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title: Siblings as best mates and as rivals — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday
description: Lesson 507 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 11 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Siblings as best mates and as rivals

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**Tests:** 5 of 11 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 8 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 507 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/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/).

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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/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Gwil, wanting to be nice: «I'll just miss a few on purpose, he won't notice». What's likely?

- **1.** Wynne will want to play every day — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Wynne will feel like a champion — no support
- **3.** Wynne will never find out — no support
- **4.** Wynne will notice and feel pitied — **✓ 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/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Kirra films week 1 and Jai edits week 1; they swap every week. Who edits in week 6?

- **1.** Both of them — no support
- **2.** Neither, they're done — no support
- **3.** Kirra — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **4.** Jai — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 507, line 5: «Rivals can turn into a team. In Brisbane, Kirra and Jai start a YouTube channel reviewing servo pies (a servo is a petrol station). Every week they row about w…», 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 «kirra» (+2); the same property (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Jago and Lewis raced 10 times, no draws. Jago won 2 more races than Lewis. How many did Lewis win?

- **1.** 8 — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** 6 — no support
- **3.** 5 — no support
- **4.** 4 — **✓ 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/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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«Why can't you be more like Rosa? She's top of the class, she is». What would most likely happen if Mum kept saying it?

- **1.** Nothing at all, comparing never hurts — no support
- **2.** Rosa and Elowen would become best mates — score 2
- **3.** Elowen would feel worse and might give up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **4.** Elowen would get top marks the next week — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 7, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 496, line 5: «Kids understand more than grown-ups think. In Toronto, Ambrose's parents row in French so he won't understand, eh. He does, every word, and pretends he doesn't…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); the same action «feel» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Hussain to Zainab: «Just say u did it, Dad won't shout at u, ur his fave». Best move for Zainab?

- **1.** Stand next to him while he owns up — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Say she did it, Dad will go easy — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** Hide the phone and say it was stolen — no support
- **4.** Tell Dad she saw a burglar break it — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 311, line 4: «Example: before a football match in Dallas, a dad shows his son the big gate: «If we lose each other, we meet here.» It is easy to get lost in a crowd, and a p…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dad» (+3). 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/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Mo, grinning: «Hattie's me best mate, no cap». Can a sister really be your best mate?

- **1.** Yes, plenty of siblings are best friends — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** No, best mates must be from school — no support
- **3.** Only if they're twins — no support
- **4.** No, siblings can only ever be rivals — 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/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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A lad at school: «Dilly's tiny, she's all mouth, she couldn't fight a cushion». Pete would rather sort his own problems. What's a kind move for Pete?

- **1.** Thank Dilly and say he'd rather sort it himself — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Tell Dilly she's embarrassing and to go away — no support
- **3.** Laugh along with the lad about how small she is — no support
- **4.** Never speak to Dilly at school again — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 497, line 5: «And some grown-ups are simply mean to a child. In Newcastle, Mam's new boyfriend calls Romilly names and blames her for everything, and Mam says nothing. «Howa…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «move» (+3); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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In a cartoon, two brothers fight every episode and are never nice to each other. What's true about real siblings?

- **1.** Real siblings always hate each other — score 1
- **2.** They can be rivals one minute and best mates the next — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** Brothers can't ever be a team — no support
- **4.** Real siblings never fight at all — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 507, line 14: «Siblings often defend each other; you can thank them and still say when you'd rather sort it yourself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «siblings» (+3); the same action «defend» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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«Bram's in the rep team? Big deal, eh, I'm not gonna say anything to him». What usually happens when you cheer a sibling instead?

- **1.** You lose your own friends — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** They get big-headed and hate you — no support
- **3.** Nothing ever comes back — no support
- **4.** It usually comes back to you — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 406, line 5: «The others found their own ways. When her team called Priya «noob» for losing a fight, she said «I'm learning» and, when they kept on, left the team. Jayden's…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lose» (+2); the same thing acted on «fight» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Tunde's well good at math and rubbish at drawing; Dayo is the other way round. What's the smartest deal?

- **1.** Swap help: math for art — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Tunde does all of Dayo's homework — no support
- **3.** Dayo gives up drawing to do math — no support
- **4.** Both just copy from the internet — 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/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Jago: «I won the cornflake race, I'm the best at everything». Lewis is crying. What should Jago learn?

- **1.** Racing should be banned for ever — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Winning at breakfast makes you the best — no support
- **3.** Compete for fun, not to crush — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Crying means Lewis cheated — 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/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/t11/)

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

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the voluntary assumption, by one sibling, of blame for an act committed by another?

- **1.** It constitutes a falsehood and impedes fair judgement — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** It is required by every family as a matter of loyalty — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** It constitutes an admirable and wholly truthful act — no support
- **4.** It invariably secures a lighter punishment for both parties — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 507, line 13: «Loyalty without lying means standing beside your sibling while they tell the truth.», 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 «loyalty» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+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/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/e1/)

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

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Identify the arrangement that is most likely to render a contest between an older and a younger sibling fair.

- **1.** The complete abandonment of every competitive game — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The older sibling's secretly deliberate failure to score — no support
- **3.** The award of victory to the younger sibling in advance — no support
- **4.** A genuine handicap, such as the weaker foot — **✓ 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/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/e2/)

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

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Ascertain the most probable consequence of the repeated comparison of one child with a high-achieving sibling.

- **1.** The siblings' affection for one another invariably increases — no support
- **2.** No consequence whatsoever arises from such comparison — no support
- **3.** The child's achievement immediately exceeds the sibling's — no support
- **4.** The child feels diminished and discouraged — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 505, line 12: «A child who visits a parent's home can feel like a guest; having a space of their own, even a drawer, can help.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «child» (+3); the same action «feel» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the division of labour between siblings collaborating upon a project.

- **1.** Disagreement proves the project ought to be abandoned — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Collaboration between siblings must inevitably fail — no support
- **3.** Fair division of tasks can render rivals a team — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Only one sibling ought ever to perform every task — 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/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/e4/)

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