--- title: The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 512 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 11 tests right, exam 1 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/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/) [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/) / 512 # The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad **Tests:** 3 of 11 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 8 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 512 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/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/). 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/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/). ### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1} Alfie-Joe gets a fiver every school day, Monday to Friday. How much does he get in 2 weeks? - **1.** £10 — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** £50 — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** £70 — no support - **4.** £25 — 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/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/t1/) ### Test 2 · right ✓ {#t2} Lyra's bedtime at home is 8; at Gran's on Fridays it's 10. How much later is that? - **1.** 2 hours — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** 18 hours — score 2 - **3.** 1 hour — score 2 - **4.** 10 hours — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 464, line 2: «Lily and Chloe used to spend every Saturday making slime. Now Chloe watches make-up videos and says slime is «so Year 2». Lily is still dinosaur-mad. Their las…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3). Against it: the same doer «lily» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/t2/) ### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3} Alfie-Joe, at home: «Nan lets me have pop AND a fiver, so you have to as well, Mum». What's likely? - **1.** Mum will say yes and give him a tenner — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** A row, and Mum won't like being played against Nan — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** Nan will be in trouble with the police — no support - **4.** Nothing, Mum will just agree with Nan — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 512, line 5: «Different houses, different rules. In Manchester, Lyra's mum says bedtime is 8, but on Fridays at Gran's it's «Friday rules, love», and they watch telly till 1…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mum» (+3); the same action «say» (+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/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/t3/) ### Test 4 · right ✓ {#t4} Granny: «Don't tell yer mam about the chips, hen». A man at the park says: «Don't tell your mum I gave you sweets». Which secret must be told? - **1.** Both should be kept — no support - **2.** The man's — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **3.** Granny's — no support - **4.** Neither should be told — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 116, line 6: «A boy in Ohio home alone opened the door to a man who said he was from the gas company; the man walked in and took things, and the boy was very frightened.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: 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/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/t4/) ### Test 5 · wrong ✗ {#t5} Seren: «Grandad's well strict, he must hate me». What's truer? - **1.** Strict means he wants her gone — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** He only likes Mam, not her — no support - **3.** Strict and loving go together — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Strict grandads never love anyone — 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/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/t5/) ### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6} Ewan, after 3 hours of silence: «that was proper boring, Grandad». Grandad: «Aye, but ye caught a fish, didn't ye?» What's the point? - **1.** Grandads never let you talk at all — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Quiet times can end in something great — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Talking scares away all the fish forever — no support - **4.** Fishing is always boring and pointless — 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/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/t6/) ### Test 7 · right ✓ {#t7} In a cartoon, Grandma is a sweet old lady who only knits and naps. What's truer? - **1.** Grandparents can be coaches, cooks and friends — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** All grannies are spoiling and never strict — no support - **3.** Grandparents only ever knit and nap — no support - **4.** Grandparents can't play any sports — 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/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/t7/) ### Test 8 · wrong ✗ {#t8} Tommy's mate: «your grandad's singin' old songs in that rust bucket, cringe». What did Tommy do that we can learn from? - **1.** Never let his grandad drive him again — score 3 - **2.** Joined in and stopped being embarrassed — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Laughed at his own grandad with them — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **4.** Told his grandad to leave him at the gates — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 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 512, line 4: «Some grandparents keep the family's traditions alive. In Los Angeles, Abuela (Spanish for grandma) lives with Mateo's family and cooks every day. His friends t…», 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 «laugh» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). 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/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/t8/) ### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9} What would most likely happen if Nanna bought Ava-Rose two ice creams every arvo for a year? - **1.** Nothing at all would happen — no support - **2.** She'd grow twice as fast — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** Her teeth could be harmed — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** Her teeth would get stronger — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 293, line 3: «Money runs out if you spend it all at once. A girl in Sydney gets $5 a week: she saves $2 in a jar and spends the rest wisely, and by the summer she can buy th…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+6). The right option, 3, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/t9/) ### Test 10 · wrong ✗ {#t10} Mateo's friend: «your abuela's tamales are bussin', no cap». Abuela doesn't know the word. Why does she laugh and give them more? - **1.** She thinks they're being rude — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** She wants them to go home — no support - **3.** She doesn't care what they say — no support - **4.** She can tell they love her food — **✓ 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/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/t10/) ### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11} «Back in my day we did chores before we breathed!» What does Grandma really mean? - **1.** Children used to do lots of chores early — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Children never did any chores — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **3.** Children used to hold their breath — no support - **4.** She was born without breathing — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 101, line 7: «A pet depends on you, so a chore like feeding it must be done every day, without being reminded.», 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 thing acted on «chore» (+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/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the tendency of grandparents to indulge their grandchildren? - **1.** It commonly arises from greater leisure and fewer rules — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** It indicates an absence of affection for the parents — no support - **3.** It is required of grandparents by statute — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **4.** It is attributable to a wish to embarrass the parents — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 96, line 1: «Grandparents carry family history that only they can tell; listening to their stories and asking questions is a gift to both of you, and if a grandparent becom…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (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/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Identify the rule which ought to govern a child's conduct at the residence of a strict grandparent. - **1.** The rules of that house apply — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** No rules apply at a grandparent's residence — score 4 - **3.** The child may select whichever rule is most convenient — score 4 - **4.** The child's rules from home apply without exception — score 4 **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 512, line 8: «Strict grandparents grew up with different rules; at their house, their rules apply.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «apply» (+2); the same doer «rules» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Ascertain which category of secret, among the following, must invariably be disclosed to a parent. - **1.** A secret concerning the consumption of chips at a chip shop — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A secret concerning safety, or one that causes the child distress — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** A secret concerning a surprise prepared for a birthday — no support - **4.** A secret concerning an additional hour of television viewing — 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/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the invocation of a grandparent's permissions in argument with a parent. - **1.** It invariably secures the parent's consent — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It tends to provoke disputes — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** It is without any consequence whatsoever — no support - **4.** It is recommended as a means of negotiation — 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/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/e4/) - ← previous: [511. Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row no…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains/) - next →: [513. Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)