Food on the floor and kitchen rules

Tests: 6 of 11 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 22 of the myths 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 ✓

"5 second rule!! still clean lol" — the crisp sat in a puddle of spilt juice. What do you say?

1. Wet floor, wet crisp: germs jump on fast, bin it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Juice kills germs, so it's extra clean — no support
3. It's fine, it was only three seconds — no support
4. Wipe it on your jumper and it's clean enough to eat — 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 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Your phone falls in the bath and your nan grabs the rice. What would really help?

1. Blow it dry with a hairdryer on the very hottest setting — no support
2. Shake it hard and turn it on to check — no support
3. Switch it off and let it dry in the air, not on charge — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Put it in rice and keep it charging — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 7: «Putting a wet phone in rice dries it no better than leaving it in open air; switch it off, don't charge it, wipe it, and let it dry, and phone makers advise ag…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «put» (+3); the same place «rice» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (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 3 · ★★ · right ✓

"don't stand near the microwave, it'll make u radioactive" Is that right?

1. Yes, but only if you watch the food spin — no support
2. No, but the food glows in the dark after — no support
3. Yes, stand at least ten metres away — no support
4. No, it just makes water in food jiggle; food isn't radioactive — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 4: «Others are just myths: microwaves don't make food radioactive, brown eggs are no healthier than white ones, and a swallowed cherry stone grows no tree.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «microwaves» (+2); the same action «make» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (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 ✓

What would happen if Uncle Ray threw water on a burning chip pan?

1. The water would flash to steam and spray burning oil — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Nothing, because water and oil mix — no support
3. The fire would go out at once, as safely as with a lid — score 3
4. The oil would freeze into a solid lump — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 22, line 3: «Never throwing water on a burning pan is the most important true one: water sinks under the hot oil, turns to steam in a flash and throws burning oil everywher…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «burn» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

The pan on the hob catches fire and you're the only one in the kitchen. What's safest?

1. Carry the burning pan to the sink — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Throw your drink on it to put it out — no support
3. Get out, close the door and get an adult or call the fire service — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Fan the flames with a tea towel — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

"brown eggs r healthier everyone knows, they're more natural" What's true?

1. Brown eggs have twice as many vitamins — no support
2. They have the same goodness; colour depends on the hen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Brown eggs come from happier hens only — no support
4. White eggs have been painted, so they are less healthy to eat — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 22, line 11: «Brown and white eggs have the same goodness inside; shell colour depends on the breed of hen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brown eggs» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓

Sophie swallowed a cherry stone and is crying about a tree growing. What do you tell her?

1. Lie in the sun to stop the tree — score -5
2. Drink lots of water every day so the tree grows faster — no support
3. Eat soil to give the tree food — score 5
4. It just passes through; nothing grows inside you — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 22, line 10: «A swallowed cherry stone cannot grow inside you; it passes through, though chewing and eating many cherry stones is not safe.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pass through» (+4); the same doer «stone» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓

Zara swears the custard has a calming chemical because the class is quiet after lunch. What's a better explanation?

1. Lots of people feel a bit sleepy after lunch anyway — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. The chemical is real and the head teacher ordered it — score -3
3. It's quiet because the custard is so sticky — no support
4. The custard is too cold to let you talk — no support

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 22, line 12: «There is no evidence of a secret chemical in school custard; many people feel a bit sleepy after lunch anyway.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «feel» (+3); the same circumstance (+3); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Ivy's mum says eat your crusts because "that's where all the vitamins are". What's the honest truth?

1. Crusts have no goodness at all — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Crusts are poisonous if burnt even a little — no support
3. Crust and middle have almost the same goodness — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Crusts have all the vitamins, the middle has none — 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 ✗

"had a sandwich at 9pm, gonna get fat now" Is that how it works?

1. Yes, all food after 8pm turns into fat — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, your body digests at night; it's the total over days — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, the body stops digesting when it's dark — no support
4. No, food at night disappears completely — 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 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Your mate says raw dough is fine because you only get ill from raw eggs, and this dough has none. What's wrong?

1. Sugar becomes dangerous when raw — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. You only get ill from cooked flour — no support
3. Nothing, eggless dough is always safe — no support
4. Raw flour can carry germs too — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal reason for which water must not be applied to a fire in a pan of cooking oil.

1. The water combines with the oil to form a flammable gas — score 4
2. The water renders the flames hotter — score 3
3. The water is converted to steam and expels burning oil — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. The water causes the oil to solidify and fracture the pan — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 22, line 3: «Never throwing water on a burning pan is the most important true one: water sinks under the hot oil, turns to steam in a flash and throws burning oil everywher…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «water» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the transfer of microorganisms to food dropped upon a floor.

1. No transfer occurs to dry foods under any circumstances — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Transfer occurs only upon carpeted surfaces — no support
3. Transfer may occur in less than one second — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Transfer occurs only after exactly five seconds — 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 ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the operation of a microwave oven?

1. It heats food by agitating the water molecules within it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. It heats food by means of a concealed flame — score 3
3. It renders food radioactive in the course of heating — no support
4. It heats food by the application of pressure — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 22, line 8: «Microwave ovens heat food by making its water molecules (the tiny bits water is made of) jiggle; this does not make food radioactive.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «heat» (+2); the same thing acted on «food» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

It is given that two eggs differ solely in the colour of their shells, one being brown and the other white. Determine the principal cause of this difference.

1. The breed of the hen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The age of the egg — no support
3. The nutritional value of the egg — no support
4. The colour of the hen's feed — 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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