, why can't i focus
- 1. You should stay up later to get used to it — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Focus has nothing to do with sleep — no support
- 3. You need more fizzy drinks — no support
- 4. Your brain needs more sleep to work well — ✓ 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 15 · ★ · wrong ✗
late for the bus, gonna sprint across the road
- 1. Run without looking to save time — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Run and look after you are across — no support
- 3. Stop and cross safely, it is better to miss the bus — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Run, drivers will stop — 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 16 · ★ · right ✓
Ivy says kids only need 6 hrs sleep like her dad. true?
- 1. Yes, unless it is the weekend — no support
- 2. Yes, sleep is a waste of time — no support
- 3. Yes, everyone needs exactly the same amount — no support
- 4. No, children need about 9 to 12 hours — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 39, line 19: «Adults usually need about 7 to 9 hours of sleep a night, so children need more sleep than adults.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+4); the same doer «children» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 17 · ★ · wrong ✗
heard a kid stayed up all night gaming before his test and fell asleep in it and got zero
- 1. It is gossip, so sleep does not matter — no support
- 2. Real lesson: tests should be held in the evening — no support
- 3. It proves games make you clever — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. Real lesson: sleep helps the brain store learning; the zero part may be made up — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 8, line 17: «Bright screens and exciting games just before bed make it harder to fall asleep.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same doer «bright screens» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (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 18 · ★ · right ✓
my mate says brushing ur teeth for 10 seconds is enough if u do it hard
- 1. He is right, ten seconds is the rule — no support
- 2. He is right, once a week is fine — no support
- 3. He is right, hard brushing beats long brushing — no support
- 4. Not enough; brush for about two minutes, twice a day — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 39, line 14: «You should brush your teeth for about two minutes, twice a day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «brush» (+4); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 19 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ben's always late and people say his family are lazy, pass it on
- 1. Pass it on, so he gets up earlier — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Pass it on, and add his mum is late too — no support
- 3. Do not pass it on; you do not know why, and it is unkind — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Pass it on, since being late proves it — 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 ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the functions of sleep?
- 1. Sleep is required only by small children — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. During sleep the body grows and repairs itself and the brain stores what has been learned — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Sleep serves only to rest the eyes — no support
- 4. During sleep the body and brain cease all activity — 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 · right ✓
It being given that a child must depart at eight o'clock, identify the method by which punctuality is best assured.
- 1. Planning backward from the time of departure — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Waiting until reminded by an adult — no support
- 3. Commencing preparations at the time of departure — no support
- 4. Preparing items in a random order — 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 ✗
Identify the number of minutes contained in three hours.
- 1. Sixty minutes — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. One hundred and eighty minutes — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Three hundred minutes — no support
- 4. Thirty minutes — 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 ✓
Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning a large task.
- 1. It is rendered easier by division into smaller parts undertaken over several days — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. It should be done without any planning at all — no support
- 3. It should be avoided until it is no longer required — no support
- 4. It is best completed in its entirety on the final night — 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 39, line 16: «A big task is easier when it is broken into smaller parts done over several days.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «smaller parts» (+3); the same property (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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