--- title: Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 219 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 11 of 19 tests right, exam 1 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/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/) / 219 # Fire, fireworks, garden dangers and the bathroom **Tests:** 11 of 19 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 16 of 23 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 219 of the everyday 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/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/). 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/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} A boy in Auckland sees matches in the living room and his little brother reaching for them. What is best? - **1.** Hide them under the sofa — no support - **2.** Take them out of reach and give them to a grown-up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **3.** Show his brother how to strike one — no support - **4.** Let his brother play with them — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 219, line 8: «If you find matches or a lighter, you do not touch them and you give them to a grown-up.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same receiver «matches» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Why do firefighters prefer you to tell them about a pet rather than go back in? - **1.** They do not like people inside — no support - **2.** Pets always escape by themselves — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **3.** They have gear to go in, and going back in kills people — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Going back in is only dangerous at night — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 116, line 12: «An open front door lets pets escape and strangers walk in.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «escape» (+5); the same doer «pets» (+2). 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/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} On Bonfire Night in London, a girl wants to hold a lit sparkler. What makes it safer? - **1.** Gloves, arm's length, then into a bucket of water — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Dropping it on the lawn when it ends — **← Mova's choice** · score 10 - **3.** Waving it near her friends — no support - **4.** Holding it close to her face so she can see the sparks well — score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 219, line 12: «Sparklers are held with gloves at arm's length and put into a bucket of water when they finish.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «finish» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «sparklers» (+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/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} Why should children stay away from a lawnmower in use? - **1.** It can throw stones and cut toes — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **2.** It makes the grass slippery to walk on — no support - **3.** It only cuts grass, so it is safe — score 6 - **4.** It is too loud for children's ears only — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 219, line 4: «Lawnmowers throw stones and can cut off toes, and small children can drown in very shallow water, like a pond or a paddling pool.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «throw» (+5); the same doer «lawnmowers» (+2); the same thing acted on «stones» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} A garden in Florida has a fish pond. What is the safe rule for a toddler? - **1.** Fine if he can see the fish — no support - **2.** Never near the pond without a grown-up watching — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Only near it in the daytime — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **4.** Fine if the pond is shallow — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 57, line 17: «It is never the child's fault if someone breaks a body safety rule.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rule» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-4). The right option, 2, 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/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Which visitor at the door could be a scam? - **1.** A postman with your parcel — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Your grandma bringing round a cake she baked for you — no support - **3.** A neighbour returning your ball — no support - **4.** A stranger selling things you did not ask for — **✓ 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/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Why is a fridge door left open a waste? - **1.** It makes the freezer bigger — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The light bulb inside gets tired and burns out — no support - **3.** The fridge warms up and must work harder — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Food gets heavier when warm — 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/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} Why should the toilet lid be closed in a house with a toddler? - **1.** The water will turn cold — no support - **2.** A toddler could fall in — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** Toilets break if left open — no support - **4.** It stops the toilet from running — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 118, line 14: «Putting the toilet seat down and closing the lid is polite, and stops toddlers falling in.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «toddlers» (+3); the same action «fall in» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} What can happen if a steamy bathroom is never aired? - **1.** Mould can grow from the damp — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The water gets colder — no support - **3.** The towels shrink — no support - **4.** The mirror will crack from the heat — 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/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} sparkler's done, where do i put it - **1.** On the grass — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Back in the box — no support - **3.** In a bucket of water — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Give it to a little child — 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/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} mower's off, can we play near it - **1.** Yes, it's switched off so it can't do anything — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yes, sit on it — no support - **3.** Yes, play with the blade — no support - **4.** No, stay away from it even when off — **✓ 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/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12} paddling pool's still full, we're done for the day - **1.** Put a toy in it — no support - **2.** Leave it for tomorrow — no support - **3.** Cover it with a towel — no support - **4.** Empty it, small children can drown in shallow water — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 219, line 14: «Young children can drown in shallow water, so nobody plays near a pond or pool alone and paddling pools are emptied after use.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «drown» (+5); the same doer «young children» (+3); the same place «shallow water» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} dunno what i want, gonna stand with the fridge open and look - **1.