--- title: Teachers, visitors and the playground — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 257 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 9 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/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/) [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/) / 257 # Teachers, visitors and the playground **Tests:** 9 of 19 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 15 of 23 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 257 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/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/). 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/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} A woman at the school gate in Manchester says, "Your mum sent me to collect you", but she has no badge and you do not know her. What do you do? - **1.** Go with her, since she knows about your mum — score 3 - **2.** Wait alone at the gate with her — no support - **3.** Do not go with her and tell a teacher at once — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11 - **4.** Ask her to buy you a snack first — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 11, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 58, line 4: «Many families choose a secret family password: if someone says «Your mum sent me to pick you up» and does not know the password, you do not go, you tell a trus…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «trusted adult» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «tell» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} Why do schools make children stop playing as soon as the bell rings? - **1.** So lessons can start on time — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11 - **2.** So the teachers can play instead — no support - **3.** Because the playground closes — no support - **4.** Because running after a bell is dangerous — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 11, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 257, line 13: «When the bell rings at the end of break, you stop playing straight away and line up, so lessons start on time.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «lessons» (+4); the same property (+4); the same action «start» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} In Melbourne, Josh and Kai keep arguing about who goes first in a game. What is a quick fair way to decide? - **1.** Whoever shouts the loudest and first — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The bigger boy goes first — no support - **3.** The one who owns the ball always — no support - **4.** Rock, paper, scissors — **✓ 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/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} A bee lands on a girl's sleeve in the Texas sunshine. What is the wisest thing for her to do? - **1.** Squash it with a book — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** Stay calm and let it fly away or move slowly — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** Slap it quickly before it has time to sting her — score 5 - **4.** Shake her arm wildly — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 254, line 24: «Sharp things thrown in class, even in fun, can hurt an eye for life.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «sharp things» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} Why should you hold on with one hand per rung on monkey bars? - **1.** It makes you climb faster than others — no support - **2.** A fall from height can break bones — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11 - **3.** It keeps your hands warm — score 4 - **4.** Teachers want you to look tidy — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 11, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 257, line 4: «Climbing frames are safe when you hold on with one hand per rung (each bar you hold), take turns and never push, because falls from height break bones.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «falls» (+4); the same thing acted on «bones» (+4); the same action «break» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} Your teacher tells you off for something you did. Which reply is best? - **1.** "I'm sorry, I won't do it again" — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** "You never tell anyone else off!" — no support - **3.** "Whatever" — no support - **4.** Silence and a slammed door — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 57, line 20: «An adult who asks a child to keep a secret about touching is doing something wrong, and it is never the child's fault.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «adult» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} Why might your teacher and parents meet at a conference? - **1.** To plan the school holidays — no support - **2.** To swap recipes — no support - **3.** To decide on your birthday present — no support - **4.** To work together to help you learn — **← 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 201, line 16: «Fair credit in group work matters, and a teacher can help sort it out.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «help» (+3); the same doer «teacher» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} A game of chase in Calgary gets so rough that children are crying. What is the right step if asking nicely does not work? - **1.** Move the game behind the shed where no teacher can see — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** Tell the duty teacher what is happening — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** Laugh at those who cry — no support - **4.** Join in and push harder — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 251, line 11: «Small game pieces can choke a baby, so you move your game to a high table.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «move» (+3); the same thing acted on «game» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} A boy in Ireland has lost his play time for throwing snow at faces. What is the most useful thing to think about? - **1.** What to do differently next time — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** How unfair the teacher is to give such a punishment — no support - **3.** Which friend to blame — no support - **4.** How to throw without being seen — 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/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} some man in the playground, no badge, waving me over - **1.** Go and see what he wants, he might be lost — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Wave back and keep playing — no support - **3.** Don't go, tell a teacher straight away — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Ask him for his name — 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/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} bell rang but i'm nearly winning! - **1.** Ask the teacher for five more minutes — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Finish the game first, it's nearly over — no support - **3.** Stop playing and line up straight away — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Ignore the bell — 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/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12} kid grabbed our ball, i'm gonna grab it back - **1.** Grab it back hard before he runs — no support - **2.** Kick his ball away — no support - **3.