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Crossing the road

Tests: 10 of 19 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 17 of 23 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 41 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 family from Florida is on holiday in Sydney. What must the children change when they cross roads there?

  • 1. Look only straight ahead — no support
  • 2. Nothing, the rule is the same everywhere — no support
  • 3. Look left first as at home — no support
  • 4. Look right first instead of left — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 5: «A boy from Ohio visiting London who looks left first, as he does at home, may step out right in front of a bus coming from his right; that is why London paints…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · right ✓

A boy in Dublin looks left, sees nothing, and steps out without looking right. What could happen?

  • 1. Only bicycles come from the right in Dublin — score 6
  • 2. A car in the nearest lane, coming from his right, could hit him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 3. Cars from the right always stop for him — score 3
  • 4. Nothing, the nearest cars come from his left — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 18, line 6: «A boy in New Jersey saw a car hit a bike and drive away, but he could not remember the colour or the plate; the police had little to go on.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hit» (+4); the same doer «car» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · right ✓

Which is the safest place for a child to cross a road?

  • 1. Just after a bend, where the road is quiet and few cars come — no support
  • 2. Between two parked vans, where it is short — no support
  • 3. A straight stretch where drivers can see you from far away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 4. At the top of a hill, where you can see far — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 1: «A car needs time and distance to stop, and its driver may not see a small child, so before crossing you always stop at the kerb, look and listen until the road…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); the same doer «driver» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · right ✓

A girl hears no cars, so she crosses without looking. Why is this a mistake?

  • 1. A quiet electric car or a bicycle might be coming — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 2. Cars always honk before they get close — no support
  • 3. Cars cannot drive without making a loud noise — score 3
  • 4. Hearing is always better than looking — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 2: «Sound bends around corners and bounces off walls, but light travels in straight lines — so you can hear a car coming round a corner before you can see it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+4); the same doer «car» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · right ✓

Which is true about stopping a car?

  • 1. Stopping distance is the same at every speed — no support
  • 2. Big cars stop sooner than small cars — score 7
  • 3. A faster car needs more distance to stop — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
  • 4. A car can always stop at once if the driver brakes hard — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 41, line 19: «A car going at 30 miles per hour needs about 23 metres to stop, which is about five car lengths.», 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 «car» (+3); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · wrong ✗

A boy is in the middle of the road when a car turns into the street. What should he do?

  • 1. Stop and wait in the middle of the road — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 2. Turn round and run back as fast as he can to where he started — no support
  • 3. Run diagonally to the nearest side — score 5
  • 4. Keep walking straight across, without running — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 41, line 6: «A boy in Ohio ran into the road after his ball without stopping; a car could not stop in time and hit him, and he spent weeks in hospital with a broken leg.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «stop» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-4). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · wrong ✗

In which country would you look left first before crossing?

  • 1. Australia — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 2. New Zealand — score 4
  • 3. The UK — score 4
  • 4. Canada — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 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 5, line 3: «Tell others what you will do with hand signals: before you turn, point your arm straight out to the side you are turning to, and look behind you first.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «look» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

Why does a crossing in London have the words LOOK RIGHT painted on the road?

  • 1. It tells drivers which way to turn — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Visitors from right-driving countries tend to look left first — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. It means pedestrians must walk to the right — no support
  • 4. London traffic comes only from the right — 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 ✗

Why does a child need to be extra careful near roads compared with an adult?

  • 1. Children are smaller and harder for drivers to see — ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 2. Cars may drive faster when children are near — no support
  • 3. Drivers only look for adults — score 3
  • 4. Children are not allowed to cross roads — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 41, line 16: «Young children should cross roads holding an adult's hand.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «roads» (+3); the same action «cross» (+2); the same doer «young children» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

just run across, no cars rn

  • 1. Run while the cars are slowing down — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Yes, run diagonally across it — no support
  • 3. Walk straight across, don't run — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Run with your eyes on your phone — 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 · wrong ✗

cross at the bend, it's quicker

  • 1. Yes, if you're quick — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. No, cars can't see you there — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Yes, bends are quiet, nobody drives there — no support
  • 4. Yes, at the top of the hill — 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 12 · wrong ✗

car's far away, it'll stop if i go

  • 1. Yes, if you wave at the driver — no support
  • 2. Yes, cars stop instantly if they see you — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 3. Yes, if it's driving slowly enough — score 7
  • 4. No, cars can't stop at once — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 41, line 19: «A car going at 30 miles per hour needs about 23 metres to stop, which is about five car lengths.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stop» (+4); the same doer «car» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · right ✓

