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The brother who never does anything wrong: double standards at home

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

Lesson 165 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 ✗

Big sister: "Oh, the invisible sheet. The famous invisible sheet. When I forgot mine it was a week of no telly." What two things is she pointing out?

  • 1. That Oliver can make things invisible — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. That homework sheets are often lost — no support
  • 3. Mum's made-up excuse, and a different rule for her — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. That she likes telly more than homework — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

Kid: "Oh, so it's different when it's you? That's crazy, Dad." Is this rude about Dad as a person?

  • 1. No, it calls out the rule he broke, not who he is — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Yes, it calls Dad crazy as a person, which is rude — no support
  • 3. No, because it agrees with Dad's rule about phones — no support
  • 4. Yes, because kids may never question their parents' rules — 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 ✗

Hannah: "I was four. He's four. Make it make sense." Gran: "She's not wrong, Sue." What is Gran agreeing with?

  • 1. Vases are worth more than cups — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Hannah was naughty when she was four — no support
  • 3. The same act at the same age should be judged the same way — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Ben should be punished more than Hannah ever was, because vases cost more — 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 ✓

Teen: "Nan, you've watched The Chase three times today. That's a screen, Nan." Nan: "That's educational." What trap is Nan in?

  • 1. A made-up exception for her own screen time — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Being far too strict with herself about watching any television — no support
  • 3. Thinking quiz shows are bad — no support
  • 4. Watching too little television — 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 5 · ★★ · right ✓

Liam's sister: "Yeah, the gum forced him. Gum is very bossy." What is she being sarcastic about?

  • 1. Dad blaming anything but Liam — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. The school phoning home too often — no support
  • 3. Chewing gum being really dangerous — no support
  • 4. Liam being too bossy at school — 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 ✗

Kid: "Mum, at this rate the weather has to sign a contract. Just say you don't wanna go." What would an honest Mum say?

  • 1. "Beaches are always bad luck." — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. "I'm tired today, let's go next week." — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. "We'll go when it's not windy, hot or cold." — no support
  • 4. "The weather isn't good enough yet." — 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 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Amy: "Bro, you've been late more than me, like, this WEEK. Sit down." What does "sit down" mean here?

  • 1. Please take a seat — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Let's sit and talk calmly — no support
  • 3. You're tired, have a rest — no support
  • 4. You're in no position to judge me — ✓ 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 ✗

What would happen if Dad swapped names in his rule: "Kids can't have sweets, but kids need energy"?

  • 1. He'd see the rule only works when it suits him — ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 2. The rule would become fairer for grown-ups — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 3. Nothing, because rules don't change with names — score 2
  • 4. He'd prove that sugar is good for kids — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 165, line 5: «The mockery aims at the unfairness, not the person: "Oh, the invisible sheet. The famous invisible sheet." A fair rule is one that would still sound fair if yo…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «fair rule» (+4); the same property (+2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Lola: "Same. Number. Seven equals seven, Mum, I checked." Which is the fair answer from Mum?

  • 1. "You should have got an eight for it to count, so try harder." — no support
  • 2. "You're right, you both did well. Let's talk about revising." — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. "Sevens are different for different people, that's just how it is." — no support
  • 4. "Lucy's seven is worth a bit more than yours, because she's older." — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 101, line 5: «Many clocks also have a thin, fast second hand that goes round once a minute, and old or fancy clocks may write their numbers as Roman numerals, where I is 1,…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «old clocks» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓

Jamal: "Grandpa, every kid you meet is 'an exception'. Maybe your rule's the exception." What does this show?

  • 1. Grandpa only meets unusual children — no support
  • 2. Exceptions prove that rules are true, so Grandpa's rule is still right — no support
  • 3. If lots of cases break a rule, the rule is probably wrong — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 4. Jamal doesn't respect his grandpa — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 165, line 10: «Calling every example that breaks your rule "an exception" is a trap; grown-ups call it "no true Scotsman".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «break» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «rule» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

In a cartoon the king says, "Nobody may eat cake," and eats cake: "Kings don't count." Put it right.

  • 1. It's fair as long as he says it loudly — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. It's fine because the cake was his — no support
  • 3. Kings really are allowed any exception — no support
  • 4. It's special pleading; a fair rule applies to the one who makes it — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal defect in a judgement whereby an identical act, committed at an identical age, is excused in one child and censured in another.

  • 1. It constitutes a double standard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. It constitutes an appeal to tradition — no support
  • 3. It constitutes a controlled experiment — no support
  • 4. It constitutes a fair and reasonable exception — 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 ✓

Ascertain which procedure most reliably reveals whether a rule is applied impartially.

  • 1. Substitution of the names of the persons concerned — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Repetition of the rule on a daily basis — no support
  • 3. Enquiry into the age of the rule — no support
  • 4. Measurement of the volume at which the rule is stated — 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 ✓

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the frequency of lateness of the two siblings in the present month.

  • 1. The sister was late once and the brother four times — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. The sister was late on every occasion — no support
  • 3. The brother was never late — no support
  • 4. Both were late an equal number of times — 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 ✗

Which of the following most accurately characterises the practice of designating every contrary example as "an exception"?

  • 1. It is a fair method of counting — score 4
  • 2. It increases the accuracy of the rule with every new example — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 3. It shields a rule from evidence that it is false — ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 4. It confirms the rule beyond doubt — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 130, line 3: «Doing the hard job first, "eating the frog", leaves the fun part free of worry. Grown-ups say "time is money" because many are paid by the hour: at £12 an hour…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «practice» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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