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Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 6 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 31 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 ✗

Kofi's mate texts at midnight: "cant sleep. its fine tho. just thinking bout stuff. dont tell my mum." Which word is the downplaying one?

  • 1. "thinking" — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. "stuff" — no support
  • 3. "fine" — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. "sleep" — 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 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

A grandad from Newcastle says, "Aye, it's a bit of a pickle, pet," after a flood ruined the whole downstairs. How big is the problem really?

  • 1. Nothing at all, he is talking about food — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Tiny, because a pickle is a small thing — no support
  • 3. Exactly as small as "a bit" makes it sound — no support
  • 4. Very big, said gently to keep everyone calm — ✓ 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 ✗

Lily sobs, "I've cried for a MILLION hours since Biscuit died." How many hours should you count?

  • 1. A thousand, because a million is too many — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. None; it just means a lot — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. A million exactly, as she said — no support
  • 4. About half a million, since people exaggerate by half — 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 week after his wife died, Mr Dunn shouts at kids whose ball keeps hitting his fence. Which reading is kind AND fits the clues?

  • 1. Grief may be in the shouting, though the ball still bothers him — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Shouting means he must be a dangerous man — no support
  • 3. He has always hated every child in the street — no support
  • 4. He is only pretending to be sad about his wife so that people feel sorry — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 31, line 1: «In an olympiad puzzle about feelings, the words people say are only one clue; the face, the timing, what they suddenly stop doing and what they call "just" or…», 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 «people» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Skye says, "nah I'm lowkey not ok fr." ("Lowkey" means quietly, a bit; "fr" means for real.) What is she telling you?

  • 1. She is talking about the weather — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. She is joking and feels totally great — no support
  • 3. She's really not okay — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. She wants to start a new game — 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 ✓

What would happen if you took every "I'm fine" word for word?

  • 1. You could miss friends who need help — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 2. You would read every feeling perfectly — no support
  • 3. Everyone would be happier much sooner — no support
  • 4. Nobody would ever feel upset again — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 12: «Praise for copied work does not feel real, and copying stops a teacher from seeing what you need help with.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+2); the same thing acted on «help» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Ben's Scottish nan says, "Och, it's dreich and I'm a wee bit low, hen." ("Dreich" means grey and gloomy; "hen" is a friendly name.) Which part is the understatement to gently ask about?

  • 1. "och" — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. "hen" — no support
  • 3. "dreich" — no support
  • 4. "a wee bit low" — ✓ 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 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Jack's eyes are red the week his dad moved out. He snaps, "Shut up and leave me alone, I'm FINE." What fits best?

  • 1. He is fine, just exactly as he said — ← Mova's choice · score 10
  • 2. He's hurting: give him space now and check in later — ✓ the right answer · score 10
  • 3. He hates you and wants you gone forever — score 10
  • 4. He only has hay fever and is a bit grumpy — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 26, line 4: «The night mind has other tricks: it jumps from one cross voice to "I'll be alone forever", it doubts the locked door, it turns sad days into nightmares, it mak…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «dad» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · right ✓

Check the claim: "Kids who laugh at a funeral didn't love the person."

  • 1. False: grief comes in waves, laughter included — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. False, because funerals are meant to be fun — no support
  • 3. True, unless the children are very young — no support
  • 4. True: sad people never laugh 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

Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Freya says "I'm starving" once at 11:50, and "I'm not hungry" every lunch for two weeks. Which should worry a friend?

  • 1. "I'm starving" just before lunch — ← Mova's choice · score 10
  • 2. "Not hungry" every day for two weeks — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Both of them equally — no support
  • 4. Neither, since food talk is never a clue — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 21, line 2: «That evening she cried in her room and wouldn't say why; the week of the party she felt sick whenever someone mentioned it; two weeks later she heard Lola's mu…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «freya» (+3); a different action (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 11 · ★★★ · right ✓

A friend makes you promise not to tell, then says someone at home hurts her. What do you do?

  • 1. Sort it out yourself by facing the person — no support
  • 2. Wait a few months to see if it stops — score 5
  • 3. Keep the promise, because promises come first — score 7
  • 4. Tell a trusted adult, even though you promised — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 12, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 29, line 5: «Some things must never be kept secret: if a friend says they wish they weren't here, or you find out a friend is hurting themselves, tell a trusted adult strai…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «trusted adult» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «tell» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the statement most consistent with the observation that a bereaved pupil laughs in the morning and weeps in the evening.

  • 1. Such alternation indicates indifference to the loss — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The laughter demonstrates that the bereavement has been resolved — no support
  • 3. Grief characteristically fluctuates, and both responses are genuine — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. The weeping is feigned in order to obtain attention — 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 ✓

Where a pupil describes a visibly bleeding injury as "merely a scratch", determine the correct classification of the remark.

  • 1. Understatement, warranting a check and an adult — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. A falsehood intended solely to deceive the teacher — no support
  • 3. An accurate description requiring no response — no support
  • 4. Hyperbole, warranting no further action whatsoever — 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 · wrong ✗

It is given that a classmate expresses anger without evident cause. Select the inference best supported by the course.

  • 1. Anger demonstrates the absence of any other feeling — no support
  • 2. Anger may conceal hurt or fear arising from circumstances not visible to others — ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 3. Anger invariably signifies wrongdoing on the part of the person to whom it is addressed — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 4. Anger is an emotion experienced exclusively by adults — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 31, line 8: «Anger is often a "cover" feeling: underneath it there may be hurt, fear, sadness or embarrassment.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «cover feeling» (+3); the same doer «anger» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Determine which observations constitute the strongest evidence that a peer requires support.

  • 1. A single exaggerated complaint following defeat in a sporting fixture — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. An expression of hunger shortly before lunch — no support
  • 3. A lasting change in behaviour with a request for secrecy — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. A solitary yawn in the course of a lesson — 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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