--- title: When not to keep a friend's secret — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 437 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 11 tests right, exam 2 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/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/) [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/) / 437 # When not to keep a friend's secret **Tests:** 4 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★★ · **Understood:** 12 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 437 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/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/). 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/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/). ### Test 1 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t1} Friend: «promise u won't tell, I'm running away tonight». What should you do? - **1.** Tell a grown-up, because she could get hurt — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **2.** Keep the promise no matter what happens — score 7 - **3.** Go with her so she isn't alone — score 5 - **4.** Help her pack — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 437, line 2: «Lily's friend told her she was being hit at home and made her promise not to tell. Lily kept the promise for a week and felt sick every day. Then she told her…», 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 action «tell» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Online «friend», a grown-up: «don't tell your parents about our chats». What is this? - **1.** A normal friendly rule for online chats — no support - **2.** A danger sign — tell a grown-up at once — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** A secret you should keep — **← Mova's choice** · score 9 - **4.** A game everyone plays — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 410, line 8: «A stranger who asks you to keep a secret from your parents is a reason to tell your parents.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «secret» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-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/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t3} Big cousin: «grass me up and you're dead». What does that threat show? - **1.** The secret is not okay, so tell a grown-up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 - **2.** Sam should join in — no support - **3.** He's just joking around, like big cousins do — no support - **4.** The secret is fine to keep — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 325, line 13: «Cool a burn under cool running water for 20 minutes and tell a grown-up; never use ice or butter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «grown up» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Friend: «Promise me, Rubes» — she's hurting herself. Is telling a betrayal? - **1.** Yes, a promise is a promise, whatever it's about — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** No, it's the most loving thing to do — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Only if she's your very best friend at school — score 3 - **4.** Yes, she'll never ever forgive you for it — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 437, line 2: «Lily's friend told her she was being hit at home and made her promise not to tell. Lily kept the promise for a week and felt sick every day. Then she told her…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «help» (+2); the same doer «promise» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+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/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t5} «I've got a crush on Ellie, don't tell anyone!!» What should you do? - **1.** Tell a teacher at once — score 4 - **2.** Tell the whole class — score 4 - **3.** Keep it — it's a good, private secret — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11 - **4.** Tell Ellie straight away — score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 11, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 387, line 4: «Mrs Okafor saw what was going on and gave a whole lesson called «How to show you like someone». Everybody giggled, but the class made a list: say hello, share…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+7); the same thing acted on «worst way» (+3); the same doer «crush» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} What would happen if Finn kept quiet and someone saw him near the window later? - **1.** He would be believed even more — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **2.** Nobody could ever suspect him of anything — no support - **3.** He might look guilty for hiding it — **✓ the right answer** · score 0 - **4.** The window would be forgotten — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 345, line 3: «Finn's late mornings went another way. Twice he said «the bus was late» when he had dawdled, and twice nobody checked. He began to think the excuse always work…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Mum's planning a surprise party for Dad on Saturday. Keep it or tell? - **1.** Keep it — it's a happy surprise for a short time — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** Tell a teacher — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **3.** Tell Dad at once, because secrets are always wrong — score 5 - **4.** Tell the police — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 437, line 4: «Others come wrapped in friendship. «I'll be your friend forever if you don't tell — but if you do, I'll never speak to you again,» said Noah's friend, who was…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «dad» (+3); the same action «tell» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t8} Friend took money from her mum's purse once. What's a fair first step? - **1.** Tell the whole school about it in assembly — score 5 - **2.** Take some money too — score 4 - **3.** Never mention it ever — no support - **4.** Give her one chance to stop, and tell if it happens again — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 11, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 437, line 5: «Ruby's friend in Glasgow had been hurting herself on purpose and begged, «Promise me, Rubes.» Ruby was terrified. She told the school nurse, and her friend got…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «friend» (+4); the same action «give» (+3); the same thing acted on «one chance» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Lily's friend was angry when Lily told. What happened months later? - **1.** She moved away forever — score 5 - **2.** She still hated Lily — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **3.** She thanked Lily — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** She told on Lily too — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 437, line 4: «Others come wrapped in friendship. «I'll be your friend forever if you don't tell — but if you do, I'll never speak to you again,» said Noah's friend, who was…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «friend» (+4); the same thing acted on «friend» (+4). 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/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} Kid: «real friends never tell, whatever». What's true? - **1.** Telling always ends friendships — no support - **2.** Real friends tell when someone could get hurt — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **3.** Real friends never talk to teachers — score 4 - **4.** Real friends keep every secret, whatever it is — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 437, line 4: «Others come wrapped in friendship. «I'll be your friend forever if you don't tell — but if you do, I'll never speak to you again,» said Noah's friend, who was…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «friend» (+4); the same thing acted on «friend» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} In a cartoon, a kid keeps a dangerous secret alone and fixes it all himself. What's wiser in real life? - **1.** Tell only other kids in your class — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Handle it alone, just like the cartoon kid — no support - **3.** Wait until you're older and can sort it — no support - **4.** Tell a trusted grown-up who can help — **✓ 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/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the distinction between a surprise and a secret which ought to be disclosed? - **1.** A surprise is temporary and occasions pleasure; a secret occasioning fear or distress ought to be disclosed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **2.** All secrets are to be preserved without exception, whatever their content — no support - **3.** No distinction exists between them, both being forms of concealment — no support - **4.** All surprises are to be disclosed at once — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 196, line 13: «A surprise is a happy secret that ends soon and is meant to make someone glad.», 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 doer «happy secret» (+2); 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/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Identify the principal indication of danger in an adult's request, made online, that a child conceal communications from his parents. - **1.** The time of day of the communication — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The use of a computer for the communication — no support - **3.** The request for secrecy from parents itself — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The friendly manner of the adult — 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/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning disclosure to a trusted adult that a friend is being harmed. - **1.** It constitutes a betrayal of friendship — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** It constitutes assistance and not betrayal — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **3.** It is of no benefit to the friend — no support - **4.** It is permissible only with the friend's express consent — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 416, line 12: «A message can carry a friend's name and picture and still come from a hacker who took the account.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «name» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} It is given that a pupil, threatened with false blame, reports at once an act of damage committed by another. Determine the consequence most commonly reported. - **1.** The pupil is believed, having come forward early — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The report is disregarded — no support - **3.** The pupil is presumed to be guilty of the damage — no support - **4.** The pupil is punished for reporting — 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/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/e4/) - ← previous: [436. Covering for a friend](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/436-covering-for-a-friend/) - next →: [438. Funny pranks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/438-funny-pranks/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)