Cruel pranks and where the line is

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 439 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 ✗

Mates: «it's just a prank, bro, chill». The pranked kid is crying. What's true?

1. If someone is scared or hurt, it's not just a prank — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Calling it a prank makes it fine, whatever happens next — no support
3. Crying means it was funny — no support
4. He needs to chill — ← 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 439, line 2: «A teacher in Cork gave her class three tests for any prank. Does everyone laugh, including the one pranked? Can it be undone easily? Would you be happy if it w…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Mason laughs every time his bag is hidden. Does that mean he's fine?

1. No, he's just tired — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Not necessarily — fake laughs hide hurt — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, laughing means he loves it — no support
4. Yes, he would always say if he minded 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 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Kid: «saw a chair prank on TikTok, everyone fell on cushions». What's true in real life?

1. Chairs are made for pranks — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Everyone always lands softly, like in the videos — no support
3. Videos are often set up; real falls hurt heads — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It's safe if you're quick — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 313, line 1: «A good joke makes everyone laugh, including the person it is about. Playing along with a little brother's silly knock-knock joke is kind; mocking someone's acc…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «make» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Big kid: «eat this bug, you'll get superpowers». What's the right reply for the little one?

1. No, and tell a grown-up — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Only if it's a small bug — score -2
3. Yes, superpowers sound great — no support
4. Ask which superpower first — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 439, line 3: «Bodies are not toys. Jake saw a chair-pulling prank in a funny video and pulled the chair away as his mate sat down; his mate hit his head on the floor and had…», 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 thing acted on «superpower» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓

Lewis comes back from the shop puzzled, no tartan paint, and the big kids roar. Then Lewis laughs too. Which test does this pass?

1. Nobody gets laughed at, not even a little — no support
2. Everyone laughs, including the pranked one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. It can't be undone — score -4
4. Only the big kids laugh — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 439, line 2: «A teacher in Cork gave her class three tests for any prank. Does everyone laugh, including the one pranked? Can it be undone easily? Would you be happy if it w…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «everyone» (+2); the same action «laugh» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Dare: «prank-call a random number, go on». What would happen if a scared old lady answered?

1. Nothing, because old people love getting any phone call — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She'd laugh and call back — no support
3. She'd thank you — no support
4. She might think something bad happened to her family — ✓ 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 ✓

Your friends plan a fake love note to a girl in class. What do you do?

1. Don't join in, and tell a grown-up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
2. Help write it nicely so it's less mean — score 8
3. Watch but don't write — score 9
4. Tell the girl it's real — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 11, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 437, line 1: «Aisha's teacher drew two boxes on the board: SURPRISES and SECRETS. A surprise is kept for a short time and makes people happy when it is told — a birthday pre…», 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 «tell» (+4); the same thing acted on «teacher» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓

«put salt in her bottle lol». Why is this not a harmless joke?

1. Salt is much too expensive to waste on a joke — no support
2. She'd taste it at once — no support
3. It's fine if she laughs — no support
4. Anything put in someone's drink secretly could make them ill — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 279, line 6: «A girl in Dublin put salt in her friend's drink as a trick; her friend had a medical condition that meant salt could make her ill, and she was sick for the aft…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); the same action «make» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓

Lads fake-steal in a shop for a video. Worker's shaking. Which of the three tests does it fail?

1. Would you be happy if it was done to you? — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. None, it passes all three — no support
3. It's not a prank at all, so no tests apply — no support
4. Only «can it be undone?» — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Callum went to the fake party with a present. What would make it right afterwards?

1. A real sorry and stopping it for good — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Laughing with him about it — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Inviting him to another party, a real one this time, to make up — score 4
4. Saying it was only a joke — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 439, line 1: «Some kids in Year 5 told Callum there was a party at the park on Saturday. He went, with a present. Nobody came — they had made it up to laugh at him. Callum w…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «laugh» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

In a cartoon, a character is pranked every episode and always smiles. What's closer to real life?

1. Targets enjoy being picked — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Being pranked is always fun if you smile — no support
3. Being the target again and again hurts — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Cartoon pranks are safe to copy — 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 ✗

Identify the principal characteristic which distinguishes a cruel prank from a good-natured one.

1. One person is harmed or humiliated while others are amused — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The prank is performed out of doors — no support
3. The prank occurs on a weekday — no support
4. The prank is elaborate in its preparation and requires several persons — ← 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 313, line 2: «A prank stops being funny when it damages things, frightens animals, or makes people believe someone is hurt or in danger.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the removal of a chair as a person is about to sit.

1. It is harmless, as demonstrated in prank videos — no support
2. It is permissible among friends — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. It may occasion a fall and injury to the head — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It improves the balance of the subject — 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 381, line 6: «Hitting someone is wrong whether the person who hits is a boy or a girl.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, 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 repeated concealment of one pupil's bag by others «as a joke»?

1. It is a fair game in which all pupils participate equally — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. It constitutes picking on that pupil, notwithstanding that he laughs — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It is a matter of no concern to adults — no support
4. It is harmless, the pupil having laughed on each occasion — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 385, line 9: «People who never say mean things about others are trusted more, because they will not talk about you behind your back either.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «mean things» (-1); 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that a prank fails one of the three tests stated by the teacher. Determine the appropriate course.

1. The prank may be performed upon a younger child — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. The prank may be performed once only — no support
3. The prank ought not to be performed — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The prank may be performed if it is filmed for others — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 439, line 16: «Prank calls and fake-crime pranks frighten real people who don't know it's a joke.», 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 «joke» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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