Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and deadlines

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 129 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 ✗

Callum: "Sorry for being early? That's mad." Why did the Japanese company say sorry?

1. Passengers who came on time could have missed the train — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It's the law to say sorry every day — no support
3. It arrived early at the end of the line and the driver got told off — no support
4. The train broke a world speed record — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 129, line 6: «In 2017 a Japanese train company said sorry in public because a train left 20 seconds early.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «train» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

Tom, from Leeds: "Dinner at half nine?! I'm in bed by then, me." Maria: "Is normal in Spain!" Who's wrong?

1. Tom: everyone in the world should eat at half nine — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Maria: dinner must always be eaten at six o'clock — no support
3. Neither: countries have different daily rhythms — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Maria: Spain has no evening, so dinner is at night — 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

Test 3 · right ✓

Lukas comes at 2:55 and Ana at 3:30 for a 3:00 playdate, and both think they were on time. What's the best way to see it?

1. Different places mean different things by "on time"; ask what's expected — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. Ana was on time by the clock — no support
3. Lukas was rude to arrive early — no support
4. Both were late, as playdates have no time — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 115, line 18: «Words people use: "no chance" means no way, "prepone" means move to an earlier time, the opposite of postpone (Indian English), "do the needful" means do what…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «way» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · wrong ✗

Kai: "Oi, back of the line, mate!" Ollie: "Chill, it's only one person." There are 10 kids ahead, each taking 1 minute. What did Ollie do?

1. He made the queue move faster — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He skipped 10 minutes of waiting and made everyone else wait longer — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. He saved everybody some time — no support
4. He made no difference at all — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 5, line 3: «Light from the Sun takes about eight minutes to reach us, while light from the next nearest star takes more than four years.», 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 «reach» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

Holly: "Project's due Monday, I'll smash it Sunday night from 8." It takes 3 hours, and bedtime's 9. What happens?

1. She finishes at 9 pm, right on her bedtime, no problem — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She finishes at 10 pm, just 1 hour after bedtime — no support
3. She finishes at 11 pm, 2 hours past bedtime — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She finishes by 8 pm, before she has even started — 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 ✗

Jake: "20 minutes a day? That's nothing, innit." Over 2 weeks, how much is it?

1. 2 hours exactly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 280 minutes, over 4 and a half hours — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. 40 minutes — no support
4. 20 hours — 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

Test 7 · right ✓

Amir, running at the bus: "Wait, ya muppet!" The bus goes. Whose job was it to be there on time?

1. Nobody's: buses come whenever they like — score 4
2. Amir's: the bus keeps a timetable for everyone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
3. The other passengers': they should hold the door — no support
4. The driver's: he must wait for every shout — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 11, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 129, line 3: «Time is shared. Waiting your turn in a queue is fair because everyone's time counts the same, and pushing in steals other people's minutes. A bus keeps a timet…», 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 doer «bus» (+2); the same thing acted on «timetable» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · right ✓

Leo's dad, from Dublin, hears the food will be 20 minutes: "Grand, we'll have a drink so." ("Grand" means fine.) What's sensible about this?

1. He fills the waiting time with something nice — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He complains to everyone that 20 minutes is basically forever — no support
3. He shouts at the waiter to hurry up — no support
4. He leaves without eating — 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 · wrong ✗

Mia's mum: "Your teacher's time is precious too." Mia: "It's only 5 minutes, it's giving drama." ("It's giving drama" means you're making a fuss.) What's Mum's point?

1. Teachers always have plenty of extra time to spare — no support
2. Others lose time too; being on time shows respect — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Being 5 minutes late never matters to anybody at all — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Only teachers are ever allowed to turn up late to class — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 106, line 16: «A school marks the register at a set time; arriving at 9:05 for an 8:55 register is 10 minutes late.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

Ella's mum sits in the car from 9:50 for a "10 sharp" meeting. Why?

1. She's waiting for the car engine to cool down before she gets out of it — no support
2. She wants to walk in 10 minutes late — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Arriving a bit early means she's never late and feels calm — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. She thought the meeting was at 9:50 — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 109, line 1: «"Five more minutes!" Kai asks at 8:00 and finally stops at 8:25, when Dad pulls the plug: 25 minutes, five lots of five. People mean their promise, then lose t…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mum» (+3); the same property (+3). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · right ✓

Kofi's teacher: "Late once is an accident. Late every day is a choice." What would fix Kofi's lateness?

1. Asking the whole school to start half an hour later every day — no support
2. Better excuses every morning — no support
3. Better habits, like packing his bag the night before — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. Blaming the bus every day — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 129, line 5: «Being on time shows respect for other people's time, and lateness is mostly fixed by habits: pack your bag the night before, leave a bit earlier, and arrive a…», 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 «pack» (+2); the same thing acted on «bag» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · wrong ✗

What would happen if a bus waited 2 minutes for a late runner at each of 10 stops?

1. It would be just 2 minutes late in total — score 2
2. It would arrive early — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. It would be about 20 minutes late by the end — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It would still be exactly on time — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 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 the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+3); the same doer «bus» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which the early departure of a train is regarded in Japan as a failure.

1. Early departure contravenes the speed limits of the railway — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Passengers arriving punctually may thereby be deprived of their journey — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Early trains are invariably overcrowded — no support
4. Early departure increases the consumption of electricity — 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 ✗

Given that a pupil devotes twenty minutes daily to a project over a period of fourteen days, determine the aggregate time so expended.

1. Thirty-four minutes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. One hundred and forty minutes — no support
3. Two thousand eight hundred minutes — no support
4. Two hundred and eighty minutes — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

A task requiring three hours is commenced at eight o'clock in the evening. Ascertain the hour of its completion.

1. Nine o'clock in the evening — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Midnight — no support
3. Eleven o'clock in the evening — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Ten o'clock in the evening — 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 consistent with the established facts concerning the term "procrastination".

1. The division of a task among several different persons — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The completion of a task well before its deadline — no support
3. The measurement of time by means of a water clock — no support
4. The putting off of a task until a later 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

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