Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics
Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 14 of the politics 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 ✗
Kai jumps when Dad yells "That's rubbish!" Dad says: "Sorry, mate, not you." What should Kai understand?
- 1. Kai did something wrong and Dad is too polite to say it — no support
- 2. Dad is venting at the news, not cross with Kai — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Dad wants Kai to shout at the TV with him — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. The TV heard Dad and will change the news — 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 14, line 1: «Politics can feel like a football match to grown-ups, because the decisions touch their jobs, their bills and their families. So sometimes Dad shouts at the TV…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same place «tv» (+2); the same action «shout» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · wrong ✗
"Mum's tamping at the news again" says a Cardiff boy (tamping = furious). Then she gives him a cwtch (a cuddle). What is true?
- 1. She is angry with her son and is only pretending to be kind so he won't notice — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Tamping means she is happy — no support
- 3. Cuddles mean the news was good — no support
- 4. Grown-ups can be angry at the news and still loving at home — ✓ 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 3 · wrong ✗
«can't sleep, saw scary headlines on mum's phone, is the world ending fr» (fr = for real). What is the best answer?
- 1. No; the news shows what went wrong today, not everything in the world — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Read more headlines until you sleep — ← Mova's choice · score -2
- 3. Yes, headlines are always about the end of the world, so you should stay awake and keep watch — no support
- 4. Never tell your mum — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 8: «A headline is the big title of a story; it is short and made to grab attention, so it can make things sound bigger or simpler than the full story; clickbait is…», 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 «headline» (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · wrong ✗
Uncle says "This country is finished!" after an election. What is the best reply?
- 1. Only uncles can tell — no support
- 2. Big feelings use big words; there will be another election in a few years — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Elections stop forever after one result — no support
- 4. He must be right, countries always end after an election that your side has lost — ← 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 14, line 12: «When people feel strongly they often exaggerate; countries go on after elections, and power passing peacefully from one side to the other is a normal part of d…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «countries» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · wrong ✗
Hannah writes a ten-step plan to stop a war and feels terrible when nothing happens. What would you tell her?
- 1. Plans by children always work — no support
- 2. Write a longer plan with twenty steps and send it to every leader in the world — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. It is not her job to fix the world, but small kindness counts — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Stop caring about anyone — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 8: «At the King's Speech, which opens Parliament, the King reads out the government's plans, written by the government, not by him.», 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 thing acted on «plans» (+3). Against it: a different doer (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 6 · right ✓
Fatima's dad, a nurse, gets upset when the news talks about nurses' pay. Why?
- 1. Nurses are not allowed to watch TV at all — no support
- 2. The decision touches his own job — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. He wants to be a politician one day soon — no support
- 4. He hates the news reader on that channel — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 13: «Politics feels most personal when a decision touches your own job, like nurses' pay; some nurses have gone on strike to ask for more pay.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «touch» (+3); the same doer «decision» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · right ✓
"Don't have a cow, kiddo, it's just politics" says Grandpa from Ohio (don't have a cow = calm down). The child asks why Mum is angry. What is a good next step?
- 1. Ask Mum to explain in simple words — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Shout back at the TV — no support
- 3. Stay quiet forever — no support
- 4. Guess and not ask — 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 · right ✓
A radio host is yelling in the car. Dad says, "Right, that's enough," and switches to music. What would happen if they kept listening for hours?
- 1. They might just get more upset without learning more — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The news would change — no support
- 3. The host would calm down — no support
- 4. They would learn every fact calmly, because shouting helps people remember things — 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 · right ✓
"Nah, I'm not nesh, I can watch the war news" says a lad from Sheffield (nesh = a bit soft). Afterwards he feels awful. What is OK?
- 1. Watching even more war news to toughen himself up — no support
- 2. Taking a news break and talking to a grown-up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. Never telling anyone how awful he feels about it — no support
- 4. Pretending to be fine forever, because boys don't cry — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 10: «News shows the worst things happening because they are new; taking a break from the news is all right.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same thing acted on «break» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · wrong ✗
«my family's got a no news at dinner rule, are we hiding from the world??» What is true?
- 1. No, because news is always fake — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No; turning the news off for a while is resting, not running away — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yes, it is against the law to switch off the news when something big is happening — no support
- 4. Yes, they will never know 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 11 · right ✓
Mum wipes her eyes at a report about a far-away war. Is it OK to ask her why?
- 1. No, it is rude to ask a grown-up why they are sad, so you should leave the room — no support
- 2. No, she is sad because of you — score 4
- 3. Yes, but only after a week — no support
- 4. Yes, feeling sad for others is normal and asking is fine — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 8: «Grown-ups feel sad when they see people suffering, even far away; this is empathy, and it is all right to ask what made them sad.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feel» (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal reason for which political matters may elicit strong emotional responses in adults.
- 1. Adults are obliged by law to express their emotions concerning every decision of the government — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Such matters bear directly upon their employment, finances and families — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Adults are informed of all decisions before they are made — no support
- 4. Such matters are wholly unrelated to daily life — 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 · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the content of news reports?
- 1. They emphasise events that are new and significant, frequently those that have gone wrong — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They present a complete account of every event occurring in the world, both favourable and unfavourable — no support
- 3. They report exclusively favourable events — no support
- 4. They report only events concerning the viewer's family — 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 ✓
Select the response consistent with the established guidance for a child distressed by news concerning a distant war.
- 1. The child shall be held responsible for ending the war — no support
- 2. The child shall consume additional news, including footage of the conflict, until the distress subsides of its own accord — no support
- 3. The child may confide in a trusted adult, take a break from the news and perform small acts of kindness — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. The child shall conceal the distress from all persons — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 4: «When news makes you scared or sad, the best tools are small ones: say the worry out loud to a grown-up you trust, ask them to explain, take a news break, and d…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); the same thing acted on «news break» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Determine the meaning of the expression "peaceful transfer of power" as employed in respect of elections.
- 1. The relinquishment of office by the losing side to the winning side without violence — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The appointment of a leader by the armed forces, followed by the transfer of the losing side's offices to the army — no support
- 3. The retention of office by the losing side — no support
- 4. The abolition of all future elections — 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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