April Fools' Day
Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 440 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 ✗
Dad: «April Fools, ye eejits!» Is he angry?
- 1. He's calling them clever — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, he's teasing them for being fooled — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He's asking them to leave — no support
- 4. Yes, he's furious and shouting at them — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Your mate pranks you at 3 pm on 1 April. What does the British and Irish tradition say?
- 1. The day after is April Fools — score 9
- 2. After noon, the prankster is the fool — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 13
- 3. Pranks only count after noon — no support
- 4. Pranks can go on all night until midnight — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 13, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 440, line 6: «In Britain and Ireland tradition says April Fools' tricks should stop at midday, and someone who plays one after noon is the fool.», 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 (+4); the same thing acted on «fool» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Kid: «gonna text mum I fell off my bike, then April Fools lol». Good idea?
- 1. No — never fake an injury, it terrifies people — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Only if Dad's home too — no support
- 3. Yes, it's the funniest joke there is — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. Yes, as long as you say «April Fools» fast — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 1: «Two simple ideas explain a lot of everyday moving: gravity always pulls straight down, and a moving body keeps moving until something stops it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «lot» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Teacher in Sydney: «Surprise test, half your grade!» then «April Fools!» and lollies. What are lollies?
- 1. Lollipop ladies — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Stickers — no support
- 3. Sweets — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Pencils — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Grandpa shows a stuffed jackalope. Which is true?
- 1. It's a made-up animal and a family joke — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Jackalopes have no ears — no support
- 3. Jackalopes really live in Texas deserts — no support
- 4. It's a real rare rabbit — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 440, line 14: «The jackalope is a made-up animal, a rabbit with antlers, from American folk tales.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «made animal» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
A viral post on 1 April: «Pizza toothpaste out now!!». What's the smart move?
- 1. Share it with everyone fast — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Buy some at once — no support
- 3. Believe it because it's online — score 7
- 4. Check the date and whether it makes sense before sharing — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 403, line 7: «Moves copied from games can cause real injuries such as cuts, black eyes, broken bones and head injuries.», 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 «moves» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
What would have happened if Sam had joked «Mr Hughes is wearing odd socks» instead?
- 1. A girl would still have cried — no support
- 2. Mr Hughes would leave the school for good, just like the joke said — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. The class would be punished — no support
- 4. People could laugh with nobody sad — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 440, line 4: «Bad April jokes are scary or cost people something. Mia in Toronto told her mum she'd broken her arm; Mum panicked and grabbed the car keys, and when Mia shout…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+1); the same thing acted on «school» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Jade's brother stood through dinner because of the «wet paint» sign. What simple check would have saved him?
- 1. Reading the sign twice, slowly — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Calling a painter to come and check it for him — no support
- 3. Touching or looking at the chair — no smell, no wet — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Asking Jade if it's true — 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 ✓
«FREE iPhones at the mall, first 100!!» Friend says it's a joke, but people drove there. What's the lesson?
- 1. Even jokes can act like scams — don't share what you're not sure of — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Only people who drove are silly — score 6
- 3. Jokes never hurt anyone — score 4
- 4. Malls always give free iPhones on 1 April to the first hundred people — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 440, line 2: «Even grown-ups get fooled. In 1957 a BBC television programme showed Swiss farmers picking spaghetti from trees, and many viewers believed it; people rang to a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «april jokes» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Your gran falls for your harmless April joke and laughs. Is it okay to be fooled?
- 1. Only if you're a child — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yes, being fooled is part of the fun — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. No, being fooled is always shameful, even for grans — no support
- 4. Only after noon — 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 ✗
In a cartoon a kid fakes an emergency on April Fools and everyone laughs at the end. What is truer in real life?
- 1. Faking emergencies frightens people and isn't funny — ✓ the right answer · score -4
- 2. Everyone always laughs in the end — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. It's fine on 1 April only, never on other days — no support
- 4. Emergencies make the best jokes — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 439, line 7: «Three tests for a prank: everyone laughs, including the pranked one; it can be undone easily; you'd be happy if it were done to you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «laugh» (+2). The right option, 1, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the date upon which April Fools' Day is customarily observed.
- 1. The fourteenth day of April — no support
- 2. The last day of March — no support
- 3. The first day of May — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. The first day of April — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 123, line 5: «A boy in Colorado sees a new girl join his class; he tells her his name and offers to show her where the lunch room is, and her scary first day becomes much ea…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the BBC broadcast of 1957 depicting the cultivation of spaghetti upon trees.
- 1. It was a genuine agricultural report from Switzerland — no support
- 2. It was a spoof which numerous viewers believed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. It was disregarded by all viewers — no support
- 4. It was broadcast in error — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 440, line 2: «Even grown-ups get fooled. In 1957 a BBC television programme showed Swiss farmers picking spaghetti from trees, and many viewers believed it; people rang to a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «believe» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the feigning of an injury by way of an April Fools' jest?
- 1. It is harmless if subsequently disclosed — no support
- 2. It is permissible prior to midday, in accordance with tradition — no support
- 3. It is the most suitable form of jest — no support
- 4. It is unsuitable, occasioning fear in those who care for the child — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 57, line 7: «A girl in Australia said no loudly when an older child touched her in a way she did not like, and told her mum straight away; the adults made sure it never hap…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «like» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is given that a jest announcing free telephones caused families to travel to a shopping centre to no purpose. Determine the statement most consistent with the established facts.
- 1. The shopping centre was liable to supply the telephones as announced — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The families were obliged to share the jest — no support
- 3. The jest operated in the manner of a scam, occasioning loss of time and expense — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The jest was entirely harmless — 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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