Mum's card, in-app buys and subscriptions that renew
Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 5 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 18 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 ✓
Sophie thought the buy button was "pretend, like a toy shop". What should she know now?
- 1. Only grown-ups' taps cost money — score 8
- 2. Buttons are only real on phones — score 3
- 3. Buy buttons often spend real money from a saved card — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 4. Tablets can't spend money — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 18, line 1: «The "buy" button in a game or app on a family tablet is not pretend: it usually uses a real bank card saved on the account, so every tap spends real money, and…», 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 thing acted on «real money» (+3); the same action «spend» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Mum sees her bank app and goes white: "TYLER! Get down here NOW!" He'd spent £50 on coins. What should Tyler do?
- 1. Hide the tablet until Mum forgets about it — score 5
- 2. Own up, say sorry and help pay it back — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. Say the dog did it and hope nobody checks — no support
- 4. Spend a bit more so it all looks normal — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 18, line 15: «Owning up quickly and paying back money you spent without asking helps rebuild trust.», 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 «own up» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Dad: "bloody hell, four subscriptions, I only use one!" What's the smart move?
- 1. Cancel the ones he doesn't use — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Ignore it, it's only small amounts — no support
- 3. Keep them all in case — no support
- 4. Add one more for luck — 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 ✗
Leo's free trial: he forgot, and £5.99 left Dad's account every month for 5 months. How much?
- 1. £29.99 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. £30.00 — no support
- 3. £29.95 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. £5.99 — 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 ✗
Josh's mum says "when it's gone, it's gone, kiddo" about his £10 gift card. What's good about it?
- 1. It turns into a subscription — no support
- 2. It links to Mum's card for top-ups — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. He gets more money when it runs out — no support
- 4. He can never spend more than £10 a month — ✓ the right answer · 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 18, line 13: «A gift card or top-up has a set amount, so you cannot spend more than is on it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «gift card» (+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
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ruby asks first and Mum says "thanks for asking, yes." Why does asking matter?
- 1. Asking makes the add-on cheaper — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The game requires a parent's signature — no support
- 3. It keeps trust and nobody gets a shock — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Mum would never notice anyway — 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 ✗
Finn's game flashes a big bright "YES" button. Dad says "good lad, always read before you press." Why are buttons big and bright?
- 1. So you can find the exit button quickly — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To get you to tap without thinking — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Because games just love bright colours — no support
- 4. To help people who can't see very well — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mum rings the app shop: "Lucky this time." What would happen if she hadn't been lucky?
- 1. The shop would pay double the money back — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. The game would refund itself after a week — score -6
- 3. The money might not come back at all — ✓ the right answer · score -4
- 4. The bank would cancel the whole game for you — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 18, line 2: «Using someone's card without asking is not okay, even in a family: Tyler's £50 of game coins is what his mum spends on food for three or four days, and the sho…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «shop» (+4); the same thing acted on «money» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Nora feels awful and tells Mum herself about the £15. A Gen Alpha cousin says "she ate, no crumbs" ("ate" means did it brilliantly). Why is owning up good?
- 1. It makes the gems free — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It means Nora doesn't have to pay it back — no support
- 3. Mum is cross but proud, and trust starts to come back — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It's the same as never having done it — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Amelia's bro turns off "remember card" on the family laptop. Before, one click = £5.99. Now what's needed?
- 1. A selfie of a parent holding the bank card — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. Typing the whole 16-digit card number — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. A phone call to the bank to check it's you — no support
- 4. Nothing, because it still takes one click — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 18, line 4: «Simple habits keep money safe: ask before you buy, read every pop-up before pressing, turn off "remember card", use a gift card with a set limit, and if you do…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on «card» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
What would happen if a family had 3 forgotten £5 subscriptions for a whole year?
- 1. They'd lose nothing — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They'd lose £180 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. They'd lose £15 — no support
- 4. They'd lose £60 — 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 "subscription"?
- 1. A single payment for a game which is never repeated — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A gift card of fixed value — no support
- 3. A refund furnished by an application store — no support
- 4. An arrangement for regular, usually monthly, payment in respect of a service — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is given that a purchase of four pounds ninety-nine pence is effected six times. Compute the aggregate expenditure.
- 1. Twenty-four pounds ninety-five pence — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Twenty-nine pounds ninety-nine pence — no support
- 3. Thirty pounds — no support
- 4. Twenty-nine pounds ninety-four pence — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · right ✓
It is given that subscriptions of ten, eight, six and five pounds are payable monthly and that only the first is used. Ascertain the sum wasted per annum.
- 1. Two hundred and twenty-eight pounds — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. One hundred and twenty pounds — no support
- 3. Three hundred and forty-eight pounds — no support
- 4. One hundred and ninety 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 4 · formal language · right ✓
Identify the course of action most consistent with the established guidance where a child has expended a parent's money without permission.
- 1. Prompt admission and repayment of the sum — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Concealment of the matter from the parent — no support
- 3. Attribution of responsibility to a sibling — no support
- 4. Further expenditure to obscure the first — 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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