Regret, silly buys and peer pressure
Tests: 7 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 2 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 10 of the money 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 · ★★★ · right ✓
Lily fumes "that's a total rip-off!" about 3 toys she doesn't want for £5. What's the lesson?
- 1. Mystery bags are always worth it — no support
- 2. Complain until the shop gives £10 back — no support
- 3. Next time buy two mystery bags — no support
- 4. With mystery bags you pay for the surprise, so think first — ← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 9: «Mystery bags make buying exciting, but you pay for the surprise and often get things you do not want.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pay» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗
A mate at the cinema goes "just buy the popcorn, don't be tight." ("Tight" means stingy.) Dev only has £1 left. What's fine to say?
- 1. "Popcorn is a need, so I must buy some" — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. "I'm good, I'll just enjoy the film" — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. "Fine, I'll just skip my bus fare home tonight" — no support
- 4. "Lend me £4 and I'll pay you double next week" — 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 ✗
"Everyone has the new trainers, I'll be a total loser without them!" Mum counts: 3 out of 30. What's the best reply?
- 1. Buy two pairs to be extra safe — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It's 1 in 10, not everyone, and shoes don't make you a loser — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. She's right, 3 is nearly everyone — no support
- 4. Ask to change classes — 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 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗
Ryan: "why can't I have all that?" after an unboxing video. His dad, a Gen X guy, says "bummer, but it's an ad, mate." ("Bummer" means a disappointment.) What's the point?
- 1. Ryan's family must be doing something wrong with money — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The kid got the toys free to advertise them — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Unboxing kids pay for all their toys — no support
- 4. Every kid gets that many toys — 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 ✗
Finn's grandad: "buy cheap, buy twice, lad." Finn spent £3 + £7. How much would he have saved by buying the £7 car first?
- 1. £7 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. £3 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. £4 — no support
- 4. £10 — 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 6 · ★★★ · right ✓
Older kid in the playground: "lend us a quid, I'll give you two back tomorrow, deffo." ("Deffo" means definitely.) What's most likely?
- 1. You won't see it again; say no and tell a grown-up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. You'll get £2 back for sure — no support
- 3. He'll pay you in sweets instead — no support
- 4. You'll get £1.50 back — 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 ✗
Ana makes her own bracelets for 20p each while shop ones are £6. How much cheaper is each one?
- 1. £5.20 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. £6.00 — no support
- 3. £5.80 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. £6.20 — 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 · ★★★ · right ✓
What would happen if Jack waited a month before buying the fidget toy?
- 1. He'd probably see it was a fad and keep his £10 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The toy would cost £20 by then — no support
- 3. He'd have to buy two of them — no support
- 4. Nothing would change at all — 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 ✓
Harper wants her cousin's £800 phone. "She's 16, you're 9." At £4 a week, about how many years would saving take?
- 1. Almost 4 years — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. About 6 months — no support
- 3. About 10 years — no support
- 4. About 1 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
Test 10 · ★★★ · right ✓
Molly cries "I don't even like it." The toy was £12 and the shop won't take it back. What's a good rule for next time?
- 1. Always buy the most expensive toy — no support
- 2. Buy two so one can go back — no support
- 3. Wait a day before buying, and check the return rules — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. Never buy anything ever again — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 4: «Regret is a feeling that teaches you; a good rule is to "sleep on it", waiting a day and asking "Will I still want this in a month?", and true friends never ma…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wait» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★★★ · right ✓
A London kid says "the bracelets are peng, I want one bare bad." ("Peng" means really nice; "bare" means very.) What does she want?
- 1. A bracelet, a lot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nothing, she hates them — no support
- 3. Exactly two bracelets — no support
- 4. A full refund from the shop — 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 · ★★★ · right ✓
Jack's £10 fidget toy lasted 2 days; Ana's £2 of thread made 10 bracelets that friends loved for months. Which was better value, and why?
- 1. Ana's, because she got lots of lasting use from little money — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Jack's, because it cost more so it must be better — no support
- 3. Jack's, because fads always come back — no support
- 4. Both the same, money is 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises "peer pressure"?
- 1. The sense of compulsion to act or purchase in conformity with persons of similar age — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A regulation imposed by a school upon its pupils — no support
- 3. An arrangement for joint saving among friends — no support
- 4. The pressure exerted by air within a tyre — 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 · right ✓
It is given that the sum of ten pounds is expended upon an article enjoyed for two days only. Determine the cost per day of enjoyment.
- 1. Five pounds — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Ten pounds — no support
- 3. Twenty pounds — no support
- 4. Two 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 ✗
Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence where a person offers to repay double a sum lent to him on the following day.
- 1. Lending one half of the sum as a precaution — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Demanding a promise of triple repayment — no support
- 3. Declining the offer and informing a trusted adult — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Lending the entire sum forthwith upon the promise of double — 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 ✗
It is given that an inexpensive article costing three pounds fails and is replaced by a durable article costing seven pounds. Ascertain the total expenditure incurred.
- 1. Four pounds — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Seven pounds — no support
- 3. Three pounds — no support
- 4. Ten pounds — ✓ 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
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