** Keep it open as long as you like, fridges don't care — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** Decide first, so the fridge doesn't warm up — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **3.** Open the freezer too — no support - **4.** Stand inside it — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 108, line 18: «In a power cut, use a torch (flashlight) rather than candles, and keep the fridge closed so the food stays cold for hours.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «fridge» (+3); the same action «keep» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★ · right ✓ {#t14} rocket didnt go off, gonna go check it - **1.** No, never go back to a firework that didn't go off — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Only after 10 seconds — no support - **3.** Yes, kick it over — no support - **4.** Yes, relight it quickly — 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/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/t14/) ### Test 15 · ★ · right ✓ {#t15} Why must a candle never be left burning when you leave the room? - **1.** Candles go out by themselves — score 5 - **2.** Smoke alarms put candles out — no support - **3.** It can set things on fire while nobody is watching — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** It wastes the candle — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 105, line 15: «Never put water on hot oil: it explodes into a fireball of burning fat; turn off the heat and call a grown-up.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «put» (+5); the same thing acted on «water» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/t15/) ### Test 16 · ★ · right ✓ {#t16} smoke alarm going off, dunno why - **1.** Grab your toys first — no support - **2.** Hide under the bed — no support - **3.** Get out fast, stay out and call the emergency number — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **4.** Look for where the fire is — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 117, line 21: «If a carbon monoxide alarm goes off, or everyone gets headaches and feels dizzy, get everyone out into fresh air and call the emergency number.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «get out» (+5); the same property (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/t16/) ### Test 17 · ★ · right ✓ {#t17} did u hear a boy went back in for his Xbox when his house was on fire and he got trapped? real lesson? - **1.** Grab only small, valuable things on the way out, then go — no support - **2.** Go back if the fire is in a different room — score 1 - **3.** Wait inside until the firefighters come — no support - **4.** Get out and never go back into a burning building — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 219, line 10: «You never go back into a burning building.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «go back» (+2); the same place «burning building» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/t17/) ### Test 18 · ★ · right ✓ {#t18} apparently a kid picked up a used firework and it went off and blew his hand clean off, my mate saw it. what's likely exaggerated vs true? - **1.** Details may be stretched, but never pick up a used firework — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** It's all true and only rockets do that — no support - **3.** It's all made up; fireworks are safe — no support - **4.** Used fireworks are safe after a minute — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 115, line 14: «Fireworks are watched from a safe distance, a used firework is never picked up, and sparklers are held with gloves and put in water after.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «fireworks» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/t18/) ### Test 19 · ★ · right ✓ {#t19} my nan's neighbour's smoke alarm went off at 3am and they all got out in pyjamas, the whole kitchen burnt. what's the real lesson? - **1.** Smoke alarms are only annoying when someone is cooking — no support - **2.** Smoke alarms give a family the minutes to get out — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** Fires only happen in the kitchen — no support - **4.** Take the battery out so it doesn't beep — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 117, line 21: «If a carbon monoxide alarm goes off, or everyone gets headaches and feels dizzy, get everyone out into fresh air and call the emergency number.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «get out» (+5); the same property (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/t19/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Identify the proper course of action upon finding matches or a lighter. - **1.** They are hidden in a drawer — no support - **2.** They are thrown in the bin at once — no support - **3.** They are tested with care to see whether they work — no support - **4.** They are not touched but given to an adult — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 219, line 8: «If you find matches or a lighter, you do not touch them and you give them to a grown-up.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «matches» (+3); the same action «touch» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises conduct during a fire in the home? - **1.** One hides in a cupboard to await rescue — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** All belongings are left and one leaves at once, never returning — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** One returns for pets oneself — no support - **4.** Valuables are collected before departure — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 17: «You should never hide under a bed or in a cupboard during a fire, because firefighters may not find you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+3); the same place «bed» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, 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/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Select the response consistent with established practice concerning sparklers. - **1.** They are placed in a pocket when finished — no support - **2.** They are held close to the face to be seen — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **3.** They are held with gloves at arm's length and placed in water when finished — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** They are lit in the hands of small children — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 61, line 16: «Most dogs feel trapped when hugged, so you stroke a dog's chest or side and keep your face away from its face.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2). 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/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Ascertain the principal function of smoke alarms in the home. - **1.** They prevent fires from starting — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** They provide the minutes needed for escape — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** They extinguish fires automatically — no support - **4.** They summon the fire brigade by themselves — 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/everyday/219-fire-fireworks-tools-and-the-bathroom/e4/) - ← previous: [218. 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