Twins and big families
Tests: 6 of 10 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 503 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 · ★ · right ✓
«twins are basically the same person innit». What's true?
- 1. Each twin is her own person — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Twins can't have different styles — no support
- 3. Twins always like the same food — no support
- 4. Twins share one brain — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 503, line 6: «Twins are often treated as one unit, but each twin is a separate person who needs to be seen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «twin» (+3); the same thing acted on «separate person» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
«Ruaridh should feel bad, he got in and his twin didn't». What does the lesson say?
- 1. He should quit the team so his twin feels better — ← Mova's choice · score -7
- 2. He should never play football at home again — no support
- 3. He should pretend he didn't get in at all — no support
- 4. He can be happy but kind, without rubbing it in — ✓ the right answer · score -7
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -7, tied with another option at -7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 503, line 2: «Twins compare themselves more than most siblings. In Belfast, Ruaridh makes the football team and Cormac doesn't. At home Cormac won't speak to him. «It's not…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «football team» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
What would probably happen if Oskar kept answering for Filip?
- 1. Filip would keep feeling invisible — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 2. Filip would love it and thank him — no support
- 3. Filip would get louder than Oskar — no support
- 4. Nothing, Filip doesn't mind it — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score -2, the only option with support. 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
«swap with ur twin for the spelling test, no one will know, it's bussin'». What's the problem?
- 1. Teachers can never tell twins apart — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. It's cheating, and it's serious — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Spelling tests are too easy to swap — no support
- 4. It only counts as cheating in maths — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 425, line 2: «Theo's mum has been the family champion at a board game for six years. Theo has lost about two hundred times. Last Friday he finally won, jumped onto the sofa,…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+5); the same doer «dad» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
In a film, twins dress the same until they're 40 and it's played as a happy ending. What does the lesson add?
- 1. Only one twin is allowed a style — no support
- 2. Dressing differently ends a friendship — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. Wanting your own style is healthy too — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Twins must match their whole lives — 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 503, line 7: «It is fine for twins to ask for different classes or groups, or to dress differently.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
★★★ Seán's family: 6 chips are left, and 4 kids finish homework first. Mam cuts chips in half if needed and shares the 6 equally between the 4. How many chips does each get?
- 1. One and a half — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 2. One and a quarter — score -2
- 3. One — score -2
- 4. Two — 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 475, line 3: «Rows get worse with hands and with phones. Connor pushes Kieran off the trampoline in a row over turns, and Kieran bangs his elbow; Connor is sent home and apo…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «game» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
★★★ Mikey's house: 5 kids each get 2 minutes in the bathroom, one after the other, starting at 7:30. Mikey goes fourth. When does his turn start?
- 1. 7:32 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 7:40 — no support
- 3. 7:36 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. 7:38 — 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 · ★ · right ✓
«Abena reading in the bath with no water is weird». What does the lesson say?
- 1. She should read in the busy kitchen instead — no support
- 2. Reading in a bath is dangerous with no water — no support
- 3. Baths are only for washing, so it's wrong — no support
- 4. Kids in loud homes find clever quiet spots — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 503, line 4: «In big families, new things are rare and precious. In Georgia, USA, Faith, one of six, never gets a new outfit: everything's a hand-me-down. At Easter her aunt…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+5); the same doer «kids» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
«Faith cried over a dress, so dramatic». Why did it mean so much?
- 1. Her aunt made her wear it to church — score 2
- 2. She hated the dress and was upset — no support
- 3. She cries about every little thing — score 5
- 4. In big families new things are rare — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 503, line 4: «In big families, new things are rare and precious. In Georgia, USA, Faith, one of six, never gets a new outfit: everything's a hand-me-down. At Easter her aunt…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); the same doer «new things» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
«Bridie's family needs two cars, that's so embarrassing». How does Bridie see it?
- 1. She tells her mate to mind her own business — no support
- 2. She's so ashamed she won't get in either car — no support
- 3. She wishes she was an only child at once — no support
- 4. She grins: they're a team and Da's the ref — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 503, line 5: «In Cork, Bridie's family is so big they can't fit in one car, so they drive in two cars to Gran's. Bridie's mate says, «Ye're like a football team!» Bridie gri…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grin» (+5); the same doer «bridie» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the individual identity of twins?
- 1. Each twin is a separate person deserving to be recognised as such — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Differences between twins indicate a breakdown in their relationship — no support
- 3. Twins constitute a single unit and may be addressed interchangeably — no support
- 4. Twins must retain identical attire and preferences throughout life — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 502, line 4: «Little ones copy you because you're their hero. In Glasgow, Kenzie's wee brother, 3, follows her everywhere: «Kenzie dae it, me dae it!» («dae» = do). Her pals…», 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 doer «little ones» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal objection, as established in the lesson, to twins exchanging places in a school examination.
- 1. It confuses the parents — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is impractical — no support
- 3. It constitutes cheating — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It wastes paper — 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 the preservation of order in households containing many children.
- 1. Peace requires that no rules exist — no support
- 2. Fair rules maintain peace — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Order requires that each child dwell apart — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. Order is secured solely by raising the voice — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 486, line 7: «Some children live with one parent, some with two mums or two dads, some with a parent and a step-parent, some with grandparents, and some in a children's home…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «children» (+3); the same action «live» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
It is given that one twin habitually responds on behalf of the other. Ascertain the probable effect upon the quieter twin.
- 1. The quieter twin will be relieved of all duties — no support
- 2. The quieter twin will become the more talkative — no support
- 3. The quieter twin may feel invisible — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. The quieter twin will cease to have preferences — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 453, line 4: «Not every broken promise is a lie. Kai's mum promised «no more moving houses». A year later they moved again, because of her job and the rent. Kai felt lied to…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «feel» (+3); the same doer «mia» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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