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title: Safe toys and fair board games — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday
description: Lesson 302 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 9 of 20 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Safe toys and fair board games

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**Tests:** 9 of 20 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 17 of 24 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 302 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/302-toys-and-board-games/).

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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/302-toys-and-board-games/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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A family in Florida has a new baby and a four-year-old with a box of tiny toy beads. Which plan is wisest?

- **1.** The baby can play with beads too, if they are big and brightly coloured — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** The baby plays with beads only when it is not hungry — score 3
- **3.** The four-year-old plays with beads only at a table the baby cannot reach — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** The beads stay on the floor so they are easy to find — no support

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**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 292, line 2: «When a new baby arrives, parents spend hours feeding, changing and soothing it. That is because babies need a lot of care, not because the parents love the old…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «new baby» (+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/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Which toy is safest to give a toddler?

- **1.** A balloon that is not blown up — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A big soft ball with no small parts — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** A bag of marbles in many colours — no support
- **4.** A small car with wheels that come off — no support

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**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/302-toys-and-board-games/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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A boy in Alaska ties a long cord to his baby brother's toy so he can pull it out of the cot. Why is this a bad idea?

- **1.** The baby might pull the toy far too hard and hurt his arm with it — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** The baby could get the cord around his neck and be strangled — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** The cord will make the toy dirty — score 4
- **4.** The toy will get lost under the cot — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 107, line 4: «For example, a boy in Vancouver making tea keeps the kettle cord tucked away, because a dangling cord could pull a full boiling kettle onto someone.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pull» (+6); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Which is true about a toy that has been recalled?

- **1.** It is only dangerous for adults, not for the children who play with it — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** It is now worth more money to collectors — no support
- **3.** It was found to be dangerous and should not be used until checked — **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **4.** It just needs new batteries to work again — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 241, line 19: «Stop using a toy that has been recalled (the maker has asked for it back) and tell a parent, because recalled toys have been found to be dangerous.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «recalled toys» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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A girl in Sydney captures most of her friend's chess pieces but still loses the game. How can that be?

- **1.** Her friend had more pawns left at the end — no support
- **2.** Her friend took longer to think about each of her moves, which wins — no support
- **3.** Her friend moved the queen more times — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** Her friend checkmated her king, which is what wins — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 104, line 6: «A girl in Manchester told her friends she had been to Disney when she had not; when they found out, they stopped trusting her for a long time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «friends» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 4, 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/302-toys-and-board-games/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Two children argue over whether a die that fell on the floor showed a six. What would have stopped the argument?

- **1.** Rolling the die in a tray or box lid — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **2.** Playing without dice for the rest of the day — no support
- **3.** Rolling the die more slowly in the air — score 8
- **4.** Letting the oldest child decide every roll — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 302, line 18: «Rolling dice inside a box lid or tray stops them getting lost and stops arguments about the number.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «roll» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «dice» (+2); the same place «box lid» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Why might a jigsaw be easier if you start with the edges?

- **1.** The picture is always printed only on the edges of the box and the pieces — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Edge pieces have a straight side, so they are quick to find and give a frame — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Edge pieces are bigger than the middle ones — no support
- **4.** Edge pieces are always the same colour — no support

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**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/302-toys-and-board-games/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Your little sister is losing every round of a hard card game and starts to cry. What is kind and fair?

- **1.** Play as a team with her or switch to a simpler game — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Keep playing and say losing is her fault — no support
- **3.** Let her win by cheating for her secretly — no support
- **4.** Tell her she is far too young to play this game at all — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 111, line 4: «For example, a boy in Ohio drops a glass: he stands still, tells his little sister and the dog to stay out, puts shoes on and calls his dad before anyone walks…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+5). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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/302-toys-and-board-games/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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A boy in Dublin loses a game of snakes and ladders and blames his friend. What should he understand?

- **1.** The board was unfair to the player in blue — no support
- **2.** It is a game of chance, so nobody is to blame — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** His friend must have cheated somehow — no support
- **4.** He would have won if he had thought harder about where to land — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 116, line 4: «For example, a boy in Vancouver is home alone when he hears a bang; he stays in a safe room, calls his mum, and if he truly believed there was danger he would…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «believe» (+3); the same doer «boy» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Why do toddlers choke on small objects more than older children?

- **1.** They do not have any teeth yet — no support
- **2.** They do not like the taste of toys, so they spit them out too fast — no support
- **3.** They put things in their mouths to explore, and their airways are small — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12
- **4.** They always eat too quickly at meals — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 12, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 112, line 13: «Babies and toddlers put things in their mouths and can choke on coins, marbles, Lego and balloon pieces.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «things» (+4); the same action «put» (+3); the same doer «babies» (+3); the same place «mouths» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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my baby sis is 1, can she play with my lego

- **1.** Yes, lego is made for all ages — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yes, if she sits next to you — no support
- **3.** No, small parts can choke kids under three — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Only the big lego pieces she can lick and chew — no support

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**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/302-toys-and-board-games/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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teddy's eye is hanging off, toddler loves it

- **1.** Leave it, it's fine — no support
- **2.** Get an adult to sew it on or take it off — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** Pull the eye off and give the teddy back — no support
- **4.** Glue it with school glue — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 302, line 13: «A loose eye or button on a soft toy is a choking hazard; an adult should sew it on or remove it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sew on» (+3); the same doer «adult» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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chess - i took more pieces than him so i won right?

