Teachers who listen, teachers who get cross — and when the teacher is right after all

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 6 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 34 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 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

"Miss you're WRONG, the Amazon is longest!!" What's the wisest response from a teacher?

1. Rivers aren't on the curriculum — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. You're wrong, sit down — no support
3. You're right, the Nile is a short river — no support
4. It's argued, both are listed; let's look at why — ✓ 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 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

A pupil was sure tomatoes are veg and told Mr Ellis off. After checking, what should the pupil do?

1. Pretend it never happened — no support
2. Find another fact to prove him wrong — no support
3. Tell everyone the botany book is wrong — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. Say "Sorry, sir, you were right" — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 34, line 1: «A pupil once told Mr Ellis, "Sir, you're wrong, tomatoes are vegetables!" He wasn't wrong. The pupil checked, came back and said "Sorry, sir, you were right",…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «tell» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

"divorced beheaded died, divorced beheaded survived — sir that's wrong" Is it?

1. He only had one wife really — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It's a good memory rhyme, but some marriages were annulled — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It's totally wrong, he had eight wives — no support
4. It's completely right in every detail — 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 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if you tested the tongue map with sugar on the back of your tongue?

1. Your tongue would go numb at the tip — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. You'd taste salt instead of anything sweet — no support
3. You'd taste the sweetness there too — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. You'd taste nothing at all on that spot — 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 ✓

Mr Hughes says he checked and you were right. Why is he a good role model?

1. He admitted a mistake after checking — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He stopped teaching about the Great Wall — no support
3. He let you win just to be nice to you — no support
4. He never makes any mistakes about anything — 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 ✓

"nah gum stays in u 7 yrs, dinner lady said" What's true?

1. It stays forever and grows — score 1
2. It's 7 years exactly, she knows — no support
3. It turns into a ball in your heart — no support
4. It passes through in days, but don't swallow lots — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 34, line 14: «Swallowed chewing gum does not stay for seven years; it passes through the body in days, though swallowing lots is not good.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pass» (+5); the same doer «gum» (+3); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Mrs Robinson is flustered and says "sit down" when you ask about Pluto. What's the best plan?

1. Refuse to sit until she answers — no support
2. Ask at hometime if you can talk another day — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Say she doesn't know about Pluto — no support
4. Ask the whole class to have a vote on Pluto — ← 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 20, line 1: «Mrs Brown tells the class that in Columbus's time everyone thought the world was flat, and your older cousin grins that Einstein failed maths. Both stories are…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «class» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★★ · right ✓

Which website is best to show a teacher who distrusts the internet?

1. NASA's own page — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A video with no name on it — no support
3. A meme account — no support
4. A random forum post — 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 ✗

Mr Brown's class tests whether hot water freezes faster and gets mixed results. What does that show?

1. The class did it wrong — no support
2. Mr Brown should have known the answer — no support
3. Hot water never freezes — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Real science can have no clear answer yet — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 12: «Whether hot water freezes faster than cold is still an open question in science.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hot water» (+4); the same action «freeze» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

The cartoon Napoleon is tiny and stamps his feet. What's the truth?

1. He was the shortest man in France — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He was a giant, the cartoons are right — no support
3. He was about average height for his time — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He was short because he was always angry — 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 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

You want to tell Mr Owen he's wrong about Napoleon. Which way is kindest?

1. Loudly, with the whole class listening — no support
2. Quietly, after class, with an article — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. In a note signed "everyone" — no support
4. By telling another teacher first — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 1: «"Thunder? That's just two big clouds bumping their heads, love," says Grandad, the way his own grandad told him. It's a lovely picture, and so are the others:…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «own grandad» (+3); the same action «tell» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the present state of knowledge concerning the longest river on Earth?

1. It is conclusively established as the Nile — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It has never been the subject of any measurement at all — no support
3. It remains disputed between the Nile and the Amazon — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It is conclusively established as the Amazon — 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 ✗

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the so-called tongue map.

1. It is accurate in every particular — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is accurate solely in respect of sweetness — no support
3. It is accurate solely in respect of bitterness — no support
4. It is erroneous, since all regions bearing taste buds detect every basic taste — ✓ 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 ✗

It is given that chewing gum has been swallowed. Determine the period within which it ordinarily passes through the body.

1. After a period of seven months — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Never — no support
3. After a period of seven years — no support
4. Within a matter of days — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which a teacher may welcome a correction delivered in private.

1. It ensures that the pupil is invariably proved right — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. It obliges the teacher to award a merit — score 4
3. It removes any need for evidence — no support
4. It avoids causing embarrassment before the class — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 33, line 14: «A good teacher who isn't sure says "I'll check", and thanks the pupil who asked.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «check» (+2); the same doer «good teacher» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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