--- title: Gymnastics, trampolines, winter fun and fishing — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 250 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 10 of 19 tests right, exam 3 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/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/) [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/) / 250 # Gymnastics, trampolines, winter fun and fishing **Tests:** 10 of 19 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 20 of 23 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 250 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/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/). 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/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} A girl in Utah does handstands in the living room next to the glass coffee table. What should she do instead? - **1.** Practise closer to the table so she can lean on it — score -1 - **2.** Hold on to the edge of the glass table for balance — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** Practise on grass or a mat away from furniture — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** Practise only at night — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 32, line 7: «A girl in Florida used a hair dryer next to a full bath; it fell in, and only the safety switch in the house tripping in time stopped her getting a deadly shoc…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «stop» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Four cousins bounce on one trampoline at the same time. What is the main danger? - **1.** Nothing, because the safety net stops everything — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The trampoline gets far too bouncy with four on it — no support - **3.** They can crash into each other — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** They will get tired quicker — 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/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} Why is a barbed fish hook not pulled out of a finger? - **1.** The fish might want it back — no support - **2.** It goes in deeper by itself — no support - **3.** It is easier to leave it forever — no support - **4.** The barb tears the skin — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 250, line 18: «A fish hook stuck in a finger is not pulled out; an adult or doctor removes it, because the barb (the little backward hook on its point) tears skin.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «barb» (+4); the same thing acted on «skin» (+4); the same action «tear» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} A boy in Minnesota sees a sign on a lake saying "Ice unsafe". His friend says it looks solid. What is right? - **1.** Skate quickly so it does not break — no support - **2.** Believe the sign and stay off — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Walk on it carefully — no support - **4.** Test it near the middle — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 198, line 7: «There is no single body sign that proves someone is lying.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «single body sign» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). 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/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} Why is head-first sledding more dangerous than feet first? - **1.** You cannot steer with your feet — no support - **2.** It is slower — no support - **3.** Your feet get cold — no support - **4.** Your head hits obstacles first — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 250, line 15: «Sledding is done feet first, sitting up, on a hill away from roads, trees and ponds; head first, your head hits any obstacle first.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «obstacle» (+2); the same doer «head» (+1); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} A boy in Scotland catches a fish and holds it in his dry hands for a long photo. What harm can that do? - **1.** It makes the fish grow faster — no support - **2.** No harm at all, as long as it goes back in the end — score 4 - **3.** It damages the fish's slime coat — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** It warms the fish up nicely after the cold river — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 250, line 20: «To release a fish, you wet your hands and put it back gently, because dry hands damage its slime coat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «damage» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «slime coat» (+1); 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/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Why is a sledding hill that ends at a road a bad choice? - **1.** Sleds cannot cross roads — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** The road makes the sled slower — score 0 - **3.** You may slide into traffic — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The snow there is too soft — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 235, line 5: «Example: a boy in Houston, Texas, sees a road covered in brown water on the way home. The water looks only ankle deep, but his dad turns the car around, becaus…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cover» (+3); the same thing acted on «road» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-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/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} Your gym club has mats, a coach and a warm-up. Why is it safer than trying moves alone? - **1.** Coaches catch you every time, so you can never fall — no support - **2.** You learn the right technique with protection — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Mats make you jump higher — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **4.** You can do any move you like there — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 250, line 10: «Flips and backflips are not tried without a trained coach, because landing on the head can cause a serious neck injury.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cause» (+6); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (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/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Snow at the side of a busy road is grey. Why not eat it? - **1.** It is made of different water — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** It is dirty — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** It is too cold to swallow — no support - **4.** It tastes like rain — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 217, line 8: «Never leave a knife in soapy water or reach into water where a knife may be hidden.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «reach» (+3); the same circumstance (+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/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} me n 3 mates on the trampoline at once, more fun!! - **1.** Yes, if you hold hands — no support - **2.** Yes, more people means safer bounces — no support - **3.** Only if the net is off — no support - **4.** No, one person jumps at a time — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 250, line 2: «On a backyard trampoline, most injuries happen when several children jump together, so one person jumps at a time with the net and padding in place, and never…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «jump» (+5); the same property (+4); the same doer «one person» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} pond's frozen, looks thick, can i skate - **1.** Yes, if it looks white — no support - **2.** Only if adults have checked the ice — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **3.** Yes, if you go slowly — no support - **4.** Only near the middle — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 250, line 14: «You skate only on ice checked by adults or on a marked rink; the ice must be at least 10 cm thick.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «check» (+5); the same thing acted on «ice» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} gonna try a backflip on the grass, saw it on youtube - **1.