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title: Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret — how Mova does on the tests · Adult life
description: Lesson 50 of the adult life course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 11 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret

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**Tests:** 6 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★★ · **Understood:** 9 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 50 of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/).

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### Test 1 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Your mate: "I don't wanna hear it, it's mean." Is she being boring?

- **1.** Yes, she should listen to it all first and then decide — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** No, she just already knows the story — no support
- **3.** No, refusing to listen to cruel gossip stops it — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yes, she'll miss all the good stories — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Big sister, telling a story: "and then he fell in the pond, well, a puddle, ok I'm making it funnier." What does she know?

- **1.** Funnier stories are always truer stories — **← Mova's choice** · score 10
- **2.** Changing a story to make it funnier makes it untrue — **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **3.** You should never tell funny stories at all, to anybody — score 7
- **4.** A puddle and a pond are the same thing — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 50, line 10: «Ghost stories at a sleepover are fun because everyone knows they are stories, and nobody gets hurt.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «pupils» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «stories» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 9. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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The teacher: "Not everything needs to be shared, some things are just for you." When is keeping it to yourself kindest?

- **1.** Only when nobody else will listen — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Only when it's boring news anyway — no support
- **3.** Never, sharing is always caring — no support
- **4.** When the news is private for a good reason — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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A boy shrugs: "But everyone else is talking about it." A classmate's private news is going round. Does that make it okay?

- **1.** Yes, once everyone knows it's public — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Yes, if you only add one small detail — no support
- **3.** No, unless the teacher is talking too — no support
- **4.** No, it is still private and still hurts — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 50, line 10: «Ghost stories at a sleepover are fun because everyone knows they are stories, and nobody gets hurt.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «know» (+2); the same doer «everyone» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Mum, when you come home upset: "If you hear something about yourself, come and tell me." Why does she say this?

- **1.** Because the rumour must be true then — no support
- **2.** So she can go and shout at the kids — score 3
- **3.** So she can spread it to other mums — score 3
- **4.** You don't have to deal with it alone — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 50, line 4: «Gossip that hurts is different from telling a trusted grown-up something worrying; if someone may be in danger, telling is the right thing, not tattling. And i…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «deal» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Dad scrolls: "Look at the date — this story's from six years ago, they're sharing it like it's new." Why check dates?

- **1.** New stories are always completely true — score -2
- **2.** Dates on stories are just there for decoration and mean nothing — no support
- **3.** Old news shared as new can mislead and reopen wounds — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Old stories are always completely false — **← Mova's choice** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 47, line 6: «Corrections are usually much smaller than the false stories they correct, so be slow to believe a shocking first story.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «stories» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Your cousin: "Telling Miss that big lads keep threatening Kai at the bus stop is snitching, don't." Put him right.

- **1.** Telling a trusted adult when someone may be in danger is right — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **2.** Post it online so someone helps him — no support
- **3.** He's right, you should keep every secret a friend tells you, whatever it is — no support
- **4.** Tell Kai's mates instead of a teacher — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 50, line 11: «Telling a trusted adult that someone may be in danger is not gossip; it helps.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «someone» (+4); the same place «danger» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Big brother: "wait till u see this, it'll make u SO mad, share it share it." What should you do first?

- **1.** Slow down and check before sharing — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11
- **2.** Add your own angry words and share — score 6
- **3.** Share it at once while you are mad — score 6
- **4.** Send it to the person it's about — score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 11, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 50, line 15: «Some stories are written to make you angry so that you share them fast; anger is a sign to slow down.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «slow down» (+5). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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News on telly: "The footballer allegedly kicked a fan." Your little brother: "So he did it!" Put him right.

- **1.** Allegedly means it's claimed, not proved — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** Allegedly means the police saw it — score 3
- **3.** Allegedly means he said sorry already — score 3
- **4.** Allegedly means it happened twice — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 32, line 7: «Fake news means made-up stories or edited pictures spread on purpose to fool people; some people also use the phrase for news they simply dislike.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2); the same doer «fake news» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Nan, firmly: "You can enjoy a royal wedding on the telly without being cruel about anybody." Which matches her rule?

- **1.** Be as cruel as you like, because they can never hear you — no support
- **2.** Enjoy the story, remember there's a person in it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **3.** Never watch anything about famous people — no support
- **4.** Only watch if you agree with everybody — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 49, line 13: «Enjoying a silly, obviously made-up story is fine, as long as everyone knows it is silly; friendly chat that keeps sad things private is fine too.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «enjoy» (+5); the same thing acted on «silly made story» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Your friend reads a parody account: "the PM says school is cancelled forever!!" What gives it away?

- **1.** School can only be cancelled in summer — no support
- **2.** The Prime Minister always posts at night — no support
- **3.** The account's name shows it's a joke — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** The post has lots of exclamation marks — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 50, line 2: «Good habits help: check a proper news site, look at the date and the account's name, slow down when a story makes you angry fast, and change nothing to make it…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «name» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Identify the circumstance in which the communication of information concerning another person to a trusted adult does not constitute gossip.

- **1.** Where the information concerns possessions — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Where the adult has requested entertainment — no support
- **3.** Where the information is especially amusing — no support
- **4.** Where that person may be in danger — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Determine the meaning of the word "allegedly" as employed in the reporting of news.

- **1.** That the claim has been withdrawn by its author — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** That a claim has been made but has not been proved — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** That the event in question occurred long ago — no support
- **4.** That a court has established the claim as true beyond doubt — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning reports which provoke immediate anger in the reader.

- **1.** They may be designed to provoke sharing, and warrant caution — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** They are published exclusively by official sources — no support
- **3.** They ought to be shared prior to being read in full — no support
- **4.** They are invariably more accurate than calm reports — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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Whereas a pupil has disseminated an untrue and hurtful statement concerning a classmate, ascertain the remedy which this lesson commends.

- **1.** An apology, together with a correction to those informed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Silence, in the expectation that it will be forgotten — no support
- **3.** The attribution of responsibility to the original source — no support
- **4.** The circulation of a further statement to distract — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/e4/)

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