Every family is different

Tests: 1 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 486 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 family's a mum, a dad and 2 kids, everyone knows that». Right?

1. No, a family needs at least five people — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. No, families come in lots of shapes — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Yes, that's the only real kind of family — score 1
4. Yes, the other kinds are just pretend — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 375, line 13: «After a fight, other families may want to keep their children away; trust has to be earned back.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

«which one's ur REAL mum tho». Wren wants to keep it short. What could she say?

1. «Go and ask the teacher, she knows.» — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. «Neither, I was adopted by aliens.» — no support
3. «Both. Next question.» — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. «I'll tell you if you pay me a quid.» — 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 ✗

Ifeoma helps every morning, but now she's falling asleep in class and never eats breakfast. What should happen?

1. She tells a parent or teacher it's too much — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She skips school some days to catch up on sleep — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. She keeps quiet and just tries even harder — no support
4. She stops helping her brothers ever again — 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 306, line 6: «A boy in England skipped breakfast every day; by mid-morning he felt dizzy and grumpy, and once he fainted in PE.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «skip» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

In a cartoon, the kid who lives with his gran is always sad and lonely. What's more real?

1. Grans are too old to look after children — no support
2. Living with a gran is a normal, often happy family — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Cartoons always show families exactly right — no support
4. Kids who live with their grans are always sad — ← Mova's choice · 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 399, line 4: «Mia's sofa fitted five, and the sixth kid always ended up on the floor. So they piled cushions on the floor and called it the VIP section, and suddenly everyon…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ravi: «12 if u count the fish. no wait, Grandad's gone to India for a month». How many people are at home this month, not counting the fish?

1. Ten — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Six — no support
3. Eleven — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Twelve — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 486, line 2: «Every family has its own normal. Arlo, an only child in Leeds, goes to tea at Dougie's, who has four brothers: it's bare noisy («bare» is London slang for very…», 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 thing acted on «eleven» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

«shut up about skiing Seb, nobody cares». Kwesi's staying home and there's no money for a trip. What's a calmer, honest thing he could do?

1. Tell Seb that skiing is only for show-offs — no support
2. Pretend they're off to a fancy hotel abroad — no support
3. Tell everyone in class that Seb is a posh snob — no support
4. Say they're staying home and talk about footy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 81, line 16: «After being sick or having diarrhoea, stay home and sip water; in the UK children stay off school until 48 hours after the last time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if every teacher said «make a card for your mum» and gave no choice?

1. Nothing at all, since all kids live with their mums — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Kids like Shay would be left out and hurt — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Every single child would have a mum to give it to — score 6
4. Shay would be given a new mum because of the card — 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 482, line 4: «Some friendships last a lifetime. Mia's grandma and Miss Opal from church have known each other sixty years. «Back in my day,» says Miss Opal. «Your day was my…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «friend» (+6). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

«rich kids got it easy, they deserve a bit of stick». True?

1. No, only teachers are allowed to tease them — score -3
2. Yes, they've got too much stuff anyway — no support
3. Yes, but only on the days they show off — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. No, teasing anyone over money is unkind — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 410, line 4: «Little clues add up. Jayden's username was his full name and birthday, so his mum helped him change it to «PurpleTaco», which he now loves more than his real n…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+2). Against it: the same doer «friends» (-1); 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Arlo gets home after Dougie's and his house feels really quiet. What does the lesson say?

1. His own house is wrong for being so quiet — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Dougie's house is wrong for being so loud — no support
3. Both houses are normal, just different in their own way — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He should ask to move in with Dougie's lot — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Jaylon: «y'all so strict, Marcus's dad lets him play anything». What might actually work?

1. Play the 18-rated games at Marcus's in secret — score 3
2. Ask calmly why, and still keep the rule — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Tell Dad that Marcus's dad is a better dad — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Shout and slam doors until Dad gives in — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 404, line 3: «Every family is different. Theo's parents allow 12 games at ten, but only if they play the first hour with him. Zara's family has a rule that any new game live…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same receiver «dad» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Four kids at a table: one lives with Mum, one with two dads, one with Nan, one in a children's home with carers. How many of them have a real family?

1. None of them — no support
2. Only one — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Only two — no support
4. All four — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 474, line 1: «A feud is a long quarrel between families or groups, sometimes lasting years after everyone has forgotten how it started. Kieran's family and Jake's family hav…», 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 thing acted on «class» (+1); a different doer (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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

A kid says, «your stepmum's not your proper mum, she doesn't count». Which is true about Jaylon's stepmum?

1. She has to be strict because she's a step — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She can be a real, loving part of his family — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She counts only if she was there from his birth — no support
4. She can never be part of his family 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a family as defined in the lesson?

1. A household in which not fewer than four persons habitually reside — score -1
2. Any group of persons who share both a surname and a postal address — score -1
3. A household comprising exclusively a mother, a father and their children — no support
4. The persons who care for a child, whatever form the household takes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 123, line 7: «A boy in Leeds was rude to a new neighbour's child for being from another country; the families fell out, and he lost a friend he later wished he had.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wish» (+6); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Given that a pupil resides in a children's home, identify the most appropriate conduct of a teacher in respect of Mother's Day cards.

1. To announce the pupil's circumstances to the class as an example — no support
2. To exclude the pupil from the activity entirely and without remark — no support
3. To permit the pupil to address the card to anyone who cares for him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. To require the pupil to address the card to his birth mother — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 285, line 6: «A boy in Leeds kept quiet when a friend showed him a knife in his bag; a few days later another pupil was cut in a fight, and he wished he had told a teacher.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wish» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning households in which grandparents reside.

1. They are prohibited by law in Canada and the United Kingdom — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They are found exclusively in China and nowhere else — no support
3. They arise only during the prolonged absence of the parents — no support
4. They are common in many countries and entirely normal — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the principal reason why households differ in respect of bedtimes and permitted games.

1. Each household sets its own rules, which are no measure of love — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Lenient households are thereby shown to love their children less — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. The law prescribes a single bedtime for all children of an age — no support
4. Stricter households are thereby shown to love their children less — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 486, line 13: «Every house has its own rules, like bedtimes and which games are allowed; different rules don't mean anyone is loved less.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «love» (+3); the same property (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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