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My family

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 6 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 14 of the french 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 ✗

Ava says, "Wee s, big deal." ("Wee" means small.) Why does it matter?

  • 1. The s changes the word into "sisters" — no support
  • 2. In writing, the plural needs the s even though you can't hear it — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Without the s it means one brother and one sister — ← Mova's choice · score 3
  • 4. It doesn't matter, French has no plural forms at all, not even in writing — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 17: «Slang here: "wee" (Scotland) means small; "bruv" means mate; "yeah nah" (Australia) means no; "my lover" (Bristol) means dear; "dead" (Ireland) means very; "no…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2); the same thing acted on «brother» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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 ✗

Jake asks, "Bruv, why's une gone?" ("Bruv" means mate.) What is the rule?

  • 1. After ne ... pas, une always becomes la — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Jake's teacher made a mistake — no support
  • 3. une disappears before every family word, like sœur and frère — no support
  • 4. After ne ... pas, un, une and des usually become de — ✓ 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 3 · wrong ✗

Mia says, "Yeah nah, I thought ma was for my." ("Yeah nah" means no.) What's the fuller truth?

  • 1. mon for masculine, ma for feminine, mes for plural — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. ma is for parents, mon is for children — no support
  • 3. ma is for all words, mon is only for boys' names — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 4. mon is old-fashioned, ma is modern — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 9: «Before a feminine word starting with a vowel sound, ma changes to mon so it is easy to say: mon amie (my girl friend), mon école.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «ma» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · wrong ✗

Toby's gran says, "But she's a girl, my lover." ("My lover" means dear.) Why is it mon amie?

  • 1. Toby's gran is right: it should be ma amie — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. ma becomes mon before a feminine word starting with a vowel sound — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. mon is used for every friend, boy or girl — no support
  • 4. amie is a boy's word, so it takes mon — 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 ✗

Charlotte says mamie "sounds dead cute." ("Dead" means very.) When would you use grand-mère instead?

  • 1. Never, grand-mère is a rude word — ← Mova's choice · score 2
  • 2. When talking to your gran at home — no support
  • 3. On a school form or in a formal letter — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. When your gran is very old — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 10: «Children call their grandmother mamie and their grandfather papi (or papy); the full words are la grand-mère and le grand-père.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «full words» (+2); the same thing acted on «grand mère» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · wrong ✗

Arjun says "mon cousin" about Priya. What would happen in a French class?

  • 1. The teacher would say: use mon cousine — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The teacher would say: she's a girl, so ma cousine — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. The teacher would say: use ma oncle — no support
  • 4. The teacher would say it's perfect — 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 7 · right ✓

Lily says "Je suis fille unique" sounds "kinda fancy, no cap." ("No cap" means honestly.) What would a boy who is an only child say?

  • 1. Je suis fils unique. — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Je suis fils uniques. — no support
  • 3. Je suis fille unique. — no support
  • 4. Je suis frère unique. — 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 · right ✓

Harvey moans, "Tamping, all them silent letters!" ("Tamping" means fuming.) What is odd about fils?

  • 1. The l is silent and the s is said — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Only the f is said — no support
  • 3. Both the l and s are silent, like in many French words — no support
  • 4. Both the l and s are said — 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 ✗

Freya's penpal asks if her stepmum is really beautiful. Why?

  • 1. belle-mère means "mum who rings bells" — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 2. belle-mère contains belle, which means beautiful — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Freya wrote "une jolie mère" — no support
  • 4. The penpal knows her stepmum — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 5: «Some family words look funny: une belle-mère is a stepmum, not a "beautiful mum", and sœur is written with the joined letters œ.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «une belle» (+2); the same thing acted on «stepmum» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

Charlie asks his dad, "Is frérot like 'our kid'?" ("Our kid" means my brother.) Where should Charlie use it?

  • 1. Only with grown-ups he doesn't know — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Chatting with friends, not in written work — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. In a letter to the head teacher — no support
  • 4. In his French exam answers — 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 · right ✓

Grace in Toronto asks, "Eh, is that a typo?" about œ in sœur. What's the answer?

  • 1. Yes, it should be written "sur" — score 13
  • 2. Yes, the o and e were glued together by mistake when typing — no support
  • 3. No, œ is an emoji — no support
  • 4. No, œ is a real French letter made of o and e — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 15

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 15, against 13 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 16: «œ is a special letter made of o and e joined together: sœur (sister), cœur (heart), œuf (egg).», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on «special letter» (+4); the same doer «œ» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · wrong ✗

★★★ Emma's mum's sister has one son and one daughter. What are they to Emma?

  • 1. mon cousine et ma cousin — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. mon frère et ma sœur — no support
  • 3. mon cousin et ma cousine — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. mon oncle et ma tante — 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 the selection among mon, ma and mes?

  • 1. It is governed by the gender of the speaker — no support
  • 2. It is governed by the gender and number of the noun which follows — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
  • 3. It is governed solely by the first letter of the speaker's name — no support
  • 4. It is governed by the age of the person named — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 8, line 9: «quatre-vingts has an s only when no other number follows it: 80 is quatre-vingts, but 81 is quatre-vingt-un, with no s and no et.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «other number» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the correct rendering of "I do not have a sister".

  • 1. Je n'ai pas de sœur — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Je n'ai pas une sœur — no support
  • 3. Je ne suis pas sœur — no support
  • 4. Je n'ai sœur pas — 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 ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the noun belle-mère.

  • 1. It denotes a mother of remarkable beauty — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. It denotes a grandmother upon the paternal side — no support
  • 3. It denotes a stepmother or a mother-in-law — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. It denotes an elder sister — 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 · right ✓

It is given that a boy has no brothers or sisters. Determine the expression by which he describes himself.

  • 1. Je suis fils unique — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Je suis frère unique — no support
  • 3. Je suis fille unique — no support
  • 4. Je suis fils seul — 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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