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Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met

Tests: 6 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 513 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 ✗

Lin in Vancouver calls at 6 in the evening on Saturday. Chengdu is 15 hours ahead (in summer). What time is it for Nainai?

  • 1. 9 in the evening on Saturday — no support
  • 2. 9 in the morning on Sunday — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. 6 in the morning on Sunday — ← Mova's choice · score -1
  • 4. 3 in the morning on Saturday — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 472, line 1: «Every May, Mill Lane Juniors play Station Road Rovers, and the Rovers' parents chant «Mill Lane, Mill Lane, can't play a game!» Mill Lane lose 4–1 and Sam miss…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same circumstance (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Taras's Baba is 2 hours ahead of Leeds. Taras calls at 10:30 Sunday morning, Leeds time. What time is it for Baba?

  • 1. 10:30 — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. 8:30 — no support
  • 3. 12:30 — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. 2:30 — 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 ✓

Lin: «my Mandarin is so mid, I'm never trying again lol». What's the better thought?

  • 1. Mandarin can't be learned outside China — no support
  • 2. Only perfect speakers should ever try — no support
  • 3. Trying matters more than getting it right — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 4. Nainai will be cross with every mistake — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 130, line 4: «The thought matters, not the price, so you never say how much a present cost; and some families and religions do not celebrate birthdays at all, which you resp…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «thought» (+5); the same action «matter» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Taras: «Baba says there were sirens… I don't wanna call any more, it's too sad». What would most likely happen if he stopped calling?

  • 1. Baba would miss him badly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Nothing, she wouldn't notice — no support
  • 3. Baba would be safer straight away — no support
  • 4. The sirens would stop for good — 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 5 · ★ · right ✓

Ethan-Jay's mate: «Marmite's rank, mate, your family's weird». What's the truth?

  • 1. Different countries have different tastes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Marmite is poisonous for kids — no support
  • 3. His family is weird for liking it — no support
  • 4. All English people hate Marmite — 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 ✓

A cartoon shows grandparents abroad as sad people waiting by the phone all day. What's truer?

  • 1. They have busy lives and love the calls — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 2. They don't care about their grandchildren — score 2
  • 3. They can't use phones at all — score 2
  • 4. They do nothing but wait by the phone — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 96, line 1: «Grandparents carry family history that only they can tell; listening to their stories and asking questions is a gift to both of you, and if a grandparent becom…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «love» (+2); the same doer «grandparents» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Babcia: «Again next week!» after the pierogi turned out like soggy slippers. What's the point of trying again?

  • 1. Using up all the flour in the house — no support
  • 2. Keeping the family recipe alive — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 3. Making Babcia stop laughing — no support
  • 4. Winning a cooking competition — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 4, line 8: «Three points of contact means keeping two hands and a foot, or two feet and a hand, on what you climb.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «three points» (+5); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+2); the same action «keep» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Jago: «I never met my granny, so she's not really my granny». Right?

  • 1. No, but he should never ask about her — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. No, she's still his granny, and he can learn about her — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Yes, only living grandparents are real family — no support
  • 4. Yes, you have to meet someone for them to count — 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 ✗

Zara-Leigh: «Mi deh yah, Grandma». What is she saying?

  • 1. I miss your cooking — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. I'm hungry, Grandma — no support
  • 3. I'm here, I'm fine — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. I'm going out now — 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 10 · ★ · right ✓

Koa wants to understand his grandad without Mum translating. What's the best plan?

  • 1. Learn some Samoan words — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 2. Wait for Grandad to learn English — no support
  • 3. Ask Grandad to stop sending messages — score 5
  • 4. Only listen to English songs — no support

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 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «mum» (+2); the same action «hear» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Pooja, Nani's parcel and Pooja's drawings travel between Leicester and Delhi. Which of these is NOT a way they keep close?

  • 1. Sending sweets at Diwali — no support
  • 2. Never writing, so Nani doesn't worry — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Calling and talking — no support
  • 4. Sending drawings back — ← 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 513, line 3: «Love travels in parcels. Every Diwali (the Hindu festival of lights), Nani (grandma, on mum's side) sends Pooja in Leicester a box of sweets from Delhi, and Po…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send back» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · 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 significance of regular communication between a child and a grandparent resident abroad?

  • 1. It is of no consequence to either party — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. It is permissible solely upon public holidays — no support
  • 3. It is of great value to the grandparent — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. It is detrimental to the grandparent's wellbeing — 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 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal reason why a single mispronounced tone may alter the meaning of a word in Mandarin.

  • 1. Mandarin words possess no fixed meaning of any kind — no support
  • 2. Only the first syllable of each word carries meaning — no support
  • 3. Tone is part of a word's meaning in that language — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 4. Mandarin is spoken without any variation in pitch — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 493, line 18: «Words in this lesson: «our kid» (North England) means my child or my brother or sister, «bare» (London) means very, «grand» (Ireland) means fine, «sick» can me…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «words» (+3); the same action «mean» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the most appropriate means by which a child may acquire knowledge of grandparents deceased before the child's birth.

  • 1. Photographs and family recollections — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. No means exist whereby such knowledge may be acquired — no support
  • 3. Exclusively the daily attendance of the place of burial — ← Mova's choice · score 2
  • 4. The invention of imaginary biographies by the child — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+2). The right option, 1, 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 a child who hears from a grandparent of danger in a country at war.

  • 1. Disclosure of the child's feelings to a parent is beneficial — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. The child bears responsibility for the grandparent's safety — no support
  • 3. The child ought to conceal all such feelings permanently — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 4. The child ought to discontinue all further communication — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 274, line 13: «A firefighter in full gear may look scary but is there to help, and children should never hide from them in a fire.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+2); the same doer «children» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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