When nobody sits with you: making friends again

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 23 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 ✓

Zainab's cousin from London goes, "you're not invisible, you're just new, it's bare normal." ("Bare" in London slang means very.) What's the true point?

1. Being new means you'll be alone all year — no support
2. Feeling invisible at a new school is common and passes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. London kids never feel lonely at new schools — score 3
4. Zainab really is invisible and nobody sees her — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 23, line 7: «Feeling lonely at a new school does not mean you are unlikeable; friendships need time and places to grow.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «new school» (+4); the same action «feel» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if Zainab kept hiding in the library every lunch?

1. She would suddenly become popular — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Friends would come and find her in the library — no support
3. The loneliness circle would probably keep turning — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. It would make no difference either way to how lonely she felt — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 23, line 1: «Loneliness can become a circle: three months into a new school, Zainab still ate lunch alone most days, and at night she thought: "Back home I had loads of mat…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «zainab» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Ben tells everyone, "I don't care that my dad's not here." Is that true?

1. Yes; boys don't miss their dads — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No; he is angry at the other dads — no support
3. Yes; Ben really doesn't care about his dad being away at all — no support
4. Probably not; it hides how much he misses him — ✓ 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A kid asks Mia, "wait, you don't do Christmas? that's so weird." What's a good response?

1. Agree it's weird and pretend to do Christmas — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Tell him about Eid — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Walk off and never talk about it again — no support
4. Say his festivals are weird instead — 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 ✓

Kian's coach from Manchester says, "You looked like a right lemon out there, but they'll pass when they know you." ("Like a lemon" means looking silly.) What's the point?

1. Kian should stop passing the ball to them either, to get them back — no support
2. Kian should quit because he looks silly — score 3
3. New players need time before the team trusts them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. Lemons are bad at football — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 12: «New players often need time before a team trusts them; "like a lemon" is UK slang for looking silly or useless.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «new players» (+4); the same action «need» (+3); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓

Ella lies awake: "They're talking about me. They're gonna ditch me." What's the brain doing?

1. Predicting the future accurately — no support
2. Reading her friends' minds correctly and seeing what they really think — score 8
3. Warning her about a real danger — no support
4. Filling the gap with the worst story because she's worried — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 11, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 13: «When we are worried, the brain fills gaps with the worst story; "paranoid" means wrongly sure people are against you.», 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 (+3); the same action «fill» (+2); the same doer «brain» (+2); the same thing acted on «gaps» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Noah's mum, from Pittsburgh, says, "Yinz kids'll find your crowd at the rec centre." ("Yinz" means you all, in Pittsburgh.) What's her advice?

1. Only make friends with cousins — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Join clubs and activities — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Home-schooled kids can't make friends — no support
4. Never leave home without her — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Sophie's mate says, "no birthdays? that's lowkey sad." ("Lowkey" means a bit.) What helps both of them?

1. Sophie pretending to have birthdays — no support
2. Avoiding the topic of birthdays forever, so nobody feels awkward — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Sophie explaining her family's traditions — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Her mate telling everyone it's weird — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 23, line 4: «Other kids feel like the odd one out for reasons nobody can see: a dad away on an oil rig, a family that keeps Eid not Christmas, a home where Mum is very ill…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «nobody» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Lucas thinks, "I'm sat here like a granny while everyone splashes." What's the true thing?

1. He should jump in to prove himself — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Swimming can be learned at any age — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Only grannies sit out at pool parties — no support
4. If you can't swim at nine, you never will — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Harry's teacher says, "He's a young carer." What does Harry's mate now understand?

1. Harry is a nurse at the hospital after school — no support
2. Harry helps look after his ill mum, so friends can visit him — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Harry doesn't want to be friends with anybody — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Harry is too busy because of homework — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 3: «Then a teacher noticed and found her a lunchtime art club; when someone asked her to sit with them, she said yes; by month four she had two friends; she was ne…», 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 «two friends» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

In a cartoon, the new kid gets a best friend in the first five minutes. What's more real?

1. Friends only come if you're the best at something — no support
2. Friendships often take weeks or months — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Real new kids never make any friends — score 3
4. Real new kids always find friends in five minutes — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 4: «Other kids feel like the odd one out for reasons nobody can see: a dad away on an oil rig, a family that keeps Eid not Christmas, a home where Mum is very ill…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feel» (+3); the same doer «other kids» (+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 relationship between loneliness and withdrawal?

1. Withdrawal invariably remedies loneliness within a week — no support
2. Loneliness and withdrawal are wholly unconnected and arise independently — ← Mova's choice · score 10
3. Withdrawal tends to aggravate loneliness, forming a self-reinforcing circle — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Loneliness arises solely in persons who are unlikeable — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 23, line 2: «The first weeks she was nervous but hopeful; by month two she felt flat and tired and stopped trying to join in, and pulling back made her even more alone, so…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «loneliness» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which a worried pupil may conclude that whispering friends are speaking ill of her.

1. Whispering is invariably employed to convey malicious remarks — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Pupils possess an accurate capacity to perceive others' thoughts — no support
3. The anxious mind supplies the worst explanation where facts are absent — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Friends are obliged by custom to disclose all conversations — 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 ✓

It is given that a child assists in the care of a seriously ill parent. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

1. The child is termed a young carer, and support groups exist for such children — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. The child is required by law to conceal the circumstances from all other persons — score 5
3. The child is prohibited from maintaining any friendships — no support
4. Such a child is employed by the health service as a nurse — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 16: «A young carer is a child who helps look after an ill or disabled family member; young carers' groups exist, and friends can visit instead of always being visit…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «groups» (+4); the same action «exist» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

In respect of the acquisition of swimming ability, determine which statement is correct.

1. Swimming cannot be learned after the age of seven — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Swimming is acquired solely by entering deep water unaided — no support
3. Swimming may be learned at any age with instruction — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Persons unable to swim at nine shall remain so permanently — 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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