** No, only with a trained coach — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Only on the trampoline alone — no support - **3.** Yes, if you try it twice slowly — **← Mova's choice** · score -3 - **4.** Yes, grass is soft enough — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 250, line 10: «Flips and backflips are not tried without a trained coach, because landing on the head can cause a serious neck injury.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «flips» (+2); the same action «try» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). 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/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13} hook's stuck in my finger, gonna yank it out - **1.** Pull it fast n hard — score 1 - **2.** Cut the line and leave it — no support - **3.** Twist it round and pull, that gets it out — no support - **4.** Don't pull it, let an adult or doctor remove it — **← 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 6: «A boy in Ohio lit a firework and went back to it when it did not go off; it exploded in his hand and he lost two fingers.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+2); the same thing acted on «two fingers» (+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/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14} 3 of us on the tramp at once, more fun - **1.** Fine if the net is up — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Fine if you hold hands — no support - **3.** One at a time, the smallest one gets hurt — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Only big kids together — 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/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/t14/) ### Test 15 · ★ · right ✓ {#t15} ice on the lake looks thick, can i go fish alone - **1.** Yes, if it's white — no support - **2.** Only near the middle, where it's thickest — score 4 - **3.** No, only with an adult who has checked the ice — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **4.** Yes, if you stay quick n light on ur feet — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 250, line 14: «You skate only on ice checked by adults or on a marked rink; the ice must be at least 10 cm thick.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «check» (+5); the same thing acted on «ice» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/t15/) ### Test 16 · ★ · right ✓ {#t16} Why are flips on a trampoline so risky? - **1.** Landing on your head or neck can cause bad injuries — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 14 - **2.** They are only risky outside — no support - **3.** They are too slow — no support - **4.** They wear out the springs much faster than jumping — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 14, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 250, line 10: «Flips and backflips are not tried without a trained coach, because landing on the head can cause a serious neck injury.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cause» (+6); the same thing acted on «serious neck injury» (+5); the same doer «landing» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/t16/) ### Test 17 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t17} did u hear 4 kids were on the trampoline at once and the littlest one broke her leg? real lesson? - **1.** Only jump with your friends, not siblings — no support - **2.** One person jumps at a time — **✓ the right answer** · score -1 - **3.** Little ones should jump in the middle — no support - **4.** More kids makes it bouncier and safer — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 4, line 6: «A boy in New Zealand climbed onto a thin branch high in a tree to reach a ball; the branch snapped and he fell, breaking his leg in two places.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «reach» (+5); the same doer «boy» (+3). 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/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/t17/) ### Test 18 · ★ · right ✓ {#t18} apparently a kid got a fish hook in his finger and his dad yanked it out and it tore half his finger. what's the true lesson? - **1.** Push it further in to fix it — score -1 - **2.** Pull it out fast yourself so it's quicker — score -1 - **3.** Leave it in for a week n let it fall out by itself — no support - **4.** Don't pull a hook out; an adult or doctor removes it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 12, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 250, line 18: «A fish hook stuck in a finger is not pulled out; an adult or doctor removes it, because the barb (the little backward hook on its point) tears skin.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «remove» (+5); the same thing acted on «hook» (+4); the same doer «adult» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/t18/) ### Test 19 · ★ · right ✓ {#t19} my mate says he did a backflip on the grass with no coach and he's fine, so they're easy. right? - **1.** Yes, if you're brave — no support - **2.** Yes, if your mate spots you — no support - **3.** No, flips need a trained coach; landing on the head is serious — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** Yes, grass makes flips safe — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 250, line 10: «Flips and backflips are not tried without a trained coach, because landing on the head can cause a serious neck injury.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «land» (+5); the same place «head» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/t19/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Identify the minimum thickness of ice upon which one may skate. - **1.** No minimum is required — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** At least two centimetres — no support - **3.** At least one centimetre — no support - **4.** At least ten centimetres — **✓ 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/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises most trampoline injuries? - **1.** They occur when several persons jump together — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **2.** They occur only on wet days, when the mat is slippery — score 9 - **3.** They occur only to adults — score 9 - **4.** They occur only when a person jumps alone — score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 248, line 21: «A concussion (a brain injury from a knock to the head) can happen without being knocked out, and playing on after a head injury can make it much more serious.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «happen» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «concussion» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Select the response consistent with established practice in sledding. - **1.** Sledding after dark on any hill — no support - **2.** Sledding down towards a frozen pond — no support - **3.** Sitting up, feet first, on a hill away from roads, trees and ponds — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1 - **4.** Lying head first towards a road — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 45, line 12: «You enter water you do not know feet first.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «feet» (+1). Against it: the same property (-1); 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/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Ascertain the reason for which the hands are wetted before a fish is released. - **1.** Wet hands grip the fish more tightly — no support - **2.** It cleans the hands of bait — no support - **3.** Fish prefer to be handled cold — no support - **4.** Dry hands damage the fish's slime coat — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 250, line 20: «To release a fish, you wet your hands and put it back gently, because dry hands damage its slime coat.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «damage» (+5); the same thing acted on «slime coat» (+4); the same doer «dry hands» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/250-gymnastics-winter-sports-and-fishing/e4/) - ← previous: [249. Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/) - next →: [251. Younger children, losing and practising](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)