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Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 25 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 ✗

Leah's mate goes, "a hamster?? that's so mid." ("Mid" means not great.) Leah feels sad again. What's the honest view?

  • 1. Leah should give the hamster back right away — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 2. Leah is ungrateful and should feel ashamed forever — no support
  • 3. Her mate is right; hamsters are worthless pets — no support
  • 4. It's okay to feel both and come to love him — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 25, line 1: «Disappointment is the drop you feel when what happens is smaller than what you hoped for: Leah asked for a dog every single day for two years, and on her birth…», 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 doer «leah» (+2); the same thing acted on «hamster» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Max's gran from Cardiff says, "Don't be tamping, bach, you're lush at drawing." ("Tamping" means furious; "bach" means dear; "lush" means lovely, great.) What's she telling him?

  • 1. He should stop drawing and study more — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. He should be angry with his sister — no support
  • 3. He has his own talents, like drawing — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. He's bad at everything except drawing — 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 ✗

What would happen if Grace had thrown the cake away?

  • 1. Her next cake would come out burnt too, and the one after that — no support
  • 2. She would have missed the fun of the volcano that sold first — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. The bake sale would have been cancelled — no support
  • 4. Nobody would have bought any cakes at all — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 1: «Some guilt is old: it happened months or years ago, nobody found out, and yet it keeps popping up at random, while brushing your teeth, at a birthday, just bef…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «nobody» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Finn says, "We were awful. Everyone heard. I wanna crawl under a rock." What's usually true about school shows?

  • 1. Nobody watches school shows anyway — no support
  • 2. Everyone remembers every single wrong note forever — no support
  • 3. People remember the fun more than the mistakes — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Bands that play badly are banned from shows — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 9, line 16: «Parents who shout too hard at matches usually want their child to do well; telling them "when you shout, I play worse" can change things.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «play» (+3); the same property (+1). 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Isla says, "We NEVER do anything fun. It's ALWAYS cancelled." What's wrong with that thought?

  • 1. It's exactly right; her family never has fun — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Holidays abroad are the only fun that counts — no support
  • 3. "Never" and "always" exaggerate a real disappointment — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. She should be cross with her parents for weeks — 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 ✓

Ethan's classmate from Birmingham says, "Yow drawing were bostin', it's a fix!" ("Bostin'" means brilliant; "it's a fix" means it was rigged.) What's fairer?

  • 1. Ethan should complain until it's changed — no support
  • 2. Art is a matter of taste; it wasn't necessarily rigged — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
  • 3. The teachers definitely cheated against Ethan — no support
  • 4. The other drawing was obviously rubbish and should never have been picked — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 25, line 13: «Art is partly a matter of taste, which means different people like different things; "subjective" means depending on the person.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «art» (+4); the same thing acted on «matter» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Zoe's choir teacher says, "Practice makes progress." What's the point?

  • 1. With practice, she can improve and try again — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Only singers who are already perfect should bother to practise — no support
  • 3. Practice is pointless if you weren't picked — no support
  • 4. She should give up and try a sport — 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 ✓

In a cartoon, the scientist's experiment works first time, every time. What's real science like?

  • 1. Failed experiments mean the scientist is bad — score 6
  • 2. Real experiments always work first time — score 2
  • 3. Experiments often fail first, and explaining why is part of it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 4. Scientists hide failed experiments forever — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 25, line 15: «In science, experiments often fail the first time; explaining why it failed is real science too, called trial and error.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fail» (+5); the same doer «experiments» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Lucy's coach says, "Even grandmasters lose." (A grandmaster is a top chess player.) What helped Lucy want to play again?

  • 1. Being told she'd win next time for sure — score 1
  • 2. Playing only against much younger kids — no support
  • 3. Never thinking about the game again — score 2
  • 4. Going over the lost game with her coach — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 25, line 16: «Even top chess players, called grandmasters, lose games; going over a lost game is one of the best ways to improve.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lose» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ben's mate from Boston goes, "That call was wicked unfair, the ref's blind." ("Wicked" in New England means very.) What helped Ben?

  • 1. Refusing to play under that ref again — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Talking it through with Dad and letting it go — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Shouting at the ref even louder in the next game to make up for it — no support
  • 4. Staying angry for the rest of the season — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Leah thinks: "I'm ungrateful for being sad." Which is true?

  • 1. She should never feel disappointed about gifts — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Disappointment and gratefulness can be felt at the same time — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Being disappointed with a present means she is ungrateful — no support
  • 4. Only her parents are allowed to feel disappointed — 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 disappointment?

  • 1. A feeling experienced solely in respect of birthday presents — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. An abnormal condition requiring immediate medical attention — no support
  • 3. A normal response to an outcome falling short of one's hopes, which customarily diminishes — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. A permanent state persisting for the remainder of one's 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 ✓

Identify the principal characteristic of a thought containing the words "never" and "always" during disappointment.

  • 1. It is a reliable prediction of future events — no support
  • 2. It invariably constitutes an accurate statement of fact — no support
  • 3. It indicates that the disappointment has concluded — no support
  • 4. It commonly exaggerates a genuine feeling beyond the facts — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 25, line 5: «The thoughts that come with it, like "we never do anything fun" or "the ref's blind", are usually bigger and harsher than the facts; the feeling is real, the "…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «thoughts» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that an experiment presented at a science fair failed to operate. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

  • 1. Failed experiments are to be concealed from the judges — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Scientific experiments invariably succeed at the first attempt — no support
  • 3. The experimenter is deemed to have no aptitude for science — no support
  • 4. An explanation of the failure constitutes valid scientific work — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

In respect of the term "subjective" as applied to the judging of artwork, determine which description is correct.

  • 1. Indicative of deliberate dishonesty by the judges — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Determined by a fixed and universal rule that all judges must apply — no support
  • 3. Dependent upon the preferences of the individual judging — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Applicable solely to works of science — 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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