The check that settles it
Tests: 6 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 10 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 451 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 ✗
Bro: «mum said I can have the last Jaffa Cake». You: «let's ask». Bro: «nah, she's busy, innit». What does refusing the check suggest?
- 1. You should give him two — no support
- 2. He's always right — no support
- 3. Mum is definitely busy — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. He may be lying — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 451, line 1: «Ella's brother said, «Mum said I can have the last cake.» Ella said, «Let's ask her.» «Er, no — she's busy.» The person who is lying often doesn't want you to…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mum» (+4); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓
Mate: «beat the final boss in 10 mins, no cap». How do you settle it fast?
- 1. Look at the game's trophy list — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Believe him, because he's your mate and mates don't lie — no support
- 3. Argue for twenty minutes — no support
- 4. Ask him to say no cap again — 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 · ★★ · right ✓
Uncle shares: «BREAKING: schools ban homework!» from «LOL News Daily». What's wise?
- 1. Check trusted news first — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Share it with everyone in the class — no support
- 3. Believe it — it says breaking — no support
- 4. Stop doing homework at once — 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 451, line 3: «News and messages can be checked too. Mia's uncle shared a post: «Schools to ban homework from next month!» Mia's mum checked the government website and the lo…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «check» (+3); the same thing acted on «news» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓
Text: «hi mum new number broke my phone send £50 pls». What's the fastest check?
- 1. Send it, it's your child — no support
- 2. Send £25 to be safe — no support
- 3. Reply asking what happened and which hospital it is — no support
- 4. Ring the old number or look for your kid — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 451, line 3: «News and messages can be checked too. Mia's uncle shared a post: «Schools to ban homework from next month!» Mia's mum checked the government website and the lo…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ring» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «number» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«It were me, you donut!» «Nah, it were me!» What would happen without the tablet video?
- 1. The goal would score itself again — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The ball would tell them — no support
- 3. They'd keep arguing with no answer — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The teacher would know already — 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 ✗
Aroha's mate: «saw that singer at Countdown!» (a supermarket in New Zealand). Singer was in London. What's kindest to say?
- 1. That's impossible, go away — no support
- 2. Singers never shop — no support
- 3. Must've been a lookalike, eh — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. You're a big fat liar and everyone knows it — ← 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 424, line 2: «Theo plans team games with drawings: arrows, circles and a stick figure of himself with a cape. His team laughed at the cape and then won three matches in a ro…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «know» (+3); the same doer «everyone» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓
Ben's little sis: «I fed the cat ages ago!» Ben checks: full bowl. What does this show?
- 1. Cats feed themselves — no support
- 2. Checking can prove someone right — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Checking is only for liars — no support
- 4. His sister must be lying — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 451, line 5: «So check calmly, not to catch someone, but to know. «Let's have a look» is the fairest check there is: no accusation, just eyes. It clears honest people as oft…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «someone» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓
Your friend says «checking means you don't trust people, it's rude». What's a good reply?
- 1. Only check strangers — no support
- 2. Yes, never check anything, because checking is rude — no support
- 3. Checking calmly helps honest people too — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. Only check grown-ups — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 451, line 5: «So check calmly, not to catch someone, but to know. «Let's have a look» is the fairest check there is: no accusation, just eyes. It clears honest people as oft…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «check» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Two kids remember a match differently. Neither is lying. What's the best explanation?
- 1. One of them is a liar — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Both are lying on purpose — no support
- 3. Football is too fast to see — no support
- 4. Memories bend toward what we want — ✓ 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 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
In a cartoon, the detective just stares at a kid and «knows» he's lying. What works better in real life?
- 1. Staring hard at people — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. Shouting until they confess — no support
- 3. Checking facts and records — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Guessing from their face — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 7: «A girl in Toronto saw that her friend looked pale, would not talk and stared at the floor; she told a teacher, and the friend got help for a problem she had be…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+5); the same action «stare» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓
Dad looks in the garage. It's tidy. «Champion, son!» What does Dad mean?
- 1. Go to bed now — no support
- 2. Excellent — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 3. You're a boxer — no support
- 4. You won a race — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 451, line 17: ««It were» (Yorkshire) means «it was»; «donut» (UK) is a mild word for a silly person; «champion» (North England) means excellent.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «champion» (+4); the same action «mean» (+3); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal significance of a person's refusal to permit a simple verification of his claim.
- 1. It may indicate that the claim is untrue — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It proves conclusively that the claim is true — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. It indicates that the verifier is at fault — no support
- 4. It is of no significance whatsoever — 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 198, line 2: «Some things are clues worth checking, like a story that changes every time it is told, or a claim that sounds too amazing to be true. A clue is a reason to ask…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). 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 ✗
It is given that a sensational report appears solely upon a single page bearing a humorous title and upon no recognised news service. Select the response consistent with the established facts.
- 1. The report is probably true and should be shared — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The report's title proves its accuracy — no support
- 3. The report is probably false and should not be shared — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Recognised news services suppress all genuine reports — 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 ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of verification?
- 1. It may establish that a person has spoken truthfully as well as falsely — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It serves exclusively to expose falsehood — no support
- 3. It is unnecessary where memory is available — no support
- 4. It invariably constitutes an accusation — 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 ✓
Determine the most appropriate response to a text message from an unfamiliar number, purporting to be from one's child and requesting money.
- 1. To reply requesting further details of the emergency — no support
- 2. To transmit half the sum requested — no support
- 3. To contact the child by the number already known — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. To transmit the money without delay — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 451, line 3: «News and messages can be checked too. Mia's uncle shared a post: «Schools to ban homework from next month!» Mia's mum checked the government website and the lo…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «know» (+2); the same thing acted on «number» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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