--- title: Chores you skipped — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 350 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 7 of 11 tests right, exam 0 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/350-chores-you-skipped/) [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/) / 350 # Chores you skipped **Tests:** 7 of 11 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 350 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/350-chores-you-skipped/). 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/350-chores-you-skipped/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Mum: «Rabbit's bowl is bone dry. You said you fed him». What's the honest answer? - **1.** «He must've eaten it really fast, he was starving» — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** «I didn't, it was raining. Sorry, I'll do it now» — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** «The rain washed it away» — no support - **4.** «Dad fed him» — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 62, line 21: «A rabbit that stops eating or stops doing droppings may have an emergency gut problem.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+3); the same doer «rabbit» (+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/350-chores-you-skipped/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} «didn't do my homework n miss never asked, so I'm not doing it again». What's true? - **1.** Next time she may ask, and it's still not learned — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Fine, if the teacher never asks for it again — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **3.** Only tests count — no support - **4.** Homework doesn't count — 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 254, line 21: «If homework always takes far too long, a parent can talk to the teacher, who may adjust it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «teacher» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (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/350-chores-you-skipped/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} Dad, angry: «Mrs Grant wants to see us. Again. Hand over the console». Ruby: «NOT FAIR!» What does Dad mean? - **1.** He wants to play it himself while she's at school — score 2 - **2.** He's joking — no support - **3.** He's punishing her forever — score 3 - **4.** It's a consequence to help her change, not revenge — **← 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, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 350, line 3: «Ruby sulked — «It's not fair, everyone forgets sometimes!» — and wouldn't speak to Dad at tea. The next day she said sorry, and Dad helped her make a homework…», 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 thing acted on «consequences» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+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/350-chores-you-skipped/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Mum's text: «room STINKS. what is under your bed??» What's the fix? - **1.** Shut the door — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Say it's the dog — no support - **3.** Own up, take the socks to the wash and tidy properly — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Spray perfume all round the room and shut the window — 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/350-chores-you-skipped/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} Gran, back from holiday: «Oh, my geraniums...» What's the right thing? - **1.** Say nothing — score 3 - **2.** Say they were old and dying anyway, it wasn't the watering — score 4 - **3.** Say sorry and buy her a new plant with her own money — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** Say it was too hot — no support **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 350, line 4: «When Gran was away, Ruby forgot to water her plants and then didn't bother. Some died. Gran was sad, and Ruby felt it all week. She confessed it at church, fel…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «buy» (+2); the same thing acted on «new plant» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} Brother crying with a bumped chin, tripped on Lego. What should the older one do? - **1.** Say sorry and tidy up before bed from now on — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **2.** Say Dad should look where he walks in the dark — score 9 - **3.** Laugh — score 9 - **4.** Say the Lego isn't his — score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 336, line 3: «Sometimes nobody catches you, and that can be worse. Owen's ball knocked the vase over, and he said his little sister did it. She was sent to her room crying.…», 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 «say» (+3); 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/350-chores-you-skipped/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Kid: «skipped my spellings twice and still got 10, so practice is pointless». What's true? - **1.** Practice really is pointless — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Being lucky twice doesn't mean the words are learned — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** He's a natural speller, so practising would only waste his time — no support - **4.** Spelling tests are easy — 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/350-chores-you-skipped/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} Teacher, after the concert: «I could tell you hadn't practised». What's the best answer? - **1.** «Sorry, I'll practise more for next time» — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** «The recorder was broken, it squeaks on its own» — no support - **3.** «It's too hard» — no support - **4.** «Everyone was out of tune» — 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/350-chores-you-skipped/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} Dad: «Bike's rusty. Left it out again?» What fixes it? - **1.** Say rain is the problem — no support - **2.** Say sorry and oil it together, and put it away — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** Say nothing — no support - **4.** Buy a new bike, since the old one is rusty now — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 350, line 8: «A bike left in the rain can rust, which costs more than putting it away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «put away» (+3); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} Which is TRUE about chores you skip? - **1.** Nobody ever notices — no support - **2.** Someone else usually has to do them or gets hurt — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **3.** They matter only to grown-ups, who like things tidy — score 2 - **4.** They disappear by themselves — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 337, line 12: «Telling a trusted grown-up when someone hurts you is not telling tales (being a «grass» or a «snitch»); it is how bullying is stopped.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+2); the same doer «someone» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} «just pretend you're asleep, Mum'll unpack the shopping herself». What's true? - **1.** It's fine, she likes unpacking — no support - **2.** It's not lying if you close your eyes and say nothing at all — no support - **3.** Faking sleep is still a lie, and Mum does it alone — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** It's fine on weekends — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. 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 remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «sleep» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the omission of homework on an occasion on which it was not checked. - **1.** The absence of enquiry on one occasion affords no assurance concerning subsequent occasions — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Homework not checked need never be completed — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **3.** The omission is of no consequence to the pupil's learning — no support - **4.** The absence of enquiry establishes that homework is optional — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 254, line 21: «If homework always takes far too long, a parent can talk to the teacher, who may adjust it.», 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 «homework» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). 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/350-chores-you-skipped/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Identify the principal reason for which a pet animal requires daily attention to its food and water. - **1.** It is capable of feeding itself — score 2 - **2.** It requires food only weekly and suffers no harm from an occasional omission — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** It is wholly dependent upon its keeper and cannot obtain them itself — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **4.** It suffers no harm from neglect — score 3 **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 70, line 20: «Shells with living animals inside are left on the beach, because the animals die when taken from their home.», 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 «animals» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the withdrawal of a games console following repeated failure to complete homework? - **1.** It is a permanent confiscation — no support - **2.** It is an act of revenge by the parents — no support - **3.** It relieves the pupil of the duty to complete homework — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** It is a consequence intended to promote improvement and not an act of revenge — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 254, line 20: «If you are too tired to finish homework, you stop, tell a parent, and send the teacher a note.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «finish» (+3); the same thing acted on «homework» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). 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/350-chores-you-skipped/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Determine what remains to be done by a child who has confessed neglecting the plants of a grandparent. - **1.** She ought to purchase a plant for the church — score 2 - **2.** She ought to conceal the matter — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** Nothing further is required — no support - **4.** She ought to inform the grandparent and replace a plant at her own expense — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 203, line 23: «A smile or a laugh does not prove the other person thinks the joke is funny; many children laugh just to hide that they are hurt.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+2); the same doer «many children» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/e4/) - ← previous: [349. Going where you're not allowed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/349-going-where-youre-not-allowed/) - next →: [351. Homework, practice and the team counting on you](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/351-bins-group-projects-the-dog-and-lines-for-the-play/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)