Where money comes from

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 6 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 5 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 ✗

Overheard: "Did 50 hours this week, still same money, cos I'm salaried." Why no extra pay?

1. He is on wages, which never change however long he works — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Salaried workers are paid by the hour — no support
3. His boss forgot to count the hours — no support
4. A salary is fixed, extra hours may earn nothing extra — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Your brother says: "Mum's mean, she won't buy pizza till Friday." Put him right.

1. Friday is payday; waiting is planning, not meanness — ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. Pizza shops are only open on Fridays — no support
3. Mum is saving all her money for herself — ← Mova's choice · score 12
4. He is right, Mum just doesn't like pizza and never will — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 4, line 3: «Picture a kitchen in Adelaide: Dad comes off the phone pale and says "They're letting people go", and later that night the kids hear Mum and Dad talking quietl…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «save» (+4); the same doer «mum» (+4); the same thing acted on «money» (+4). The right option, 1, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dad, mid-January: "Skint till the 31st, it's beans on toast, kids." Why so skint?

1. Beans are cheaper only in January — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Christmas spending and an early December payday — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. His wages were cut in January by his boss — no support
4. The banks close in January — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Your friend spent all her pocket money on day one and can't buy the comic. What is the lesson?

1. Money runs out, and buying one thing means not buying another — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Her parents should give her more — no support
3. Comics are a waste of money — no support
4. Pocket money should always be spent at once, on the first day — ← Mova's choice · score 14

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 14, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 5, line 8: «Many people are paid early in December, before Christmas, so January feels very long with the money already spent.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «spend» (+4); the same thing acted on «money» (+4). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Your cousin says: "People on benefits are just lazy." Put him right.

1. Benefits help people who are ill, caring or on low pay, and many work — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He is right, benefits are only for lazy people who don't want to work — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. Benefits are only for people who are rich — no support
4. Nobody in work ever gets any help — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 18: «Being short-staffed means people have left or are off sick and nobody has replaced them, so the rest must cover their work too.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «work» (+2); the same doer «people» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mum: "Child benefit's in, that's school shoes sorted." What is child benefit for?

1. Buying presents for the parents — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Paying children for doing their homework every night — no support
3. Paying the school fees of private schools — no support
4. Helping with the costs of bringing up children — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

After the funeral Dad says quietly: "Your gran left us a bit." You feel strange about it. What is true?

1. You should feel only happy about the money and nothing else — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It means Gran is not really gone — no support
3. It is fine to feel grateful and sad at the same time — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. You should refuse the money — 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 ✗

Uncle, grumbling: "Taxman takes the lot, what do we get for it?" What do taxes pay for?

1. Nothing, the money is thrown away — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Only the taxman's own salary and his big house — no support
3. Holidays for people in government — no support
4. Schools, hospitals, roads, police and benefits — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

Grandad: "NI went up, so my take-home's down a tenner." Why is his take-home lower?

1. His boss cut his salary — no support
2. The bank charged him a fee — no support
3. He spent ten pounds on lunch — no support
4. More is taken off as National Insurance — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 14: «Commuting is the daily journey to and from work; many people live far from their jobs because homes near city jobs cost much more.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «homes» (+2); the same thing acted on «more» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Mum: "Work puts in the same as I put in, so I'm doing it." What is she doing?

1. Saving into a pension, with her employer adding some — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
2. Lending money to her company — score 6
3. Buying shares in a shop — no support
4. Paying extra tax to her boss every month from her pay — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 12, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 4, line 3: «Picture a kitchen in Adelaide: Dad comes off the phone pale and says "They're letting people go", and later that night the kids hear Mum and Dad talking quietl…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «mum» (+4); the same action «save» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Dad: "Bonus! But don't count on it next year, kids." Why not?

1. A bonus is not guaranteed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Bonuses are only paid once in a life — no support
3. He has to pay it all back — no support
4. The taxman takes all of it next year — 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 ✗

Which of the following most accurately characterises the distinction between a salary and wages?

1. Both are sums paid exclusively upon retirement — no support
2. A salary is a fixed annual sum paid in instalments; wages vary with the hours worked — ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. A salary varies with the hours worked; wages are a fixed annual sum paid in instalments — score 8
4. A salary is paid by the government; wages are paid by the employer — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 5, line 6: «Wages are usually paid by the hour or the week, so more hours means more pay; a salary is a fixed amount for the year, split into monthly payments.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pay» (+5); the same thing acted on «wages» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal source from which state benefits are funded.

1. The profits of commercial banks — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Voluntary donations from wealthy individuals and charitable bodies — no support
3. The pocket money of children — no support
4. General taxation contributed by the population at large — ✓ 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning National Insurance.

1. A deduction from pay which establishes entitlement to a state pension and certain benefits — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It is a policy insuring the employee's motor vehicle — no support
3. It is a sum paid by the state to all employees annually — no support
4. It is a deduction from pay which is returned in full to every employee each December — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Given that an employee is awarded a bonus, ascertain the most prudent manner of its application.

1. Upon regular monthly bills, the bonus being payable in perpetuity in every future year — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Upon non-recurring expenditure, the bonus not being guaranteed in future years — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Upon the repayment of the bonus to the employer — no support
4. Upon the concealment of the bonus from the tax authorities — 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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