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The friend who only calls when they need something

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 13 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 470 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 ✓

«u never lend me stuff, ur well tight». Is it wrong to say no to lending?

  • 1. Yes, friends must lend everything — score 0
  • 2. No, but you must give it away instead — score 4
  • 3. No, you can say no, and real friends pay back — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 4. Yes, saying no is rude — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 470, line 7: «You can say no to lending money or things; a real friend pays back and looks after what they borrow.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «pay back» (+3); the same doer «real friend» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Jess: «just cover for me, babe, it's one little lie». What would most likely happen if Maddie did it every week?

  • 1. Both get into big trouble when it comes out — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Maddie would become popular — ← Mova's choice · score 2
  • 3. Jess's mum would thank her — no support
  • 4. Nothing, little lies like that never come out — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 293, line 3: «Money runs out if you spend it all at once. A girl in Sydney gets $5 a week: she saves $2 in a jar and spends the rest wisely, and by the summer she can buy th…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+5). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★★ · right ✓

Mia's sad and Ava hasn't texted once, but she was round every day for the new game. What does that tell Mia?

  • 1. Ava is shy about sadness — no support
  • 2. Ava is a fair-weather friend — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
  • 3. Ava's phone is broken — no support
  • 4. Ava is her truest friend — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 468, line 1: «On the walk home Chloe's friend Bella is lovely: shares her sweets, asks about Chloe's nan. At school, in front of the popular girls, the same Bella says, «Ew,…», 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 «friend» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

«he only rings when he wants summat, but he's still my mate». How could Connor test that?

  • 1. Lend him even more stuff and see if he says thanks — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 2. Never speak to him again — no support
  • 3. Invite him to something with nothing to gain — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Buy him a present — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 395, line 2: «Jake went a whole term without a single fight, which his mum celebrated with a cake that said «0» on it in blue icing. Maddie became captain of the girls' foot…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «connor» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★★ · right ✓

In a cartoon, the hero keeps doing favours for a «friend» who never helps back, and the friend suddenly changes. What's more real?

  • 1. Cartoons are always true — no support
  • 2. One-way friends usually stay one-way unless you ask for balance — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
  • 3. Doing more favours fixes it — score 0
  • 4. If you keep doing favours long enough, they always change by themselves — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 417, line 3: «Some games are built to keep you playing. Ruby noticed that the end screen of her game had a huge, bright, bouncing «PLAY AGAIN?» button and a tiny grey «quit»…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+1). Against it: the same doer «ollie» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Rafi: «my bad, bro» about the split boot. What would a fair friend do?

  • 1. Offer to fix or help replace it — ✓ the right answer · score 0
  • 2. Blame the mud on the pitch for it — no support
  • 3. Say «my bad» and walk off — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 4. Borrow the other boot as well — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 470, line 7: «You can say no to lending money or things; a real friend pays back and looks after what they borrow.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «say» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Bella: «what did u get for 6? quick». What's the best reply?

  • 1. Whisper the answer quickly — no support
  • 2. Whisper a wrong answer to trick her — no support
  • 3. Shout it across the class — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 4. «Sorry, can't, do your own» — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 439, line 4: «Some pranks hurt feelings that don't show. Girls in Leeds sent Mia a fake love note «from» a boy, then read her reply aloud to the class; Mia stayed off school…», 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 «reply» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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 ✗

Kieran stopped buying Shannon 99s and she stopped being nice. What does that show?

  • 1. Kieran was mean to stop and should say sorry — score 5
  • 2. Shannon got ill — no support
  • 3. Shannon loves Kieran secretly — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 4. Her kindness was only about the ice cream — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 386, line 4: «Another time, when Lily's friends cheered at a playground fight, Lily stayed quiet and would not join in. One friend stopped cheering with her, and the next ti…», 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 «friends» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · right ✓

What would most likely have happened if Kieran kept lending Deano money every week?

  • 1. Deano would pay it all back Friday — score 2
  • 2. The debt would vanish by itself — no support
  • 3. Kieran would keep losing money — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 4. Deano would start lending to Kieran — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 199, line 7: «A girl in Leeds kept promising to return a friend's book and never did; the friend stopped lending her things.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same doer «girl» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Callum wants the PlayStation for a sleepover. Jake says «come play here». Why is that a clever answer?

  • 1. It's the same as lending it — ← Mova's choice · score 2
  • 2. It means Jake gets a new PlayStation — no support
  • 3. It shows if Callum wanted Jake or just the stuff — ✓ the right answer · score 2
  • 4. It gets Callum into trouble — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 445, line 5: «Small cons are everywhere. At a school fair an older boy sold Mia «magic wishing stones» — gravel from the car park — for a pound each. A teen on a bus in Sing…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «full answer» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

«Raj never asks for anything and always brings two biscuits». What kind of friend is Raj?

  • 1. A fair-weather friend — score 6
  • 2. A frenemy — score 6
  • 3. A friend who wants something — ← Mova's choice · score 8
  • 4. A friend who gives as well as takes — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 470, line 1: «Connor's friend Ollie only messages when he needs something: help with maths homework, a lend of a charger, Connor's spare ticket to the match. When Connor inv…», 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 action «need» (+2); the same doer «friend» (+2); the same thing acted on «something» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal characteristic of a friendship described as running «one way».

  • 1. Neither party requests any assistance — no support
  • 2. Both parties exchange favours in equal measure — no support
  • 3. The parties communicate solely by telephone — no support
  • 4. One party habitually receives favours whilst giving nothing in return — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 411, line 1: «Kai was halfway through a Fortnite match when a player called xX_GoldKing_Xx messaged him: «swap accounts? mine has way better skins, 40 of them, legit». Kai s…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «nothing» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Given that a friend requests that a pupil deceive the friend's parent as to her whereabouts, ascertain the most appropriate response.

  • 1. To decline to deceive the parent — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. To inform the parent of a different falsehood — no support
  • 3. To accompany the friend in order to supervise her — no support
  • 4. To comply with the request on this occasion only — 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 · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a «fair-weather friend»?

  • 1. One whose company is enjoyed chiefly in summer — no support
  • 2. One who supports a friend chiefly in adversity — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 3. One who resides in a warmer country — no support
  • 4. One who is present in favourable times and absent in adversity — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 469, line 2: «Kieran competes with Sam at everything: who's taller, who runs faster, who has more Robux, who can burp the alphabet furthest, who finished his chips first. «B…», 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 doer «lily» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the lending of possessions to friends.

  • 1. Lending invariably strengthens a friendship — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Items lent need never be returned in good condition — no support
  • 3. One should lend only what one could bear to lose, and request its careful return — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. One is obliged to lend any item requested by a friend, whatever its value to oneself — 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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