Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and standing up
Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 6 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 19 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 ✓
Ethan's mate says, "they're just bantering, man, take a joke." ("Banter" means friendly teasing.) What's the best answer?
- 1. He's right, all teasing is friendly banter — score 5
- 2. It only counts if a teacher hears it — no support
- 3. Ethan should laugh along to make it a joke — score 4
- 4. It's not banter if only one side is laughing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 19, line 7: «"It's not banter if only one side is laughing": a joke that only the joker enjoys is picking on someone.», 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 «banter» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
What would happen if Ethan kept faking Monday tummy aches and told nobody?
- 1. The school would find out without being told — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The boys would get bored and stop by themselves within a week or so — no support
- 3. The bullying would likely go on and the dread would grow — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. His tummy aches would become the real problem — 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 ✗
Jade's mum from Bristol says, "They'm being proper mean, my lover, it ain't you." ("My lover" is a West Country way of saying dear.) What is she telling Jade?
- 1. Jade is the one being mean really, and she should go and say sorry to them — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Jade should love the group more so they come back — no support
- 3. It's a normal game and Jade should play along — no support
- 4. The freeze-out is about the group, not something wrong with Jade — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · right ✓
Lucas's cousin goes, "you let him take your creps?? that's so mid." ("Creps" are trainers; "mid" means rubbish.) What's the true reply?
- 1. It was fine because the trainers weren't new — no support
- 2. He's right; it was weak and Lucas should be ashamed — no support
- 3. He's right; you should always fight for your shoes — no support
- 4. Staying safe was the smart choice; trainers can be replaced — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 19, line 10: «Being mugged means being robbed in the street; handing over things to stay safe is smart, not weak, and it should be told to a parent and the police.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stay» (+3); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
In a film, a kid gets mugged, chases the robber and wins the fight. What's the real-life rule?
- 1. Always chase the robber and fight to get things back — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Never tell anyone, because police don't care about kids — no support
- 3. Carry something to fight back with next time — no support
- 4. Stay safe, hand things over, tell a parent and the police — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Maddie thinks: "She started it, so I don't have to say sorry." Which is wiser?
- 1. Never speak to that friend again after this — no support
- 2. Wait for the friend to say sorry first, however long — score 2
- 3. Say something even meaner back so that the two of them are even — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. Say sorry for her own part, even if the friend started it — ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 17, line 9: «Saying something unkind in a moment does not define a whole relationship, but it is good to say sorry while you can.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same thing acted on «something» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Archie's grandad says, "In my day we settled it with fists, lad." Archie still doesn't want to. What's true?
- 1. Walking away is often braver, and fighting can hurt both — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 2. Archie is soft and should toughen up by fighting — no support
- 3. Grandad is right; fists are the only way to settle it — no support
- 4. He should fight just once, so that his grandad will be proud of him — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 19, line 12: «Not wanting to fight is not being soft; walking away is often the braver choice, whatever some grown-ups say.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «walking» (+4); the same property (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
Isla's friend from Wales says, "Come here, give us a cwtch, we'll go to Miss together." ("Cwtch" means a cuddle.) What makes this a good plan?
- 1. Cuddling the bullies will make them stop — score 1
- 2. Going to a teacher together helps and is safer than alone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 3. It is only good if they fight the bullies after — no support
- 4. Teachers only listen when two kids come at once — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 19, line 5: «Standing up does not have to mean fighting: sitting with the friend, going to a teacher together, or reporting it is what an upstander does.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same property (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Noah's thinking, "nobody cares, I'm never going swimming again, ever." What actually changed things?
- 1. Learning how to push bigger kids under the water before they push him — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Going back with Dad and telling the lifeguard — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Swimming in a different pool alone — no support
- 4. Staying home every swimming day for a year — 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 10 · ★ · right ✓
Mia's classmate goes, "ugh, she's such a pick-me, always got her hand up." ("Pick-me" is slang for someone trying too hard to be noticed.) What's the true view?
- 1. Being keen at school is something to be ashamed of — no support
- 2. Trying in class is good, whatever the name-calling says — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 3. Only teacher's pets ever answer questions, so she should stop doing it — no support
- 4. She should stop putting her hand up so they like her — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 19, line 15: «Being called "teacher's pet", "keeno" or "swot" for trying is common teasing; trying your best is good, and other keen kids are out there.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «trying» (+4); the same property (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lily's big brother says, "cartoons are for babies, it's giving toddler." ("It's giving" means it seems like.) What's true?
- 1. He's right; cartoons are only for very small kids — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She should hide it carefully so that nobody at school ever finds out — no support
- 3. Liking cartoons is fine; people like different things — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Grown-ups never ever watch any cartoons — 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 the deliberate exclusion of a pupil by her peer group?
- 1. It is permissible provided that no words are exchanged — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It invariably indicates a grave fault on the part of the excluded pupil — no support
- 3. It constitutes a form of bullying attributable to the group's conduct — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It is an ordinary social custom carrying no harmful consequence — 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 ✓
Identify the principal reason for which surrendering property during a street robbery is regarded as prudent.
- 1. Personal safety takes precedence, as property may be replaced — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Resistance is invariably successful in recovering the property — no support
- 3. Property surrendered is automatically insured by the school — no support
- 4. Surrender obliges the assailant to return the property — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is given that a pupil, upon being mocked, retaliated with a more severe insult. Select the response consistent with the established facts.
- 1. Apologies are required solely of the party who commenced the dispute — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The more severe insult resolves the dispute forthwith — no support
- 3. Such retaliation tends to escalate the dispute, and an apology for one's own part assists — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The original mockery wholly excuses any subsequent insult, however severe — 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 · right ✓
In respect of the term "upstander", determine which description is correct.
- 1. A person who acts to assist another who is being mistreated — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A person who observes mistreatment without intervening — no support
- 3. A person who participates in mistreatment to avoid it — no support
- 4. A person who rises from his seat upon a teacher's entry — 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
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