The broken window and other hidden accidents
Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 428 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 ✗
Mate: «leg it, nobody saw!!» What does «leg it» mean?
- 1. Kick the ball — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Run away — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Stay still — no support
- 4. Hide the leg — 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 ✗
Chloe: «Yinz didn't see anything, right?» Who is she talking to?
- 1. Her mum, who is on the phone in the kitchen — no support
- 2. Her brother — «yinz» means «you all» — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A teacher — no support
- 4. Her cat — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 428, line 4: «Some hide-and-blame stories hurt others. Aroha in Wellington cracked a lampshade trampolining in the lounge and blamed the cat; Mum said «The cat was at the ve…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same circumstance (+2). 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 3 · ★ · right ✓
«it's the update, phone's been weird all day». What will a repair shop find?
- 1. Water damage from the bath — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. Nothing wrong at all — score -1
- 3. A bad update that broke the phone — no support
- 4. A broken hair dryer — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 428, line 3: «Hidden accidents send people chasing the wrong problem. Dylan sat on the TV remote, taped it up and said «the batteries must be dead»; Dad bought batteries for…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «repair shop» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
Ben, scared: «I'll get expelled for a window!» What did the head actually say?
- 1. The accident is small; walking away and lying was the choice — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He'd never find out who did it — no support
- 3. Windows mean instant expulsion — no support
- 4. Bounced stones are always on purpose — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Gran gives Mia a cwtch and says «never hide things from me, my lover». What is a cwtch?
- 1. A glue pot — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A cuddle — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A biscuit — no support
- 4. A telling-off — 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 ✗
What would happen if Kai had run off with the others?
- 1. Nobody would ever know — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 2. He'd likely be caught by the camera and in more trouble — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The window would fix itself — score -4
- 4. Mr Wilson would thank him anyway — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 1, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 427, line 10: «If you cannot say what happened in a chapter, people know you did not read it.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «know» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Kid: «just blame the cat, it can't argue lol». What's the truth?
- 1. Cats always get the blame fairly — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. It's a coward's lie, and it often fails anyway — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Parents can never check where the cat was all day — no support
- 4. It's fine if it's a small thing — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 61, line 4: «Some old beliefs are wrong and can hurt pets: cats do not always land safely on their feet, most grown cats get tummy upsets from cow's milk, and cooked bones…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cats» (+5); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Isla broke her friend's pen and slipped it back. Next day the friend looks straight at her. Best move?
- 1. «Aye, it was me, sorry, I'll get you a new one» — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. «Dunno, maybe it was already broken when I had it» — no support
- 3. Say someone else had it first — no support
- 4. Look away and say nothing — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 345, line 1: «Letting someone take your punishment is like stealing from them: you take their good name and their free time. Finn in Cork drew with chalk on the school wall,…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same thing acted on «nothing» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Dylan: «If I say nothing, the remote just died, right?» Why is this a problem?
- 1. Dad chases the wrong fix and wastes money — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Dad will never notice the tape on the back — no support
- 3. It's always the batteries — no support
- 4. Remotes never break — 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 10 · ★ · right ✓
In a cartoon, a kid hides a broken vase and gets away with it forever. Which is closer to real life?
- 1. Broken things are usually found, and the hiding hurts more — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Grans never dust — no support
- 3. Hiding is always the smart choice — no support
- 4. Broken things are never found — 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 ✓
Owen's mum paid for the glass from his birthday money. Why is that fair?
- 1. He caused the damage, so he helps pay — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. It wasn't fair, it was an accident — no support
- 3. Mums always want birthday money for themselves — score 5
- 4. Mr Patel asked for a present — score 3
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 414, line 4: «Some families make it work with clear rules. Leo can buy one thing a month, and his mum types the password herself, so he plans his buy carefully and nobody ar…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same thing acted on «money» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a pupil who, having broken a window accidentally, departed and denied knowledge thereof.
- 1. Neither act warranted any consequence — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The accident constituted the principal offence — no support
- 3. The denial, not the accident, constituted the principal offence — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The denial was justified by fear — 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 ✗
Identify the principal reason for which concealment of damage to an electronic device is inadvisable.
- 1. Concealment reduces the cost of repair — no support
- 2. Prompt disclosure of water damage may permit the device to be saved — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Repair shops cannot detect water damage — score 3
- 4. Electronic devices repair themselves if left alone — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 317, line 8: «Never leave a small child alone in the bath, even for a moment; if you have to go, call an adult.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «leave» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the attribution of damage to an animal which was absent at the material time?
- 1. It is an acceptable explanation — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is a false accusation readily disproved by the facts — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It removes all responsibility from the child — no support
- 4. It is honest provided the animal is frequently mischievous — 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 · wrong ✗
Determine the conduct most likely to be treated leniently by a neighbour whose window has been broken by a ball.
- 1. The attribution of the damage to another child — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The departure of all children concerned — no support
- 3. The prompt return of the responsible child to admit the damage — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The leaving of an anonymous note — 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
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/428-the-broken-window-and-other-hidden-accidents/