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title: Nightmares after a scary game — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday
description: Lesson 402 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 11 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Nightmares after a scary game

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**Tests:** 2 of 11 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 8 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 402 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/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/).

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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/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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«lol leo slept in his mum's bed coz of a GAME». Fair to laugh?

- **1.** No, getting scared by a scary game is normal — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yes, games can't scare anyone — score 2
- **3.** Only if he's over 9 — no support
- **4.** Yes, he's a baby if he's scared of a game — **← Mova's choice** · 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 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 402, line 1: «Two nights after Mortal Kombat at Theo's, Leo woke at 3 a.m. absolutely certain a skeleton was under his bed. He lay stiff as a plank for an hour, then sprinte…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «leo» (+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/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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«i watch scary clips in bed every night, helps me sleep». Likely true?

- **1.** No, they often cause bad dreams — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yes, a bit of fear makes you tired so you sleep better — no support
- **3.** Only on a tablet — no support
- **4.** Yes, it trains your brain — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, 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 thing acted on «choice» (+3); the same doer «bed» (+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/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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«ruby keeps seeing that one bit when the light's off, weird». Is it weird?

- **1.** Yes, it means she's ill — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** No, frightening pictures often come back in the dark — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yes, she must have special eyes that see in the dark — no support
- **4.** No, she's making it up — 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/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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«me? scared? never.» \*checks behind door twice\*. What's going on?

- **1.** Zara is never scared — score 8
- **2.** Zara has lost her phone — score 7
- **3.** Zara is looking for treasure under the bed — **← Mova's choice** · score 9
- **4.** Zara is hiding that she's scared — **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 402, line 2: «Leo wasn't the only one. Kai slept with the hall light on for a whole week after a game at his older cousin's. Ruby kept seeing one particular scene every time…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «zara» (+3); the same place «bed» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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«ollie's got tummy ache AGAIN, every time we mention the game». Why might that be?

- **1.** Worry about the game shows up in his tummy — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** He's faking to get sweets — no support
- **3.** He's allergic to something in Theo's house, like the dog — no support
- **4.** He hates the controller — 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 402, line 3: «Then there was Jayden, who laughed through the scary game while everyone else went pale. Nobody knew if he was really fine or just good at hiding it. And Ollie…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «worry» (+2); the same place «tummy» (+2); the same action «show up» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Priya's mum sees monsters all over her homework. What's the best thing to do?

- **1.** Ask gently where they came from — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Ignore it and say nothing at all — score 1
- **3.** Shout at her for scribbling — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** Tear the homework up — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 378, line 1: «Maddie climbed the tallest horse chestnut in the park and refused to come down for tea. Her mum stood at the bottom shouting, «Fish fingers are going cold!» Ma…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same action «shout» (+1); 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/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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«leo's little bro wants to see the scary game, just show him, he's 6». Good idea?

- **1.** Yes, if he sits at the back — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** No, it would scare him even more than Leo — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yes, he needs to toughen up like the big kids — no support
- **4.** Only the bloodiest bit — 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/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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«it's only a skeleton made of pixels mate». Does knowing that help?

- **1.** Yes, so watch it again tonight — no support
- **2.** No, it makes it scarier — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** Yes, remembering it was made by artists can help — **✓ the right answer** · score -3
- **4.** No, pixels really can climb out of screens at night — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 298, line 11: «If a child new to the country does not know the customs, explain kindly how things work, because help makes them feel welcome.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+1); the same doer «help» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored -3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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«can't sleep after that game, what do i do». Wise advice?

- **1.** Watch more scary clips till you're used to it — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Stay awake all night — no support
- **3.** Tell a grown-up and do something calm before bed — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Keep it secret so nobody laughs — 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/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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«jayden laughed at the scary bit so he's the bravest». Does laughing prove bravery?

- **1.** No, laughing means he's ill — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yes, laughing always means you're not scared — no support
- **3.** No, people laugh when they're nervous too — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yes, he's the bravest in school — 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/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Teacher: «Why do scary images stay with us so long?»

- **1.** The brain stores danger strongly to protect us — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** They don't, that's a myth — no support
- **3.** They are printed on our dreams — no support
- **4.** Our eyes take photos of them like a camera — 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/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Identify the principal reason for which frightening images are retained in memory with particular persistence.

- **1.** The brain attends strongly to perceived danger, a disposition which assisted survival — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** The images are permanently recorded upon the retina — no support
- **3.** Screens emit signals which imprint images upon the brain — no support
- **4.** Only individuals of weak character retain such images — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 240, line 10: «Go out to look at the stars with a grown-up, because in the dark it is hard to see dangers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «see» (+1). 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/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/e1/)

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

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Ascertain which practice is most likely to diminish the incidence of disturbing dreams following exposure to frightening material.

- **1.** The prolongation of wakefulness until exhaustion — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The viewing of further frightening material at bedtime — no support
- **3.** The avoidance of screens during the hour preceding sleep — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The concealment of the fear from all adults — 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/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/e2/)

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

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an abdominal pain arising whenever a feared activity is proposed?

- **1.** It is invariably caused by food eaten beforehand — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It indicates an allergy to the activity — no support
- **3.** It may be a physical manifestation of anxiety — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** It is necessarily feigned — 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/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/e3/)

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

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who, upon disclosure of a frightening image to a trusted adult, finds the fear diminished.

- **1.** Discussing a fear with a trusted adult commonly reduces it — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** Fear can be reduced only by further exposure to the frightening images — no support
- **3.** Disclosure invariably intensifies fear in the child — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** Disclosure is of no effect whatsoever — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 334, line 10: «Never pretend to be hurt, missing or in danger as a joke; it causes real fear and can waste emergency services' time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «real fear» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/e4/)

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