- **1.** No, you win by checkmate, trapping the king — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yes, most pieces taken wins — no support
- **3.** It's a draw if he has more pawns left at the end — no support
- **4.** Yes, if you took the queen — no support

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**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/302-toys-and-board-games/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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lost at snakes n ladders, my mate says i played bad

- **1.** It's because you went second — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** No, it's luck, nobody's to blame for losing — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yes, it's all about skill — no support
- **4.** Yes, you should have rolled better and thought more — no support

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**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/302-toys-and-board-games/t14/)

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### Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t15}

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can my 1yo cousin play with my lego

- **1.** Yes, the big pieces are fine — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yes, if you watch from across the room — no support
- **3.** Yes, if she's careful — no support
- **4.** No, small parts can choke little ones — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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/302-toys-and-board-games/t15/)

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### Test 16 · ★ · right ✓ {#t16}

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balloon popped, baby picking up the bits

- **1.** Leave them, they're soft — no support
- **2.** Only the big pieces are dangerous — no support
- **3.** Take them away; balloon pieces can choke — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Let her chew one — no support

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**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 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 «choke» (+5). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/t16/)

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### Test 17 · ★ · right ✓ {#t17}

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toy got recalled, it says on the news

- **1.** Stop using it and tell a parent — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **2.** Keep using it till it breaks — no support
- **3.** Give it to a younger child — no support
- **4.** Only worry if it's broken — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 241, line 19: «Stop using a toy that has been recalled (the maker has asked for it back) and tell a parent, because recalled toys have been found to be dangerous.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «parent» (+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/302-toys-and-board-games/t17/)

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### Test 18 · ★ · right ✓ {#t18}

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did u hear a baby swallowed one of her big brother's lego bits and "went blue". lesson?

- **1.** Only small babies choke — score 5
- **2.** Keep small parts away from babies and toddlers — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** Big kids' toys are always fine for babies too — no support
- **4.** Lego is safe for babies — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 302, line 8: «Small parts, marbles, Lego bricks and balloons can choke a child under three, so keep them away from babies and toddlers; little ones put things in their mouth…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep away» (+5); the same place «babies» (+3); the same property (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/t18/)

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### Test 19 · ★ · right ✓ {#t19}

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my mate says a toy got recalled cos it "exploded in a kid's hand". what's the bit to trust

- **1.** A recalled toy is dangerous; stop using it and tell a parent — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** Recalls are just for old toys — no support
- **3.** Recalled toys are fine to keep using if they look okay — no support
- **4.** Every recalled toy explodes — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 241, line 19: «Stop using a toy that has been recalled (the maker has asked for it back) and tell a parent, because recalled toys have been found to be dangerous.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «recalled toys» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/t19/)

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### Test 20 · ★ · right ✓ {#t20}

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kids say the boy who lost Monopoly every game is "a loser, rubbish at everything". pass it on?

- **1.** Yes, it's true — no support
- **2.** No, luck decides chance games; don't spread it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** Yes, he's a loser — no support
- **4.** Yes, and leave him out of the game next time — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 242, line 3: «Some games are about skill and some about luck. In chess the aim is checkmate, trapping the king, not capturing everything. In a dice game luck decides, so the…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «decide» (+5). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/t20/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an age label such as «3+» upon a toy?

- **1.** It indicates the toy's price in pounds — no support
- **2.** It warns that the toy may be dangerous for younger children — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** It indicates that the toy is intended for three players or more — no support
- **4.** It shows the minimum number of batteries — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 241, line 1: «Toys are made for fun, but some are dangerous for babies and toddlers, who put everything in their mouths. Small parts, marbles, Lego bricks, balloons and loos…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «toys» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Identify the principal aim of a game of chess.

- **1.** The capture of as many of the opponent's pieces as possible — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** The occupation of every square — no support
- **3.** Checkmate, the trapping of the opposing king — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The removal of the opponent's queen — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 302, line 15: «In chess the aim is checkmate, trapping the king, not capturing as many pieces as possible.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «capture» (+5); the same thing acted on «many pieces» (+1). 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/302-toys-and-board-games/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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It is given that a younger child wishes to join a difficult game. Select the response consistent with good sportsmanship.

- **1.** One shall play upon their team or choose a simpler game — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **2.** One shall play harder in order to defeat them quickly — score 6
- **3.** One shall allow them only to watch — no support
- **4.** One shall exclude them from play — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 302, line 17: «When a younger child wants to join a hard game, play on their team or choose a simpler game.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «play» (+5); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/302-toys-and-board-games/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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State the purpose of rolling dice within a box lid or tray.

- **1.** To hide the result from the other players at the table — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** To make the numbers higher — no support
- **3.** To prevent loss and disputes about the number — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** To increase the chance of a six — no support

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**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/302-toys-and-board-games/e4/)

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