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title: What fights cost at home — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday
description: Lesson 376 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 11 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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# What fights cost at home

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**Tests:** 4 of 11 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 376 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/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/).

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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/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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«my dad had to leave work cos i got sent home lol». Is it actually funny?

- **1.** No, because schools never call parents — score -1
- **2.** No, he probably lost pay and got in trouble at work — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** Yes, dads love any excuse to leave work early — score 0
- **4.** Yes, he gets a free afternoon — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 376, line 1: «When Jake was suspended for fighting, the school phoned his dad at the warehouse. Dad had to leave his shift halfway, lost half a day's pay, and drove Jake hom…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lose» (+2); the same doer «dad» (+2); the same thing acted on «pay» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Kid at the rec: «just smash his window, his mum'll pay, not our problem». What's true?

- **1.** Windows are free to replace — no support
- **2.** Damage costs a family real money and it's wrong — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Nobody ever pays for broken windows, they just get fixed — no support
- **4.** His mum will happily pay for it out of her purse — **← Mova's choice** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 95, line 7: «A girl in Glasgow gave her baby brother a small piece of hard sweet because he was crying; he started to choke, and her mum had to give firm slaps between his…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. 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/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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«my little bro cries every time i come home with a black eye, he's such a baby». What's going on?

- **1.** He wants the black eye himself — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He's just being silly — no support
- **3.** He's scared because he loves his big brother — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He's pretending to be scared so he gets more attention from Mum — 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/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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«a copper came round ours after the scrap by the chippy, mum went white». Why was mum so upset?

- **1.** She thought it was a party — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** She didn't like the officer's hat or the way he talked to her — score 0
- **3.** She'd forgotten to make tea — score 2
- **4.** The fight had brought the police to the family's door — **✓ the right answer** · 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 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 348, line 1: «Isla in Phoenix kept playing on the tablet after Mum said «screens off». For a whole week nobody noticed, and she began to think nobody ever would. Then Mum sa…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+3); the same doer «mum» (+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/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Mate: «ur mum won't let u walk home alone?? lmao baby». What's the most likely reason?

- **1.** She thinks walking alone is bad for his legs and his knees — score 7
- **2.** She wants to buy him sweets — score 5
- **3.** She forgot the way to school — score 3
- **4.** She stopped trusting him after his fights — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 376, line 3: «Fights cost more than bruises. They cost money, time off work, trust and a family's good name. At the school fete other parents quietly moved Jake's family to…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stop» (+5); the same doer «mum» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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«Maddie's dad missed his job thing cos she bust her wrist fighting, gutted for him». Which is true?

- **1.** A wrist heals in a day — no support
- **2.** Fights only hurt the fighter — no support
- **3.** He can always get the same interview next day — score 3
- **4.** One fight can cost a parent a big chance — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 373, line 4: «The fourth time the school called Jake's dad in, Dad said in the car: «I lost half a day's pay for this.» Jake had never thought that his fights cost his famil…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cost» (+2); the same doer «fights» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Teacher: «Who pays when you fight, Jake?» Best honest answer?

- **1.** Nobody at all, because it's all sorted now with the head — score 0
- **2.** Only the other kid — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** Me, my family and the other kid's family too — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Just the school — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 376, line 4: «Even quiet Sam's family paid: his mum took a day off work to go to a meeting about the bus-shelter boys who picked on him. The person who fights is rarely the…», 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 «shelter boys» (+1); a different action (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/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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«some posh mum said maddie's mum is raising a thug. well rude». What's fair to say?

- **1.** It doesn't matter at all what other people say about a family, ever — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It's unkind to blame the mum, but fights do give a family a bad name — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Maddie's mum taught her to fight — no support
- **4.** The posh mum is totally right — 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/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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«my mum took a day off for that meeting about the bus shelter lads, cost her loads». Who was really at fault?

- **1.** The boys who picked on Sam — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** Sam's mum, for going to the school — no support
- **3.** The bus driver, for not stopping the boys on the bus — no support
- **4.** Sam, for being picked on so much — 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 376, line 4: «Even quiet Sam's family paid: his mum took a day off work to go to a meeting about the bus-shelter boys who picked on him. The person who fights is rarely the…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pick» (+2); the same doer «shelter boys» (+2); the same thing acted on «shelter boys» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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«just hit him back, what's the worst that can happen». Which is the most honest answer?

- **1.** Nothing, if you hit hard enough — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Suspension, injuries, police and a family that pays for it — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Only a telling-off — no support
- **4.** You get famous at school and nobody picks on you again — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 318, line 13: «After hitting your head hard, tell an adult even if you feel fine, because a head injury needs watching.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same action «hit» (+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/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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«jake says his dad's not cross, just quiet». What does the quiet probably mean?

- **1.** Dad didn't hear anything about the fight yet — score -2
- **2.** Dad is happy about the fight and proud of his son — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** Dad is just tired after playing football all day — score 3
- **4.** Dad is upset and worried but holding it in — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 311, line 4: «Example: before a football match in Dallas, a dad shows his son the big gate: «If we lose each other, we meet here.» It is easy to get lost in a crowd, and a p…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dad» (+2); the same circumstance (+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/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/t11/)

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

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Identify the principal category of persons who incur costs consequent upon a pupil's participation in a fight.

- **1.** Exclusively the pupil adjudged to have lost — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The pupil's family and others, in addition to the pupil — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** No person whatsoever, provided that no injury of any kind is sustained by anyone — no support
- **4.** Exclusively the school authorities — 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/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/e1/)

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

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the financial liability arising from property damaged in the course of a street altercation?

- **1.** It is entirely extinguished in any case where the damage was unintentional — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It ordinarily falls upon the family of the child responsible — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** It is borne by the owner of the property — no support
- **4.** It is invariably met by the local council — 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/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/e2/)

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

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning parental trust subsequent to repeated fighting.

- **1.** It is restored gradually through sustained good conduct — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** It is never diminished by a child's conduct — no support
- **3.** It is restored immediately and completely upon a single sincere promise — no support
- **4.** It is restored solely by the payment of money — **← Mova's choice** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 338, line 6: «Change from shopping you were sent to do belongs to the person who gave you the money.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+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/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/e3/)

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

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Ascertain the most probable reason for which the younger sibling of a habitual fighter becomes distressed upon the latter's return home.

- **1.** Indifference to the sibling's welfare — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Displeasure at a delayed mealtime — no support
- **3.** Fear and concern occasioned by visible injuries to a loved one — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Envy of the injuries sustained by the elder sibling in the course of the fight — 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/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/e4/)

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