The favourite, the black sheep, covering for each other and hand-me-downs

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

Lesson 509 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 ✓

«Bruh, Marquis got a CAR and I got a bike, Mom loves him more, facts». What's truer?

1. Maybe, but older kids often get bigger presents — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. No, Mom secretly loves Ezekiel more — no support
3. It's because bikes are better than cars — score 5
4. Definitely, a bigger present always means more love — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 509, line 2: «Kids often feel there's a favourite. In Atlanta, Marquis gets a car for his 17th birthday; Ezekiel got a cheap bike for his 10th. «Bruh, the favoritism is craz…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «kids» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Holly is 12, Fern 9, Pixie 6. Holly's winter coat fits a 12-year-old and gets passed down. How many years until Pixie is 12 and wears it?

1. 9 years — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 6 years — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. 12 years — no support
4. 3 years — 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 ✗

Mam has 6 mugs. One is broken, and Cari says, «the cat did it». The family has no cat. What does Mam know for certain?

1. Cari's story isn't true — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Cari broke the mug herself — score 0
3. The mug broke on its own — no support
4. A neighbour's cat came in — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 5: «Let a cat come to you, stroke it gently on its cheeks, chin and the base of its ears, and stop as soon as its tail starts to twitch, its skin ripples or its ea…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cat» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓

Fern, sulking: «Nan says I'm trouble, so I might as well be trouble, innit». What's a better way to think?

1. Labels are always true, so she should give up — no support
2. A label isn't her; she can show them more of herself — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -3
3. She should be twice as naughty to prove Nan right — no support
4. She should never speak to Nan again — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 214, line 7: «When her parents split up, a girl in California believed it was her fault and stopped seeing her friends; it was not her fault at all, and talking to both pare…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«Grandma says boys need more meat cos they're growing, girls don't». What's right?

1. Only boys grow at Nkechi's age — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Meat is bad for girls — score 1
3. Grandma is right, girls eat less — score 4
4. Girls are growing too; it's unfair — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 292, line 3: «Boredom is not a problem to fix with a screen. It is often the start of creativity: on a rainy afternoon a boy in Manchester turned a sofa and two blankets int…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+2); the same doer «boy» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Aoibheann sees Darragh climb onto the shed roof to get a ball. «Deal's a deal, don't tell Mam». What should she do?

1. Climb up after him — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Tell Mam, it's about safety — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Film it for a laugh — score 7
4. Keep the deal, he'd keep hers — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 390, line 1: «Jake climbed onto the shed roof at the back of the playing field. «Watch this!» he yelled, looking at a group of girls by the fence, and jumped. He landed badl…», 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 «jump» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓

Mason-Tyler's brother keeps taking the blame for him. What would likely happen if it carried on?

1. Mason-Tyler would keep feeling bad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Mason-Tyler would feel great forever — no support
3. Their parents would always know the truth — no support
4. The brother would get a prize — 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 ✗

A lad laughs: «your trousers are bare long, bruv, did ya nick 'em off your dad?» What's the best reply?

1. Cry and go home — no support
2. Punch him in the arm — no support
3. Never wear trousers again — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. A grin: «Room to grow, innit» — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 237, line 8: «Tiny hairs on stinging nettle leaves inject a liquid that stings and itches, so keep away and wear long trousers on overgrown paths.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: 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 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

In a film, the family's «weird kid» is laughed at until the end. What's truer in real life?

1. Different kids have no talents — no support
2. Being different isn't being wrong — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The weird kid should change to fit in — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Families never label children — 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 429, line 3: «Other kids hide or change papers instead. Lily «lost» two signed tests on the bus; the teacher emailed both parents, who found them screwed up in her bag; she…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «change» (+2); the same doer «other kids» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓

Hamish: «Isla-Mae's no' sae bad now, she makes me toast». What does that tell you?

1. She is being paid to do it — score 3
2. He now hates toast — score 3
3. She has always been nice to him — no support
4. Hard times brought them closer — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 509, line 5: «Siblings change. In Edinburgh, Hamish and Isla-Mae hardly spoke, until their dad got ill last year; Isla-Mae started making Hamish toast and helping with homew…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bring» (+5); the same doer «hard times» (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Becca: «she says I'm so cringe and slams her door, she hates me now». What's most likely?

1. Becca should slam her door back louder — score -2
2. Her sister will hate her forever — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. It's a teenage phase that often passes — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Becca did something terrible — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 509, line 5: «Siblings change. In Edinburgh, Hamish and Isla-Mae hardly spoke, until their dad got ill last year; Isla-Mae started making Hamish toast and helping with homew…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sister» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · 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 labels customarily assigned to children within a family?

1. They are wholly harmless in every case — score 5
2. They tend to persist and may prove unjust — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. They are assigned only by teachers — no support
4. They are invariably accurate assessments — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 509, line 6: «Families often give children labels like «the clever one» or «the baby»; labels stick and can become unfair.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stick» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «labels» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the most appropriate means by which a child may raise a perceived parental preference for a sibling.

1. Damage to the property of the favoured sibling — no support
2. A calm statement of the child's feelings to the parent — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A protracted period of sulking without explanation — no support
4. Complaint made exclusively to neighbours and friends — ← Mova's choice · 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 463, line 3: «Lily keeps saying no to Priya, a new girl who wants to be friends, because «Maddie's my best friend». On a call, Maddie says, «Make new friends, you dafty, I h…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain which category of secret ought not to be retained by one sibling on behalf of another.

1. One concerning the consumption of a single biscuit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. One concerning safety — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. One concerning a present purchased for a parent — no support
4. One concerning a forthcoming birthday celebration — 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 the wearing of clothing formerly belonging to an elder sibling.

1. It is a source of lasting disgrace to the wearer — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is normal and economical — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It indicates that the wearer is not loved — no support
4. It is prohibited by the regulations of most schools — 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

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