Rival teams and the older bully
Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 472 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 ✗
«Gaz chucked me ball in the river, it's by the weir, I'm wadin in for it». What's the right answer?
- 1. Yes, quickly before it goes over the weir — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yes, if you're a good swimmer — no support
- 3. No, stay out and tell a grown-up — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yes, but take your shoes 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Kieran: «if I tell, he'll batter me, so I'll just keep paying, it's only a quid». Wise?
- 1. No, tell an adult now, threats for money are serious — ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. Yes, paying a quid a day keeps you safe for ever and ever — ← Mova's choice · score 10
- 3. Yes, a quid doesn't matter — no support
- 4. No, bring a bigger kid to fight him — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 369, line 14: «Grown-ups can be wrong about «never telling»; keeping children safe matters more than any playground rule.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same property (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+3). The right option, 1, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Mia's dad says «just ignore her, sweetheart». A month later it's worse. What now?
- 1. Flick the girl's hair back — no support
- 2. Keep ignoring her for another year till she gets bored — score 2
- 3. Stop going to school — no support
- 4. Tell someone in charge, like the bus driver — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 472, line 3: «Older bullies count on silence. A Year 6 boy tells Kieran, «Give us your dinner money or else», and Kieran pays, day after day, until on day four he tells his…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «tell» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
A dad screams «little cheat!» at a 10-year-old after a fair tackle. Who's in the wrong?
- 1. Both teams — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The referee — no support
- 3. The dad — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The 10-year-old — 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 ✓
«they're well bare annoying, them St Mary's lot». («bare» is London slang for very.) Is shouting fine but throwing things not?
- 1. No, throwing is fine if it's plastic — no support
- 2. Yes, but only bottles are a problem — no support
- 3. No, shouting is far worse than throwing — no support
- 4. Yes, throwing things can really hurt someone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 107, line 5: «A family in Ohio left a pan of oil on the hob and went to answer the door; it caught fire, and when someone threw water on it a ball of flame burst up and burn…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «water» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
A girl keeps shoving Maddie behind the umpire's back. What's smartest?
- 1. Shove back hard, she started it — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. Tell her coach at the break — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Walk off the court for good — no support
- 4. Trip her when nobody's looking — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, 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 «start» (+1). Against it: the same doer «girl» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
«Dylan's just me cousin messin about, family can't be bullies». True?
- 1. Yes, cousins are only joking, even when it hurts — no support
- 2. No, family can bully too, tell a grown-up — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. Yes, if they're older it's allowed — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. No, but you just have to take it — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 472, line 3: «Older bullies count on silence. A Year 6 boy tells Kieran, «Give us your dinner money or else», and Kieran pays, day after day, until on day four he tells his…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3). Against it: the same doer «older bullies» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
What would probably happen if Sam had chased his ball into the river?
- 1. He'd get the ball back easily — score 2
- 2. The weir would stop the ball for him — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 3. Gaz would say sorry — no support
- 4. He could be pulled under and badly hurt — ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 224, line 5: «On Anzac Day in Wellington a boy hears the call for a minute's silence; he stops talking, stands completely still, and remembers the people who died in wars.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+5); the same action «stop» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
«Dev's my rival so I'll never shake his hand». Better idea?
- 1. Never speak to him again — no support
- 2. Shake hands, rivals deserve respect — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. Quit swimming so you can't ever lose to him — no support
- 4. Make him fall in the pool — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 341, line 7: «Losing well, by finishing the game and shaking hands, keeps friends.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «hands» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
Jake: «that penalty was a joke, I'm gonna lamp the post». What's the wiser move?
- 1. Walk off the anger without kicking anything — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. Kick the ball at the crowd — score 7
- 3. Kick the referee instead — no support
- 4. Kick the post as hard as he can to get it all out — 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 461, line 2: «Sam and Jake became mates when Jake laughed at Sam's joke about the dinner lady's gravy («it's not gravy, it's a brown lake»). Nobody else got it. «Bruv, that'…», 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 «mates» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
In a film, the little kid beats up the big bully and everyone claps. What actually works best with an older bully?
- 1. Giving him all your stuff — score 2
- 2. Fighting him like in the film — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Becoming a bully yourself — no support
- 4. Getting a grown-up involved — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 435, line 2: «After holidays, stories grow. Priya said she'd been to the Maldives; asked about the water, she said «cold» — and her friend, who'd been, said «It's like a bat…», 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). 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Identify the principal distinction between a sporting rival and a bully.
- 1. The former competes fairly, whereas the latter persistently intimidates — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The former is invariably older than the latter — no support
- 3. No distinction exists between the two — no support
- 4. The latter is confined to sporting occasions — 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 ✗
Ascertain the most prudent course of action for a child whose ball has been propelled into a river flowing towards a weir.
- 1. To pursue the ball along the river to the weir — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. To refrain from entering the water and to inform an adult — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. To enter the water promptly in order to recover it before the weir — score 0
- 4. To await its return to the bank — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 472, line 2: «A bully is different. Big Gaz from Year 8 grabs Sam's new ball at the rec (the recreation ground, a public park) and boots it into the river: «Go fetch, little…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «ball» (+2); the same place «river» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Given that a pupil is compelled under threat to surrender money daily to an older pupil, select the response consistent with the established facts.
- 1. The matter is trivial owing to the small sums involved — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The matter is grave and must be reported to an adult forthwith — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The pupil should procure a larger pupil to retaliate — no support
- 4. The payments ought to continue in order to avoid harm — 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 ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises verbal abuse directed at a child by an adult spectator at a sporting fixture?
- 1. The child is responsible for having provoked it — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Responsibility lies with the adult and not the child — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. The referee is obliged to disregard it — no support
- 4. Such conduct is customary and acceptable — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 327, line 11: «When you play pretend, like a toy kitchen or a doctor's kit, with a younger child, let them lead and join in their story; pretend play helps them learn about t…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «children» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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