Comfortable families: enough, but not everything
Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 490 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 ✗
«if ur parents don't buy u everything they're poor or mean». Right?
- 1. Yes, saying no means they're mean — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. No, comfortable families can't buy everything — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yes, rich parents always buy everything — score 1
- 4. No, it means they're secretly rich — score 2
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 429, line 2: «Signing someone else's name to fool people is called forgery, and it is a serious kind of lie, because the paper says a grown-up agreed when they didn't. It al…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Elsie saves £5 a week for her £100 half. How many weeks does it take?
- 1. 20 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 2. 40 — score 0
- 3. 10 — score 0
- 4. 5 — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 427, line 12: «A job hidden badly usually takes longer to fix than the job done properly.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Ahmed saves all of his £3 a week. After how many weeks can he afford a £15 football?
- 1. 5 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. 12 — score 6
- 3. 3 — score 6
- 4. 15 — 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 490, line 2: «Most families sit somewhere in the middle, and there's always someone with more and someone with less. In Denver, Ned asks why they haven't got a pool like his…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lily-Rose: «Mum wanted half in savings and I only saved £20». How much less than half did she save?
- 1. £20 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. £10 — no support
- 3. £25 — no support
- 4. £5 — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
«Maddox has a pool so his family's better than ours». What's true?
- 1. Ned's family must be poor without a pool — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. Families with pools are better than others — no support
- 3. Maddox's family is bad for having a pool — score 1
- 4. Having more money doesn't make a family better — ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 490, line 2: «Most families sit somewhere in the middle, and there's always someone with more and someone with less. In Denver, Ned asks why they haven't got a pool like his…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3). Against it: the same doer «families» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
In a cartoon, the middle-class kid throws a tantrum and gets a pony the same day. What's more real?
- 1. Middle-class families always have stables at home — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Ponies are cheaper than headsets, so they say yes — no support
- 3. Every tantrum ends with a pony if it's loud enough — no support
- 4. Families make choices, and tantrums don't buy ponies — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓
What would most likely happen if Torquil's mum bought a new scooter every time he lost one?
- 1. He wouldn't learn to look after his stuff — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. He would never lose a scooter again — score 6
- 3. His mum would save loads of money — score 3
- 4. The park would give the scooters back — score -2
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 490, line 3: «Even comfortable families have to choose when prices go up. Most families who own their house pay the bank back a bit each month; when Ruby-Mae's family's paym…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «torquil» (+6). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Barnaby: «free food, lucky you!» His friend goes red and quiet. «Wot, it's true innit». What's the better next move?
- 1. «Why are you all red, weirdo?» — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. «Can I have your pudding then?» — no support
- 3. «Chill, I'm only joking, mate» — no support
- 4. «Sorry, that came out wrong» — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ollie-James's mate says, «you're minted, you've got two cars». («Minted» means very rich.) Which fits what his dad said?
- 1. Two cars means they're the richest family in Kent — no support
- 2. Cars are free, so it doesn't mean anything at all — no support
- 3. They're lucky to have enough, but «rich» is a big word — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. They must be poor if they need two cars to get about — ← Mova's choice · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 41, line 1: «A car needs time and distance to stop, and its driver may not see a small child, so before crossing you always stop at the kerb, look and listen until the road…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+6); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Haruka wants to keep giving without anyone calling her a show-off. What could she do next time?
- 1. Drop the bag in quietly — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Bring a sign with her name — no support
- 3. Give nothing at all — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 4. Tell everyone how much it cost — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 243, line 12: «Never give your password to anyone except your parents; offers of free game currency for a password are scams.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same action «give» (-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
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ruby-Mae: «Bali or nothing, camping's sooo mid». («Mid» means boring, average.) What did she find out?
- 1. Camping really was boring and awful — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Camping turned out heaps fun — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Bali was cancelled because of rain — no support
- 4. Her friends were all in Bali sulking — 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 statements most accurately characterises a «comfortable» family?
- 1. One possessing furniture of exceptional comfort — no support
- 2. One possessing insufficient means for necessities — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. One possessing unlimited means for every purchase — score 5
- 4. One possessing sufficient means, though not unlimited — ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 482, line 3: «Even old friends must respect your family. At a barbecue Dad's friend Phil makes a nasty joke about Mum's cooking in front of everyone. Dad puts his burger dow…», 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 «dad» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Given that a parent undertakes to match a child's savings towards an item costing two hundred pounds, ascertain the sum the child must save.
- 1. Two hundred pounds — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. One hundred pounds — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Four hundred pounds — no support
- 4. Fifty pounds — 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 consistent with the established facts concerning differences in pocket money between families.
- 1. They are determined by the school and paid by the head teacher — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. They reflect precisely the love each parent bears the child — no support
- 3. They are considerable and are no measure of parental affection — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. They are prescribed by law and identical for children of an age — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 437, line 14: «For a small wrong, you can give a friend one chance to stop; if it keeps happening, tell.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). 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 · right ✓
Identify the most considerate manner of offering assistance to a friend of lesser means.
- 1. Through the friend's teacher, before the class — no support
- 2. Quietly, permitting the friend to decline — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. Repeatedly, whether or not it is wanted — no support
- 4. Publicly, so that all may observe it — 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 478, line 11: «Friends are allowed to have other friends.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «allow» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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