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title: The secret that got told — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday
description: Lesson 476 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 11 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# The secret that got told

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**Tests:** 5 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 12 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 476 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/476-the-secret-that-got-told/).

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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/476-the-secret-that-got-told/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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«I only told one person, so it's basically still a secret». Is it?

- **1.** No, «one person» is how it spreads — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** No, but only if it's two people — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** Yes, if they're your best friend in the world — score 1
- **4.** Yes, one person doesn't count — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 467, line 14: «Games and sport can make friends across languages, even with only a few words in common.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «friends» (+2). Against it: the same doer «games» (-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/476-the-secret-that-got-told/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Kayla: «swear on ur life u won't tell». She's being hurt at home. What should Mia do?

- **1.** Tell a trusted grown-up anyway — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **2.** Keep the promise no matter what — score 10
- **3.** Try to sort it out herself — no support
- **4.** Tell the kids in class — score 10

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 449, line 4: «Some stories just don't fit the world. Tom's little brother said the dog ate the cake — but the dog was locked in the garden, and the brother had chocolate on…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «say» (+4); 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/476-the-secret-that-got-told/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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«she'll hate me if I tell». What does the lesson show about that worry?

- **1.** She may be cross at first but she'll be safer — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** She'll hate you forever, so it's best not to tell — no support
- **3.** It doesn't matter if she's hurt — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **4.** She'll be happy at once — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 256, line 6: «A boy in Texas called Leo did not understand fractions but was too embarrassed to ask; by the end of the year he could not follow any of the lessons that built…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lessons» (+3). Against it: the same thing acted on «lessons» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). 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/476-the-secret-that-got-told/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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«it's my sister, family don't count, innit». Is telling family OK?

- **1.** No, it can still spread back to your friend — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** Yes, sisters are like diaries — no support
- **3.** No, only tell your cousins — no support
- **4.** Yes, family can never pass things on to anyone else — **← Mova's choice** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 359, line 4: «Tom promised his little sister his old bike, then sold it for money. Mum made him give his sister the money, and Tom said sorry and bought her a helmet as well.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same thing acted on «money» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (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/476-the-secret-that-got-told/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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«my mate says Sam's been dissing my mum, I'm gonna batter him». (dissing means saying rude things.) Best move?

- **1.** Batter him straight away — no support
- **2.** Tell everyone Sam's a liar — no support
- **3.** Spread a rumour back about him — no support
- **4.** Ask Sam directly — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · 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 476, line 2: «Secrets leak in sneaky ways. Sam tells Jake he still sleeps with a nightlight; Jake tells the football team for a laugh, and Sam is teased for a fortnight. Sam…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+3); the same receiver «sam» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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«spill the tea, why's Chloe sad, is it her parents?» (spill the tea means tell the gossip.) What should Hana say?

- **1.** Make up a juicier story — score 3
- **2.** It's private, I'm not saying — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** Post it in the chat — no support
- **4.** Yeah, they're splitting up, tell everyone — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 476, line 2: «Secrets leak in sneaky ways. Sam tells Jake he still sleeps with a nightlight; Jake tells the football team for a laugh, and Sam is teased for a fortnight. Sam…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «split up» (+3); the same doer «parents» (+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/476-the-secret-that-got-told/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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What would probably happen if Connor had told the lads about Kieran's dad's job?

- **1.** Kieran would be grateful — score 5
- **2.** Kieran would feel betrayed and stop trusting him — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** Nothing, nobody would care — score 2
- **4.** Kieran's dad would get his job back sooner with their help — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 476, line 3: «Some friends are a safe. Kieran tells Connor his dad lost his job and they might move. Connor keeps it for months: «Dunno, mate.» Later Kieran says, «You're th…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «trust» (+3); the same doer «kieran» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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«Ellie read your diary out, but you did call her a goose». Who was in the wrong?

- **1.** Only Maddie, she wrote it — score 1
- **2.** Both: reading it was wrong and so were the mean words — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Only Ellie, because diaries are private, whatever's in them — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **4.** Nobody, it was a sleepover — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 356, line 6: «A diary is private; reading someone else's diary without permission breaks their trust.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same doer «diary» (-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/476-the-secret-that-got-told/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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«Grace says Lily wets the bed lol». Lily knows it's a lie. What should she do?

- **1.** Tell a teacher, lies like that are bullying — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 14
- **2.** Laugh along so it stops — score 10
- **3.** Never come back to school — no support
- **4.** Start a worse rumour about Grace to get her back — score 10

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 14, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 476, line 2: «Secrets leak in sneaky ways. Sam tells Jake he still sleeps with a nightlight; Jake tells the football team for a laugh, and Sam is teased for a fortnight. Sam…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «tell» (+4); the same receiver «best friend» (+4); 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/476-the-secret-that-got-told/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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In a film, the hero keeps a friend's dangerous secret to the end and it all works out. What's true in real life?

- **1.** Grown-ups can't help with secrets — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** Dangerous secrets are best kept — score 3
- **3.** Only tell once it's too late — no support
- **4.** If someone's being hurt, tell a grown-up — **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 476, line 10: «Telling a grown-up about harm is not betraying a friend; it is getting them help.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «help» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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«Took that to the grave, bro». What does Raj mean?

- **1.** He forgot all about it in the end — score 4
- **2.** He told everyone at a funeral — no support
- **3.** He kept the secret — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11
- **4.** He buried something in the garden — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 11, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 476, line 3: «Some friends are a safe. Kieran tells Connor his dad lost his job and they might move. Connor keeps it for months: «Dunno, mate.» Later Kieran says, «You're th…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «crush secret» (+2); the same doer «raj» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Ascertain the conduct required of a child to whom a peer has disclosed, under a promise of secrecy, that she is being physically harmed at home.

- **1.** To disclose the matter to fellow pupils — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** To inform a trusted adult notwithstanding the promise — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** To preserve the secret in all circumstances — no support
- **4.** To attempt to resolve the matter unaided — 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/476-the-secret-that-got-told/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the disclosure of a confidence to «only one person»?

- **1.** It is the customary means by which a confidence becomes generally known — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** It renders the original confidant blameless — no support
- **3.** It is permitted where that person is a relative — no support
- **4.** It preserves the confidence in its entirety — 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/476-the-secret-that-got-told/e2/)

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

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Identify the principal means, as established in the lesson, by which trust between friends is established.

- **1.** Proximity in the classroom — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Public declarations of friendship — no support
- **3.** The giving of costly presents on every possible occasion — no support
- **4.** The consistent keeping of each other's confidences — **✓ the right answer** · 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/476-the-secret-that-got-told/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a pupil who receives a report that a friend has insulted his mother.

- **1.** He ought to circulate the report further — score -2
- **2.** He ought to verify the report directly with the friend before reacting — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** He ought to retaliate without delay, lest the insult be thought acceptable — no support
- **4.** He ought to accept the report as true — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 449, line 4: «Some stories just don't fit the world. Tom's little brother said the dog ate the cake — but the dog was locked in the garden, and the brother had chocolate on…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «swear» (+2). Against it: the same doer «friend» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/e4/)

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