--- title: Commands — how Mova does at school description: The commands course of Mova's primary school as its small model took the tests: 140 of 352 right (39.8%), 30 lessons, each test with the student's choice, the right answer and why. --- Elamur: **Mova** · [Parse](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/parse/) · [Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Translate](https://md.translate.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [MCP](https://mcp.elamur.ai/) · [Groupants](https://md.groupants.elamur.ai/free/en/) [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / Commands # Commands The command school: what people want done when they speak. Please and could you, questions that are really requests, who is told and who is only mentioned, orders passed on, don't and unless, first and then, right now or when you get a minute, several jobs in one breath, vague orders, saying no to unsafe ones, reporting back, and orders to dogs, robots and voice assistants. **Tests:** 140 of 352 right (39.8%) · **Read:** 203 of 352 (57.7%), 49.8% of them right · plain 27.3% · ★ 36.6% · ★★ 40.1% · ★★★ 66.7% · exam 30.8% · **Controls:** all red · **Run:** 2026-11-05, commit `610eccd1d` **The controls**, each to be below the real 140 of 352: no lesson 89 of 352 — red; questions shuffled 108 of 352 — red; key sentences removed 121 of 352 — *amber* (below, within twice the standard error); questions from another lesson 106 of 352 — red. **The guessers:** the longest option 81 of 352; the first option shown 89 of 352. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/1-imperatives-and-polite-requests/) — Imperatives and polite requests — 3 of 11 right · exam 1 of 4 - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/2-questions-that-are-really-requests/) — Questions that are really requests — 5 of 12 right · exam 4 of 4 · ★ - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/3-status-vs-action/) — Status vs action — 1 of 11 right · exam 0 of 4 · ★ - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/4-who-is-addressed/) — Who is addressed and who is only mentioned — 3 of 12 right · exam 0 of 4 · ★ - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/5-reported-commands-vs-given-ones/) — Reported commands vs given ones — 7 of 12 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★ - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/6-negation/) — Negation — 2 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★★ - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/7-conditions/) — Conditions — 3 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★ - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/8-order-and-sequence/) — Order and sequence — 5 of 11 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★★ - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/9-priority-and-urgency/) — Priority and urgency — 4 of 11 right · exam 0 of 4 · ★★ - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/10-several-commands-in-one-breath/) — Several commands in one breath — 5 of 11 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★★ - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/11-interrupting-in-real-life/) — Interrupting in real life: when it is right, when it is rude, being interrupted — 5 of 11 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★★ - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/12-softeners/) — Softeners: pop, you might want to, let's, why don't you — 5 of 11 right · exam 0 of 4 · ★ - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/13-hints-sighs-and-real-questions/) — Hints, sighs and real questions — 6 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★ - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/14-stopping-safely-and-the-half-done-job/) — Stopping safely, the half-done job and what outranks what — 2 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★★ - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/15-status-and-blame-questions/) — Status and blame questions; some people, boys, whoever — 1 of 11 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★★ - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/16-pets-one-word-tone-and-honest-limits/) — Pets: one word, tone and honest limits — 6 of 12 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★★ - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/17-passed-on-orders-notes-stories-and-shared-names/) — Passed-on orders, notes, stories and shared names — 4 of 12 right · exam 0 of 4 · ★★ - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/18-vague-commands-and-when-to-ask-one-question/) — Vague commands and when to ask one question — 4 of 12 right · exam 3 of 4 · ★★ - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/19-robots-exact-steps-pausing-and-checking/) — Robots: exact steps, pausing and checking — 6 of 12 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★★ - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/20-reporting-back/) — Reporting back: done, half done, could not, went wrong — 5 of 12 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★★ - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/21-school-commands-lining-up-signals-fire-alarm/) — School commands: lining up, signals, the fire alarm — 5 of 12 right · exam 0 of 4 · ★★ - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/22-game-characters-team-chat-and-game-rules/) — Game characters, team chat and game rules — 6 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★★ - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/23-clubs-coaches-and-playground-games/) — Clubs, coaches and playground games — 6 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★★ - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/24-voice-assistants-sat-navs-and-machine-messages/) — Voice assistants, sat-navs and machine messages — 6 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★★ - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/25-refusing-unsafe-commands-and-dares/) — Refusing unsafe commands and dares — 4 of 12 right · exam 0 of 4 · ★★ - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/26-impossible-or-wrong-commands-saying-no/) — Impossible or wrong commands: saying no politely and firmly — 7 of 12 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★★ - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/27-tone-and-sarcasm/) — Tone and sarcasm — 4 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★★ - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/28-idioms-that-look-like-commands/) — Idioms that look like commands — 6 of 12 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★★ - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/29-review-vague-and-several-at-once/) — Review: vague commands and several at once — 6 of 12 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★★ - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/commands/30-review-the-whole-course/) — Review: the whole course — 8 of 12 right · exam 0 of 4 · ★★★ - ← previous: [Chinese street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chinese-street/) - next →: [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/) - ↑ back to [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/)