Picking teams and being picked last
Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 66 of the medicine 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 ✓
«lol ollie got picked last again, he's trash innit». What's the truth?
- 1. Picking order mostly shows friendships, not skill — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 2. The captains measured everyone's speed — no support
- 3. Last means worst, that's the rule — no support
- 4. Ollie should stop playing football — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 66, line 4: «Kid captains mostly pick their mates first, so the order shows friendships and moods, not how good you are; Arjun, new from Mumbai, was picked last in Birmingh…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «show» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «friendships» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · right ✓
«get over it bro, being left out can't actually hurt». Right?
- 1. Yes, feelings aren't in the brain — no support
- 2. Yes, only a kick can really hurt — no support
- 3. No, it uses some of the brain's pain system — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. No, but only grown-ups feel it — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 66, line 3: «Brain scans suggest that being left out uses some of the same brain areas as body pain, so «it hurts» is true, and the feeling passes in a few minutes, faster…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «use» (+2); the same thing acted on «some» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · right ✓
«sir, can we just pick? it's quicker innit». What's the fair fix the teacher can use?
- 1. Make the last kid sit out — no support
- 2. Let the two best kids always pick — no support
- 3. Count off or use a list — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. Let the tallest kids pick first — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 66, line 5: «The fair ways are simple: the teacher counts off «one, two, one, two», uses a list, or makes captains take turns going first, and everyone gets a go at being c…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «use» (+3); the same thing acted on «list» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · wrong ✗
In a cartoon the last kid picked is always useless and trips over the ball. What's the real-life version?
- 1. Last picks can't kick a ball — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Real last picks never get the ball — no support
- 3. The last pick can be good and just unknown — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The last pick is always the clumsiest — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 12: «In a penalty shootout each side takes 5 kicks, then one each if it's still level; the keeper must keep part of one foot on or in line with the goal line until…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kick» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «ball» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · wrong ✗
Thando in Cape Town goes «lekker, sir!» when nobody's last. What does lekker mean here?
- 1. Unfair — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Sleepy — no support
- 3. Rubbish — no support
- 4. Great — ✓ 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 ✗
Kai in Manchester: «our kid's always captain, he's boss at it». What would happen if everyone took turns?
- 1. The games would stop working — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Freddie would forget how to play — no support
- 3. Nobody would ever win a match — no support
- 4. More kids would learn to lead — ✓ 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 ✗
«shut up and pick, it's 16 kids, 2 teams». How many each?
- 1. 16 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 6 — no support
- 3. 8 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. 9 — 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 · wrong ✗
Brody's mate: «saying who you don't want is just being honest, mate». Put him right.
- 1. Honesty means saying it even louder — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It's fine if the kid really is slow — no support
- 3. It's a put-down, and it hurts his own team — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It's only bad if a teacher hears — 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 ✗
Niamh tells her mum later how picking felt. What will probably happen to the feeling?
- 1. It turns into a fever overnight — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It doubles because she talked about it — no support
- 3. It settles faster once it's shared — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It stays exactly the same forever — 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 ✗
Isla kicked the wall and now her toe hurts too. What has she got now?
- 1. A broken wall and a happy mood — no support
- 2. A reason to be picked first next time — no support
- 3. No more hurt feelings, the kick fixed it — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. The same hurt feelings plus a sore toe — ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 66, line 3: «Brain scans suggest that being left out uses some of the same brain areas as body pain, so «it hurts» is true, and the feeling passes in a few minutes, faster…», 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 doer «feeling» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · right ✓
Priya's mate: «captains always pick the best, so Simran must be quick». True?
- 1. No, captains always pick the slowest — score 6
- 2. Yes, the first pick is always fastest — no support
- 3. No, captains often pick friends first — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 4. Yes, captains test everyone's speed — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 66, line 9: «Kid captains usually pick friends first, so the picking order says little about skill.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pick» (+3); the same doer «kid captains» (+3); the same thing acted on «friends» (+1); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal determinant of the order in which children are selected by child captains.
- 1. Alphabetical order of surname — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The instructions of the head teacher — no support
- 3. Friendship and mood rather than ability — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Measured athletic ability — 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 ✗
Which of the following methods of team formation most effectively avoids a public ranking of pupils?
- 1. Selection by the tallest pupils — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. Selection by the two most able pupils — score 5
- 3. Allocation by counting off or by a teacher's list — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Selection by the pupils who arrived first — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 27, line 12: «Eye drops can widen the pupils so the optometrist can see inside the eye, and the blurriness wears off after a few hours; wide pupils let in more light, so bri…», 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 doer «wide pupils» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Select the response consistent with the established findings concerning social exclusion.
- 1. It engages no region of the brain whatsoever — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It produces sensations confined to the feet — no support
- 3. It engages certain regions of the brain associated with physical pain — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It invariably results in physical injury — 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 ✗
In respect of a snake pick between captains A and B, state which captain makes the second and third selections.
- 1. Captain A — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Neither captain — no support
- 3. The referee — no support
- 4. Captain B — ✓ 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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