Hiding it from friends: being skint at school

Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 489 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 ✗

«my mates have all got Air Max, I'll just say mine are in the wash, easy». What will probably happen?

1. The fib will work forever, nobody checks — no support
2. Her mates will buy her the trainers — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Her trainers will turn into Air Max — no support
4. The fib will need more fibs and get tiring — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 489, line 1: «In Nottingham, Jolene's mates all have the new trainers, and her family is skint (has no spare money). So every day for a week Jolene says hers are «in the was…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Jory comes to Reece's and sees the ripped sofa. What's most likely?

1. He doesn't care, he came to have fun — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. He refuses to sit down for an hour — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. He tells the whole school about it the next day — score 3
4. He goes home early to sit on his own sofa — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 467, line 4: «Connor plays Fortnite every week with his cousin's mates — loud and funny on voice chat. At his cousin's birthday they meet for real and nobody knows what to s…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mates» (+3); the same property (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓

Megan's classmate: «my dad says ppl on benefits r lazy». Which reply is calm and true?

1. «My mum's a secret millionaire, actually.» — score 4
2. «My mum cares for my brother. That's a full-time job.» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. «Your dad's thick and so are you, shut up.» — no support
4. «You're right, my mum is lazy, sorry.» — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 347, line 3: «Some words are worse than they sound. A girl told a classmate she couldn't be the princess because of her skin colour — something she had heard somewhere and c…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «words» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓

In a film, the poor kid lies about having a mansion and everyone loves him when the truth comes out. What's more real?

1. The truth never comes out about any lie — score 2
2. Everyone loves being lied to by friends — score 2
3. Lies get harder, and friends like you for you — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. A mansion lie always makes more friends — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 454, line 13: «You can forgive a friend who lies often and still tell them you won't believe them until they stop.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «friend» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓

The teacher asks «where did u go» and three kids said Spain, two Florida, one Cornwall, and Ruaridh nowhere. How many children in this group went abroad?

1. Five — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Six — score 1
3. Seven — no support
4. Two — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 56, line 2: «It is wise to have several trusted adults, at least one at home and one at school; some children count five of them on the fingers of one hand, so that if one…», 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 (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«Everett owes money lol, he's a thief». What's true?

1. No, but he should pay it from pocket money — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Yes, he stole $12 from the dinner lady — no support
3. It's his family's bill, not his fault — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. Yes, kids who owe money are always thieves — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 472, line 3: «Older bullies count on silence. A Year 6 boy tells Kieran, «Give us your dinner money or else», and Kieran pays, day after day, until on day four he tells his…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓

Precious: «that's twice this week, he does it every day». What's the best thing to do now?

1. Bring a gang to sort him out — no support
2. Stop going to school for a week — no support
3. Wait for it to stop by itself — score 1
4. Tell a teacher, it keeps happening — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 437, line 2: «Lily's friend told her she was being hit at home and made her promise not to tell. Lily kept the promise for a week and felt sick every day. Then she told her…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

What would most likely happen if Jamal kept avoiding his buddy?

1. Nothing, friends never notice avoiding — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. They'd drift apart over a hot chocolate — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. His buddy would pay for even more drinks — score 3
4. His buddy would send him a bill for it — score 0

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 489, line 5: «Kindness doesn't need money. In Melbourne, Tasha can't afford a birthday present and makes a friendship bracelet; the birthday girl wears it all day. In Toront…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «friends» (+6). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓

Tasha: «a bracelet's well cheap, she'll hate it». What happened in the end?

1. She threw it away — no support
2. She wore it all day — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. She laughed at it — score 1
4. She gave it back — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 489, line 5: «Kindness doesn't need money. In Melbourne, Tasha can't afford a birthday present and makes a friendship bracelet; the birthday girl wears it all day. In Toront…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «wear» (+3); the same property (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Lacey's coat was Keeley's; her jumper was her cousin Mia's; her shoes were from her big sister. A kid says, «Everything you've got is someone's old stuff, ha». What's the smartest answer?

1. «It is not, I bought them all myself!» — score -2
2. «Your stuff is uglier than mine, so there» — no support
3. «Yep, saves loads. Warm, innit?» — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. «Shut it or I'll push you in a puddle» — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 449, line 5: «Not every changing story is a lie. Kai's mate swore he'd seen a shark at the beach. Then it was a dolphin. Then «a big fish thingy». Kai said «Yeah nah, mate,…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «push» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Sami thinks: if I tell the teacher we've no computer, I'm telling all Dad's business. Is he right?

1. Yes, so he should lie about it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, he can share just what he needs — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, so he should say nothing at all — no support
4. No, he should tell her everything — 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 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Seven kids at the table, Ruaridh included: two went abroad, one went to Cornwall, the rest went nowhere. «Everyone goes away except me», he thinks. How many others stayed home like him?

1. Four — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. None — score 6
3. Three — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Two — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 435, line 2: «After holidays, stories grow. Priya said she'd been to the Maldives; asked about the water, she said «cold» — and her friend, who'd been, said «It's like a bat…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «stay» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the concealment of a family's poverty by falsehood?

1. It is effortless and is invariably sustained without any difficulty — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It reliably secures the friendship of the pupil's classmates — no support
3. It is wearisome, since each falsehood tends to require further falsehoods — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It is required of every pupil by the regulations of the 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal purpose of state benefits as established in the lesson.

1. To pay pupils for attendance at their schools — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. To provide sums which must be repaid to a bank — no support
3. To support persons unable to work, poorly paid, or caring — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. To reward persons who decline employment without any reason whatever — 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 ✗

Given that a pupil is repeatedly mocked by a classmate concerning his family's use of a food bank, ascertain the most appropriate course.

1. To conceal the matter indefinitely — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. To absent herself from school — no support
3. To mock the classmate in return — no support
4. To report the matter to a teacher — ✓ 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 ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a pupil whose family owes money for school meals.

1. The debt is a family matter, not the pupil's fault — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The pupil must repay the debt from his own pocket money at once — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. The debt is evidence of theft on the pupil's part — no support
4. The pupil is to be excluded from the dining hall — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 262, line 14: «When you borrow from a parent, you agree how and when you will pay it back from pocket money.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pay back» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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