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Living with loss: keeping memories, and loss that isn't death

Tests: 5 of 10 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 7 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 3 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 ✓

Ryan's mum says, "It's what Grandad would want, love, you going down the river." What does she mean?

  • 1. Ryan will be punished by the family if he ever stops going fishing — no support
  • 2. Grandad left a rule in his will that Ryan must go fishing every day — no support
  • 3. Grandad will somehow come back to the river if Ryan keeps on fishing — score 3
  • 4. Keeping their fishing tradition can be a way to remember him — ← 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 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 3, line 3: «Months later he started talking out loud to Grandad at the river, and fishing began to feel like being near him again; keeping a tradition "in his memory" turn…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «keep» (+2); the same thing acted on «tradition» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · right ✓

Megan's cousin goes, "ngl your mum looks sus without hair, kinda freaky." ("Ngl" means not gonna lie; "sus" means suspicious, odd.) What's true?

  • 1. People who lose their hair are always about to die — no support
  • 2. Chemo can make hair fall out, but the person inside is the same — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
  • 3. Megan's mum chose to shave her head to frighten people — no support
  • 4. Losing hair means she has turned into a different person — 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 3, line 7: «Illness can change how a person looks; chemo, a medicine for cancer, can make hair fall out, but the person inside is the same.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «person» (+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 3 · wrong ✗

Tyler's mate says, "my dad would NEVER cry, real men don't." Is that right?

  • 1. No, but men only cry when they are physically hurt — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Yes; crying is only for women and small children — no support
  • 3. No; grown men cry too, about things they loved long — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Yes; men stop being able to cry when they turn thirty — 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 ✓

In a cartoon, a girl's best friend moves away and the girl swears never to have another friend. Is this a good idea?

  • 1. No, because she should forget the old friend at once — no support
  • 2. Yes; having a new friend would be a kind of cheating — no support
  • 3. No; making a new friend doesn't betray the old one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 4. Yes; friends who move away always come back soon — 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 3, line 10: «A friend moving far away is a real loss; making a new friend later does not betray the old one.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «making» (+4); the same action «betray» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

What would happen if Harry kept blaming his sister for Buster leaving?

  • 1. His sister would grow out of her allergy faster if he kept on at her — no support
  • 2. He would be unfair to her, and it would hurt them both — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Buster would be sent back to live with the family again — no support
  • 4. Nothing bad; blaming somebody always helps sad feelings get better — ← 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 3, line 4: «Loss is not only death: a best friend moving abroad, a dog that has to be rehomed, a mum changed by illness, or a family that goes silent can all leave a hole,…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «feelings» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · right ✓

Liam's teacher in Newcastle says, "Howay, pet, it's been a year, you should be canny now." ("Howay" means come on; "canny" here means fine.) What's the truth?

  • 1. The teacher is right; grief must end after exactly one year — no support
  • 2. Liam is going backwards and needs to start again — no support
  • 3. Grief doesn't follow a timetable; feelings often return near anniversaries — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
  • 4. Feelings only come back if a person wants them to — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 11, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 3, line 17: «Sad feelings often return around the anniversary of a death; it does not mean you are going backwards.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sad feelings» (+4); the same property (+3); the same action «return» (+2); the same place «anniversary» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · wrong ✗

Sophie's family never says Grandpa's name. What would happen if Sophie also stayed silent forever?

  • 1. Grandpa's memory would be kept safest that way — no support
  • 2. She might stay confused and lonely with her questions — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Her mum would feel better by never hearing his name — ← Mova's choice · score 2
  • 4. She would learn the full truth about Grandpa faster by keeping quiet — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 13: «When nobody mentions a death, the grieving person can feel invisible, even though most people do care; many grieving people want others to say the dead person'…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «name» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

Zara texts at midnight: "she's 8 hours ahead now, it's like she's dead." What could help?

  • 1. Deleting her friend's number so it hurts less — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Never talking to anyone about the move ever — no support
  • 3. Staying awake all night every night until the two time zones match up — no support
  • 4. Calls at planned times, letters and a shared online game — ✓ 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 ✓

Maya's gran's friend, a proper West Country lady, says, "Your gran's watchin' over 'ee, my lover." ("My lover" is just a friendly way to say "dear".) Maya worries. What should she do?

  • 1. Be perfect forever, so that her gran never sees her do anything bad at all — no support
  • 2. Decide the lady is being rude and refuse to talk to her — no support
  • 3. Ask what it means; it's meant as comfort, not as a camera on her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 4. Hide in her room so that nobody can watch her any more — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 3, line 16: «Comforting phrases like "she's watching over you" can sometimes make a child worry, and it is fine to ask what grown-ups mean.», 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 action «ask» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

Ruby snaps "it's NOT the same!" at her friend, who goes quiet. What does Ruby understand weeks later?

  • 1. Her friend was trying to make fun of her grief — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Her friend was trying to connect and show she cared — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Her friend wanted to win a competition about loss — no support
  • 4. Her friend's nan never really died at all — 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 effect of continuing activities formerly shared with a deceased person?

  • 1. Such activities are prohibited until a full year has elapsed — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Such activities have no bearing whatsoever upon the bereaved — no support
  • 3. Such activities may initially cause pain and subsequently afford a sense of closeness — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Such activities invariably prolong the period of grief without limit — 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 · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which an adult may decline to discuss a deceased relative.

  • 1. Adults are forbidden by law to mention deceased relatives — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The deceased has necessarily been found guilty of misconduct — no support
  • 3. The subject remains too painful for that adult to address — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. The adult has entirely forgotten the existence of the deceased — 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 experiences renewed sorrow on the anniversary of a parent's death. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

  • 1. Such recurrence is common and does not constitute regression — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Such recurrence indicates that the grief shall never diminish — no support
  • 3. Such recurrence is experienced only by persons who are unwell — no support
  • 4. Such recurrence demonstrates that the grief was previously feigned — 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 ✗

Ascertain which of the following is consistent with the facts concerning a friendship formed after a former friend has emigrated.

  • 1. The new friendship necessarily signifies that the former has ended — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The new friendship must necessarily be terminated upon the former friend's return — no support
  • 3. The new friendship does not constitute a betrayal of the former one — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. The new friendship is invalid pending the former friend's consent — 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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