Showing off
Tests: 3 of 10 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 8 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 390 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 ✗
«dare ya to jump off the garage roof, Jake did it». What's a sensible answer?
- 1. «Only if you film it» — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. «Fine, but from the low bit» — no support
- 3. «No, Jake's still on crutches» — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. «If I land it, you owe me 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 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗
Ollie: «watch this, I'll say a really bad word right in front of Miss». What's true?
- 1. Teachers don't mind swearing — no support
- 2. It won't impress anyone worth impressing — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It's fine if he's quick about it — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. It'll make everyone in the class respect him more — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 390, line 2: «Showing off was everywhere that term. Maddie lifted the heaviest kit bag in PE to prove how strong she was, pulled a muscle in her back and missed the football…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ollie» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗
«look at my scar, got it in a scrap, sick or what». What's the honest response?
- 1. Show me how to get one — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. That's well cool, I want one — no support
- 3. That must have really hurt — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Who did you beat up — 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 ✗
Jake: «it was only a joke fight, why's he crying?» What's true?
- 1. A pretend fight can really scare the other person — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Jokes can't make anyone scared — no support
- 3. Sam should have fought back for real — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. Sam's just a cry-baby who can't take a joke — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 373, line 4: «The fourth time the school called Jake's dad in, Dad said in the car: «I lost half a day's pay for this.» Jake had never thought that his fights cost his famil…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fight» (+4); the same doer «jake» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗
Maddie: «bet I can carry the whole pile of mats on my own». Teacher: «Two people, please.» Why?
- 1. Teachers like to be in charge — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Maddie isn't allowed to touch mats — no support
- 3. The mats are worth a lot of money — no support
- 4. Too heavy a load can pull a muscle — ✓ 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 ✗
Kieran: «race ya to the lamppost, loser buys crisps». He trips, and the other boy helps him up. What did the race turn into?
- 1. A reason for a bigger race — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A fight that the streets will remember — no support
- 3. A win for Kieran after all — no support
- 4. A rivalry that ended in kindness — ✓ 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 7 · ★★★ · right ✓
Tom flicks his ruler at Lily's desk «for a laugh». You're sitting next to him. Best move?
- 1. Tell him to stop before he hits someone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. Laugh so he does it again — no support
- 3. Say nothing, it's not your business to tell him — no support
- 4. Flick yours too, so you can join in — 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 349, line 2: «Tom found matches in a drawer and struck one to see the flame. He burned his finger and frightened himself, and nobody else knew. He held the finger under cold…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «tom» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗
A new boy keeps boasting about his huge house and his fast bike. Using the lesson, what will most likely help?
- 1. Leave him out until he stops — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Boast about your house too — no support
- 3. Tell him he's a liar — no support
- 4. Be friendly to him as he is — ✓ 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 · ★★★ · right ✓
Monkey bars, Jake vs Maddie, crowd yelling «drop him, Maddie!». When is a contest like this OK?
- 1. Only when there's a prize — no support
- 2. When nobody gets hurt and nobody needs to win — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. When the crowd is loud enough to hear from the road — no support
- 4. When one of them falls over on purpose — 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 390, line 12: «Friendly contests are fun when nobody gets hurt and nobody needs to win.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+3); the same thing acted on «nobody» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★★★ · right ✓
Gran: «Why d'you reckon that boy keeps showing off at the park?» Which is the wisest guess?
- 1. He wants to be noticed and liked — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. He likes being hurt — score 5
- 3. He is trying to get into trouble — score 5
- 4. He wants to be left alone — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 372, line 4: «Jake had other battles. When nobody was looking, he asked Sam for help with spelling, embarrassed that a tough boy needed it; after some sessions with Sam at t…», 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 «tough boy» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal reason, as established in classroom discussion, for which children engage in showing off.
- 1. A wish to incur punishment — no support
- 2. An absence of any motive whatsoever — no support
- 3. A desire to be liked or noticed by others — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A desire to injure themselves deliberately — ← Mova's choice · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 376, line 10: «Younger brothers and sisters are often frightened and upset when they see an older child hurt.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «older child» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a scar sustained in the course of a street altercation?
- 1. It indicates that its bearer was victorious — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. It is a mark of distinction to be displayed proudly to one's peers — score 2
- 3. It is a reminder of pain and fear rather than a trophy — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. It confers authority upon its bearer — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 390, line 3: «Jake pretended to start a fight with Sam to look tough in front of the Year Sixes. To Jake it was a joke. To Sam it wasn't: he was frightened and cried, and Ja…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a simulated fight directed at a timid classmate for the amusement of onlookers.
- 1. It is harmless provided that no actual blow is struck — no support
- 2. It is a recognised form of friendly play — no support
- 3. It is acceptable when the onlookers are older pupils — no support
- 4. It may cause genuine fear in the classmate and is unkind — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 321, line 14: «Too much screen time can make you grumpy and can make sleep worse.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «much screen time» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is given that a pupil frequently engages in boastful and hazardous displays in order to gain the regard of his peers. State the response most likely to diminish such conduct.
- 1. The public ridicule of the pupil's failures — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The extension of friendly regard to the pupil as he is — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The applause of each hazardous display — no support
- 4. The provision of dares of increasing difficulty — 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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