When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big changes
Tests: 5 of 10 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 8 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 14 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 · right ✓
Ellie's cousin from Cardiff: "Christmas was proper lush till they started rowing, now it's ruined forever, innit." ("Lush" means lovely.) What's the truth?
- 1. She's right; it'll be ruined every year now — no support
- 2. One bad moment doesn't ruin every Christmas — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 3. Christmas rows always happen again next year — no support
- 4. Christmas is only lush for grown-ups — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 3: «Holidays can be stressful for grown-ups, with money, cooking and family all at once, and one bad moment does not ruin every Christmas; a walk and hot chocolate…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ruin» (+4); the same thing acted on «christmas» (+4); the same doer «one bad moment» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · wrong ✗
Ryan's aunt says, "Don't you worry about it, love," and won't say more. What would help Ryan more?
- 1. Never asking any more questions — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Guessing what's happening on his own — no support
- 3. Searching online for scary hospital stories — no support
- 4. Honest answers he can understand — ✓ 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 ✗
In a cartoon, a dad smashes plates when angry and everyone laughs. What's the truth in real life?
- 1. Throwing things is scary, not okay; tell a trusted adult — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Smashing plates is how grown-ups calm down — no support
- 3. It's funny and harmless in every family, just like in the cartoon — no support
- 4. Children should copy it when they are angry — ← Mova's choice · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 3: «The truth is that grown-ups argue about grown-up things like money, tiredness and work; a child does not cause it and a perfect child cannot stop it, so that h…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «child» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «truth» (+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
Test 4 · wrong ✗
Jacob's mum says, "Your useless father." Jacob's nan, Irish: "Ah, sure, ye can love the both of them, pet." What does Nan mean?
- 1. His mum is wrong about everything — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He can love both parents, even after the split — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. His dad really is useless — no support
- 4. He must choose just one of his parents to love from now on — 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 · wrong ✗
What would happen if Amelia decided her brother ran off because of her?
- 1. Nothing; blaming yourself always helps — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Her brother would come home faster — no support
- 3. She'd carry blame that isn't hers — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It would stop him running away again — 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 ✓
Finn's mate goes, "your parents arguing about your phone means they're splitting up, deffo." ("Deffo" means definitely.) Is that true?
- 1. Yes, if the argument is about a phone — no support
- 2. No; parents can disagree about rules, that's all — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. No, because parents never argue — score 2
- 4. Yes; any argument at all means they'll split up soon — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 12: «Parents can disagree about rules, like when a child gets a phone, without it being a sign of a big problem.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «disagree» (+4); the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «parents» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · wrong ✗
Lucas's American cousin says, "It's a total bummer not knowin', dude." ("Bummer" means a disappointing thing.) What helps most when things are uncertain?
- 1. Talking it over as a family and knowing the plan — ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. Pretending to everyone that nothing is changing at all — no support
- 3. Imagining every bad thing that could possibly happen — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. Refusing to eat anything until his parents decide — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 4: «Not knowing is often the hardest part, so honest answers and asking straight questions help; and some things are never a child's fault or a child's job, like a…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «things» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · right ✓
Isla says, "I'm gonna tell Grandpa off next time he yells at Mum!" What does the lesson say?
- 1. Grown-ups have old wounds; it isn't Isla's job to fix — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Isla should make Grandpa and Mum hug — no support
- 3. Isla should refuse to ever see Grandpa — no support
- 4. Isla should shout at Grandpa to protect Mum — 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 ✓
A kid says to Oscar, "you can't see your dad 'cause you were bad." What's the truth?
- 1. The kid is right; it's because Oscar was bad — no support
- 2. Courts act to keep kids safe; it's never the child's fault — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. Oscar could see his dad again if only he behaved much better — no support
- 4. It only happens to children who break rules — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 15: «Sometimes a court decides that a child should not see a parent for a while, to keep the child safe; it is never the child's fault.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · right ✓
Maddie's mate, Gen Z: "the new baby's getting all the attention, it's giving left out." ("It's giving" means it feels like.) What helped Maddie in the end?
- 1. Pretending the baby isn't there — no support
- 2. Special time with Dad and helping with the baby — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. Being naughty for attention every day — no support
- 4. Hiding the baby's toys — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 17: «Special time alone with a parent and helping with the baby can make an older child feel included again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «help» (+2). · 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 consequence of a dispute between parents upon a festive occasion?
- 1. Such an incident invariably renders all future festivities disagreeable — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A single disagreeable incident does not determine the character of all future ones — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Festive occasions are wholly free of stress for adults — no support
- 4. Festive disputes are caused principally by the children present — 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
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
It is given that a parent has thrown an object in anger. Determine the conduct appropriate to a frightened child.
- 1. Disclosure to a trusted adult — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Concealment in order to protect the parent — no support
- 3. Retaliation by the throwing of a further object — no support
- 4. Silence pending the next such occurrence — 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 reason for which a court may determine that a child shall not meet a parent.
- 1. The misconduct of the child towards the parent — score 5
- 2. The child's failure to request such meetings — no support
- 3. The protection of the child, without any fault of the child's — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 4. The expressed preference of the child's classmates — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 12, line 12: «Money worries come from bills, jobs and prices, not from one child's shoes; children often blame themselves for things they did not cause.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «blame» (+4); the same thing acted on «children» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain which statement is consistent with the facts concerning the arrival of a new infant in a family.
- 1. Parental fatigue does not signify diminished love for older children — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Older children are required to withdraw from the family — no support
- 3. Parents invariably love the youngest child most — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. Jealousy in older children is abnormal and unknown — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 10: «Children should not have to choose between parents; where a child lives ("custody") is a grown-up decision, and "I love you both, I don't want to choose" is a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «love» (+4); the same doer «parents» (+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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