Pocket money, saving and spending

Tests: 9 of 19 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 16 of 23 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 261 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.

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 ✗

A boy in Leeds puts £1 a week in his money box for a year without opening it. Roughly how much will he have?

1. About £12 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. About £100 — no support
3. About £52 — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. About £5 — 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 ✗

A girl in New York has exactly $10 for a $10 board game. At the till she is told the total is $10.89. Why?

1. The cashier made a mistake when adding it up — no support
2. Sales tax is added to the shelf price — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. The price went up while she walked — no support
4. She must pay to use the till — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 65, line 5: «A girl in Vancouver is given a new kitten. She gives it a quiet corner and a few days to settle before lots of cuddles, and when the family's dog meets it, an…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+3); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same doer «girl» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A boy in Brisbane spends $40 on mystery card packs and gets mostly cards he already has. What does this show?

1. Mystery packs are like gambling: you never know what you get — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Mystery packs always give the best cards — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. He should buy more packs, as the good cards must come up soon — score 4
4. He was just unlucky this once — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 243, line 6: «A boy in Ontario tapped "buy" again and again in a free game with his mum's card saved on the tablet; he spent over a thousand dollars in a week, and the famil…», 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 «card» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓

A "friend" you met in an online game says, "Buy me a $50 gift card and I'll give you rare items." What is most likely?

1. Gift cards are a safe way to trade — no support
2. It is a scam, so tell a parent and do not buy it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. It is a fair trade between gamers — no support
4. The items will be worth more than $50 — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 254, line 20: «If you are too tired to finish homework, you stop, tell a parent, and send the teacher a note.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same receiver «parent» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Why might paying more for a sturdy pair of trainers save money?

1. They last longer than several cheap pairs — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The shop gives a refund when they wear out — no support
3. Cheap shoes are not allowed at school by the rules — no support
4. Expensive things never break or wear out at all — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 261, line 15: «Paying a little more for something that lasts can cost less in the end than cheap things that break.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «cheap things» (+4); the same action «break» (+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 ✗

Two weeks after buying a torch, Mia finds it does not switch on. What helps her most now?

1. Writing a letter to the battery maker — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The receipt she kept from the shop — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Asking a friend to fix it — no support
4. Buying a new torch quickly — 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 ✗

Your older cousin asks for $20 more pocket money a week and is told no, because the family is saving for a car. What should he do?

1. Take the money from the jar — no support
2. Accept the answer calmly — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Sulk until they change their minds — no support
4. Stop doing any chores until they agree — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 12: «Before going somewhere busy, a family can agree on a meeting place in case they get separated.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «agree» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A girl in Ottawa wants the same expensive water bottle as her friends, though hers works fine. What is a wise thought?

1. Expensive things always make you happy — no support
2. Her bottle will break because it is cheap — no support
3. Things bought only to fit in often bring little joy — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She must buy it or she will lose all her friends — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 225, line 5: «Example: a girl in Toronto borrows her friend's new rubber and loses it. She tells her friend straight away, says sorry and buys a new one, and they stay frien…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lose» (+3); the same doer «girl» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓

In a savings account, $100 grows to $102 after a year without anyone adding money. Where did the extra $2 come from?

1. Interest paid by the bank — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
2. The money grew by itself in the vault — no support
3. A mistake by the bank — no support
4. A tax refund — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 261, line 11: «Interest is extra money a bank pays you for keeping your money in a savings account.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «extra money» (+4); the same action «pay» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓

mum, can u lend me 10 dollars for gift cards, a guy online says he'll double it

1. Yes, if he sends a photo of the money first — no support
2. Send just five dollars to test it — no support
3. Yes, it's a good deal — no support
4. No, it's a scam, never send gift cards online — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 261, line 17: «You never send a gift card or money to someone online; scammers ask for gift cards because they cannot be traced (nobody can follow where the money went).», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓

buy 1 get 1 free on these crisps, but i only like one bag tbh

1. Always buy it, free is free — no support
2. Buy four to get more free — no support
3. It's cheaper to buy none — no support
4. It's only a bargain if you'd use both — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 261, line 14: «A «buy one get one free» offer is only a bargain if you would use both.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «both» (+5); the same action «use» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★ · right ✓

