--- title: Boasting cousins and made-up holidays — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 435 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 11 tests right, exam 4 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/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/) [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/) / 435 # Boasting cousins and made-up holidays **Tests:** 3 of 11 right · **Exam:** 4 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 8 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 435 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/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/). 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/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/). ### Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Grandpa: «How many seconds, son?» Why does he keep asking this? - **1.** Because rodeos have big timers on the wall — no support - **2.** Because he likes counting things out loud — score 5 - **3.** Because Jake rides bulls every day on Grandpa's farm — **← Mova's choice** · score 9 - **4.** To remind Jake how tall his tales are — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 435, line 1: «Cousin Jake from Texas came to stay and said he'd ridden a real bull at a rodeo «for like ten minutes». Grandpa laughed: «Son, the pros last eight seconds.» Ev…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ride» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «jake» (+1); the same thing acted on «real bull» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Molly's mam: «You got a jigsaw and socks, pet.» What does «pet» mean here? - **1.** A present — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A dog or cat — no support - **3.** A rude word — no support - **4.** A kind name, like «love» — **✓ 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/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Mate: «Staying home is fine, you plank». Is she being mean? - **1.** She wants Priya to leave her alone and go home for good — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** She thinks Priya is really made of wood, like a plank — no support - **3.** No, it's a friendly joke and she means it kindly — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** Yes, she's very angry and wants a big fight after school — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 435, line 2: «After holidays, stories grow. Priya said she'd been to the Maldives; asked about the water, she said «cold» — and her friend, who'd been, said «It's like a bat…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «priya» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t4} What would have happened if Sophie had said «this is totally made up!» before the ghost story? - **1.** Nobody would want to listen to a made-up story — score 3 - **2.** Everyone would be more scared — no support - **3.** The ghost would appear — score 1 - **4.** It could still be fun and nobody would be truly scared — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 433, line 1: «Amelia in Bristol told her baby brother that the moon follows only him. He believed it for a year and waved at it every night. When he found out, he was a bit…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «thing» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} Mila: «I swear I swam with dolphins!!» Friends: «you said you met a mermaid last year». What's the lesson? - **1.** Never tell anyone any holiday stories at all — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **2.** Dolphins are fake — no support - **3.** Every lie spends trust you need later — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** Mermaids are real after all — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 435, line 4: «Too many tall tales cost you when you finally have a true one. Mila in Auckland really did swim with dolphins, but nobody believed her: «You said you met a mer…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «made ghost story» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-4). 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/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Isaac: «Okay, I sat in the seat when it was parked.» Why was he glad he said it? - **1.** The pilot gave him a medal — no support - **2.** He got to fly the plane next time — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** His friend's dad was angry — no support - **4.** The true story was still cool and he felt better — **✓ the right answer** · 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 435, line 3: «Stories also grow in the telling. Isaac said «the pilot let me fly the plane». His friend's dad, a pilot, said kindly: «Kids can visit the cockpit sometimes, m…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fly» (+3); the same thing acted on «plane» (+2); the same doer «isaac» (+1). 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/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Theo's mate jumps in the paddling pool: «sweet as!» What does that mean? - **1.** Too sweet — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Great, I love it — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** It's cold — no support - **4.** Too small — 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/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} Cousin: «we're bare close, he texts me every day». «Bare» means? - **1.** Naked — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Very — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Not at all — no support - **4.** Sometimes — 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/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t9} Your friend's holiday story is mostly true with one wild bit. What's the friendly approach? - **1.** Enjoy it — you don't have to call out every stretch — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Never talk to them again — no support - **3.** Check everything online at once, while they talk — no support - **4.** Shout «liar!» in front of everyone — 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/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} Molly sulked about her presents, then played the jigsaw. It was canny. How was it? - **1.** Too hard — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Boring — no support - **3.** Nice — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Scary — 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/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t11} In a film a boy really flies a passenger plane on holiday. What is true in real life? - **1.** Anyone can fly if the pilot agrees — no support - **2.** Children often fly planes if their parents agree — score 4 - **3.** Planes fly themselves with kids — score 5 - **4.** Only trained pilots fly; kids may visit the cockpit — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 435, line 3: «Stories also grow in the telling. Isaac said «the pilot let me fly the plane». His friend's dad, a pilot, said kindly: «Kids can visit the cockpit sometimes, m…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «visit» (+3); the same thing acted on «cockpit» (+2); the same doer «kids» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Identify the principal means by which an exaggerated account of a rodeo ride may be detected. - **1.** Knowledge that professional riders are required to remain mounted for eight seconds — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Knowledge that children are not permitted to attend rodeos in any part of the United States — no support - **3.** Knowledge that rodeos are held only at night — no support - **4.** Knowledge that bulls are not found in Texas — 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/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a child who, having frequently invented stories, subsequently relates a true one. - **1.** The true account is liable to be disbelieved — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The true account is believed more readily — no support - **3.** The true account becomes false — no support - **4.** Previous inventions enhance the credibility of the child — 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/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the ascent of the Eiffel Tower by visitors? - **1.** Children are prohibited from ascending — no support - **2.** The summit may be reached by stairs within five minutes — no support - **3.** No stairs are available to visitors — no support - **4.** The stairs extend only to the second floor, the summit being reached by lift — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 435, line 8: «Visitors to the Eiffel Tower can climb stairs only to the second floor; the top is reached by lift, and the climb takes far more than five minutes.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «reach» (+2); the same doer «lift» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} It is given that a child related a fictitious ghost story as true at a sleepover, whereupon another child requested to be collected at three o'clock in the morning. Determine the conduct most appropriate. - **1.** To refrain from apologising — no support - **2.** To relate stories of a more frightening character on later occasions — no support - **3.** To state in advance that the story is invented — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** To insist thereafter that the story was true — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 328, line 16: «If you will miss practice, tell the coach in advance, because the team plans around you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «advance» (+3); the same action «tell» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/e4/) - ← previous: [434. The friend with a PS6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/434-the-friend-with-a-ps6/) - next →: [436. Covering for a friend](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/436-covering-for-a-friend/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)