--- title: Screen-time rules and arguments — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 421 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 4 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/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/) [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/) / 421 # Screen-time rules and arguments **Tests:** 4 of 11 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 421 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/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/). 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/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} «MUM just 5 more mins!!» «you said that 20 min ago». What would most likely stop this nightly row? - **1.** Rules made together, with a warning before the end — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** Taking the console apart every evening — score 5 - **3.** Letting Kai play as long as he likes — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **4.** Shouting louder until one person gives up — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 420, line 1: «After two hours of Roblox curled over his tablet like a prawn, Kai stood up and said «ow, my neck» in the voice of his grandad. His mum laughed, then showed hi…», 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 doer «kai» (+3). Against it: a different action (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/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Leo: «Theo gets 3 hrs, so I should too». Is that a good argument? - **1.** Yes, if Theo is older than Leo — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** Yes, parents have to copy what other parents allow — no support - **3.** No, each family has its own rules and reasons — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** No, because Theo is not a real friend — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 404, line 3: «Every family is different. Theo's parents allow 12 games at ten, but only if they play the first hour with him. Zara's family has a rule that any new game live…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same circumstance (+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/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Ollie yawning in maths, teacher: «late night again?» What most likely caused it? - **1.** Doing too much homework the night before — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Eating too much breakfast that day — no support - **3.** Sitting too close to the classroom window — no support - **4.** Playing on a hidden tablet at night — **✓ 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/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} «just hide ur tablet in the bathroom lol they'll never know». What usually happens? - **1.** Parents never notice anything at all — score -1 - **2.** Tiredness gives it away and trust is broken — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** The tablet charges itself in the towels — score 4 - **4.** You get more sleep because you feel calm and relaxed — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 421, line 3: «Ollie thought he was clever. He hid his tablet under the bathroom towels and played at night. After a week of grumpy mornings, a falling-asleep-in-maths moment…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give away» (+3); the same property (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} Ruby: «ugh you're such a pain, mum». Mum: «Screen time's gone.» What would help Ruby most now? - **1.** A real sorry and calmer words next time — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** Waiting in silence for a whole month — no support - **3.** Saying her friend's mum is nicer — no support - **4.** Slamming the door to show how upset she is — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 398, line 2: «Noah had practised fighting-game combos for weeks. Ruby had never played; she just pressed every button as fast as she could, and she won. Noah said it was the…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same receiver «ruby» (+2). Against it: 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/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Zara wants more time. Which plan has the best chance? - **1.** Asking twenty times in a row at bedtime — **← Mova's choice** · score -2 - **2.** Telling them everyone else gets five hours — score -2 - **3.** Crying loudly until her parents give in — no support - **4.** A calm list of true reasons at a quiet moment — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 291, line 6: «A boy in Colorado slammed his bedroom door in anger; his little sister's fingers were in the hinge side, and she needed hospital and a splint.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «plan» (-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/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Priya: «hoovered the whole house, that's 30 mins innit». What kind of rule does her family have? - **1.** Losing screen time for being too noisy — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** Earning screen time by doing chores — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** Screen time only on her birthday and at Christmas — score 4 - **4.** No screens at all for anyone, ever, in the house — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 421, line 6: «Rules work better when a family makes them together, at a calm time, and not in the middle of an argument.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} Noah's mum checks her phone at dinner. Noah: «oi, no screens, that's the rule». Who is right? - **1.** Mum, if the message is from work or the school — no support - **2.** Mum, rules are only for children — score 3 - **3.** Nobody, phones are not screens — no support - **4.** Noah, the rule is for everyone, Mum too — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **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 381, line 4: «All these rules have one thing in common: they judge the person, not the act. A fair rule is the same for everyone. Hurting someone is wrong whether a boy or a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Theo's console turns off after an hour by itself. Who set that? - **1.** The game company, for every child in the country — no support - **2.** His parents, with the parental settings — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Theo himself, to save power and the battery — no support - **4.** The console decides for itself by his age — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 421, line 2: «Leo tried the classic move: «But Theo gets three hours!» His mum said: «Then go and live at Theo's.» The next day Leo found out that Theo's console switched it…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «console» (+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/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} Kai: «the warning is pointless, 10 mins is nothing». What is the warning really for? - **1.** Letting the console cool down safely — no support - **2.** Telling the neighbours the game is over — score 4 - **3.** Finishing a match or saving before stopping — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **4.** Giving extra time to play just one more game — score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 421, line 7: «A warning a few minutes before the end makes it easier to stop, because you can finish a match or save.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «finish» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «match» (+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/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Mia's dad: «Are the rules still working for you?» Why is this a good question? - **1.** He wants Mia to make all the rules herself — score 2 - **2.** He has forgotten what the family rules are — no support - **3.** Rules may need to change as kids grow — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** It is a trick to take more of her time away — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 407, line 4: «Jayden found the cure. He keeps a «calm jar»: one marble for every match he finishes without shouting. After a month it was full, and his dad took him for ice…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); the same doer «dad» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Identify the principal purpose for which families customarily institute limitations upon the duration of recreational screen use. - **1.** The protection of sleep, study, health and family time — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The prevention of damage to the devices concerned — no support - **3.** The reduction of expenditure upon electricity — no support - **4.** The compliance with a national statutory limit — 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/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} It is given that a pupil concealed a device in order to play during the night. Select the consequence most consistent with the established facts. - **1.** The diminution of parental trust, slowly restored — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The absence of any consequence whatsoever — no support - **3.** The immediate award of additional screen time — no support - **4.** The permanent improvement of his concentration at school — 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/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an appeal to the rules of another household? - **1.** It constitutes the most effective form of argument — no support - **2.** It obliges the parents to adopt the identical rules — score 0 - **3.** It is unpersuasive, each family establishing its own rules — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** It is persuasive whenever the other child is older — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 421, line 14: «Good families check their rules now and then and change the ones that no longer work, because children grow and need different rules.», 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 doer «children» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Determine which approach is most likely to secure an extension of permitted screen time. - **1.** A calm, truthful request supported by sound reasons — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** A claim that all classmates receive unlimited time — no support - **3.** A refusal to speak until the request is granted — no support - **4.** A repeated demand made at the hour of bedtime — 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/421-screen-time-rules-and-arguments/e4/) - ← previous: [420. 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