The electric meter, the food bank and «we can't afford it»

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 488 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 ✗

«only lazy ppl go to food banks innit». Right?

1. No, lots of families use them, even working ones — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, if they worked they'd never be hungry — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Yes, food banks only let in lazy people — no support
4. No, food banks are only for the very rich — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 446, line 14: «If you are lost, stay inside the place, at a counter or desk where people work, and don't leave with anyone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «work» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

The meter runs out and Lorcan's little cousin yells, «we're gonna be in the dark FOREVER». What's true?

1. Electricity only comes back on the next birthday — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They'll be in the dark only until it's topped up — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The power company takes the whole house away — no support
4. Once a meter runs out it can never be refilled — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Rosie: «we can NEVER afford anything, you don't even care!» What's more likely true?

1. Dad would rather buy himself a new phone — no support
2. Dad has money but wants to punish her — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Dad will change his mind if she slams doors — score 0
4. Dad cares, there just isn't enough money — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 99, line 2: «Asking for help is a strength: teachers want you to ask, and if you need to talk to someone privately there are free children's helplines with trained people w…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Rosie slammed the door, then heard Dad sigh in the kitchen. What could she do to fix it?

1. Never ask for anything ever again — score 5
2. Ask Gran to buy the phone in secret — score 7
3. Slam it again so he knows she means it — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. Say sorry, it's OK to have been cross — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 340, line 3: «When Max let his mum build his project for the school competition and said he did it, the teacher asked him how he made the tower, and he didn't know. The towe…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «know» (+3); the same doer «teacher» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓

What would probably happen if Zofia never asked and kept guessing?

1. She'd keep worrying, maybe about things that aren't true — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. She'd find out everything by reading her mum's mind — score 6
3. The rent would go back down if she stayed quiet — no support
4. Her parents would move the family that same night — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 288, line 3: «Example: a girl in Auckland wants to hold her friend's guinea pig. She sits on the floor, waits quietly, lets it sniff her hand and lifts it gently with two ha…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+6). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

In a TV show, a kid secretly sells his bike to pay his family's rent and saves the day. What's more real?

1. Every kid can pay the rent by selling toys — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Rent is a grown-up's job, and kids can't fix it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Selling one bike pays rent for a whole year — score 2
4. Landlords only accept money from children — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 474, line 2: «Kids often pay for grown-ups' rows. Two families on Sam's street go to war over a hedge, with solicitor's letters (a solicitor is a kind of lawyer), and the tw…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pay» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓

Marley: «Mum's soup again lol, it's well nice tho». He's hungry most days at school. What should happen?

1. He stops eating breakfast to make it last — no support
2. He tells a teacher — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. He keeps it secret so Mum isn't embarrassed — score 1
4. He takes food from other kids' lunchboxes — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 379, line 2: «At school Connor told his friends, «I hit her because equality. She wants to fight like a boy, so she gets hit like a boy.» Some of the class agreed: «Maddie d…», 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 «friends» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓

Aoife's coat zip is broken and Mam won't sign up for the coat scheme. Who could gently help?

1. Nobody, she has to stay cold — no support
2. Her teacher, by talking to Mam — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. The coat shop, by giving one away — no support
4. Her friends, by laughing at Mam — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 488, line 5: «Sometimes the hard bit is home being empty or cold. In Swansea, Osian's mum has two jobs, café by day and cleaning offices at night, and leaves notes: «Love yo…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «talk» (+6); the same receiver «mam» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Leon found £5. Dad says, «Spend a pound on sweets.» How much goes back to the family money?

1. £1 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. £6 — no support
3. £5 — no support
4. £4 — ✓ 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 · ★★ · right ✓

Tyrone's mom: «no takeout for a month». They used to get takeout every Friday at $20 a time. A month has 4 Fridays. How much do they save?

1. $80 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. $20 — no support
3. $40 — no support
4. $24 — 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 ✗

Maisie-Jo: «it's cos I asked for too much last year, isn't it». What does Dad's «It's the weather, girl» tell her?

1. Dad blames her for the harvest — score 3
2. It's not her fault, or anybody's — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. She asked for too much last year — score 1
4. The weather is angry with them — ← Mova's choice · score 12

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 12, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 488, line 6: «Children notice even when parents try to hide it. In London, Leon finds a £5 note and thinks of sweets, then of Dad counting coins at the till. He gives it to…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «weather» (+2); the same doer «harvest» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Osian's mum works till 10. His friend says, «u can do what u want, lucky». What's more true?

1. Being alone every night is just fun and nothing else — no support
2. He should invite mates round while Mum's at work — score 2
3. Kids are meant to look after themselves at night — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Being alone a lot is hard, and grown-ups should know — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 485, line 5: «A real friend turns up when it matters, keeps your secrets, says sorry and means it, and is the same in public and in private.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3); the same thing acted on «friend» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a prepayment meter?

1. A device paid in advance, the supply ceasing when the credit is exhausted — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. A device whose supply is provided gratuitously by the local council — score 5
3. A device which generates electricity independently of any supplier — no support
4. A device whose charges are settled once a year, in arrears, by the household — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 488, line 7: «A prepayment meter is paid in advance; when the money on it runs out, the electricity or gas stops until it is topped up.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pay» (+6); the same place «advance» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the users of food banks.

1. They are used only during national emergencies — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Many families, including working ones, use them — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Their use is restricted to persons of great wealth — no support
4. They are used solely by persons unwilling to work — 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 ✗

Identify the principal meaning of the parental statement «we cannot afford it».

1. The parent's affection for the child has diminished — no support
2. The item is prohibited by law for persons of that age — no support
3. Insufficient money remains after rent, food and bills — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The child is being punished for prior misconduct — ← Mova's choice · 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 454, line 1: «After Chloe spilled Mia's secret and lied about it, she came to Mia with a real sorry — not a mumbled «soz», but «I told your secret and then lied about it, an…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «punish» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Given that a child is frequently alone and frightened in the evenings while a parent works, ascertain the most appropriate course.

1. To admit any visitor who knocks — no support
2. To leave the house in search of the parent — no support
3. To conceal the matter from all adults — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. To inform the parent or a teacher — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 121, line 13: «Children who greet adults themselves, instead of hiding behind a parent, seem confident and polite.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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