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title: Fights, racism and being a bystander — how Mova does on the tests · Reflection
description: Lesson 20 of the reflection course of Mova's primary school: 4 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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# Fights, racism and being a bystander

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

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Lesson 20 of the reflection 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/reflection/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/).

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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/reflection/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Mo's mate from London says, "Bruv, you was born in Croydon, you're from here, innit." ("Bruv" means mate.) What does this show?

- **1.** Mo belongs here, and the bully's words are racist and wrong — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Mo's mate secretly thinks the bully might have a point about where Mo is from — no support
- **3.** Only people born in Croydon belong in Britain — no support
- **4.** Mo should prove where he was born to the bully — **← Mova's choice** · 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 1: «Some hurts are about losing face, like Rory losing an arm-wrestle to his little cousin at a barbecue while the whole family laughed; others cut much deeper, li…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bear» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «mo» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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/reflection/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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What would happen if the school ignored the "go back" comments?

- **1.** Mo would stop caring and feel totally fine — no support
- **2.** It would make no difference to anyone — score 0
- **3.** The bully would grow out of it within a week — no support
- **4.** The racist bullying would likely go on and Mo would keep hiding his culture — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 19, line 9: «Freezing someone out means ignoring them on purpose, as a group; it is a kind of bullying, and it is about the group's power, not something wrong with the pers…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «bullying» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Holly thinks: "She said I'm fake. I said she's stupid. It's over forever." What actually worked?

- **1.** Making new friends to make her jealous — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** A note saying "I miss you. Sorry." — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Telling everyone her side of the fight — no support
- **4.** Waiting forever for her friend to come back — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 12: «Peer pressure is when friends push you to do something you don't want to do; saying no is braver than giving in.», 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 «friends» (+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/reflection/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Oscar's classmate goes, "dyslexic kids are lowkey slow, no offence." What is the true reply?

- **1.** Dyslexia is about reading, not cleverness; many brilliant people have it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** It's fine to say because he said no offence — no support
- **3.** He's right; dyslexia means you are slow at everything, not just at reading — no support
- **4.** Dyslexia is just an excuse for not reading — 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/reflection/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Ruby's coach in Ireland says, "Ah, she just went off on her, the eejit." ("Went off on" means got very angry at; "eejit" means fool.) What should Ruby have done first?

- **1.** Screamed even louder to be heard — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** Checked whether it was an accident — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Walked off the court for good — no support
- **4.** Knocked her friend over back so it was fair — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 5: «And fights between friends often start from a guess, like Ruby screaming "You did that on purpose!" at netball when it was an accident; checking first saves a…», 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 (+3); the same action «scream» (+2); the same doer «ruby» (+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/reflection/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Ben's mates go, "don't be a wuss, just smack him, he's sus anyway." ("Sus" means suspicious, dodgy.) What does Ben wish he'd done?

- **1.** Hit him harder so the fight ended quicker — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** Waited until after school to do it — no support
- **3.** Asked his mates to go and fight the boy for him instead of doing it himself — score 3
- **4.** Said no, because the boy never did anything to him — **✓ the right answer** · 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, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 19, line 16: «Brothers and sisters fight, but hitting hard is not okay; big feelings like "I wish he didn't exist" pass, and parents need to set rules.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hit» (+3); the same property (+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/reflection/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Lucy thinks, "Whatever I do, I'm in trouble, she hates me." What would probably make it worse?

- **1.** Talking to another teacher she trusts — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** Being rude back to the teacher — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Telling her mum how she feels — no support
- **4.** Asking the teacher what she can improve — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 13: «When a teacher seems to pick on you, talking to a parent or another teacher can help sort it out; being rude back usually makes it worse.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «talk» (+3); the same circumstance (+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/reflection/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Max says, "It wasn't me, I just stood there." Why does he still feel guilty?

- **1.** Doing nothing while someone is hurt can feel like being part of it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** He is guilty about something else that happened — no support
- **3.** Standing still is against school rules — score 4
- **4.** He secretly did hit the younger kid when nobody was looking at him — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 20, line 4: «Then there is Max, who just stood there while his friends bullied a younger kid: "I didn't do anything. But I didn't stop it either. Is that just as bad?" Doin…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+2); the same thing acted on «someone» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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In a cartoon, the hero walks past a kid getting bullied because "it's not my business". The next episode he's still the hero. What's off?

- **1.** Bullying is fine in cartoons, so it's not off — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nothing; minding your own business is the most heroic thing to do — no support
- **3.** Real heroes, even small ones, help or get help — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Heroes only help people they already know — 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/reflection/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Zoe's gran from Manchester says, "Our kid, telling's not grassing when you're the one getting hurt." ("Our kid" is a family word for a younger relative.) Is she right?

- **1.** Only if the bully is older than her — no support
- **2.** Yes; telling to stay safe is not grassing — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** No; telling is always grassing — score 5
- **4.** Only if there are bruises — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 15: «Telling an adult when someone hurts you is not "grassing"; a grass, in UK slang, tells on people to get them in trouble, but telling to stay safe is different.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stay» (+3); the same property (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Jacob's mate says, "it was only a laugh, why you crying?" What's the real issue?

- **1.** Play-fights must always end in tears — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Jacob should have fought harder — no support
- **3.** Jacob can't take a joke at all — no support
- **4.** He didn't stop when Jacob said stop — **✓ 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/reflection/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/t11/)

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

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an instruction to a pupil to "go back" to another country on account of his family origin?

- **1.** It is permissible where the pupil was born abroad — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It is a form of humour exempt from school regulations — no support
- **3.** It constitutes racist bullying and ought to be reported — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** It constitutes a reasonable enquiry as to residence — 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/reflection/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Identify the principal reason for which disputes arising from a collision during sport may be avoided.

- **1.** Ascertaining whether the collision was accidental before reacting — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Reacting with maximal anger before any facts are known — no support
- **3.** Presuming in all cases that any collision was intentional and responding in kind — no support
- **4.** Declining to participate in any team sport whatsoever — 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/reflection/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/e2/)

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

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It is given that a pupil witnessed the bullying of a younger child without intervening. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

- **1.** Inaction confers complete freedom from any concern — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Subsequent disclosure to a teacher remains of value — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** No action is possible once the incident has concluded — no support
- **4.** The witness is obliged to join in the bullying — 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/reflection/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/e3/)

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

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In respect of dyslexia, determine which statement is correct.

- **1.** It affects only persons over the age of eighteen — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It is eliminated entirely by increased effort — no support
- **3.** It renders reading and spelling more difficult and is unrelated to intelligence — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** It indicates a general deficiency in intelligence — 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/reflection/20-fights-racism-and-being-a-bystander/e4/)

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