The town and directions

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 5 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 22 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 · ★ · right ✓

Jake from Sheffield hears "tout droit" and goes, "Drwa, droite, same thing, love, I'm turning right." What happens?

1. He goes wrong: tout droit means straight on — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. He goes wrong: tout droit means turn back — score 4
3. He's right: they both mean on the right — no support
4. He's right: tout droit means sharp right — score 4

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 22, line 6: «Tout droit means straight on; à droite means on the right; à gauche means on the left.», 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 «tout droit» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Your cousin says, "The librairie's well good, you can borrow books for free there, innit." Put her right.

1. No, a librairie sells bread and cakes — score 3
2. Yes, but only on a Sunday morning — no support
3. No, a librairie sells books; borrow at the bibliothèque — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Yes, a librairie is the free library — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 22, line 4: «Some signs look English but trick you: a librairie sells books, the hôtel de ville is the town hall, and sortie over a door means the way out.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sell» (+2); the same doer «librairie» (+2); the same thing acted on «books» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

★ Why might someone call a clumsy person "gauche" in English?

1. It is the name of a clumsy French king — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It comes from the French word for straight on — no support
3. It comes from a French word meaning very clever — no support
4. It comes from the French word for left, once thought awkward — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

Mia from Atlanta goes, "Y'all, I'm fixin' to sleep at the hôtel de ville tonight." (fixin' to = about to) What is the problem?

1. It's the town hall, not a hotel — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It only takes French guests — no support
3. Nothing, it's the cheapest hotel in town — no support
4. It's a railway station, not a hotel — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

★ A cartoon shows a man saying "Je vais à le cinéma". What should the speech bubble say?

1. Je vais aux cinéma — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Je vais à la cinéma — no support
3. Je vais au cinéma — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Je vais à les cinéma — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Leo from Sydney asks "C'est loin ?" and hears "Non, c'est tout près." He says, "Sweet as, servo's close then." (servo = petrol station) What did the man say?

1. No, it's very far — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. No, it's very near — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Yes, turn right — no support
4. Yes, it's a long way — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 22, line 13: «C'est loin ? means "Is it far?"; loin is far and près is near.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «loin» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

★★★ Start at the church facing north. "Tout droit, puis à gauche, puis à gauche encore." Which way are you facing at the end?

1. East — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. North — no support
3. West — no support
4. South — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · right ✓

★★★ You walk past the first street, then the second, then turn into the next one on the right. Which did you take?

1. la troisième rue à droite — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. la deuxième rue à droite — no support
3. la troisième rue à gauche — no support
4. la première rue à droite — 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 ✗

What would happen if you pushed a door that says "Tirez"?

1. An alarm would ring: tirez means staff only — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It would lock: tirez means closed — no support
3. It would not open: you need to pull — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It would open: tirez means push — 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 ✗

★ Gran from Wolverhampton says, "Ar, I'll go to the boulangerie for me tablets, tara-a-bit!" (tara-a-bit = see you later) What should she know?

1. The boulangerie sells tablets and bread — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Tablets come from the pharmacie; the boulangerie sells bread — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Tablets come from the librairie — no support
4. Tablets come from the boucherie — 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 ✗

Ruby answers "À la piscine !" and her mum says that's lazy, she needs a whole sentence. Is she right?

1. Yes, à la piscine is not real French — no support
2. No, but she should have said au piscine — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. Yes, French always needs a full sentence — no support
4. No, short answers are normal French talk — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 5: «Picture a cold morning in Strasbourg: the host mum says Mets ton manteau, il fait froid !, "Put your coat on, it's cold!", just like grown-ups everywhere.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+5); the same doer «host mum» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the instruction denoted by the French expression "tout droit" when directions are given.

1. Return by the same route — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Proceed to the left — no support
3. Proceed straight ahead — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Proceed to the right — 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 ✗

Select the establishment at which books may be borrowed without charge, as distinct from purchased.

1. la mairie — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. la pâtisserie — no support
3. la bibliothèque — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. la librairie — 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 ✗

It is given that the preposition à precedes the masculine article le. State the contracted form required.

1. au — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. aux — no support
3. à le — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. à la — 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 22, line 14: «À + le becomes au and à + les becomes aux; à la and à l' do not change: au parc, à la piscine, à l'école.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «à le» (+3); the same property (+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 · right ✓

Pursuant to a sign reading "Sortie", determine the function of the door so designated.

1. The exit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A door for sorting goods — no support
3. The entrance — no support
4. A door that must be pushed — 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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