--- title: Sore losers and button-mashers — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 398 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 7 of 11 tests right, exam 3 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/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/) [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/) / 398 # Sore losers and button-mashers **Tests:** 7 of 11 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 9 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 398 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/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/). 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/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} «this controller's busted, that's why» — 5th time today. What happens to an excuse like that? - **1.** Everyone starts to believe it after a while — no support - **2.** You get a free extra go — no support - **3.** It turns into a joke — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** The controller really does break in the end — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 398, line 9: «An excuse used every time, like «the controller is broken», turns into a joke about you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «joke» (+3); the same action «turn» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} Ruby just mashed buttons and wiped the floor with Noah. «that's cheating!!» Is it? - **1.** No, mashing beats practice every time — no support - **2.** No, it's luck; practice wins more over time — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** Yes, newbies aren't allowed to win — no support - **4.** Yes, mashing buttons is against the law — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 341, line 6: «Cheating to win usually ends the game, because others stop wanting to play.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «game» (+5). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} «I LET you win, obviously». The other kid knows he tried his hardest. What's true? - **1.** It's a kind thing to say to a winner — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It means the loser is a better player — no support - **3.** It means they should play again — no support - **4.** It spoils the win and fools nobody — **✓ 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/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} Noah rage-quits one hit before losing. «doesn't count lol». Best house rule? - **1.** Whoever quits gets the next turn — no support - **2.** The winner has to play again — no support - **3.** Quitting counts as a loss — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** Quitting lets you try again — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 398, line 3: «Every losing style was on show that month. Kai said «the controller is broken» every time he lost, so Mia swapped controllers with him; he lost again and every…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «count» (+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/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} «nah not hungry» — Leo's sulking about losing, pizza's here. What usually happens? - **1.** Everyone saves him the best slices — no support - **2.** He misses the good pizza — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** He wins the next game for sure — score 4 - **4.** The loss gets undone — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 398, line 3: «Every losing style was on show that month. Kai said «the controller is broken» every time he lost, so Mia swapped controllers with him; he lost again and every…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «pizza» (+5). 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/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Priya: «WHO'S THE BEST? ME! ME!» dancing in front of the telly for two minutes. What's the problem? - **1.** Winners mustn't smile at all — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It rubs it in for the losers — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Dancing breaks the console — no support - **4.** She is blocking the fan — 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/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} Theo's red in the face, fist tight round the controller after 3 losses. Wisest thing? - **1.** Yell at whoever won — no support - **2.** Play faster to win it back — no support - **3.** Put it down and walk off for a minute — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** Throw it, the sofa's soft so it won't break — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 91, line 2: «Worries shrink when they leave your head: writing them down, telling a parent, or asking yourself «how likely is this really, and what could I do if it happene…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «things» (+5); the same action «write down» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} «stop crying, it's only a game, baby». Jayden lost a final on penalties. What's kinder and truer? - **1.** Grown-ups never get upset at games — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Crying means you're bad at games — no support - **3.** Strong feelings about games are normal — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Only babies cry over a game, big kids don't — 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/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} Mia beats everyone at her own house every week. Guests start leaving early. What's going on? - **1.** Her guests don't like her house — no support - **2.** Her head start makes it no real contest — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **3.** Her guests are just bad at games — no support - **4.** Her console is set up to cheat for her — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 398, line 4: «Winners could be just as bad. Priya won and did a long victory dance right in front of the TV. Next time she lost, Leo did the exact same dance, and she unders…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} «gg» says Ruby to the kid who just gloated at her. Why bother? - **1.** It's the rule in every game ever made — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** It makes the gloater feel even better about winning — score 1 - **3.** Good manners spread — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It means she secretly wants a rematch — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 388, line 4: «The bravest stop of the week came from Tom himself. His friends dared him to pull Lily's hair again, and he said: «Stop it, I'm not doing that.» They were so s…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same thing acted on «rule» (+2). 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/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} Teacher: «What wins more matches over a whole season, luck or practice?» - **1.** Practice — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Button-mashing — no support - **3.** The best controller — no support - **4.** Luck — 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/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Identify the principal consequence, as established in this lesson, of hurling a controller in anger. - **1.** No consequence of any significance whatsoever — no support - **2.** Damage to property and to the trust of others, outlasting the anger — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **3.** The immediate restoration of the player's composure — no support - **4.** A guaranteed improvement in subsequent performance — 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 341, line 4: «Winning by cheating is not really winning: the others stop the game, stop trusting you, and you have not got any better at anything.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trust» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the assertion «I let you win» uttered by a defeated participant? - **1.** It diminishes the victor's achievement without concealing the defeat — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** It invariably reflects the true state of affairs — no support - **3.** It obliges the victor to offer a rematch — no support - **4.** It is a gracious acknowledgement of the victor's superior skill — 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/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning success achieved by random pressing of buttons. - **1.** It constitutes a breach of the rules of the game — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It cannot prevail against any opponent whatsoever — no support - **3.** It prevails more often than practised skill in all cases — no support - **4.** It may prevail occasionally, whereas practice prevails more often over time — **✓ 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/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} It is given that a participant habitually abandons matches immediately prior to defeat. State the remedy adopted by the group. - **1.** That the participant shall be excluded permanently — no support - **2.** That abandonment of a match shall be counted as a loss — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** That the participant shall be awarded an additional turn — no support - **4.** That all matches shall be declared void — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 398, line 3: «Every losing style was on show that month. Kai said «the controller is broken» every time he lost, so Mia swapped controllers with him; he lost again and every…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «count» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/e4/) - ← previous: [397. Whose turn is it?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/397-whose-turn-is-it/) - next →: [399. Left out without a console](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/399-left-out-without-a-console/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)