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title: The big language quiz — how Mova does on the tests · Language
description: Lesson 40 of the language course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 12 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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# The big language quiz

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**Tests:** 5 of 12 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 9 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 40 of the language 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/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/).

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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/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/).

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### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Your mate goes "quickly's an adjective, it describes stuff, innit." What's true?

- **1.** It's a noun, because it names a speed — no support
- **2.** It's a verb, because running is an action — no support
- **3.** He's right, every describing word is an adjective — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **4.** It describes how she ran, so it's an adverb — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 4, line 4: «Many adverbs end in -ly, but not all (fast, soon, often), and some -ly words are adjectives (a friendly dog, a lonely cat); check what the word describes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «adjectives» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same doer «ly words» (-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/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/t1/)

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### Test 2 · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Your little cousin says "I saw three gooses and two mouses." What's the right way to say it?

- **1.** Three gooses and two mice — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Three goose and two mouse — no support
- **3.** Three geeses and two mices — no support
- **4.** Three geese and two mice — **✓ 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/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/t2/)

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### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Your sis texts "the cat licked it's paw lol." What should she fix?

- **1.** It should be "it is paw", written out in full — no support
- **2.** Nothing, "it's" always means belonging to it — no support
- **3.** Its, with no apostrophe, means belonging to it — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** It should be "its'" with the apostrophe at the end — **← Mova's choice** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 36, line 7: «A palindrome reads the same forwards and backwards: level, radar, kayak, racecar; "Was it a car or a cat I saw?" is a palindrome sentence if you ignore spaces…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «car» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). 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/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/t3/)

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### Test 4 · right ✓ {#t4}

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Your grandad from Yorkshire says "ah brung thee a present, lad." ("Thee" is an old word for you.) In standard English what is the past of "bring"?

- **1.** Brang — no support
- **2.** Bringed — no support
- **3.** Brought — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Brung — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 12: «The pasts of bring, teach, swim, fly and eat are brought, taught, swam, flew and ate; all five are irregular.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «pasts» (+3); the same action «bring» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/t4/)

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### Test 5 · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Your Aussie mate texts "footy this arvo? then a cwtch with the dog lol." ("Footy" is football; "cwtch" is a Welsh word he picked up.) When is the football, and what's after?

- **1.** Tonight, then a bath for the dog — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** This morning, then a walk with the dog — no support
- **3.** This afternoon, then a cuddle with the dog — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Tomorrow, then dinner with the dog — 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/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/t5/)

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### Test 6 · right ✓ {#t6}

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Your mate from Dublin says "the craic was mighty last night." What does she mean?

- **1.** It was cold — no support
- **2.** A big fight — no support
- **3.** A loud crack — no support
- **4.** It was great fun — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 40, line 11: «"Arvo" means afternoon in Australia, "craic" means fun or a good time in Ireland, and "cwtch" means a hug or cuddle in Wales.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «craic» (+2); the same thing acted on «fun» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/t6/)

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### Test 7 · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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A Gen Alpha kid says "emoji means emotion icon, no cap." ("No cap" means honestly.) What's the real answer?

- **1.** It's French for little face — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He's right, it's English for emotion icon — no support
- **3.** It's Latin for feeling — no support
- **4.** It's Japanese for picture character — **✓ 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/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/t7/)

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### Test 8 · right ✓ {#t8}

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What would happen if you wrote "Let's eat Grandma!" on Grandma's birthday card with no comma?

- **1.** It would turn into a question — no support
- **2.** Nothing, commas never change meaning — no support
- **3.** It would sound like you plan to eat her — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** It would mean Grandma is cooking — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 2: «The famous one: "Let's eat Grandma!" makes Grandma the dinner, while "Let's eat, Grandma!" invites her to the table; the comma before a name you're talking to…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «grandma» (+4). 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/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/t8/)

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### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Your bro says "the Vikings just smashed stuff and left no words, bruv." Which everyday words prove him wrong?

- **1.** They, sky and egg — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Video, audio and bus — no support
- **3.** Beef, pork and chef — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** Pyjamas, jungle and loot — no support

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**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 6, line 1: «Prepositions are small words that show where, when or how things connect: on, under, in, behind, before, after, with; a pencil "on the desk" and a pencil "unde…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «show» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «small words» (+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/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/t9/)

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### Test 10 · right ✓ {#t10}

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You call "Мама!" across a Ukrainian playground, and your friend smiles and says the calling form. What is it?

- **1.** Мамо! — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** Мамою! — no support
- **3.** Мами! — no support
- **4.** Маму! — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 33, line 3: «When Mia hears her friend shout "Мамо!" across the playground, not "Мама!", she has met a word ending that exists just for calling someone.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «friend» (+2); the same thing acted on «мамо» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/t10/)

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### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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You say "mǎ" to your Mandarin teacher when you meant mother. What did you really say?

- **1.** Scold — score 1
- **2.** Mother — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** Hemp — score 3
- **4.** Horse — **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 34, line 2: «Mei says "mā, má, mǎ, mà" and her friend hears "ma, ma, ma, ma"; but to Mei they are four words, mother, hemp, horse and scold, because in Mandarin the rise an…», 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 «four words» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/t11/)

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### Test 12 · right ✓ {#t12}

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Your American pen pal asks for a "cookie, the sidewalk and the elevator" in British English. What are they?

- **1.** A biscuit, the pavement and the lift — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A muffin, the path and the hoist — no support
- **3.** A cracker, the kerb and the escalator — no support
- **4.** A scone, the road and the stairs — 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/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/t12/)

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

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Ascertain the grammatical category of "quickly" in the sentence "She ran quickly".

- **1.** Adverb — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Preposition — no support
- **3.** Noun — no support
- **4.** Adjective — 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/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/e1/)

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

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Identify the correctly punctuated sentence, consistent with the established conventions of English.

- **1.** The dog wagged its' tail. — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The dog wagged its tail. — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The dog wagged it's' tail. — no support
- **4.** The dog wagged it's tail. — 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/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/e2/)

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

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the distinction between the Mandarin syllables "mā" and "mǎ"?

- **1.** A difference of regional accent, both signifying mother — no support
- **2.** A difference of spelling, signifying horse and mother respectively — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** A difference of tone, signifying mother and horse respectively — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** A difference of volume alone, without any change of meaning — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 34, line 6: «"Mā" (high, flat) means mother, "má" (rising) means hemp, "mǎ" (dipping) means horse and "mà" (falling) means scold.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2); the same thing acted on «mother» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/e3/)

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

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State the number of grammatical cases possessed by Ukrainian, and the case employed when addressing one's mother.

- **1.** Three; the nominative — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Seven; the vocative — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Twelve; the accusative — no support
- **4.** Two; the genitive — 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/language/40-the-big-language-quiz/e4/)

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