Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper
Tests: 4 of 10 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 483 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 ✗
«they haven't spoken in 11 years so they never will». What actually happened?
- 1. They had a big fight at the funeral — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. One of them sold up and moved to Spain — no support
- 3. They never spoke to each other again — score -1
- 4. They made peace after the funeral — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 437, line 4: «Others come wrapped in friendship. «I'll be your friend forever if you don't tell — but if you do, I'll never speak to you again,» said Noah's friend, who was…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «friend» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
«it's only a Mars bar, shops don't even notice». Is it OK?
- 1. Yes, if it's under a pound — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, only stealing crisps counts — no support
- 3. No, it's still stealing — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yes, big shops don't mind — 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 ✓
«why'd Mr Patel let him off, he should've called the feds». (feds is American slang for police.) Why the sweeping instead?
- 1. He was scared of Kieran and his mates — score 5
- 2. He gave Kieran a second chance to make it right — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 3. He wanted free cleaning every Saturday forever — score -1
- 4. He didn't care about stealing — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 483, line 2: «Mr Patel at the corner shop knows everyone's name, everyone's dog and who likes which crisps. On Sam's birthday there's a free lolly: «Ten already? Where does…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same receiver «kieran» (+3); the same doer «mr» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
«NOT YOUR BIN. THIEF.» Is this grown-up feud more serious than a playground one?
- 1. Yes, it should go to court — no support
- 2. Yes, bins are very important — no support
- 3. No, so they should keep fighting — no support
- 4. No, it's just as silly, and a simple fix ended it — ← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 483, line 11: «Grown-up feuds can be as silly as playground ones, and a simple practical fix can end them.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «end» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
«my dad called another dad a clown outside school, I could crawl under a rock». (Kieran means he's very embarrassed.) What's true?
- 1. You can love your dad and still see he got it wrong — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. You should go and shout at the other dad too, to back him up — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. Your dad is always right — score 3
- 4. It's your fault he shouted — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 483, line 3: «Grown-ups can be as silly as Year 3s. Lily's road has a bin war: «NOT YOUR BIN.» «IT WAS ONE BAG.» «THIEF.» It lasts all year, until every house paints its num…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «shout» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
«Mrs Platt is pure evil, she moans about everything». What did the icy day show?
- 1. She wanted something new to complain about, like the leg — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Grumpy people can be very kind when it matters — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Grumpy people are never kind — no support
- 4. She was only being nosy — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 392, line 1: «Mrs Okafor keeps a little notebook, and one day she noticed something in it: the same group of boys ended up fighting every Friday, just after swimming, when e…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mrs» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «something» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
What would probably happen if nobody had helped Mr Patel after the break-in?
- 1. He'd feel alone and the shop might struggle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 2. He'd be happier on his own — no support
- 3. Nothing would be different — no support
- 4. The thief would feel bad and bring the till back — score -2
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 91, line 9: «Worry often makes things that will probably not happen feel certain.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
«the bus driver asked if I'm alright, cringe». Why does it matter?
- 1. He wants Jake off his bus — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Small friendly words help on a bad day — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He's just being nosy about Jake's life — no support
- 4. It doesn't matter at all — 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 ✗
«Eat them hot, mija». What is Mrs Lopez doing?
- 1. Asking Mia to cook — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Selling her tamales to the family — score 5
- 3. Telling Mia off for leaving them to go cold — score 5
- 4. Sharing food, which builds friendship — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 483, line 4: «And grumpy and kind can live in one person. Mrs Platt, who moans about bikes and wind chimes, is first at the door when Sam's dad breaks his leg on the ice, wi…», 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 action «ask» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
In a cartoon, the shopkeeper chases a kid thief with a broom. What did Mr Patel do instead?
- 1. Let him make it right by sweeping — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 2. Called his whole school — score 7
- 3. Banned the street from the shop — score 3
- 4. Chased him with a broom — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 483, line 2: «Mr Patel at the corner shop knows everyone's name, everyone's dog and who likes which crisps. On Sam's birthday there's a free lolly: «Ten already? Where does…», 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 action «sweep» (+3); the same doer «mr» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dispute between the two elderly neighbours, Mr Shaw and Mr Kowalski?
- 1. A legal action concerning the ownership of a dog — no support
- 2. A dispute concerning a sum of money owed by one to the other — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. A long silence of uncertain origin, concluded after a bereavement — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A quarrel which persisted until the death of both — 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 473, line 13: «Shouting rude words back at a cross neighbour makes things worse; walk away and tell your parents.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal conduct of the residents of the street following the burglary of the corner shop.
- 1. They held the shopkeeper responsible — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They remained indifferent to the event — no support
- 3. They withdrew their custom from the shop — no support
- 4. They assembled voluntarily to clean and repair the premises — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗
Ascertain the arrangement made by the shopkeeper upon apprehending a child in the act of stealing a chocolate bar.
- 1. The child was to be reported forthwith to the police — no support
- 2. The child was to retain the item without consequence — no support
- 3. The child was to be excluded from the shop permanently thereafter — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. The child was to sweep the shop each Saturday for one month — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 285, line 21: «When a big brother or sister says «tell anyone and I'll kill you» about something embarrassing, like a crush, it usually just means «please keep this private»,…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep out» (+2); the same thing acted on «child» (+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 a neighbour who habitually complains.
- 1. Her complaints prove her to be an enemy — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She may nonetheless act with great kindness in an emergency — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Such persons are incapable of kindness — no support
- 4. She ought to be excluded from the community — 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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