Smoking, vaping and betting: habits that are hard to stop
Tests: 2 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 4 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 28 of the adult life 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.
Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.
Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Your brother: "Vapes smell of strawberry so they're basically sweets." Put him right.
- 1. Yes, they are just sweets that you breathe in instead of eating — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, vapes have addictive nicotine; the flavour just tempts you — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. No, vapes are made only of water — no support
- 4. Yes, the fruit makes them healthy — 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
Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Grandad's been snapping at everyone all week. Mum: "Go easy, he's on day five without a ciggie." Why is he snappy?
- 1. He wants more presents from the family at Christmas — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He has caught a bad cold — no support
- 3. His body is missing nicotine while he quits — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He is cross with you about your room — 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
Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓
Mum: "Lottery's up to 100 million this week, I've got a good feeling!" Which plan is wiser for buying a pool?
- 1. Saving a bit of money every month — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. Buying lots of tickets every week — score 8
- 3. Waiting until she has a lucky dream — score 8
- 4. Choosing the numbers of her birthday — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 27, line 2: «Most adults drink alcohol in small amounts with food or with friends, which is legal and usually harmless; drinking too much causes headaches, accidents and, f…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «friends» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Uncle Steve, fuming: "Bloody hell, 2–1! There goes my twenty quid." What happened?
- 1. He won twenty pounds on the match — score 2
- 2. He paid twenty pounds to get into the match — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. He bet twenty pounds on a different score and lost — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. Someone stole twenty pounds at the match — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 28, line 3: «Picture Sunday in Melbourne: Grandad Ron has a nicotine patch on his arm and is snappy because he's giving up smoking, while Uncle Steve shouts at the footy on…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «uncle steve» (+4); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Overheard: "I won a fiver on a scratchie, so I bought six more." Over a month, what is most likely?
- 1. She spends far more than she wins — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. She breaks even exactly — no support
- 3. She wins every single time — no support
- 4. She wins much more than she spends — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 15: «Income tax is money taken from earnings for the government; people who earn more pay more, but "half of it goes to the taxman" is usually an exaggeration.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «earn» (+2); the same thing acted on «more» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Gran gives you a newspaper page to pick a horse "with a funny name, no money, just for fun." Is that gambling?
- 1. Yes, Gran will lose her house — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, because horses cannot be bet on by anybody at all — no support
- 3. No, there is no money involved, it is just a game — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yes, it is against the law for children to play — 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
Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓
Aunt Kerry, crying on the phone: "He swore he'd stopped, but he's been betting on his phone at 3 a.m. and the rent's gone." What does Uncle need?
- 1. Help for a gambling addiction — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A luckier betting app — no support
- 3. More money to win the rent back — no support
- 4. A new phone with a bigger screen — 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
Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Your friend says: "My dad keeps betting and Mum's crying about money. Don't tell anyone." What should you do?
- 1. Give your friend your pocket money so he can win it back — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. Tell a trusted adult, because this is not a secret to keep — ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 3. Keep the secret for ever — no support
- 4. Tell the whole class at lunch — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 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 19, line 3: «In Vancouver, Dad yawns over his cereal, the changing bag by the door is stuffed with nappies, and Mum calls from the sofa, "She's feeding, can you give us a m…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «give» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Josh, 15, is offered a cigarette: "Go on, one won't hurt, you can stop whenever." What is most true?
- 1. Teenagers cannot get addicted to nicotine — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. One cigarette makes you a smoker for life — no support
- 3. Cigarettes are safe until you are 30 — no support
- 4. Many smokers started as teenagers and could not stop — ✓ 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
Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
A bookie's advert shows smiling winners every football break. What does it never show?
- 1. Any people at all — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The many people who lost money — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The name of the betting company — no support
- 4. The football match itself — 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
Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Which of these is a "flutter"?
- 1. Betting the rent money every week — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Playing on a betting app every night — no support
- 3. Two pounds on a horse once a year — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Borrowing money to keep betting — 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the substance contained in both cigarettes and electronic cigarettes which renders them addictive.
- 1. Water vapour — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nicotine — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Sugar — no support
- 4. Caffeine — 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
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
It is given that betting undertakings determine the odds offered to their customers. Ascertain who, in aggregate, derives financial benefit therefrom.
- 1. The betting undertakings — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The government exclusively — no support
- 3. The majority of persons placing bets — no support
- 4. The sporting teams concerned — 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
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Select the response that most accurately characterises the expression "a little flutter".
- 1. A severe addiction to gambling — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A loan obtained in order to gamble — no support
- 3. A small wager placed for amusement — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A feeling of nervousness before a race — 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Determine which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the likelihood of winning a national lottery jackpot.
- 1. The probability is approximately one in forty-five million — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The probability exceeds one in two for regular players — no support
- 3. The probability increases after each loss — no support
- 4. The probability is certain for persons choosing birthdays — 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
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