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Weather emergencies

Tests: 9 of 19 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 9 of 23 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 48 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 ✗

A boy in Oklahoma is at a friend's house in a mobile home when a tornado warning sounds. What is safest?

  • 1. Go up onto the roof to escape — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Hide in the car parked next to it — no support
  • 3. Go quickly to a sturdy building or storm shelter nearby — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Stay in the mobile home and hide under a bed until it has passed — 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 ✓

Hurricane officials tell a family in Miami to leave their home near the sea. Why should they go?

  • 1. The storm surge could flood the area with seawater — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. The wind is only strong near the sea — no support
  • 3. The sea will be too rough for swimming — no support
  • 4. Hurricanes only ever hit the houses that stand by the sea — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A road ahead is covered by flowing water that looks only a little deep. What should the driver do?

  • 1. Walk through it to test the depth — score 9
  • 2. Drive slowly through the very middle — ← Mova's choice · score 13
  • 3. Drive through quickly before it rises — score 13
  • 4. Turn around and find another way — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 13, tied with another option at 13 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 15, line 18: «Never walk or drive into flood water: fast water only 15 centimetres (6 inches) deep can knock a person over.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+7); the same action «drive» (+6). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓

A girl in Los Angeles is in the playground when the ground starts shaking. What should she do?

  • 1. Get away from walls and wires, then drop and cover her head — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
  • 2. Climb up the climbing frame — no support
  • 3. Stand next to the school wall — no support
  • 4. Run into the school building at once, where the walls will keep her safe — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 46, line 6: «A girl in Queensland spent a whole day at the beach without sun cream; she got burnt so badly she had blisters and a fever and could not sleep.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓

Which is true about earthquakes?

  • 1. The ground opens and swallows people — no support
  • 2. You should always run outside at once — score 3
  • 3. Doorways are the safest place in every building, old or new — no support
  • 4. You drop, cover and hold on until the shaking stops — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 48, line 4: «In an earthquake in California or New Zealand you drop to your hands and knees, take cover under a strong table and hold on until the shaking stops; if you are…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stop» (+4); the same doer «shaking» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Why do people near the coast in New Zealand say long or strong, get gone?

  • 1. Strong quakes make the tide go out for a week — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Long quakes break up all the roads near the sea — no support
  • 3. The sea gets far too cold after an earthquake — no support
  • 4. A long or strong quake may cause a tsunami — ✓ 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 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A family in Victoria hears that the fire danger is catastrophic tomorrow. What does their bushfire plan most likely say?

  • 1. Stay at home and keep watch for smoke from the windows — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Leave the area early, before a fire can start — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Fill the bath and wait in it — no support
  • 4. Go to the bush to see if a fire starts — 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 8 · ★★ · right ✓

A boy in Alberta comes in from a blizzard with numb, pale fingertips. What should happen?

  • 1. Warm them gently with warm, not hot, water and tell an adult — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Rub them hard with handfuls of fresh snow — no support
  • 3. Hold them right up against a hot fire — no support
  • 4. Go back out in the cold to get the feeling back — 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 ✓

Why does a family keep a battery radio in their emergency kit?

  • 1. A radio is a good toy for a storm — no support
  • 2. The radio charges the torch — no support
  • 3. Radios send out a signal that attracts rescuers to your house — no support
  • 4. Power and phones may fail, but the radio still gives warnings — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 48, line 20: «A family emergency kit holds water, food, a torch, batteries, a radio and first aid things; a battery radio still gives warnings when the power and phones fail.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); the same thing acted on «warnings» (+3); the same doer «battery radio» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗

tornado warning just came on!!

  • 1. Go outside and watch which way it goes — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Shelter now, lowest floor, no windows — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Open all the windows — no support
  • 4. Wait to see it first — 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 ✗

hurricane's gone calm, can we go out

  • 1. Yes, if the sun is out — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Yes, for a quick look round the street — no support
  • 3. No, it's the eye, the wind comes back — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Yes, it's over — 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 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗

ground's shaking!! run outside?

