Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult

Tests: 7 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 497 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 dad's just lazy, he's been in bed since Sunday, can't be arsed». What might really be going on?

1. He is definitely just lazy, nothing more — no support
2. He's waiting for Jem to make him get up — score 3
3. He may have depression, an illness — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He is training to sleep for a world record — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 411, line 2: «Ollie gave his best friend his Roblox password «just to help with one level». The best friend was fine. The best friend's big brother was not: he found the pas…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «dad» (+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 ✓

«if I make Mum laugh enough she'll stop being sad, sorted». True?

1. No, it isn't your job to fix it; tell a grown-up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Yes, enough jokes always cure depression — no support
3. Yes, but only if the jokes are really good — no support
4. No, she should never laugh while she's sad — 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 360, line 1: «Every day for three weeks, Noah in Austin threw his sandwich in the school bin because he did not like the crusts. Nobody noticed, and he thought he had found…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Hester's mate says, «just sign it yourself every time, they'll never know lol». Why is that a bad plan?

1. It keeps Hester alone with the problem — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Teachers can read minds about forms — no support
3. It's fine, nothing bad ever comes of it — no support
4. Forms don't really need signing anyway — 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

«my mum's boyfriend says I'm useless n it's all my fault». What should she do?

1. Believe him and try to be less useless — no support
2. Shout back the same things at him — no support
3. Tell a teacher or ring Childline — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
4. Run away from home that night alone — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 497, line 5: «And some grown-ups are simply mean to a child. In Newcastle, Mam's new boyfriend calls Romilly names and blames her for everything, and Mam says nothing. «Howa…», 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 «trusted adult» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

In a TV show a boy cooks every night for his sad mum and tells no one, and it's called «heroic». What does the lesson add?

1. Keeping it secret is the best thing to do — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. Cooking every night is easy for any kid — no support
3. Young carers are brave but need help too — ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. Only grown-ups ever cook in real homes — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 466, line 4: «Shy people need the right kind of push. Hana reads thick fantasy books alone every break. Chloe sits on the next bench with her own book and says nothing. Afte…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «good one» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

What would probably happen if Maddox told his teacher about his mum's illness?

1. He could get support, like a young carers group — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. He would get his mum into trouble with the police — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. Nothing, teachers aren't allowed to help at all — score 6
4. He would have to leave his school straight away — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 7: «A girl in Toronto saw that her friend looked pale, would not talk and stared at the floor; she told a teacher, and the friend got help for a problem she had be…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «friend» (+6); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

«Granny died ages ago, Mam should be over it by now innit». What is true?

1. Grief always ends in a week — no support
2. Grief can last a long time — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Crying means Mam is ill — no support
4. Grown-ups don't feel grief — 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 497, line 4: «Not every hard thing is drink or depression. In Edinburgh, Olivia hears her mam greetin' (Scots for crying) at night since Granny died, and in the morning Mam…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «last» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Everett's buddy says, «Your pop yells 'cause you're annoying, bro». What is true?

1. Drinking changes how people act; it isn't Everett's fault — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Everett must be the reason his dad drinks every night — no support
3. Everett should be quieter, then the yelling will stop — no support
4. All dads yell at night, so it's nothing to talk about — 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 ✓

★★★ Carys is alone each evening from 7 pm, when Mum falls asleep, until 9 pm, when Carys goes to bed. Mum works 5 nights a week, and only on those nights does she fall asleep at 7. How many hours a week is Carys on her own in the evening?

1. 10 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. 7 — score 5
3. 2 — score 5
4. 14 — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 497, line 1: «Sometimes a grown-up at home is not okay, and a child sees it first. In Cardiff, Carys's mum works long shifts and falls asleep on the sofa at seven every nigh…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «carys» (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

★★★ Which of these is NOT a good person to tell about a worry at home?

1. Childline — no support
2. A school counsellor — score 1
3. A stranger met in an online game — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A teacher — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 256, line 5: «A boy in Austin who is worried about his parents arguing tells his teacher, and the worry feels lighter; but if an adult ever asks him to keep a secret that ma…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

«telling about my dad = betraying the family». What does the lesson say?

1. Only tell if Dad says it's okay to tell anyone — score 2
2. Telling is getting help for your family and you — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. It is betraying, so it's better to say nothing — score 10
4. Tell only your friends, never any grown-ups — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 497, line 14: «Telling a trusted adult, like a teacher, school counsellor or relative, is getting help, not telling tales.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «help» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises depression?

1. A transient indisposition which resolves within a day — no support
2. An illness occasioning prolonged sadness and fatigue — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. A condition caused principally by the conduct of children — no support
4. A disposition to idleness which may be remedied by effort — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 497, line 2: «Some grown-ups have an illness called depression. It is not just a bad day: it makes a person very sad, flat and tired for weeks or months. In Hull, Angus's da…», 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 «illness» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the course of action recommended where a child observes a parent slurring, stumbling and neglecting engagements owing to alcohol.

1. Disclosure to a trusted adult or to Childline — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Disposal of the parent's alcohol by the child himself — no support
3. Absence from school so as to supervise the parent — no support
4. Concealment of the matter in order to protect the parent — 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 ✗

State the term by which a child who habitually cooks for siblings and attends to an unwell parent is designated.

1. A domestic servant — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A young carer — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A guardian ad litem appointed by the court — no support
4. An apprentice of the household — 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 ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning an adult who repeatedly disparages and blames a child within the home.

1. The child is presumed to have provoked such conduct — no support
2. Such conduct is unacceptable and the child bears no blame — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Such conduct is acceptable where the parent raises no objection — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Such conduct must remain undisclosed beyond the household — 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 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «parents» (+3); the same action «bring up» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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