The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door

Tests: 1 of 10 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 11 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 473 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 ✗

«ball's gone over Grimshaw's again, just hop the fence, he won't know». Better idea?

1. Kick another ball to knock it out — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. Send the smallest kid over — no support
3. Knock and ask for it back — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Hop over quickly while he naps — 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 436, line 1: «Ben's mate Jamie kicked a ball through the classroom window in Liverpool. The teacher asked Ben if he'd seen who. Jamie whispered: «Sound, don't grass, lad» —…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kick» (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «ball» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

«Grumpy Grimshaw just hates kids, simple». Is it that simple?

1. No, he secretly owns a sweet shop — no support
2. No, he was lonely and his plants got wrecked — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, some people just hate all kids, full stop — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. Yes, all old people are grumpy — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. 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 remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «friends» (+2). Against it: the same doer «friends» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · wrong ✗

Connor: «I smashed his greenhouse and legged it, if I stay hid nobody'll know». What should he do?

1. Blame Kieran for it — no support
2. Stay under the bed till it's forgotten — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. Break another pane so it looks like wind — score 9
4. Go back, own up and say sorry — ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 349, line 2: «Tom found matches in a drawer and struck one to see the flame. He burned his finger and frightened himself, and nobody else knew. He held the finger under cold…», 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 «stay» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · wrong ✗

What would probably happen if the kids kept shouting «old witch» at the neighbour?

1. The council would give them a prize for it — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. More trouble with her and their parents — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She'd become their best friend — no support
4. She'd give them a big apology — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 437, line 5: «Ruby's friend in Glasgow had been hurting herself on purpose and begged, «Promise me, Rubes.» Ruby was terrified. She told the school nurse, and her friend got…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same receiver «friend» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · right ✓

«mrs platt's well nesh, moanin at the wind chimes». («nesh» in the North means easily bothered by cold.) The kids are kind but she stays grumpy. What's sensible?

1. Ring her doorbell and run — no support
2. Accept it and play somewhere else — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Keep annoying her till she smiles — no support
4. Break her wind chimes — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 473, line 11: «Some people stay grumpy whatever you do; then it is fine to play somewhere else.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «play» (+4); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · wrong ✗

«why'd Sam carry the shopping for HIM, after he nicked our balls?» What's the best answer?

1. Sam was paid a lot for it — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Sam was scared of Mr Grimshaw — score 4
3. Sam wanted to steal the toffees from his kitchen — score 5
4. A small kindness can crack a grumpy person — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 284, line 6: «A boy in Ohio took a dare to jump from a garage roof onto a trampoline; he missed the edge and broke both wrists, and spent the summer in casts.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+4); 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 7 · wrong ✗

Mia's mum says, «Mr Hal says 'kids these days' at everyone, love.» What did Mia's picture show?

1. Pictures make people angrier — no support
2. Mr Hal wanted money, not pictures — score 3
3. Little gifts can open doors — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Drawing makes people move away — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 468, line 4: «In Dundee, Lily's cousin says her friend Kirsty is «pure sound» on her own but «a right nippy sweetie» in a group. In Scots «pure sound» means really nice and…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «friend» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

In a cartoon, a grumpy neighbour is just evil and gets a pie in the face. What's more often true?

1. Grumpy neighbours are always secret villains — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Grumpy people often have hard lives or are lonely — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Pies fix grumpy people — no support
4. Grumpy people never change — 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 · wrong ✗

Jake says, «it was only a cheap pot, why should I pay?» Fair to pay?

1. Yes, he broke it — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. No, Mr Grimshaw should pay for it — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Yes, but only if it's over £100 — no support
4. No, cheap things like that don't count — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 473, line 4: «Mistakes get worse when you run or climb. Jake climbs Mr Grimshaw's fence and smashes a pot; he pays for it from three weeks' pocket money. Connor's ball break…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pay» (+4); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

Kieran: «he gives us toffees now, he's proper sound». What changed Mr Grimshaw?

1. The kids threatened him over the fence — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Nothing, he was always like that — no support
3. He won the lottery and cheered up — no support
4. Kindness and an honest sorry — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 357, line 3: «Knowing someone's code is not the same as being allowed to use it. When a friend hands you his phone to play a game, he trusts you with the game, not with his…», 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 «friend» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). 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 · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason, as established in the lesson, for the initial hostility of the neighbour Mr Grimshaw towards the children.

1. A dispute concerning the ownership of a fence — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. An inherent dislike of all young persons — no support
3. Repeated damage to his tomato plants by footballs — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A complaint from the municipal council — 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 · right ✓

Ascertain the most appropriate conduct of a child whose ball has entered a neighbouring garden.

1. To send a younger child to retrieve it secretly — score 0
2. To abandon the ball permanently — no support
3. To climb the boundary fence without permission and retrieve it — score 0
4. To knock at the neighbour's door and request its return — ← 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 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 321, line 13: «Knock on a closed bathroom door and wait, and others should do the same for 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 «knock» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Given that a child has accidentally broken a pane of a neighbour's greenhouse, select the response consistent with the established facts.

1. To return, confess and apologise is preferable to concealment — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The neighbour bears responsibility for the breakage — no support
3. Flight renders the child less likely to be suspected — no support
4. Concealment beneath one's bed resolves the matter — 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 a neighbour who remains disagreeable notwithstanding repeated kindness?

1. She ought to be subjected to retaliation — no support
2. Children are obliged to continue until she relents — score 2
3. Her conduct proves that kindness is always futile — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. It is acceptable to accept the situation and play elsewhere — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 470, line 15: «If someone's kindness has a price tag, it isn't really kindness.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «kindness» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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