Hard things at home: broken promises, silence, money and illness

Tests: 4 of 10 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 10 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 13 of the reflection 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 ✗

Jayden's coach, a Geordie: "Howay, son, ye played canny, yer da's loss." ("Howay" means come on; "canny" means good; "da" is dad.) What is the coach really saying?

1. Jayden played well, and his dad missed out — ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. Jayden played badly because his dad wasn't there — ← Mova's choice · score 10
3. The coach is angry with Jayden for the result — no support
4. Jayden should stop playing until his dad comes — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 13, line 2: «Jayden's dad promised to come to the football final and didn't turn up again, no call; Jayden scanned the sideline the whole match, played badly and angry, and…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «play» (+6); the same doer «jayden» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 1, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if Aisha kept being "the family clown" every night for months?

1. Her parents would make up because of all the jokes and the laughing — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. She would get happier every single week — no support
3. Nothing; it's her job to fix the mood — no support
4. She'd get tired and grumpy, and nothing would be fixed — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 3: «All week he said loudly, "I don't care if he comes," which was a shield over a hurt; a parent who keeps breaking promises is struggling with his own problems,…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «parent» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗

In a film, a boy who likes his mum's new partner is called a traitor by his dad and must pick a side. What's the truth in real life?

1. Kids should hate new partners to be loyal — score 2
2. Liking a new partner is a kind of betrayal — ← Mova's choice · score 12
3. Liking a new partner doesn't mean loving Dad less — ✓ the right answer · score 12
4. Kids must always pick one side in the end — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 12, tied with another option at 12 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 13, line 9: «Liking a parent's new partner does not mean loving the other parent less; hearts can hold more than one person.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «like» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «new partner» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 12. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓

Lily's older brother: "Gran's doing it on purpose, she's well annoying." What's the truth?

1. The forgetting is the illness, not Gran being difficult — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Gran could stop if she just tried harder — no support
3. He's right; she repeats things to wind them up — no support
4. Gran only ever forgets the things she doesn't really care about — 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 ✓

Ben thinks, "If I say I feel left out, I'm being selfish, 'cause she needs help." Which is the clever view?

1. Saying how he feels would take help away from her — no support
2. Both can be true: she needs help, and his feelings still matter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. He has no right to feel left out at all — no support
4. His sister should get less help so he gets more — 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 6, line 2: «Ben reached over a fence to stroke the neighbour's dog and it bit his hand; he needed three stitches, and in bed he kept seeing its teeth: "It just went for me…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓

Chloe thinks, "They're fighting because of me, so I'll work till midnight every night." What would really help her?

1. Mum explaining they were worried, and a plan with the teacher — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. Hiding her next school report — no support
3. Telling them to stop arguing about her — no support
4. Working till midnight every night so that they never argue again — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 4: «What helped was Mum and his coach cheering loud, his nan writing every goal in a notebook "for when Dad's ready to read it", and finally telling Dad calmly on…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «mum» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A kid at school says, "food banks are only for people who don't work, innit." Is he right?

1. No; lots of ordinary families use them, no shame — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Yes; only people who don't have a job ever use them — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Yes; nobody normal or hard-working ever needs free food — score 3
4. No, food banks are only for restaurants and cafés, not families — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 8: «Hair grows back, usually about one centimetre a month; the first days after a big change in looks feel the worst, then people get used to it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+3); the same thing acted on «people» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Ava's gran says her mum is a "keyworker" doing nights. ("Keyworker" means someone doing an important job, like a nurse.) What helped Ava feel closer?

1. Staying awake all night to see her — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Asking Mum to quit her job — no support
3. Being cold to Mum when she came home — no support
4. Notes on the fridge and breakfasts on Mum's days off — ✓ 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 9 · ★★ · right ✓

Kofi's mate says, "my dad calls me useless too, it's just how dads talk." What's the truth?

1. Being called useless often isn't okay; tell an adult — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
2. It's normal, it's how dads talk, so there's nothing anyone can do — no support
3. Kids should call their dads useless back — score 12
4. If dads say it, it's probably true — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 12, tied with another option at 12 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 4, line 17: «Calling yourself "useless" or "a terrible friend" after one mistake is unfair to yourself; you did a bad thing, you are not a bad person.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «call» (+4); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Mia's uncle, Gen X: "Back in my day we had dinner with the telly on, no biggie." What makes Mia's case worth speaking up about?

1. Phones are banned at all dinners by law — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Telly is fine at dinner, but phones are always evil and rude — no support
3. It isn't; she should just sulk instead — no support
4. She feels ignored; saying so led to phone-free dinners — ✓ 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 ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a child's assertion of indifference concerning a parent's repeated absence?

1. It indicates that the child has forgotten the parent's promise — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. It commonly serves as a shield concealing genuine hurt — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It constitutes an attempt to provoke the absent parent — no support
4. It invariably signifies a genuine absence of feeling — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 6: «A parent who keeps breaking promises is usually dealing with his own problems; it does not measure how much the child is worth.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «child» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

It is given that a child forms an attachment to a parent's new partner. Determine the response consistent with the established facts.

1. Such attachment does not diminish the child's love for the other parent — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Such attachment obliges the child to select one parent exclusively — no support
3. Such attachment is prohibited until the other parent has given his express consent — no support
4. Such attachment constitutes a betrayal of the other parent — 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 statement consistent with the established facts concerning families unable to afford sufficient food.

1. Such hardship arises solely from the idleness of the family — no support
2. Such hardship is common, not shameful, and schools and food banks assist — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Such hardship is unknown among ordinary families — no support
4. Such hardship must be concealed from all teachers — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 13: «Many families struggle to afford enough food; it is nothing to be ashamed of, and schools (breakfast clubs, free school meals) and food banks help.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «schools» (+4); the same action «help» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Ascertain which of the following most accurately describes the significance of words spoken repeatedly in anger by a parent.

1. Such words should be repeated by the child to the parent in return — no support
2. Such words are of no consequence and never affect a child — no support
3. Such words may persist in memory but do not establish their own truth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Such words constitute an accurate assessment of the child's character — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 16: «Words said in anger, like being called useless, can stick, but they do not make it true; if shouting at home is frequent and scary, tell a trusted adult.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stick» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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