Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 519 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 ✗

«if ur dad's in prison ur gonna end up there too lol». True?

1. Yes, unless you move to a new town — no support
2. No, because prisons don't take children's dads — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Yes, it always runs in families — no support
4. No, a parent's mistakes aren't the child's — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 518, line 2: «Grief turns up in everyday moments. At recess a kid brags, «My dad's taking me to the Bears game Sunday!» (the Bears are an American football team.) Darnell go…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Jaya: «he sends money so he must not wanna be here». What's more likely?

1. He works away to help the family and misses her too — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He likes Dubai better than his family and his house — no support
3. He doesn't love her, or he would just stay at home — no support
4. He'd rather send presents than see her face at all — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 519, line 2: «Jaya's dad works in Dubai to earn more for the family. He sends money and presents: a tablet, gold earrings, sweets. «I'd rather have him than presents,» Jaya…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

«army kids are always fine, they're used to it». Right?

1. Yes, they never miss their parents — no support
2. No, they often feel proud and sad at once — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. Yes, because soldiers come home every night — no support
4. No, army kids are never proud — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 503, line 15: «Kids in loud homes often find a secret quiet corner, and it's fine to ask for one.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «find» (+3); the same doer «kids» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

What would most likely happen if nobody ever told Dayo the truth and he kept overhearing bits?

1. His dad would come home sooner — no support
2. He'd never find out anything at all — score 1
3. He'd feel more confused and lied to — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He would stop caring about his dad — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 519, line 5: «Grown-ups sometimes hide prison to protect children. Dayo was told his dad was «working away». Then he overheard his aunties talking. He felt lied to and furio…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stop» (+2); the same doer «dayo» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

In a film, the kid with a dad in prison is the baddie. What's more real?

1. Kids with a parent in prison are ordinary kids — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Films always show prison families correctly — no support
3. Those kids are always trouble in real life — score 0
4. Only baddies have parents in prison — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 518, line 2: «Grief turns up in everyday moments. At recess a kid brags, «My dad's taking me to the Bears game Sunday!» (the Bears are an American football team.) Darnell go…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dad» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ellis: «hate that place, the chairs are bolted down and there's guards». Should he stop visiting?

1. Yes, he should only write and never see her face — score 2
2. Yes, children are never allowed to visit a prison — no support
3. Not if he wants to see Mam; the place is hard, the hug is real — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Yes, because it's the guards who decide who he loves — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 519, line 4: «When a parent is in prison, children miss them and may feel ashamed, but it is not their fault. Ellis visits his mam once a month. There are guards, lockers an…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «love» (+3); the same doer «ellis» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bryce: «Dad's not the same, it's a bummer». What could help?

1. Pretending the injury isn't there — no support
2. Finding new things to do together — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Never playing anything again — no support
4. Telling Dad he's useless now — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 519, line 4: «When a parent is in prison, children miss them and may feel ashamed, but it is not their fault. Ellis visits his mam once a month. There are guards, lockers an…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+5); the same receiver «teacher» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

★★★ Oisín's da works two weeks on the rig, then two weeks home, starting on the rig on 1 March. Is he home or away on 20 March?

1. Half and half — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Away — no support
3. On the plane — no support
4. Home — ✓ 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

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

★★★ Mia-Rose's mum sails for six months, leaving in early January. In which month should she be back?

1. July — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. December — no support
3. June — no support
4. August — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

★★★ Lily-Jo's dad: three weeks at the mine, one week home, again and again. Out of 8 weeks, how many is he home?

1. 1 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 4 — no support
3. 6 — no support
4. 2 — ✓ 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

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

«my mate's mum is FIFO, does that mean she never comes home?». Right?

1. Yes, FIFO means gone for good — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, she lives at the mine forever — no support
3. No, she drives home from work every single night — no support
4. No, she flies home after her weeks away — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the position of a child whose parent is imprisoned?

1. The child bears no fault and the parent remains his or her parent — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The child shares in the parent's guilt in equal measure — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. The child is required to sever all contact with the parent — score 5
4. The child ceases to be regarded as the parent's child — score 6

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 469, line 15: «A younger child who copies you often wants to be like you, and you can turn it into doing things together.», 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 «younger child» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason, as stated in the lesson, for which certain parents undertake employment abroad.

1. In order to avoid the celebration of family birthdays — no support
2. Because they no longer wish to see their children — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Because employment within the country is prohibited — no support
4. To earn a greater income on behalf of the family — ✓ the right answer · 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 516, line 11: «It is fine to like things about each home, and you can tell a parent what you like.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «like» (+2); the same doer «you» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · 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 disclosure of a parent's imprisonment to a child.

1. Children must never be informed under any circumstances — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Discovery by accident is always the kinder course — no support
3. Concealment is invariably preferable in every case — no support
4. Gentle disclosure is usually easier than discovery by accident — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Given that a parent is employed on a fly-in fly-out basis, ascertain the pattern of the parent's presence.

1. The parent returns home at the conclusion of every day — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. The parent departs permanently and does not return — score 3
3. The parent is absent solely on Fridays of each week — score 6
4. Periods of several weeks away alternate with periods at home — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 493, line 12: «Strict parents often find a middle way if you ask nicely, like going to a party but coming home early.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «you» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). 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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