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title: Taking too much — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday
description: Lesson 352 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 10 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Taking too much

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**Tests:** 4 of 10 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 14 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 352 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/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/).

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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/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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«there's 12 sweets and 6 of us, i had 8 lol». What's the problem?

- **1.** There is no problem, 8 is fine — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** The others only have 4 left to share between 5 — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Everyone still gets 2 each, since the bag was big enough — no support
- **4.** He should have taken all 12 — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 324, line 20: «Being laughed at often makes autistic children's stress much worse, while kindness helps them cope.», 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 «diabetes» (+1); a different doer (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/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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bro grabs the biggest pizza slice every time «cos i'm the oldest innit». Fair?

- **1.** Only on weekends — no support
- **2.** Yes, the oldest always gets the most, that's fair — no support
- **3.** Yes, if he grabs it fast — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **4.** No, being oldest does not mean the biggest share — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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 352, line 2: «Ella grabbed the biggest slice of birthday cake before anyone else could. Her little sister got the thin end and cried, and Mum made them swap. Ella sulked — «…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grab» (+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/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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mate says «her trainers are rank» but he's been staring at them all week. what's going on?

- **1.** He's probably envious and saying it to feel better — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** He's being kind to her — no support
- **3.** He wants her to wear them more often, so he says it — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **4.** He really hates trainers — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 352, line 6: «Envy can make you say mean things you do not really believe, like calling something ugly because you want it. Kai called his friend's new trainers ugly because…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wear» (+3); the same thing acted on «trainers» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-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/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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«she only won cos she cheated, everyone knows». You saw her do it all herself. What do you say?

- **1.** Say nothing and nod — no support
- **2.** Tell the teacher she cheated too — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** No, she did it fairly, well done to her — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yeah, she probably cheated — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 330, line 10: «If someone has no lunch or very little, tell a teacher quietly rather than helping in a way that embarrasses them.», 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 «teacher» (+3). 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/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Teacher: «Who's got all the felt tips? Half the class has none!» Isla has them in her tray. Best move?

- **1.** Blame the boy sitting next to her — no support
- **2.** Put them back and say sorry — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** Hide them in her bag until home time — no support
- **4.** Say the felt tips were hers all along — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 348, line 3: «Coming home late is worse than it feels. Isla lost track of time at her friend's house and came home an hour late. Mum had been phoning everyone, really fright…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+5); the same property (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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shoving to get to the front, kid falls and cuts his knee. «not my fault he's slow». What's true?

- **1.** Pushing caused the fall; she should say sorry and wait her turn — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Queues are first come, first shove — no support
- **3.** It's his fault for being so slow at the front, he should have moved — score 2
- **4.** Cuts don't count as hurt — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 344, line 2: «Nobody found out. But Archie felt worse every day he saw the new boy alone. On Saturday he went to confession; the priest listened, gave absolution and a small…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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my sister hid the best chocolates last christmas and «it worked last time, so it's fine». Is it?

- **1.** Yes, if it worked once it's fine — no support
- **2.** Only if she eats them quickly — no support
- **3.** No, it's still unfair, and next time she may be found out — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** Yes, hiding is allowed at Christmas, everyone does it with sweets — no support

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**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 322, line 5: «Example: a boy in Manchester hears that his toddler sister has gone very quiet in the next room. He goes to look and finds her with a bottle of shampoo, which…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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little bro cried cos u wouldn't share ur new drone. Mum: «Share or it goes back in the box». What's the wise choice?

- **1.** Keep it and let it go in the box — no support
- **2.** Fly it out of his reach — no support
- **3.** Let him have a turn and show him how — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Say it's broken — **← Mova's choice** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 216, line 15: «Sharing your own sweets is kind, but it is your choice.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bed» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+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/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Party mum says «just one goody bag each, kids». Finn takes two. What's likely to happen?

- **1.** The mum will make more bags — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** The last child gets none and Finn has to give one back — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** Everyone gets two — no support
- **4.** Nobody will count, so it all works out fine — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 352, line 2: «Ella grabbed the biggest slice of birthday cake before anyone else could. Her little sister got the thin end and cried, and Mum made them swap. Ella sulked — «…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same doer «mum» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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«why should i let her choose first, i'm the one who wants the big bit». What makes letting her choose first fair?

- **1.** It makes you look silly — no support
- **2.** It means you never get cake — no support
- **3.** It's only for babies — no support
- **4.** It puts right the times you grabbed first — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 352, line 14: «Letting someone else choose first is a simple way to put right a grab.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «put» (+5); the same property (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/t10/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Identify the principal consequence of one participant appropriating a disproportionate quantity of a shared provision.

- **1.** The quantity of the provision increases — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The provision is replenished automatically — no support
- **3.** All participants nonetheless receive an equal quantity of the provision — no support
- **4.** Other participants are left with an insufficient share or none — **✓ 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/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/e1/)

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

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an unfounded accusation of cheating made from envy?

- **1.** It is a reasonable reaction to defeat — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It is harmless if made privately — no support
- **3.** It is untrue and causes harm to the person accused — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** It is justified if the speaker lost — 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/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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It is given that a child has, on a prior occasion, concealed preferred confectionery without detection. Select the conclusion consistent with sound reasoning.

- **1.** Concealment is permitted during festivals — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Detection is the sole measure of fairness — no support
- **3.** The prior success establishes a right to conceal on future occasions — no support
- **4.** The absence of detection does not render the concealment fair — **✓ 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/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/e3/)

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

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State the remedy most consistent with making amends after appropriating the largest portion of a shared cake.

- **1.** The consumption of the remaining portions — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A refusal to discuss the matter — no support
- **3.** An apology and permitting the other party to choose first thereafter — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** A demand for a larger cake — 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/352-party-sweets-biggest-slice-best-pencils-and-pushing/e4/)

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- ← previous: [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/)
- next →: [353. When you want what others have](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/)
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