** Ask politely, then tell a teacher — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** Start a fight — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 257, line 18: «If someone takes your ball, you ask for it back politely, then tell a teacher; grabbing it back starts fights.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «ask» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} we keep arguing about the rules of the game - **1.** The biggest kid decides — no support - **2.** Change the rules each turn — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** Stop playing forever — no support - **4.** Agree the rules before you start — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 200, line 9: «Agree on the rules before the game starts and stick to them; changing rules to win is cheating.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «change» (+3); the same thing acted on «rules» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14} man at the gate says mum sent him for me, never seen him - **1.** Don't go; go straight to your teacher — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Ask him a question to check — no support - **3.** Go, he knows your mum's name so he's fine — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **4.** Go if he has sweets — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 238, line 5: «Example: a boy in Sydney finds a syringe in the park. He does not touch it, puts his bag next to it to mark the spot and runs to tell his mum, who calls the co…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+3); the same doer «mum» (+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/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/t14/) ### Test 15 · ★ · right ✓ {#t15} dared to jump off the top of the climbing frame - **1.** Say no and climb down — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Jump, it's not that high — no support - **3.** Jump onto the bark chips, they're soft — no support - **4.** Jump holding a friend's hand — 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/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/t15/) ### Test 16 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t16} Why do school visitors sign in at the office? - **1.** So they can get a free school lunch in the hall — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** To borrow books — no support - **3.** So the school knows who is there and keeps children safe — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It is just an old tradition — 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/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/t16/) ### Test 17 · ★ · right ✓ {#t17} did u hear a man with no badge was walking round the school field and a kid went to show him the way out? real lesson? - **1.** Ask his name and let him go — score 4 - **2.** Ignore it, strangers are always fine — no support - **3.** Tell a teacher straight away; don't go with them — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** Help him find the way, he might be a parent — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 257, line 3: «In the playground, games need clear rules agreed before they start, and when a game gets too rough you stop it and tell the duty teacher (the teacher watching…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same receiver «duty teacher» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/t17/) ### Test 18 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t18} apparently a kid swatted a wasp at lunch and got stung like 20 times. what's the true lesson? - **1.** Stay calm and move away slowly, don't swat — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Wave your arms to scare it away — no support - **3.** Throw your lunch at it — no support - **4.** Swat hard so it dies before it stings — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 33, line 7: «A little boy in Liverpool bit into a laundry detergent pod that looked like a toy; it burst in his mouth and he had to be treated in hospital for burns and bre…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «little boy» (+2); the same action «bite» (+1). 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/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/t18/) ### Test 19 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t19} my mate said a girl got a detention for nothing and the teacher hates her. pass it on? - **1.** Yes, so everyone complains to the head about the teacher — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yes, the teacher is mean — no support - **3.** No, it's gossip; consequences are about choices — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yes, if she said so herself — 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/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/t19/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Identify the requirement placed upon visitors to a school. - **1.** They may enter by any door they choose — no support - **2.** They must bring a child with them — no support - **3.** They report to the playground first, before any office — score 5 - **4.** They sign in at the office and wear a badge — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 257, line 8: «School visitors must sign in at the office and wear a badge.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sign in» (+3); the same doer «school visitors» (+2); the same place «office» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Which of the following constitutes the appropriate conduct upon the bell at the end of break? - **1.** Play ceases at once and pupils line up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Pupils run straight to the classroom — no support - **3.** Pupils wait for a second bell — no support - **4.** Play continues until the game has been completed — 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/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Select the response consistent with established practice when another child takes one's ball. - **1.** One takes his ball in return until he gives it back — score 0 - **2.** One asks politely for it, then tells a teacher — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** One grabs it back at once — score 6 - **4.** One pushes him over — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 257, line 18: «If someone takes your ball, you ask for it back politely, then tell a teacher; grabbing it back starts fights.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «ask» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Ascertain the significance of a stranger saying «your mum sent me». - **1.** It is a usual message from parents — no support - **2.** It proves that the stranger is safe — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **3.** It is a warning sign; children go only to named persons — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It means the child must go at once, without question — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 58, line 1: «Most strangers are kind, but you cannot tell from someone's looks or friendly smile whether they are safe; a «tricky person» is anyone, stranger or not, who tr…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «strangers» (+2). Against it: 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/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/e4/) - ← previous: [256. Questions, group work and the adults at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/) - next →: [258. The lunchroom and school trips](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/258-lunchroom-and-school-trips/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)