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title: The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday
description: Lesson 500 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 9 of 11 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff

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**Tests:** 9 of 11 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 8 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 500 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/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/).

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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/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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«my big sis is SO bossy, she defo hates me». What does Cerys's morning show?

- **1.** Bossy and protective often go together — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Sisters who boss you around hate you — no support
- **3.** She should stop talking to her sister — no support
- **4.** Bossy sisters never stick up for you — 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/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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«it was just a joke, reading the diary was harmless lol». What's true?

- **1.** It's harmless as long as you only read the first few pages — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It's fine because sisters aren't allowed to have secrets at all — no support
- **3.** Diaries are meant to be read out loud at tea, that's the point — no support
- **4.** Snooping and sharing a secret can wreck trust for a long time — **✓ 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/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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A big sister says, «Keep my secret: I'm meeting someone I met online tonight, don't tell Mum». What should a little sister do?

- **1.** Post about it so her friends can warn her — no support
- **2.** Keep it, because sisters never tell on each other — score 7
- **3.** Tell a grown-up; it could be dangerous — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **4.** Go with her to keep her company and stay quiet — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 485, line 1: «Sam's dad asks, «So what makes a real friend?» Sam thinks of Jake turning up with Monster Munch for a rematch, Tom swapping sleeping bags for Kieran, Mr Grimsh…», 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). 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/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Iona's friend says, «Ugh, Morven took your clips, that's well rude». What makes it okay this time?

- **1.** Iona is younger, so it doesn't count — no support
- **2.** Morven paid for them — no support
- **3.** Morven asked and said thanks — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** Clips aren't real property — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 452, line 1: «Mia told her best friend Chloe a secret, and Chloe promised not to tell. By break, three people knew. When Mia asked, Chloe said «I never said anything» — but…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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What would probably happen if Destiny kept borrowing Imani's AirPods without asking?

- **1.** More rows and less trust — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** They would become best friends — no support
- **3.** Mum would buy everyone AirPods — no support
- **4.** Nothing; sisters never mind — 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/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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«big sis bought me cocoa every Sat and now she's stopped, so unfair». What does the lesson say?

- **1.** She has to keep buying it forever — no support
- **2.** A treat is a gift, not a rule — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** Sulk until she buys two next week — no support
- **4.** Tell Mum to make her pay up — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 500, line 5: «Big sisters can be grumpy and kind in the same hour. In Newcastle, Darcey asks Kayleigh, 15, for help with fractions: «Ugh, howay man, I'm busy» (Geordie for «…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «treat» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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In a cartoon, the big sister posts embarrassing photos of her little sister and everyone laughs, the end. What's missing?

- **1.** She should have asked first, and it hurt — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The little sister should post one back — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** Nothing; posting photos is always fine — no support
- **4.** Makeup photos can't upset anybody — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 352, line 2: «Ella grabbed the biggest slice of birthday cake before anyone else could. Her little sister got the thin end and cried, and Mum made them swap. Ella sulked — «…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «little sister» (+3); the same thing acted on «thin end» (+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/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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★★★ Jodie earns money and spends £2 on Hollie's hot chocolate every Saturday. She stopped after 9 Saturdays, then started again and did 3 more. She says, «I've spent £20 on you!» Is she right?

- **1.** No, it's £24 — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** No, it's £18 — no support
- **3.** No, it's £12 — no support
- **4.** Yes, exactly £20 — 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/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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★★★ Nomsa says «now now» on Monday (meaning soon) and «just now» on Tuesday (meaning later). Which is true?

- **1.** Both mean not this second — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** «Now now» means right this second — no support
- **3.** Both mean never — no support
- **4.** «Just now» means a minute ago, always — 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/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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«Aziza's 17, she's basically an adult, she'll be fine». What does the lesson say?

- **1.** Teenagers don't cry about family things — no support
- **2.** 17-year-olds never feel sad or tired — no support
- **3.** Aziza should do even more jobs — score 3
- **4.** A teen doing a parent's jobs needs help too — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 500, line 5: «Big sisters can be grumpy and kind in the same hour. In Newcastle, Darcey asks Kayleigh, 15, for help with fractions: «Ugh, howay man, I'm busy» (Geordie for «…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «job» (+5); the same doer «parent» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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«Thandi's sister made her walk behind, so she's ashamed of her». What's more likely?

- **1.** It's a rule in every South African family — no support
- **2.** She wants to look cool in front of her friends — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** She's ashamed of her sister and always has been — no support
- **4.** Thandi did something terrible that morning — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 500, line 4: «Secrets can be light or heavy. In Dublin, Clodagh, 17, lets Saoirse play on her phone, and a message pops up from someone Saoirse doesn't know: «u still sneaki…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «big sisters» (+3); the same circumstance (+3); the same action «look» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/t11/)

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

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of an elder sister who is both domineering and protective?

- **1.** Both behaviours may proceed from a sense of responsibility — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Domineering conduct precludes any protective inclination — no support
- **3.** Such conduct evidences animosity towards the younger child — no support
- **4.** Protective acts are performed solely to impress others — 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/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/e1/)

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

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Identify the principal consequence, as established in the lesson, of reading another's diary and disclosing its contents.

- **1.** A reasonable act, given that siblings may hold no secrets — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** An improvement in relations between the sisters concerned — no support
- **3.** A harmless jest of no lasting effect upon the persons concerned — no support
- **4.** A grave breach of privacy which may impair trust for a long time — **✓ the right answer** · 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 340, line 6: «Copying homework hurts the friend who helped you, because he can get in trouble too.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «friend» (+3); the same thing acted on «friend» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a sibling's secret which involves possible danger.

- **1.** Such a secret must be preserved irrespective of the risk — no support
- **2.** Such a secret should be published to the sibling's acquaintances — no support
- **3.** Such a secret should be communicated to the stranger involved — no support
- **4.** Such a secret ought to be disclosed to a responsible adult — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 315, line 14: «A private, harmless secret about a friend can be kept, but a secret that hides harm or danger must be told to a trusted adult.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «secret» (+2); the same receiver «trusted adult» (+1). Against it: 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/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/e3/)

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

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It is given that an elder sister has customarily purchased a beverage for her sibling each week and has ceased to do so for want of funds. State the correct characterisation of the practice.

- **1.** A gift rather than an obligation — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A payment due under contract — no support
- **3.** A debt enforceable against the sister — no support
- **4.** A rule of the household — 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/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/e4/)

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