Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away

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

Lesson 510 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 ✗

Mei-Lin calls her cousin at 11 in the morning on a Sunday, London time, in winter. What time is it in Shanghai?

1. 11 in the morning, Sunday — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. 7 in the evening, Sunday — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. 7 in the morning, Monday — score 5
4. 3 in the morning, Sunday — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). 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 454, line 4: «Forgiving can take time, and you don't always have to feel it straight away. Jack's dad said, «I let you down and lied about it. I'm really sorry, son.» Jack s…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «callum» (+4); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mei-Lin wants to call at 6 in the evening on Sunday, London time, in winter. What's the trouble?

1. There's no trouble at all, it's the same time — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It's lunchtime in Shanghai, she'll be eating — no support
3. It's 2 in the morning on Monday in Shanghai — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It's still Sunday afternoon in Shanghai — 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 ✗

Mihi has 60 cousins and knows half. She meets 18 new ones at the gathering. How many does she still not know?

1. 30 — no support
2. 12 — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. 42 — no support
4. 18 — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 474, line 4: «Some are only a game: Mia's uncle in Texas yells over the fence every Fourth of July, «Y'all's brisket is drier than the Alamo!», and the cook-off ends with ev…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «cousins» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Dafydd's cousin: «go on, nick us some sweets, it's only a Mars, don't be a baby». What's right?

1. Do it just this once so you fit in — no support
2. Do it, he's family — no support
3. Say no, even to family — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Nick a small one so nobody notices — 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 510, line 5: «Not every cousin is a good idea. In Liverpool, Dafydd's cousin, 13, swears, smokes and tells him to nick sweets from the shop («nick» means steal). Dafydd's mu…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same receiver «things» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Rian: «what's a servo, is it like a robot?» What's the truth?

1. A kind of sausage they have on toast — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A petrol station — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A school for kids in the outback — no support
4. A robot waiter — 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 6 · ★ · right ✓

«Your cousins are posh and you're not, so they're better than you». Right?

1. No, poorer people are always better — no support
2. No, money doesn't make anyone better — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Yes, unless you are a lot cleverer — no support
4. Yes, posher people are just better — 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 415, line 11: «Money you earned yourself usually makes you spend more carefully.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same doer «money» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

«Precious's cousins never invite her, she must've done summat bad». What's often really going on?

1. She was never really their cousin — score 5
2. A grown-up row, not her fault — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. She must have been mean to them — score 6
4. They forgot her — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 510, line 4: «In Auckland, Mihi's whānau (Māori for extended family) is huge: at a family gathering there are 60 cousins and she doesn't know half of them. «Kia ora, cuz!» (…», 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 «precious» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What would most likely happen if Oskar stopped messaging his cousins in Poland for years?

1. They'd become closer than ever — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. They might drift apart — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. They'd forget Polish — no support
4. Nothing would ever change — 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 510, line 7: «Cousins who grow up near each other can be as close as brothers and sisters.», 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

In a film, the rich cousin is evil and the poor cousin is a saint. What's truer?

1. Rich or poor, cousins are just kids — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Poor kids are always perfect and kind — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Rich kids are always mean and selfish — score 7
4. Cousins with different money can't be friends — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 510, line 9: «Cousins can grow up with very different amounts of money; rich children don't always understand, and having less doesn't make you less.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «rich children» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Arnav: «Rohan's like my big bro, innit». Can a cousin be like a big brother?

1. No, only real brothers count as that — no support
2. Only if they live in the same house — no support
3. Yes, cousins can be role models — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. No, cousins are always each other's rivals — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 510, line 8: «An older cousin can be a role model, like a big brother or sister.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «older cousin» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mihi meets a cousin she's never seen: «Kia ora, cuz!» What's she saying?

1. Hello, cousin — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Goodbye, cousin — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Go away — no support
4. Who are you? — 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 493, line 4: «Too few rules can be hard too. In Cornwall, Elowen's parents are lovely and relaxed, maybe too relaxed: she stays up till midnight on school nights and falls a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mihi» (+3). The right option, 1, 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 relationship between cousins raised in close proximity?

1. It may be as close as that of siblings — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. It is discouraged in the majority of cultures — no support
3. It is invariably characterised by rivalry — no support
4. It is invariably distant and formal in character — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 510, line 1: «Your cousins are the children of your aunts and uncles. In Glasgow, Kenzie and her cousin Lyra live next door to each other and go everywhere together, so at s…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the most appropriate response of a child to a cousin who incites him to commit theft.

1. To comply in order to preserve family harmony — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. To comply on a single occasion only — no support
3. To commit the theft and subsequently confess — no support
4. To refuse, notwithstanding the family relationship — ✓ 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the most probable explanation, as stated in the lesson, where a child is persistently excluded from the gatherings of her cousins.

1. Accidental omission on each occasion — no support
2. A dispute between adults — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The absence of any family relationship — no support
4. A grave fault of the child — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 502, line 6: «Older children often get blamed for what the little ones do, which is unfair when they are children too.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «blame» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · 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 cousins of markedly differing financial circumstances.

1. The poorer cousin is necessarily the superior person — score 2
2. The wealthier cousin is necessarily the superior person — score 2
3. Cousins of differing means cannot be friends — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Wealth confers no superior worth, though it may limit understanding — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 435, line 5: «Theo in Melbourne said his pool was «as big as an Olympic one»; it was a paddling pool, and his mates jumped in anyway — «Sweet as» («great» in New Zealand and…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2); the same doer «cousin» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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