--- title: Living in a children's home — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 520 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 11 tests right, exam 4 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/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/) [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/) / 520 # Living in a children's home **Tests:** 4 of 11 right · **Exam:** 4 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 12 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 520 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/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/). 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/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/). ### Test 1 · right ✓ {#t1} «u live in a home?? so ur parents are dead». Right? - **1.** No, they're all on holiday — score 1 - **2.** Yes, that's what «home» means — score 3 - **3.** Yes, every child in a home is an orphan — no support - **4.** No, most kids in homes have living parents — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 520, line 3: «A kid at school asks Aaliyah, «Where's your mum and dad?» «I live in a home.» «What, like an orphan?» Aaliyah feels small. An orphan is a child whose parents h…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «parents» (+4); the same doer «most children» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/t1/) ### Test 2 · wrong ✗ {#t2} «it's like prison, man». What's more true about the rules? - **1.** They are a punishment for being in care — no support - **2.** They are there to make kids miserable — score 2 - **3.** They only exist in children's homes — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** They keep kids safe, like many family rules — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 362, line 3: «In-app money is real money: gems, coins and skins are paid for from a real bank account. Age rules on apps exist to keep children away from things that can ups…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «exist» (+2); the same doer «age rules» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/t2/) ### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3} What would most likely happen if Rian never told the staff about his trainers? - **1.** The kid might keep taking his stuff — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The older kid would say sorry on his own — score 3 - **3.** The staff would know without being told — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **4.** The trainers would come back by themselves — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 269, line 9: «If you drop something near the school bus, you never bend down to pick it up; you tell the driver first, because the driver may not see you.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «driver» (+6). 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/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/t3/) ### Test 4 · right ✓ {#t4} In a cartoon, a children's home is a scary old building run by a cruel lady. What's more real? - **1.** Usually an ordinary house with caring staff — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Children's homes don't exist in real life now — no support - **3.** Every home is a scary building with a cruel boss — no support - **4.** Homes are like hotels where kids do whatever — 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/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/t4/) ### Test 5 · right ✓ {#t5} Keeley's mate: «why u sad? u got a cake!». Why might she be sad? - **1.** She wanted a bigger cake — score 2 - **2.** She didn't like the sparklers — score 2 - **3.** She wished her mum had called — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **4.** She was tired from singing — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 453, line 5: «You can love someone and still not trust their promises. Leo's uncle in Pittsburgh always said he'd «pay you back next week, buddy» for borrowed pocket money —…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «like» (+5); the same doer «leo» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/t5/) ### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6} Elowen: «my dad's getting better, he'll come for me soon». Her social worker says it may take a long time. What's the wise way? - **1.** Pretend her dad doesn't exist — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** Stop going to dance until he comes — no support - **3.** Keep hoping and keep living her life too — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Give up hope completely and forever — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 228, line 23: «Grown-ups' talk you may overhear is private: «his dad's left» means the dad no longer lives with the family, so be kind and do not repeat it; and teasing that…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dad» (+5); the same action «live» (+1). The right option, 3, 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/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/t6/) ### Test 7 · right ✓ {#t7} Luca's mum misses a visit. A new worker says «never mind, eh». What would most likely help more? - **1.** Sitting with him and letting him be sad — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **2.** Promising she'll definitely come next time — no support - **3.** Telling him to cheer up and play a game — score 7 - **4.** Saying his mum doesn't care about him — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 520, line 4: «Luca's mum visits once a month. He waits by the window in his best hoodie. Sometimes she comes and they play Uno; sometimes she doesn't turn up, and Luca goes…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit» (+5); the same circumstance (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/t7/) ### Test 8 · wrong ✗ {#t8} Maddox: «what does ‹hereby› even mean, am I in trouble??» What's true? - **1.** He has to go to court alone and explain himself to a judge without help — no support - **2.** He should ignore the letter, as children aren't allowed to read their own post — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **3.** He must be in big trouble, because court letters only go to naughty children — no support - **4.** Formal letters use stiff words; he's not in trouble, and his social worker can explain — **✓ the right answer** · 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 462, line 7: «Inside jokes and secret handshakes help friends feel close, but save them for times they won't get you into trouble.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). 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/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/t8/) ### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9} ★★★ Luca's mum is meant to visit once a month. This year she came 9 times. How many visits did she miss? - **1.** 2 — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** 9 — no support - **3.** 12 — no support - **4.** 3 — **✓ 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/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/t9/) ### Test 10 · wrong ✗ {#t10} ★★★ Lights out at 9, phones handed in at 8. Jordan-Lee gets home from football at half past 7. How long can he use his phone? - **1.** One hour — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **2.** An hour and a half — score 5 - **3.** Half an hour — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** No time at all — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 362, line 13: «Using someone's phone without asking can drain their battery when they need it, so they may miss an important call.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+4); the same thing acted on «phone» (+1). 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/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/t10/) ### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11} Koa's carer yells «sweet as!» and Koa is «stoked». How does Koa feel? - **1.** Sleepy — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Thrilled — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Scared — no support - **4.** Seasick — 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/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reason for which a child may reside in a children's home? - **1.** The child has been expelled from school for poor conduct — no support - **2.** The child has elected to leave a satisfactory family home — score 6 - **3.** Residence in such a home is compulsory for all children — no support - **4.** The child's parents are presently unable to care for the child safely — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 520, line 3: «A kid at school asks Aaliyah, «Where's your mum and dad?» «I live in a home.» «What, like an orphan?» Aaliyah feels small. An orphan is a child whose parents h…», 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 «parents» (+2); the same circumstance (+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/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Identify the meaning of the term «orphan» as established in the lesson. - **1.** Any child who resides in a children's home — score -1 - **2.** A child whose parents are employed abroad — score 2 - **3.** A child both of whose parents have died — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **4.** A child who has no brothers or sisters — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 514, line 5: «After a death, many children start to worry. In Kent, Olly, 9, whose grandma has just died, asks at bedtime, «Will you die, Mum?» Mum holds his hand: «One day,…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «die» (+2); the same doer «you» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Given that a child receives a formal notice of a placement review, ascertain the person best placed to explain its contents. - **1.** Nobody, since the notice is confidential — no support - **2.** The other children in the home — score 0 - **3.** A classmate selected at random — score 2 - **4.** The child's social worker — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 520, line 5: «Good things happen too. Koa's carer takes him fishing at the river. He lands a trout and the carer yells, «Sweet as, bro, you caught one!» («sweet as» is New Z…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «social worker» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the rules of a children's home. - **1.** They exist for the safety of the children — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** They serve solely the convenience of the staff — no support - **3.** They exist as a penalty for entering care — score 3 - **4.** They are unknown in ordinary family homes — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 362, line 3: «In-app money is real money: gems, coins and skins are paid for from a real bank account. Age rules on apps exist to keep children away from things that can ups…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «exist» (+2); the same doer «age rules» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/e4/) - ← previous: [519. Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison/) - next →: [521. Foster care](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/521-foster-care/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)