  • 1. Stand in the window — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Run down the stairs — no support
  • 3. Yes, run out fast — no support
  • 4. No, drop, cover and hold on — ✓ 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 13 · ★★ · wrong ✗

road's flooded, only shallow, walk through?

  • 1. Yes, if it's only up to your knees or lower — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Yes, if you go fast — no support
  • 3. No, never walk through flood water — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Yes, if you hold a friend — 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 14 · ★★ · right ✓

road's flooded but it looks shallow, walk through?

  • 1. No, turn back, moving water can sweep you away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 2. Yes, if you go slowly — no support
  • 3. Yes, if you wear wellies, they keep you steady in water — no support
  • 4. Yes, if you hold hands — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 45, line 20: «Ice that looks solid can be thin, especially near the edges, over moving water and in spring.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «move» (+4); the same thing acted on «water» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★★ · wrong ✗

tornado warning but i wanna see it

  • 1. Go outside for a photo — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Get in the car and chase it, you'll get an amazing video — no support
  • 3. Go to a room inside, low down, away from windows — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Stand by a window to watch — 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 16 · ★★ · right ✓

Leo says floods are only dangerous if u can't swim. right?

  • 1. No, fast water knocks over even strong swimmers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Yes, unless it is cold — no support
  • 3. Yes, floods are just big puddles that look scary — no support
  • 4. Yes, swimmers are always safe — 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 17 · ★★ · right ✓

heard a family in Kansas went outside in the eye of the hurricane, thought it was over, and the wind came back

  • 1. Real lesson: after the calm eye of a hurricane the winds come back, so stay inside — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
  • 2. Real lesson: hurricanes are over once it goes calm and the sun comes out again — no support
  • 3. It is gossip, so the calm is safe — no support
  • 4. It proves only Kansas families get hurricanes — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 48, line 12: «The calm eye of a hurricane is followed by strong winds again, so you stay inside.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «stay» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 18 · ★★ · right ✓

my cousin says in an earthquake u should run outside as fast as u can

  • 1. He is right, if you run downstairs — no support
  • 2. He is right, outside is always safer — no support
  • 3. He is right, or stand in a doorway, as doorways never fall down in a quake — no support
  • 4. Wrong; drop, cover and hold on, as outside you can be hit by falling glass — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 48, line 15: «Running outside during an earthquake is dangerous because of falling glass and bricks.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fall» (+4); the same thing acted on «glass» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 19 · ★★ · wrong ✗

everyone's saying the Garcias lost everything in the flood cos they were too dumb to leave, pass it on

  • 1. Pass it on, and say they were warned three times and just laughed about it — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Pass it on, since everyone knows anyway — no support
  • 3. Do not pass it on; it is cruel, and they need kindness after a disaster — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Pass it on, because it is a lesson — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a tornado warning?

  • 1. The tornado season has begun for the year — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. A tornado has passed and it is safe to go outside — no support
  • 3. Conditions may later favour a tornado, and no action whatsoever is required at present — no support
  • 4. A tornado has been sighted or detected by radar, and shelter must be taken at once — ✓ 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the safest location during a tornado.

  • 1. An upstairs room with large windows, from which the tornado may be observed — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The roof of the building — no support
  • 3. A car parked in the open — no support
  • 4. A basement, storm shelter, or windowless interior room on the lowest floor — ✓ 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

It being given that a strong or prolonged earthquake is felt near the coast, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

  • 1. To go down to the beach in order to observe the sea — no support
  • 2. To proceed to high ground in case of a tsunami — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 3. To remain upon the shore until the water recedes — no support
  • 4. To swim out beyond the breaking waves to safety — 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 48, line 16: «Near the coast, a long or strong earthquake is a warning to go to high ground in case of a tsunami, a giant wave that an earthquake can cause.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same place «case» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning a bushfire.

  • 1. Driving towards the smoke is the safest choice — no support
  • 2. Leaving early is the safest choice — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. Sheltering in a tree is the safest choice — no support
  • 4. Remaining until the flames are visible is the safest choice — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 48, line 17: «In a bushfire, leaving early is the safest choice.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «leaving» (+2); the same thing acted on «safest choice» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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