new console broke after 2 days, threw the box n receipt away lol

1. Keep the receipt till you know it works — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Shops pay you to keep broken things — no support
3. Receipts never matter for big things like consoles — no support
4. You can never return a faulty thing — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 261, line 18: «You keep the receipt until you are sure an item works, and a faulty item can be taken back to be exchanged or refunded (given your money back).», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★★ · wrong ✗

everyone at school has these trainers, gonna spend all my savings on em

1. Yes, fitting in is worth every penny you have — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Buy two pairs to fit in more — no support
3. Things bought just to fit in often bring little joy — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Spend it all, saving is pointless — 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 14 · ★★ · wrong ✗

got $10, gonna blow it all on sweets today

1. Buy lottery tickets to win more — no support
2. Spend it all, money's for spending — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Spend it, pocket money can't be saved anyway — no support
4. Save some for things you'll need later — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 261, line 6: «A girl in Texas called Ana spent all her pocket money on sweets every week; when her bike tyre burst she had nothing saved and walked to school for a month.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «spend» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★★ · wrong ✗

guy online says send £5, he'll send back £10 tmrw

1. Send £10 instead so you get £20 back — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Send it and ask him for proof afterwards — no support
3. Send it, it's only £5, not much to lose — no support
4. Don't, it's a trick, tell an adult — ✓ 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 16 · ★★ · right ✓

Why did Ana have to walk to school for a month?

1. She had saved nothing to fix her bike — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Her school moved further away from home — no support
3. The shop had no tyres — no support
4. Bikes are not allowed at school — 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 17 · ★★ · right ✓

did u hear a kid sent his whole birthday money in gift cards to a guy online who promised him a free game? real lesson?

1. Send only half, to be safe — no support
2. Never send gift cards or money online; it's a scam — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. It's fine if he has a lot of followers — score 7
4. Gift cards are traceable, so it's always safe to send them — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 261, line 17: «You never send a gift card or money to someone online; scammers ask for gift cards because they cannot be traced (nobody can follow where the money went).», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «gift card» (+4); the same action «send» (+3); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 18 · ★★ · right ✓

apparently some kid spent all his savings on loot boxes and got nothing good. what's the true lesson?

1. They always give good prizes eventually if you keep paying — no support
2. Keep buying until you win — no support
3. Loot boxes are a smart savings plan — no support
4. Loot boxes are like gambling; you don't know what you get — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 261, line 16: «Loot boxes and mystery packs are like gambling: you pay without knowing what you will get.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «loot boxes» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 19 · ★★ · right ✓

my mate's cousin says his friend doubled his money in a week with some online thing. right?

1. Yes, if they say it's guaranteed to work — no support
2. Yes, send money to try it — score 0
3. Almost always a trick; the money is rarely got back — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
4. Yes, doubling is easy online if you know the right site — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 261, line 21: «Anyone who promises to double your money fast is almost always running a trick, and the money is rarely got back.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «money» (+5); the same property (+4); the same action «get back» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the nature of interest paid upon a savings account.

1. The price of opening a money box — no support
2. A charge for withdrawing one's money — score 0
3. A tax upon pocket money levied by the government each year — no support
4. Extra money paid by a bank for keeping money with it — ← 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 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 261, line 2: «A children's savings account at a bank pays interest, which is extra money the bank gives you for keeping your money there.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «money» (+5); the same action «keep» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a «buy one get one free» offer?

1. It always halves the price of everything in the basket — no support
2. It is invariably a bargain — no support
3. It is a bargain if the shop says so — no support
4. It is a bargain only if both items will be used — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 261, line 3: «Before you buy, ask whether you really want the thing or only want to fit in, whether you would use both items in a «buy one get one free» offer, and whether a…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «use» (+5); the same thing acted on «items» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with established practice in respect of a receipt.

1. It is needed only for food and never for other goods — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is given back to the cashier — no support
3. It is discarded at the shop door — no support
4. It is retained until the item is known to work — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the reason for which scammers request gift cards.

1. Gift cards earn the sender interest — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Money on gift cards is very hard to trace or recover — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Gift cards are required by law — no support
4. Gift cards are cheaper than 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

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