Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up
Tests: 8 of 10 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 6 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 26 of the language 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 ✓
Your mate goes "phrasal verbs are easy, any learner can guess 'em, bruv." What's true?
- 1. Learners never use them — no support
- 2. They're among the hardest bits of English for learners — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. They only exist in America — score 2
- 4. He's right, you can always guess them from the main verb — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 3: «Many "rules" are younger than you'd think: "ain't" was used by posh people in the 1700s before grammar books attacked it, and the "never split an infinitive" r…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «word» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · right ✓
Freddie says "make up" always means put on make-up. What's true?
- 1. It can mean invent, become friends again, or put on make-up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It only means become friends — no support
- 3. It only means decide — no support
- 4. He's right, it has only one meaning, and that's putting on make-up — 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 ✓
What would happen if you told an English learner "I'll pick you up" at the airport, and they didn't know the phrasal verb?
- 1. They'd think you were leaving — no support
- 2. They'd think you would phone them from the car park — no support
- 3. They might think you'll lift them in the air — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 4. They'd understand perfectly — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 26, line 4: «One phrasal verb can have several meanings, so the situation decides: Dad "picking you up" at 5 means collecting you in the car, not lifting you into the air.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lift» (+2); the same place «air» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · right ✓
Lucy asks if the football team needs thermometers for "warm up". What's the answer?
- 1. Yes, they must be warm to play — no support
- 2. Yes, it's a medical test the coach does before kick-off — no support
- 3. No, it means gentle exercise to get ready — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. No, it means put on a coat — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 26, line 12: «"Warm up" means do gentle exercise before sport, and "cool down" means slow down gently afterwards.», 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 thing acted on «gentle exercise» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · right ✓
Your nan says "simmer down, pet" and your mate says "chill out". ("Pet" is a North East word for dear.) What's the difference?
- 1. Nan wants you to cook — score 1
- 2. Same meaning, one older and one newer slang — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Your mate wants you to go outside — no support
- 4. Nan is angry and your mate is not — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 4, line 6: «An adjective is a word that describes a noun; a synonym is a word with nearly the same meaning, like big and enormous.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · right ✓
A cartoon shows Tom's dad literally lifting him into the car at 5 o'clock. What did "pick you up" really mean?
- 1. Lift into the air — no support
- 2. Pick him like a flower — no support
- 3. Phone at 5 — no support
- 4. Collect in the car — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 26, line 4: «One phrasal verb can have several meanings, so the situation decides: Dad "picking you up" at 5 means collecting you in the car, not lifting you into the air.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «collect» (+3); the same place «car» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · wrong ✗
Your older cousin says "y'all better put on your coats, it's wicked cold." ("Wicked" in New England means very.) What should you do?
- 1. Tidy your coats away — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Wear your coats — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Throw your coats out — no support
- 4. Delay putting on coats — 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 ✓
Your teacher says "Stop putting it off and start your project!" What have you been doing?
- 1. Delaying it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Finishing it early — no support
- 3. Wearing it — no support
- 4. Tidying 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 9 · wrong ✗
Your bro texts "room's a tip, mum's fuming, sort it out or ur dead lol." What does he mean?
- 1. Mum is giving you money — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Your room is very messy; tidy it before Mum gets cross — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Your room has a real rubbish dump inside it, so Mum is calling the council — no support
- 4. Your room needs a new tip jar — 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 ✓
Marta says "Can you look up it for me?" How can you help her kindly?
- 1. Tell her "look it up" goes with the "it" in the middle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Tell her she can't learn English — no support
- 3. Tell her "look up it" is perfect, because English has no rules for this — no support
- 4. Laugh and walk away — 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 phrasal verb?
- 1. A verb that is spelled identically in the present and the past tense, such as "put" — score 6
- 2. A verb used only in written English — score 7
- 3. A verb borrowed from another language — score 3
- 4. A verb combined with a particle so as to produce a distinct meaning — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 15
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 15, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 26, line 6: «A phrasal verb is a verb plus a small word called a particle (up, out, on, in, off, away, down), making a new meaning.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same thing acted on «new meaning» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «phrasal verb» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the meaning of the expression "to give up" as distinguished from "to give in" (in the sense of homework).
- 1. To submit, as opposed to to cease attempting — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Both expressions signify generosity — no support
- 3. Both expressions are identical in meaning — no support
- 4. To cease attempting, as opposed to to submit — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · right ✓
Select the grammatically acceptable construction employing the pronoun "it" with the verb "look up".
- 1. Look it up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Look it upward — no support
- 3. Up look it — no support
- 4. Look up 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the meaning of "to put up with" in standard English usage.
- 1. To postpone — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To store — no support
- 3. To construct — no support
- 4. To tolerate — ✓ 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
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