little bro crossing with me, what do i do

  • 1. Push him across fast — no support
  • 2. Hold his hand — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. Let him run ahead — score 4
  • 4. Let him cross alone — 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 41, line 16: «Young children should cross roads holding an adult's hand.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hold» (+3); the same thing acted on «hand» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · wrong ✗

ball rolled into the road, quick before it goes far

  • 1. Dash out then look — no support
  • 2. Run if no car is close — no support
  • 3. Stop at the kerb, let it go or ask an adult — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Run after it fast before it rolls too far away — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 6: «A boy in Ohio ran into the road after his ball without stopping; a car could not stop in time and hit him, and he spent weeks in hospital with a broken leg.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · right ✓

crossing between the parked vans is quicker

  • 1. Find a clear place where drivers can see you — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 2. Run so you are seen faster — no support
  • 3. Cross between them, it is quicker and shorter — no support
  • 4. Cross with your hood up — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 2: «The safe routine is: find a safe place to cross, stop at the edge, look both ways and listen, wait until no traffic is coming, then walk straight across, still…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+2); the same thing acted on «safe place» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · right ✓

Tom says cars can stop straight away if they see u. right?

  • 1. Yes, if the driver is quick — no support
  • 2. No, cars need many metres to stop — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
  • 3. Yes, unless it is raining — no support
  • 4. Yes, modern brakes stop a car at once — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 41, line 19: «A car going at 30 miles per hour needs about 23 metres to stop, which is about five car lengths.», 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 «car» (+3); the same thing acted on «23 metres» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 17 · wrong ✗

did u hear a girl got hit crossing on the bend by the school cos the car couldn't see her

  • 1. It proves only girls get hit by cars — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 2. It is gossip, so bends are fine to cross on — no support
  • 3. Real lesson: cars should never be allowed to drive anywhere near schools — score 6
  • 4. Real lesson: never cross on a bend; cross where drivers can see you — ✓ the right answer · score 7

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 41, line 20: «A child hit by a car is much more likely to be badly hurt than an adult, because the car hits the head and body.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hit» (+4); the same doer «car» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 18 · right ✓

my cousin from England says u always look right first, so that's the rule everywhere

  • 1. He is right; it is the rule in every country — no support
  • 2. Not everywhere; where cars drive on the right, as in the USA, you look left first — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. He is right, unless it is raining — no support
  • 4. He is right, look right only in cities — score 4

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 41, line 13: «In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand traffic drives on the left, so you look right first.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+4); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 19 · right ✓

Leo ran across the road and a car honked and he tripped, people keep sharing it

  • 1. Do not share it; he could have been hurt and it would embarrass him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Share it, and add that he cried — no support
  • 3. Share it, it is funny because he tripped and everyone saw him fall over — no support
  • 4. Share it, so he learns his lesson — 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 · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the stopping of a moving car?

  • 1. A car cannot stop at once, and the greater its speed the longer it requires to stop — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
  • 2. A car stops instantly whenever its brakes are applied — score 7
  • 3. Faster cars require less distance to stop — score 7
  • 4. Speed makes no difference whatsoever to the distance which a moving car requires to stop — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 41, line 8: «A moving car cannot stop at once; the faster it goes, the longer it takes to stop.», 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 action «stop» (+3); the same doer «moving car» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

It being given that a pedestrian in the United Kingdom is about to cross, identify the direction in which he ought first to look.

  • 1. Behind, traffic approaching from the rear — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Upward, towards the traffic lights only — no support
  • 3. To the left, traffic proceeding upon the right — no support
  • 4. To the right, traffic proceeding upon the left — ✓ 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 · right ✓

Identify the correct manner of crossing a road.

  • 1. Walking straight across without running, whilst continuing to look and listen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Running diagonally so as to minimise the time spent in the road by the pedestrian — no support
  • 3. Crossing between moving cars when there is a gap — no support
  • 4. Walking slowly whilst reading a phone — 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 young children crossing roads.

  • 1. Young children should cross alone in order to learn independence — score 7
  • 2. Young children should cross holding the hand of an adult — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 3. Young children should cross only when it is dark — score 7
  • 4. Young children should cross only at a run — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 17, line 21: «A lost child who keeps walking is harder to find than one who stays in one safe place.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same doer «lost child» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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