Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules
Tests: 7 of 10 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 27 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 ✓
"turn it off n on again nan, that's all u ever say!!" When does her trick NOT work?
- 1. When a part is broken, like a cracked screen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It always works, on everything — no support
- 3. When it's switched on at night — no support
- 4. When the device is new — 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 ✗
Dad leaves the hall light on all evening "to save electricity". What would actually save more?
- 1. Switching it off when no one is there — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Leaving it on all night as well — no support
- 3. Switching it on and off every single minute — no support
- 4. Using two lights instead of one — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 27, line 7: «Switching a light on uses only a tiny extra burst of power, far less than leaving it on, so turning lights off when you leave a room saves electricity.», 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 «light» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
"OMG i swallowed my gum, my guts will stick!!" What do you tell your mate?
- 1. It'll pass through in a day or two — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Drink some cooking oil to unstick them — no support
- 3. It'll stay stuck in there for seven years — no support
- 4. Go to hospital right now, without waiting — 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 ✓
Granddad puts the new batteries in the fridge. What could happen?
- 1. They could get damp, and it doesn't help modern batteries — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They will charge themselves overnight — no support
- 3. They will freeze and explode — no support
- 4. They will last a hundred years — 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 5 · ★ · right ✓
"my phone heard me say trainers and now it's all trainer ads, it's listening!!" What's a fairer explanation?
- 1. Trainers ads appear for everyone always — no support
- 2. Phones read your mind through the screen — no support
- 3. The ads more likely came from searches and other data; people still argue — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 4. It definitely recorded you and sent it to a shop — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 27, line 10: «Investigations have found no clear evidence that phones secretly record conversations to choose adverts; adverts mostly come from searches, location and other…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+5); the same place «searches» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
Your friend's brother hasn't come home and an adult says to wait 24 hours. What's right?
- 1. Wait the full 24 hours first — score 5
- 2. Only tell the school on Monday — no support
- 3. Wait until next week — no support
- 4. Tell the police straight away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 27, line 11: «You do not have to wait 24 hours to report a missing person; tell the police straight away.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+5); the same property (+2); the same thing acted on «police» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
You hold a cup to your ear and hear the "sea". What does this show?
- 1. The sea is very close to your house, so you hear it — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. The sound is the room echoing, not the sea — ✓ the right answer · score -2
- 3. Cups also hold sea water — no support
- 4. Your ears are making the sea noise — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 27, line 12: «The "sea" you hear in a seashell is the sound around you echoing inside the shell; a cup held to your ear does the same.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hear» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
Mum says "sit up straight or you'll grow a hunchback". What's the honest part?
- 1. Your spine will freeze bent — no support
- 2. You'll grow a hump in a week — no support
- 3. Sitting badly for hours can cause aches — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 13
- 4. There's nothing honest in that saying at all — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 13, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 27, line 13: «Slouching does not give children a hunchback (a back bent into a hump); moving about and strong muscles matter more, though sitting badly for hours can cause a…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cause» (+4); the same doer «sitting» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «aches» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
"money is dirtier than a toilet seat, lol grandpa" Who's right?
- 1. Neither: money has no germs — no support
- 2. Grandpa: studies found money can carry more germs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. You: toilet seats are always dirtier — no support
- 4. Nobody knows, because it has never ever been tested — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 27, line 14: «Studies have found that banknotes and coins can carry more germs than a toilet seat, which is cleaned often, so washing hands after handling money is sensible.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+2); the same doer «studies» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
"it's cloudy, don't need suncream" says your big sister at the beach. What will probably happen?
- 1. She'll get a tan but never a burn — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She'll get burnt only if it rains — no support
- 3. She will stay perfectly safe — no support
- 4. She can still get sunburnt — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗
Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning exposure to ultraviolet radiation under an overcast sky.
- 1. Sunburn occurs under cloud solely during rainfall — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The greater part of burning ultraviolet radiation penetrates the cloud — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Cloud cover wholly prevents sunburn — no support
- 4. Ultraviolet radiation is intensified a hundredfold by cloud — 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 ✗
It is given that a person has failed to return home. Determine the appropriate interval before a report is made to the police.
- 1. An interval of one week — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. An interval of twenty-four hours — no support
- 3. No interval; the report should be made immediately — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. An interval of forty-eight hours — 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 ✓
Identify the principal reason for which the restarting of an electronic device frequently remedies a malfunction.
- 1. It clears the device's working memory — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. It restores the battery to full charge — no support
- 3. It removes dust from the internal wiring — no support
- 4. It repairs damaged physical components — 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 27, line 6: «Turning a device off and on again often fixes software glitches (small faults in how it runs) because it clears its working memory, but it cannot fix broken pa…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «working memory» (+4); the same action «clear» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the sound perceived when a seashell is held to the ear?
- 1. Ambient sound resonating within the shell — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The sound of the sea retained within the shell — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. The sound of the shell's former occupant — no support
- 4. The sound of the listener's blood alone — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 27, line 12: «The "sea" you hear in a seashell is the sound around you echoing inside the shell; a cup held to your ear does the same.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «sound» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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