Rich families: the big house, the nanny and never seeing Dad

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 491 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 ✗

«rich kids got nannies cos their parents don't love them». True?

1. Yes, rich parents never want to see children — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Yes, a nanny means parents don't care at all — score 0
3. No, nannies help busy parents who love their kids — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. No, nannies are only for children who are ill — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 276, line 7: «At a big concert in Australia a boy got pushed into the crowd and lost his parents; because they had agreed to meet at the first-aid tent, he walked there and…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «meet» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Monty wonders who his real friends are. What's a fair way to find out?

1. Ban everyone from his house forever — no support
2. Notice who's around when there's no pool — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Pay his friends money to keep coming over every day — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Build a second, even bigger pool — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 491, line 2: «Rich kids have feelings like everyone else. In Los Angeles, Monty has a pool and a cinema room, and his friends love coming over, until he hears one kid say, «…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come over» (+2); the same property (+1); a different doer (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 ✗

In a film, the rich kid is mean and snobby and gets what he deserves. What's more real?

1. Only poor kids can be kind people — no support
2. Rich kids are like any kids, kind or not — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Rich kids never have any feelings — score -2
4. Every rich kid is mean and snobby — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 479, line 3: «Your own words travel too. Connor writes «Ollie smells like a bin lol» for a laugh, gets six laughing emojis, and the next day Ollie doesn't come to school. Co…», 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 4 · ★★ · right ✓

Sienna: «It's not my fault». Islay: «never said it was, mate». What could help them most?

1. An honest chat about how it feels — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Islay never talking to her again — score 5
3. Sienna hiding her phone at school — no support
4. Sienna giving Islay her new phone — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 427, line 2: «Little lies at home are about easy jobs — hands, teeth, showers, tidying, reading — and they are usually caught by something small. Mia in Melbourne said she'd…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «mia» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

What would probably happen if Clementine never told her parents how much the play mattered?

1. Nothing, parents always know how kids feel — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. They might keep missing things without knowing — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. They would cancel every work trip for ever after that — score 0
4. They would read her mind and come next time — 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 456, line 14: «The safe way to meet a dog is with the owner holding it, your parent knowing, and the dog choosing how close to come.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «know» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Felix gets 10 presents at Christmas, says thank you for each and shares his new game. His mate still says «spoilt». What's fair?

1. Felix should never say thank you again — no support
2. Felix is being grateful and kind — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Felix should give all ten presents away — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. Felix is spoilt because of the number — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 320, line 24: «If an older teenager or an adult gives a young child big presents or calls themselves her «boyfriend», that is a worry to tell a trusted adult about.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2). Against it: a different doer (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 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Henry will board Monday to Friday and come home at weekends. A term is 12 weeks. How many weekends at home in a term?

1. 24 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 4 — no support
3. 6 — no support
4. 12 — ✓ 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 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Leo-Ray burnt the toast and everyone laughed. What's the smartest move?

1. Storm off and phone his driver — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Never go to a sleepover again — no support
3. Laugh too and ask to be shown how — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Say toast is for poor people — 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 ✓

Anya's friend asks, «Did you go anywhere at half-term?» and Anya went to France. What's a kind way to share?

1. Lie that she stayed home all week long — score 4
2. Say where she went, then ask about her friend's — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Say nothing at all, holidays are secret — score 4
4. Talk about France for the rest of the day — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 486, line 17: «A child asked a nosy question about their family can answer short and move on, and a good friend backs them up.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«Arnav's driver's well sus, bet he's a gangster's kid». («Sus» means suspicious.) What's fair to think?

1. A driver just means his parents are rich — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A driver proves his family must be criminals — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. A driver means he's royalty from abroad — no support
4. A driver means Arnav can't walk at all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 5: «Drivers often do not see children, so try to catch the driver's eye; a boy in Austin waits at a driveway until the reversing car has stopped and the driver has…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «try» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓

«Gabi's with me 3 till 7, then Mum till bed at half seven, and Dad gets in at 8, no wait, half 8.» Who doesn't Lottie see on a school-day evening?

1. Gabi and Mum — no support
2. Gabi — no support
3. Mum — no support
4. Dad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 384, line 3: «Not every visit was bad news. Sam saw a fight in the street, and an officer asked him what he had seen. His voice wobbled, but he said only what he really saw…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «one» (+1). · 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 relation between wealth and a parent's time?

1. Wealth renders a parent's presence wholly unnecessary — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Wealth obliges a parent to be absent on every occasion — no support
3. Wealth may purchase help but not the parent's presence — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Wealth guarantees a parent's constant presence at home — 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 principal characteristic of a boarding school.

1. Pupils attend it only at weekends — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Pupils reside there during the term — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Pupils are taught there entirely online — no support
4. Pupils are admitted only after the age of sixteen — 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 ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning children of wealthy families.

1. They are invariably arrogant and deserve whatever teasing they receive — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. They are without feelings and may be teased without consequence — score 2
3. They have feelings as other children do, and are not to blame for their parents' spending — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. They are responsible for their parents' expenditure upon parties — 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 387, line 5: «Some children who like someone show it clumsily, by teasing, tugging or hiding their things.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tease» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Given that a pupil is told that she is «flexing» when mentioning a foreign holiday, ascertain the most appropriate conduct.

1. To cease speaking to the classmate entirely — no support
2. To describe the holiday at still greater length — no support
3. To deny that any such holiday ever took place — no support
4. To share briefly and ask about others' holidays — ← 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 491, line 3: «Being rich can feel awkward too. In London, Anya mentions skiing in Switzerland and a girl says, «Stop flexing» («flexing» means showing off). Anya didn't mean…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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