Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes»

Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 10 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 406 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 ✓

«this guy keeps calling me thick on voice, wot do i do»

1. Give him ur address to sort it out — no support
2. Call him thicker back, he started it — no support
3. Mute him, block, report, tell an adult — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Keep listening, he'll get bored — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 405, line 15: «You can leave a game or a group if someone is being nasty, and tell an adult if it keeps happening.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «adult» (+4); the same action «tell» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · right ✓

mate: «say the word, go on, everyone says it in game». At gran's table?

1. Don't, it's not a word for home — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Say it, gran won't know what it means anyway — no support
3. Say it twice so it sounds normal — no support
4. Whisper it to the dog under the table — 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 406, line 12: «Words picked up from games are often not words you can use at home or at school.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same thing acted on «words» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · right ✓

«he beat me, typing him a proper essay of insults rn» — wise move?

1. Add a threat at the end to scare him — no support
2. Send it to his mates too so they know — no support
3. Send it, he deserves every word of it — no support
4. Read it back, delete it, send gg — ← 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 406, line 2: «Players who are nasty on purpose are called toxic, and toxic is catching. Leo got called «trash» by a teenager one evening, and ten minutes later he typed «tra…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «send» (+2); the same thing acted on «gg» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · wrong ✗

«that random called me noob, i'm quitting the game forever». What's true?

1. One insult says more about him than about you — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Noobs are banned from games — score 4
3. He's right, so you should quit and find another game — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Only noobs get called noob — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 242, line 10: «When a sibling wants the same toy, take turns, use a timer or find a game to play together.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); the same thing acted on «game» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

«this squad bloke screams every time we die, it's doing my head in». Best plan?

1. Leave the lobby, play with your real mates — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Scream louder so he stops screaming first — no support
3. Mute your own mic — no support
4. Stay, it's rude to leave — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 321, line 3: «Too much time on screens can leave you grumpy and can make it harder to fall asleep, so take breaks, go outside and keep to the limits your family agreed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+3); the same doer «much time» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · wrong ✗

Leo: «a teen called me trash, so I called a little kid trash. that's fair innit?»

1. Yes, fair is fair, that's how games work — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Only if the kid was on the other team — no support
3. No, he just passed the meanness on — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, the little kid started 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

Test 7 · right ✓

Zara: «reporting is pointless, nobody reads them». Right?

1. Wrong, reports go to the police only, never to the game — no support
2. Wrong, reports get read and players get banned — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Right, only adults can report — no support
4. Right, reports go nowhere — 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 406, line 4: «Noah had a better idea. When he loses, he shouts made-up words: «FISHCAKES!» and «BUBBLEBUM!» The whole squad copied him, then his mum started saying «fishcake…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ban» (+2); the same thing acted on «player» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

Noah lost again: «FISHCAKES!» What is he doing?

1. Ordering dinner on voice chat — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. Swearing at his teammates in a secret way — no support
3. Giving his team a secret signal to retreat — score 8
4. Letting anger out with a harmless silly word — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 400, line 3: «Noah said ratings were just to stop kids having fun. His dad turned the box over and showed him the little pictures that say why a game got its number: a fist…», 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 (+4); the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «noah» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · wrong ✗

teacher: «Ollie, where did you even hear that word?» Honest answer?

1. «I made it up just now» — no support
2. «My grandma taught me it when I was little» — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. «It's not a real word» — score 7
4. «In a game, miss, I didn't know it was that bad» — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 406, line 3: «Swear words travel too. Ollie's friend taught him a word he had heard in a game, and Ollie, feeling very grown-up, tried it out at Sunday dinner. His grandma d…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «teach» (+6); the same thing acted on «word» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · right ✓

«grown-ups swear on voice all the time, can't stop em». What can you do?

1. Swear back at them until they stop — no support
2. Unplug the router — no support
3. Nothing, you just have to sit and hear it — no support
4. Turn voice chat off or set it to friends only — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 13

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 13, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 406, line 13: «Grown-up strangers on voice chat may swear, and you can turn voice chat off or set it to friends only.», 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 (+4); the same action «set» (+3); the same thing acted on «chat» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · wrong ✗

Mia to her squad: «oi, keep it clean, my mum's in the kitchen». Is that ok?

1. No, only adults can make rules — no support
2. Yes, but only while mum listens — score 4
3. No, friends must say whatever they want to — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Yes, you can set the tone in your own games — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 297, line 4: «Example: a boy in Denver wants to tell his mum something while she talks to a neighbour. He waits for a pause, or rests his hand gently on her arm so she knows…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same doer «boy» (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the course of action most consistent with established guidance where a pupil is subjected to repeated verbal abuse by an unknown participant in an online game.

1. The pupil ought to continue listening so as not to appear afraid of the participant — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The participant ought to be muted, blocked and reported, and an adult informed — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The pupil ought to reply in terms of equal or greater severity — no support
4. The pupil ought to disclose his identity so that the matter may be settled — 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 conduct of a pupil who, having been insulted, subsequently insults a younger participant?

1. The said conduct discharges the hostility entirely and harms nobody — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The said conduct is without effect upon the younger participant — no support
3. The said conduct transmits the hostility to a further person — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The said conduct is justified where the first insult was severe — 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 · right ✓

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning reports submitted in respect of offensive conduct in online games.

1. Reports are reviewed by the operator and may result in exclusion of the offender — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Reports result in the exclusion of the reporting pupil in place of the offender — no support
3. Reports are forwarded exclusively to the school concerned — no support
4. Reports are disregarded in all cases — 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 ✓

Ascertain the principal merit of a pupil substituting an invented and inoffensive exclamation for profane language upon defeat.

1. Frustration is expressed without injury to any other person — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The pupil is thereby exempted from household rules — no support
3. Defeat is thereby converted into victory — no support
4. The opponent is thereby compelled to withdraw from the game at once — 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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