My dad could lift a car: playground boasting
Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 48 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 · wrong ✗
«Ali's dad can lift a car with one hand. Should I tell him he's a liar?» What is the wise answer?
- 1. No, because it is a true fact that dads can lift cars — score 6
- 2. Yes, and ask his dad to come and lift a car to prove it — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 3. No, it's a boast that shows he loves his dad; just say his dad sounds strong — ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. Yes, call him a liar loudly in front of the whole class so that he stops boasting — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 48, line 6: ««My dad could lift a car with one hand» means «my dad is strong» or «I love my dad and I want to win this argument»; «Your dad sounds strong!» ends it nicely.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lift» (+4); the same thing acted on «car» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · right ✓
«Rosie's got a million Robux, she said so, I'm so jealous» What did you miss?
- 1. She corrected herself straight away: it's 500 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. She said a million and then two million — no support
- 3. She said 500 and then corrected it to a million — no support
- 4. Nothing, a million Robux is what she has got — 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 ✓
«Malik's the fastest kid in the world now lol, I'm so slow» What is a better way to see it?
- 1. You should never race against Malik again because you will always lose — no support
- 2. He is lying and the race does not count at all — no support
- 3. He really is the fastest child in the world and you are the slowest in your class — no support
- 4. He won one race today and is happy; it says nothing about the world, or about you — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 48, line 8: ««I'm the fastest kid in the whole world» after winning one race means «I'm fast and happy I won»; there is no world ranking for Year 5, and «Nice run!» is enou…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «win» (+4); the same thing acted on «one race» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · wrong ✗
«Holly's got a hundred rooms, can I live at hers??» What is the sensible reply?
- 1. Probably not a hundred; wait till you visit and see — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. No, nobody can live in a house with rooms — no support
- 3. Yes, but only in the room number one hundred — no support
- 4. Yes, she has ninety-nine spare rooms for all her friends — ← Mova's choice · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 43, line 5: «So a myth is not only a story: it is a store-room of words that we still use every day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same thing acted on «store room» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · wrong ✗
«Ethan's been to Disneyland fifty times and I've never been, it's not fair» What is likely true?
- 1. He has never been, he just saw it on telly — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He has been fifty times exactly and has kept all the tickets — no support
- 3. He goes every week and lives at the hotel — no support
- 4. He has been a couple of times and it's his favourite thing — ✓ 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 6 · wrong ✗
«Leah said she'd beat me with her eyes shut, so I'm not even gonna play» What is the best advice?
- 1. Report her to the head teacher for cheating — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Make her shut her eyes before you start — no support
- 3. Don't play, she has already won the game — no support
- 4. Play anyway; boasts don't move chess pieces — ✓ 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 7 · wrong ✗
«our kid's defo gonna play for Liverpool» A friend says «so he's signed for them?». What is right?
- 1. Yes, «defo» means the contract is signed and sorted — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. No, it's his brother's pride and a dream, not a fact — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. No, because «our kid» means a baby — score 2
- 4. Yes, «our kid» is the name of a Liverpool player — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 48, line 12: «In Liverpool, «our kid» means my brother or sister, «boss» means brilliant, «footy» is football and «defo» means definitely.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+4). Against it: the same doer «defo» (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · right ✓
«Jayden called us mid and said his rizz is unmatched, I'm actually upset» What is the best way to take it?
- 1. It's a silly boast with new slang; laugh or say «sure, Jayden» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. It's a real fact about everyone in the bus queue — no support
- 3. It means Jayden thinks you are in the middle of a line — no support
- 4. You should be upset, because «mid» is the worst insult there is — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 48, line 15: «In young people's slang «rizz» means charm, «aura» means cool points, «mid» means just average and «fr» means «for real».», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «rizz» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · wrong ✗
★★ «I swear down», «no cap» and «literally» are added to boasts. What do they change?
- 1. They turn a boast into a checked fact you can trust — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. They make the number in the boast ten times smaller — no support
- 3. They mean the speaker is telling a lie on purpose — score 6
- 4. Nothing: they make a boast sound surer but not truer — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 48, line 5: «A boast is a big claim about yourself, your family or your things, made to sound impressive; it is usually hyperbole, not a careful lie.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «hyperbole» (+2); the same doer «boast» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · wrong ✗
★★★ Ruby's team won 3–2 and she says «I scored like ten». Her friend Zara says she scored two of the team's goals. If both girls are on the same team, what is the most Ruby could have scored?
- 1. 3 — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. 1 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. 5 — no support
- 4. 10 — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 48, line 16: «Facts can check a boast: a team that won 3–2 scored 3 goals, so no player in it scored 10.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «3» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · wrong ✗
★★★ Leo says he's read every one of the library's 4,000 books. If he read one book every day, about how many years would 4,000 books take?
- 1. About one year — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. About forty years — score 3
- 3. About eleven years — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. About four years — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 43, line 12: «Ulysses is the Roman name for the Greek hero Odysseus; Homer's poem the «Odyssey» tells how he took ten years to sail home after the Trojan War.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4). Against it: the same action «take» (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · 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 assertion «My dad could lift a car with one hand», made during a dispute in a playground?
- 1. A threat directed at the other party — no support
- 2. A literal statement of the father's capabilities — no support
- 3. A deliberate falsehood designed to deceive the listener — no support
- 4. A boast expressing pride and affection rather than a measured fact — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 48, line 1: «A boast is hyperbole about yourself or your people: «My dad could lift a CAR with one hand», «I'm the fastest kid in the whole WORLD», «I've been to Disneyland…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «boast» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
A pupil asserts that she possesses «a MILLION Robux, no cap, well, 500». Ascertain the quantity in her possession.
- 1. One million — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It cannot be ascertained — no support
- 3. One million five hundred — no support
- 4. Five hundred — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗
Identify the meaning of the Liverpool expression «Our kid's boss at footy».
- 1. The speaker's child manages a football club — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The speaker's brother excels at football — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A young person employs the speaker — no support
- 4. The speaker's goat is proficient at football — 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 ✗
It is given that a team won a match by three goals to two, whereas a member of that team asserts that she scored «like ten goals». Determine the greatest number of goals she can have scored.
- 1. Two — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Three — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Five — no support
- 4. Ten — 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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