Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 104 of the world 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 ✗

Tom's mate reckons Leeds 09:05 to York 09:28 takes "about an hour". Is he right?

1. No, it is only 23 minutes — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. No, it takes 9 hours — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Yes, about an hour is right — no support
4. No, it is 1 hour 23 minutes — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 49, line 3: «The scale turns map centimetres into real distances: on a map where 1 centimetre is 2 kilometres, a path of 5 centimetres is 10 kilometres; walking about 4 kil…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same property (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lucas turns up on Saturday at a "Mon–Fri" stop. "Proper useless," he grumbles. What should he have done?

1. Nothing; buses always run every day — no support
2. Gone to the stop on Sunday instead — no support
3. Read which days the timetable covers — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Waited longer, as Saturday buses come late — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 104, line 2: «Callum's bus comes at 8:10, 8:25 and 8:40. He reaches the stop at 8:12: "Missed it by two flippin' minutes!" Now he waits for the 8:25, which is 13 more minute…», 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 «come» (+2); the same doer «bus» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Jade, Singapore style: "Bus every 12 minutes from seven, want to catch at 7:30, can or not?" What's the answer?

1. Not exactly; buses come at 7:24 and 7:36 — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. Yes, buses come at 7:15 and 7:30 — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Yes, there is a bus at exactly 7:30 — no support
4. No, the next bus after 7:00 is at 8:00 — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 104, line 1: «A timetable is a promise written as a list of times: when the bus comes, when the train leaves and arrives, when the cartoon starts, when lunch ends. It lets t…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+4); the same doer «bus» (+1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Fern's mate goes, "Buses always lie, bruv," when the app says 3:47 for a 3:40 bus. What's the fairest answer?

1. The timetable is a plan, and traffic made the bus 7 minutes late — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 13
2. The app is lying and the bus left at 3:40 — score 7
3. Buses always come 7 minutes before the timetable — score 7
4. Timetables are never right, so ignore them — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 13, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 104, line 14: «Traffic, weather and roadworks make buses late, so a live app saying "Due 3:47" for a 3:40 bus means it is about 7 minutes late.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «traffic» (+2); the same thing acted on «buses» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

The lifeguard says no to Josh at 5:20, even though the pool closes at 6. Why?

1. The pool had already closed at 5:00 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Swimming always stops 40 minutes early — no support
3. The lifeguard was just being mean — no support
4. Last entry was 5:15, before closing time — ✓ 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 ✗

Maya's grandpa, a proper boomer: "Back in my day we had no TV guide." Maya's cartoon is at 17:30 and it's 16:50. How long till it starts?

1. 1 hour 40 minutes — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. 20 minutes — score 6
3. 50 minutes — score 6
4. 40 minutes — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 104, line 1: «A timetable is a promise written as a list of times: when the bus comes, when the train leaves and arrives, when the cartoon starts, when lunch ends. It lets t…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «start» (+3); the same doer «cartoon» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

A Texan cousin says, "We're fixin' to leave for the 4:30 dance class; it's 45 minutes." When does the class end?

1. 5:15 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. 5:30 — no support
3. 4:75 — no support
4. 5:45 — 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 ✗

Arjun says, "The train's 23:40 to 06:10, so it's 17 hours." What went wrong?

1. It is really 7 hours 10 minutes — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. He subtracted the wrong way; across midnight it is 6 hours 30 minutes — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It is really 6 hours exactly — score 4
4. He is right, it is 17 hours long — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 104, line 13: «A train leaving at 23:40 and arriving at 06:10 the next day takes 6 hours 30 minutes: 20 minutes to midnight and 6 hours 10 minutes after it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same property (+2); the same doer «train» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

What would happen if Callum knew only the 8:10 bus time and missed it?

1. The 8:10 bus would come back for him — score 1
2. The timetable would change for him — score 1
3. He would not know how long to wait for the next one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. No more buses would come that day — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 104, line 2: «Callum's bus comes at 8:10, 8:25 and 8:40. He reaches the stop at 8:12: "Missed it by two flippin' minutes!" Now he waits for the 8:25, which is 13 more minute…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wait» (+5); the same doer «callum» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Erin, bored: "Lunch is 12:15 to 1:15, so is lunch, like, 15 minutes?"

1. Yes, it is 15 minutes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, it is 45 minutes — no support
3. No, it is 1 hour 30 minutes — no support
4. No, it is a whole hour — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

A cartoon shows a train timetable with "+1" next to a time, and the hero thinks it means "one minute late". Put it right.

1. It means the ticket costs one more — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It means the train arrives the next day — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It means one extra stop on the way — no support
4. It means the train is one hour late — 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 ✗

It is given that a train departs at 09:05 and arrives at 09:28. Determine the duration of the journey.

1. Thirty-three minutes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Twenty-eight minutes — no support
3. Twenty-three minutes — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. One hour — 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 ✗

Ascertain the meaning of the notation "+1" appended to an arrival time upon a long-distance timetable.

1. Arrival takes place one hour later — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The fare is increased by one unit — no support
3. Arrival takes place on the following day — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. One additional stop is made — 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 ✗

Whereas a class commencing at 4:30 continues for forty-five minutes, state the time of its conclusion.

1. 5:45 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 5:00 — no support
3. 5:15 — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. 5:30 — 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 ✗

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a "last entry" time.

1. It denotes the time of the first admission — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It applies only upon Saturdays — no support
3. It is invariably identical to closing time — no support
4. It may fall before closing time, after which admission is refused — ✓ 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

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