--- title: Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★ — how Mova does on the tests · Euphemisms description: Lesson 42 of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 12 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/) / 42 # Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★ **Tests:** 2 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★★ · **Understood:** 6 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 42 of the euphemisms 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/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/). 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/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/). ### Test 1 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t1} "lowkey sus, the ad says cosy, compact, needs TLC, and it's £900 a month lol" What is the flat really like? - **1.** Cheap and perfect — no support - **2.** Small and in need of repairs — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** Big and brand new — no support - **4.** Warm and very large — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 23: «"Needs some TLC" ("tender loving care") means a place is in bad condition and needs repairs.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «need» (+3); the same thing acted on «repairs» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Teacher wrote "Mia is sociable", no wait, she crossed it out and wrote "Mia talks over others". What does the final report say? - **1.** Mia is top of the class in maths — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Mia makes friends easily in class — no support - **3.** Mia is quiet and shy in class — no support - **4.** Mia talks over others in class — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t3} Gran on the phone: "Just had a funny turn, love, nothing to worry about, don't tell your mum." What should you do? - **1.** Tell an adult straight away: a funny turn can be serious — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** Keep it secret, as Gran asked you to — no support - **3.** Laugh: it was just a joke — no support - **4.** Wait until next week — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 5: «Picture Gran saying "Uncle Bob's popped his clogs, Auntie May's no spring chicken": Bob has died, but May is only old, so she still counts among the living.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «say» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Dad, very calm: "Bit of a pickle, love. The car's in the river." How bad is it really? - **1.** Not bad at all, just a small problem — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Funny and harmless, like a prank — no support - **3.** Very bad, though he made it sound small — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** A jar of pickles fell in the river — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} "the queue at the servo was a mile long, took forever, I waited like 20 min" (a servo is a petrol station). How long did he wait? - **1.** As long as a mile — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** About 20 minutes — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** 20 hours — no support - **4.** Forever — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} News: "The minister misspoke, was relieved of his duties, and his party said lessons had been learned." What happened to the minister in the end? - **1.** He won an award — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** He was promoted — no support - **3.** He went on holiday — no support - **4.** He lost his job — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Shop sign: "Due to shrinkage, prices have been adjusted." What is the shop blaming for the price rise? - **1.** Customers getting thinner — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A cold winter — no support - **3.** Clothes shrinking in the wash — no support - **4.** Goods being stolen — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} "Mam's tamping (well cross): my report says I'm a work in progress and not working to my full potential." Why is Mam cross? - **1.** It says he has lost all his books — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** It says he must move school — score 4 - **3.** Not good yet, and lazy — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It says he is brilliant at everything — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 16, line 21: «"Not working to her full potential" is a polite way to say she is lazy.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4). 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/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} "Chur bro, the firm had headwinds, now it's rightsizing. Uncle reckons his job's safe as." Should Uncle be so sure? - **1.** Yes: rightsizing means hiring more people — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** No: rightsizing means cutting jobs — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** Yes: headwinds help a business grow — no support - **4.** No: it means the firm is moving — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 42, line 13: «"Efficiency savings" means budget cuts; "streamlining" and "rightsizing" mean cutting jobs.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3); the same doer «streamlining» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} Which sentence tells you that someone died? - **1.** "Dad slipped away to make a quick phone call." — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** "Dad slipped away early from the party." — score 3 - **3.** "After a long illness, Dad slipped away." — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** "Dad slipped on the ice and laughed." — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 42, line 18: «"A long illness" in a death notice usually means cancer or another slow disease, and "slipped away" means died quietly.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «slip away» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Odd one out in an advert: "pre-loved bike", "needs some TLC", "compact frame", "brand-new tyres". - **1.** "Brand-new tyres": plain and good — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** "Compact frame": an extra large frame — no support - **3.** "Needs some TLC": in perfect shape — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **4.** "Pre-loved bike": loved by a famous rider — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 23: «"Needs some TLC" ("tender loving care") means a place is in bad condition and needs repairs.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «need» (+2); the same thing acted on «tlc» (+2). The right option, 1, 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/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} Footy: "not our finest hour" after a 0–6 defeat, "a mixed bag" after a 2–2 draw, "a learning experience" after a 1–5 defeat. Which game was the worst loss? - **1.** All equally bad — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The 2–2 draw — no support - **3.** The 0–6 defeat — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The 1–5 defeat — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} An advertisement describes a dwelling as "compact" and requiring "some TLC". Determine the condition so described. - **1.** A small dwelling in poor repair — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** A spacious dwelling in poor repair — no support - **3.** A spacious dwelling in excellent repair — no support - **4.** A small dwelling recently renovated — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} A school report states that a pupil is "emerging" in reading. Identify the plain meaning of this statement. - **1.** The pupil is at exactly the expected level — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The pupil is well above the expected level — no support - **3.** The pupil is well below the expected level — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The pupil has not yet begun reading lessons — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} A report states: "Following headwinds in spring, efficiency savings were made in summer; in autumn the board said lessons had been learned." Identify what occurred in summer. - **1.** Sales rose markedly — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The board admitted failure — no support - **3.** Problems first hurt sales — no support - **4.** Spending was cut — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Identify the instance of British understatement among the following. - **1.** "Not ideal", said of a flooded kitchen — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** "A ton", said of a heavy shopping bag — no support - **3.** "Forever", said of a ten-minute wait — no support - **4.** "Starving", said an hour before lunch — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/e4/) - ← previous: [41. Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/) - ↑ back to [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/)