--- title: Staying up, screens and coming home late — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 348 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 8 of 11 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/) [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/) / 348 # Staying up, screens and coming home late **Tests:** 8 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 12 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 348 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/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/). 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/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/). ### Test 1 · right ✓ {#t1} «been on my tablet after lights out every night, never caught, so it's fine». What's true? - **1.** It still hurts her sleep, and she can be caught any night — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Tablets help you sleep — no support - **3.** It's fine if Mum doesn't know, and she's never been caught yet — no support - **4.** Only one hour a night is fine — 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/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/t1/) ### Test 2 · right ✓ {#t2} Mum's text: «WHERE ARE YOU. you were meant to be home at 5. ring me NOW». What should Isla do? - **1.** Text «chill» — no support - **2.** Switch the phone off — score -1 - **3.** Ring at once, say where she is and come home — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11 - **4.** Wait till she gets home to explain it all properly — score 11 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 11, tied with another option at 11 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 348, line 2: «By breakfast the sulk had faded. Mum explained that the three days were a consequence to help her sleep, not revenge, and Isla said sorry. After that she turne…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «say» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/t2/) ### Test 3 · right ✓ {#t3} Isla, door slammed: «you're SO unfair, I hate this house!» What helps most later? - **1.** Shout louder next time — no support - **2.** Calm down, say sorry and talk with Mum — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** Stay in her room for days until Mum gives in — score 5 - **4.** Use the tablet secretly — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 340, line 10: «Pretending to be fouled in sport is cheating with your body and can earn a yellow card; saying sorry to the other team's player helps put it right.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+5); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/t3/) ### Test 4 · right ✓ {#t4} Mate: «green man's taking ages, just leg it». Cars are coming. What's wise? - **1.** Run fast across the road — no support - **2.** Go halfway and wait in the middle — no support - **3.** Follow the mate wherever he goes — no support - **4.** Wait for the green man — **← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 348, line 4: «Many rules that feel annoying are about safety and sleep: waiting for the green man, not going to the park alone, coming in when told, knocking before going in…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wait» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/t4/) ### Test 5 · right ✓ {#t5} Dad: «How many times have I told you? Off the sofa!» It's the third time. What's right? - **1.** Jump once more — no support - **2.** Say the sofa is fine — no support - **3.** Say «in a minute» — no support - **4.** Get down and play outside instead — **← 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 263, line 20: «Boredom often leads to creativity: you can read, draw, build, play outside or help at home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «play» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/t5/) ### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6} Older kids: «climb to the top, scaredy cat». What is the wise answer? - **1.** Climb when they leave — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Climb if they hold the bottom of the trunk — no support - **3.** Climb halfway — no support - **4.** «No thanks» — and stay on the small tree — **✓ 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/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/t6/) ### Test 7 · wrong ✗ {#t7} Teacher to Mum: «She fell asleep in class again». The girl reads with a torch till late. What's the fix? - **1.** Use a brighter torch so Mum doesn't see the glow — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** Sleep in class every day — no support - **3.** Read faster — no support - **4.** Keep to bedtime and read the ending at the weekend — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. 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: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «use» (+2); the same thing acted on «torch» (+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/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/t7/) ### Test 8 · right ✓ {#t8} «went to the park on my own twice, Mum never knew, so it's fine». What's true? - **1.** Twice is fine, three is not — no support - **2.** Mum needs to know where she is; not knowing isn't fine — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **3.** It's fine on weekends — no support - **4.** It's fine if she was safe, nothing happened in the end — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 286, line 4: «Example: a girl in Edinburgh finds a fiver in a second-hand coat. She shows her mum, who takes it back to the charity shop. A tiny coin on an empty pavement is…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same doer «mum» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/t8/) ### Test 9 · right ✓ {#t9} Neighbour, stern: «I found you in my garden. Next time knock». What should the boy say? - **1.** «You weren't in» — no support - **2.** «The gate was open» — no support - **3.** «It was my ball» — no support - **4.** «Sorry, I'll knock next time» — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 347, line 1: «Kai in Perth teased a boy because his clothes were old, to make the others laugh. The boy stopped coming out at playtime, and his mum told the teacher. Kai sai…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «boy» (+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/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/t9/) ### Test 10 · right ✓ {#t10} Which is TRUE about bedtime rules? - **1.** They're just for grown-ups' quiet — no support - **2.** Children need less sleep than adults, so they're for the grown-ups — no support - **3.** They don't matter on school nights — no support - **4.** They help children get the sleep they need to learn — **← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 8, line 3: «When you stare at a screen your eyes focus close for a long time and you blink less, so they get tired and dry; the 20-20-20 rule helps: every 20 minutes look…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «help» (+2); the same doer «20-20-20 rule» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/t10/) ### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11} «sweets now, dinner's ages away». Mum said wait. What's wise? - **1.** Wait and eat dinner first — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Hide them in your sleeve — no support - **3.** Eat a few quickly — no support - **4.** Eat them and skip dinner — **← 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 338, line 1: «Taking something that is not yours is stealing, even when it is small. Harry in Manchester grabbed a handful of sweets from the pick-and-mix because nobody was…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+2); 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/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the use of a screen after the hour appointed for its cessation. - **1.** It is acceptable where undetected, since the parent suffers no inconvenience thereby — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It has no bearing upon sleep — no support - **3.** It may impair sleep, and its non-detection does not render it acceptable — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It improves the quality of sleep — 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/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Identify the principal reason for which a child ought to inform his parents of his whereabouts. - **1.** It is a mere formality without purpose — no support - **2.** It enables the parents to restrict his friendships — no support - **3.** It is required solely during school hours — score -1 - **4.** It enables them to ensure his safety and to find him if required — **← 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 59, line 6: «A girl in Canada chatted online with someone who said he was 12 and liked her favourite band; he asked to meet her alone, and when her parents checked, he was…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «check» (+2); the same doer «parents» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the temporary withdrawal of a tablet following disobedience? - **1.** It is an arbitrary measure without purpose — no support - **2.** It is an act of revenge by the parent — no support - **3.** It is a consequence intended to assist the child and not an act of revenge — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** It relieves the child of any obligation to apologise, the penalty having been paid in full — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 348, line 13: «A consequence like losing a tablet for a few days is meant to help, not to take revenge.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+5); the same thing acted on «consequence» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Determine the conduct appropriate to a pedestrian who wishes to cross a road at a controlled crossing. - **1.** He ought to wait until the green signal is displayed — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** He ought to cross whenever no vehicle is visible nearby — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** He ought to cross at a run irrespective of the signal — score 3 - **4.** He ought to follow any companion who crosses — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 267, line 1: «At a pedestrian crossing a red standing figure means wait, even if the road looks empty, because the cars have a green light and may come fast.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cross» (+2); the same doer «pedestrian» (+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/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/e4/) - ← previous: [347. Leaving someone out](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/347-leaving-someone-out/) - next →: [349. Going where you're not allowed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/349-going-where-youre-not-allowed/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)