Solving disagreements calmly
Tests: 5 of 19 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 23 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 54 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 ✗
Mia and Josh in Austin both grab the last red crayon. What would be the best first thing to do?
- 1. Pull harder and harder until one of them wins — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Let go, calm down and talk about it — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. Snap the crayon in two so nobody gets it — no support
- 4. Run to the teacher before saying a word — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 3, line 4: «The farther a heavy thing is from your body, the harder it pulls on your back, just as a full bucket is easier to hold against your tummy than at arm's length.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same action «pull» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Which sentence is most likely to calm a quarrel down?
- 1. I feel left out when you two whisper — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nobody likes you anyway — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. I am never playing with either of you again — no support
- 4. You two are so rude and mean — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 54, line 14: «Taking turns, sharing and splitting time are fair ways to solve many quarrels; when nobody saw clearly what happened in a game, doing it again, such as replayi…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «nobody» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
Two sisters want to choose the family film. Last week the older one chose. What is fair?
- 1. They choose nothing and watch nothing — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The younger one chooses this week — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The older one chooses again this week — no support
- 4. The one who argues longest chooses — 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 4 · ★ · right ✓
What would probably happen if two friends shouted at each other without listening?
- 1. Neither would understand the other and the quarrel would grow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The louder friend would turn out right — no support
- 3. They would both soon forget what the quarrel was about and make friends again — no support
- 4. They would make up much faster — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Which is true about compromise?
- 1. One side always loses everything — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Both sides are usually fairly happy, though not completely — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It only works between adults — no support
- 4. It means the person who is wrong wins and the person who is right loses — 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 boy says «Sorry, but you made me do it». Why is this not a good apology?
- 1. It uses the word sorry too early — no support
- 2. It blames the other person instead of owning up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. It should be said in writing instead, so it can be kept — no support
- 4. It is too short to count — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 54, line 11: «An «I» sentence says how you feel without blaming the other person.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «other person» (+3); the same action «blame» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
In a game, two players each say the ball was in or out and nobody saw clearly. What is a fair way to decide?
- 1. Stop the whole game for good — score 3
- 2. The stronger player decides — no support
- 3. Replay the point — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. The player who shouts loudest decides — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 54, line 14: «Taking turns, sharing and splitting time are fair ways to solve many quarrels; when nobody saw clearly what happened in a game, doing it again, such as replayi…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «replay» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «point» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
Why should you ask an adult when a quarrel turns into pushing?
- 1. Someone could get hurt and needs help stopping it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. Because the pushing child will be punished — no support
- 3. Because children can never solve any quarrels on their own — score 3
- 4. Because adults enjoy sorting out fights — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 54, line 16: «If you cannot solve a problem, or someone is getting hurt, you ask an adult to help.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+2); the same thing acted on «someone» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
After a disagreement is solved, what helps friends move on?
- 1. Reminding each other again and again who was wrong — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Keeping a long list of the other person's mistakes — no support
- 3. Letting it go instead of bringing it up again — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Telling lots of other people the whole story about it — 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 ✗
me n my bro both want the xbox rn, hes yelling, im so mad. what do i do
- 1. Yell louder so he gives up — no support
- 2. Unplug it so nobody can play — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. Grab the controller and keep it till he goes away — no support
- 4. Calm down first, then agree to take turns — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 52, line 6: «A boy in Texas kept cheating in games at break time; soon nobody wanted to play with him, and he spent lunchtimes alone.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «play» (+4); the same doer «nobody» (+4). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
she said sorry but "u started it" lol. does that count
- 1. Yes, any sorry counts as an apology — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, sorry only counts if it is written — no support
- 3. No, a real apology owns up without blaming — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yes, if she said it loudly enough — 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 12 · ★ · right ✓
both kids want to pick the park or the pool, both fine tbh. how do we decide
- 1. Flip a coin, both choices are equally good — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. The oldest kid always decides — no support
- 3. Whoever cries first and loudest gets to choose — no support
- 4. Go nowhere so nobody is upset — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 54, line 18: «Flipping a coin is a fair way to decide when both choices are equally good.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «flip» (+4); the same thing acted on «coin» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
theyre pushing each other now over the swing, should i just let em sort it
- 1. Yes, the stronger one will win soon — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, push them both away yourself — no support
- 3. No, get an adult when someone could get hurt — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yes, pushing is how kids sort things out — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗
he's in my face shouting, wanna shove him
- 1. Shout even louder than him so he backs off — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Shove him first before he does it to you — no support
- 3. Step back and get an adult to help — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Grab his shirt to stop him from shoving — 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 15 · ★ · wrong ✗
so mad at my friend, gonna send her a mean text
- 1. Send it now while you feel it, she deserves it — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Send it to the whole group — no support
- 3. Send it and delete it later — no support
- 4. Wait until you are calm, then talk to her — ✓ 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 16 · ★ · wrong ✗
Jake says the one who hits first wins the fight. true?
- 1. Yes, unless they are bigger — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yes, it shows you are the strongest in the year — no support
- 3. Yes, hit first is the rule — no support
- 4. No, fights hurt both people and solve nothing — ✓ 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 17 · ★ · wrong ✗
they're saying Liam and Jack had a punch-up over the football and it's all over the group chat
- 1. Spread it, because fights are news — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Spread it, and say who won and who cried and who threw the first punch — no support
- 3. Spread it, so everyone picks a side — no support
- 4. Do not spread it; hitting never solves a quarrel fairly — ✓ 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 18 · ★ · wrong ✗
my mate says a proper sorry is «sorry, but you started it»
- 1. He is right, sorry must blame the other — no support
- 2. He is right, the «but» makes it fair — no support
- 3. He is right, if you say it loudly so the whole class hears you say it — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. Wrong; a real apology says what you did wrong without adding an excuse — ✓ the right answer · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 51, line 11: «Saying sorry when you hurt or bump someone shows you care about how they feel.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «sorry» (+3); the same action «say» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 19 · ★ · wrong ✗
heard Mia and Ava fell out over the swing, they're saying they'll never be friends again lol
- 1. It proves swings cause fights — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It means they should never play again, not even with other kids — no support
- 3. Probably not true; friends fall out and can sort it out again — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It must be true, falling out ends friendship — 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 · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a compromise?
- 1. An arrangement whereby each party concedes a little so that both are fairly satisfied — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A refusal by both parties to continue — no support
- 3. A decision made by drawing straws — no support
- 4. An arrangement whereby one party obtains everything and the other party obtains nothing at all — 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 · wrong ✗
Identify the defining feature of an «I» sentence.
- 1. It blames the other person for the problem — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. It begins and ends with an apology, whatever the matter in question — no support
- 3. It is spoken only to an adult — no support
- 4. It expresses one's feelings without blaming the other person — ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 54, line 11: «An «I» sentence says how you feel without blaming the other person.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «blame» (+1); the same thing acted on «other person» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
It being given that a disagreement cannot be resolved or a person is being hurt, select the appropriate course of action.
- 1. To settle the matter by force — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To ignore the matter entirely — no support
- 3. To post about the matter online — no support
- 4. To request the assistance of an adult — ✓ 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 ✗
Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the solving of problems.
- 1. A problem is solved fastest by shouting — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Calm makes no difference to solving problems — no support
- 3. A problem is more readily solved when all parties are calm — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Problems are solved only by the stronger side, whatever the merits of the case — no support
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 54, line 9: «It is easier to solve a problem when everyone is calm.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «problem» (+3); the same action «solve» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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