Parents who row, and one kind and one not

Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 12 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 496 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 ✗

«my parents had a mad row bc of me needing trip money, it's my fault innit». Right?

1. No, it's the school's fault for having trips — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Yes, kids cause every single row there is — no support
3. No, grown-up rows are grown-up problems — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, so never ask for anything ever again — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 353, line 9: «Fair does not always mean the same: an older child may get more pocket money for doing more jobs, and a younger one can ask for a job to earn a little more.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «more pocket money» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · right ✓

«they rowed all night so they're defo getting divorced, no cap». What is true?

1. Rows don't always mean a split — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Every row ends in a divorce, it's a rule — no support
3. Divorce happens only if kids hear the row — no support
4. Parents who row can never make up after — 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 ✓

Rian's mate says, «Just go down and tell 'em to shut it, bro». What is wiser, when it's calm later?

1. Tell the whole class what happens at home — no support
2. Hide in the shed every night until they stop rowing for good — no support
3. Go down mid-row and shout louder than them — no support
4. Ask a parent «Are you okay?» or talk to a teacher — ← 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 4: «Some rich kids just want to fit in. A driver collects Arnav from school in a black car, and kids ask, «Is he a prince or what?» He'd rather walk home with his…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+3); the same receiver «parents» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · wrong ✗

What would probably happen if Leila kept going to Dad every time Mum said no?

1. Mum would start buying all the treats — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Nothing at all, it never matters — score 1
3. Mum and Dad would never row again — score 6
4. More rows between Mum and Dad — ✓ the right answer · score 0

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 495, line 4: «When home is cold, children look for warmth elsewhere, and that's healthy. In Leeds, Juno tells her teacher, «Mum's busy,» about parents' evening, though she k…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mum» (+6). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · right ✓

«Dad said my horse looks like a dog, so Dad doesn't love me and I don't love him». What does the lesson say?

1. Dad is always right, so it's a bad horse — score 3
2. You can still love both, and tell the warm one how it felt — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. You must stop loving Dad now and only love Mum — score 6
4. Throw the drawing away and stop drawing horses, since Dad is the expert — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 496, line 3: «Some families have one warm parent and one cold or harsh one. In Bristol, Marisol shows her horse drawing. Mum says, «Lush!» (Bristol and Welsh for «lovely»).…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «love» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «both» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · wrong ✗

In a cartoon, two parents row, then a kid fixes it by being extra good. What's wrong with that?

1. Kids should be extra naughty instead — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Nothing; good kids always stop rows — no support
3. It isn't the kid's job to fix grown-up rows — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Cartoons are always true about families — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 473, line 3: «Not every neighbour softens. Mrs Platt at number 22 shuts her curtains when kids say hello and rings the council about hopscotch, so the kids play in the park…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «kids» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · wrong ✗

★★★ Joe hears his name in a row, so he thinks the row is his fault. Which fact best shows that's not so?

1. It was loud, and loud rows are always about the kids in the house — score 6
2. His name was said, so the row must be about something Joe did wrong today — score 6
3. Parents arguing about how to raise a child is about their ideas, not the child being bad — ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. Parents only ever argue about money, so his name was a mistake — ← Mova's choice · score 12

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 12, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 496, line 1: «A «row» (it rhymes with «cow») is a British word for a loud argument. In Belfast, Rian hears Mum and Dad going at it downstairs again: «Catch yerself on!» «No,…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «most parents» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

★★★ Mon: row, make up. Tue: no row. Wed: row, no make-up. Thu: make up. Fri: row, make up. On how many days did they make up?

1. 5 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 2 — no support
3. 4 — no support
4. 3 — ✓ 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 9 · wrong ✗

«Nate's mom sneaking him to soccer is fine, it's a win for him lol». What is the real problem?

1. Nate's dad wants him to play more soccer — score 0
2. Mom should never drive anywhere without Dad — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Soccer is a dangerous sport for any kid — no support
4. Nate is stuck in the middle of their disagreement — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 496, line 4: «Sometimes the row is about you. In Liverpool, Joe hears, «You always let him off!» «And you're too hard on him, you!» He feels like he's the problem. He isn't:…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · right ✓

Roisin's parents row and one night it gets frightening, with things being thrown. What should Roisin do?

1. Just turn her music up and forget it — no support
2. Try to stop the throwing herself — score 7
3. Keep it secret so nobody gets in trouble — no support
4. Tell a teacher, trusted adult or Childline — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 11, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 496, line 5: «Kids understand more than grown-ups think. In Toronto, Ambrose's parents row in French so he won't understand, eh. He does, every word, and pretends he doesn't…», 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 «tell» (+4); the same receiver «teacher» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · right ✓

Ambrose's friend says, «they speak French so u can't follow, sorted». What's the catch?

1. Kids often understand more than grown-ups think — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Kids never listen to grown-ups anyway, so it doesn't matter — score 2
3. Ambrose only speaks Spanish — no support
4. French is impossible for children to learn — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 468, line 15: «You deserve friends who are proud to be seen with you; clubs and other groups can help you find them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+1); the same doer «friends» (+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 responsibility for disputes between parents?

1. Responsibility is apportioned equally between the parents and every child — no support
2. Such disputes are matters for the adults and are not the fault of the child — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Disputes arise solely where a child has requested money for an excursion — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. The child is answerable for any dispute in the course of which his or her name is mentioned — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 468, line 1: «On the walk home Chloe's friend Bella is lovely: shares her sweets, asks about Chloe's nan. At school, in front of the popular girls, the same Bella says, «Ew,…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «real friend» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the appropriate course of action where a parental dispute becomes physical or frightening.

1. Personal intervention between the disputing parties — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Departure from the dwelling without informing anyone — no support
3. Disclosure to a teacher, a trusted adult or Childline — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Concealment of the matter from all persons outside the 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 3 · formal language · right ✓

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child placed between two disagreeing parents.

1. The child may fairly request that the parents resolve it between themselves — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. The child must conceal the disagreement from both parties indefinitely — score 3
3. The child is obliged to support the more lenient parent in all matters — score 2
4. The child should determine which parent is correct and inform the other — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 94, line 23: «Lonely children are sometimes targeted online by adults pretending to be friends.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «friends» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that one parent responds warmly to a child's achievement and the other dismissively. State the conduct recommended in the lesson.

1. To inform the warm parent of one's feelings whilst continuing to love both — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. To abandon the activity which attracted the dismissive remark — no support
3. To accept the dismissive remark as an accurate assessment — no support
4. To withdraw all affection from the dismissive parent forthwith and to inform the school — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 495, line 14: «Some parents struggle after a divorce and withdraw; it is not the child's fault, and the child can tell the other parent or a trusted adult.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «withdraw» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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