The weekly shop and a family budget

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 22 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ella goes, "It's only crisps, they don't count, they're not on the list." What's the best answer?

1. Everything in the trolley counts towards the £80 budget — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Only things on the list get added up at the till — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Crisps are free if they are not on the list — no support
4. Snacks are paid for by the shop, not the family — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 3: «Families save money in clever, ordinary ways: a list, a meal plan, big bags of things that last, yellow-sticker bargains, packed lunches, and comparing shops.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «things» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Your mate, a proper Gen Alpha kid, says, "Packed lunch is mid, bought lunch is bussin'." ("Mid" means meh; "bussin'" means really tasty.) His mum says the packed lunch saves money. How much a week, if it's £1.50 instead of £4?

1. £5.50 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. £20 — no support
3. £12.50 — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. £2.50 — 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 · ★ · right ✓

What would happen if Mum bought a 5kg bag of fresh strawberries because "big bags are cheaper"?

1. The shop would give her the strawberries for free — no support
2. Strawberries never go off, so nothing would happen — no support
3. They would keep for months, so it's a clever saving — no support
4. Lots would go off before they were eaten, so money would be wasted — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 9: «Buying in bulk means buying a lot at once: a 5kg bag of rice at £5 is cheaper than five 1kg bags at £1.50, which cost £7.50, so it saves £2.50.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «lot» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gran tuts, "Sweets by the tills — they do that on purpose, you know." Your cousin says, "Nah, that's just where they fit." Who is right?

1. Gran: shops place them where waiting children see them — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Both: the law says sweets go by the tills — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. Your cousin: it's just where there happened to be a spare shelf — no support
4. Neither: sweets are always put at the back — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 4: «Shops are clever too: sweets sit by the tills where bored children wait, and shopping hungry makes everyone grab extra.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sweets» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dad, starving: "Just chuck it in the trolley, I'm well hank marvin'." ("Hank Marvin" is London rhyming slang for starving.) What usually happens on a hungry shop?

1. Nothing changes, the list decides everything — no support
2. People buy less, because hunger makes them tired — no support
3. People buy more than they need, like £90 instead of £70 — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The shop gives hungry people a discount — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 1: «Taking something from a shop without paying is called shoplifting, and it is stealing, even if it is only one 80p chocolate bar or one grape from the fruit pil…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pay» (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

A girl from Newcastle says, "Me mam's canny with money, she gets the yellow-sticker bread for 30p." ("Canny" means clever or good.) If it's normally £1.20, how much does she save on one loaf?

1. 30p — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. 90p — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. 80p — score 6
4. £1.50 — no support

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 22, line 11: «Reduced food has a yellow sticker because it should be eaten soon; bread cut from £1.20 to 30p saves 90p a loaf, so £1.80 on two.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «save» (+2); the same thing acted on «90 p» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ollie's dad says, "£8 a week ain't nothing, but it's not much either." Is £8 a week a big saving over a whole year?

1. No, it's only £80 over a year — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, it's only £52 over a year — no support
3. Yes, it's £8,000 over a year — no support
4. Yes, it's £416 over 52 weeks — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · right ✓

Mum goes, "Right, we're at £43 — wait, no, I forgot the milk, £44." Her budget is £50. How much is left?

1. £6 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. £7 — no support
3. £94 — no support
4. £4 — 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 ✗

In a cartoon, a family "saves money" by buying ten of everything and throwing half away. What's wrong?

1. Throwing food away makes the shop refund you — no support
2. Food thrown in the bin is paid for by the council — no support
3. Food thrown away is money wasted, not saved — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nothing, because buying more always saves money — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 10, line 11: «Very cheap things sometimes break fast, so you pay twice; paying a bit more for something that lasts can save money.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «money» (+4); the same action «save» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Mum mutters, "Same stuff, ten quid more." The shop was £70 and is now £80. What does it mean for the family?

1. The family is buying more food than last month — score 4
2. The cost of living has gone up, so they may swap brands or cut treats — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. The shop has given them a £10 discount — score 4
4. Prices went down, so they can buy extra — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 22, line 12: «Shopping hungry leads to impulse buys, which are sudden wishes to buy; one hungry shop cost £90 instead of £70, which is £20 extra.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cost» (+4); the same doer «one hungry shop» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Your big brother says, "Budgets are for skint people, rich families just buy whatever." What's the wisest reply?

1. Budgets are only for shops, never for ordinary families — no support
2. Rich families pay nothing, so they don't need one — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. He's right, only people with no money plan spending — no support
4. Any family can use a budget to spend money well — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 9, line 7: «Many families use three jars: spend (for now), save (for later) and give (to share).», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same doer «many families» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the residual sum available to a household which has allocated eighty pounds to its weekly provisions, whereas the items enumerated upon its list amount to seventy-six pounds.

1. £156 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. £14 — no support
3. £4 — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. £6 — 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 one retailer charges £62 and another £54 for an identical assortment of goods. Determine the saving obtainable over a period of fifty-two weeks by patronising the latter.

1. £364 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. £468 — no support
3. £416 — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. £400 — 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 ✓

Identify the principal reason for which confectionery is customarily displayed adjacent to the tills of a supermarket.

1. The inducement of unplanned purchases by customers, in particular children, who are obliged to wait — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The protection of confectionery from deterioration caused by sunlight — no support
3. Compliance with a statutory requirement concerning the placement of confectionery — no support
4. The convenience of staff responsible for the replenishment of shelves — 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 ✓

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the purchase of goods in bulk.

1. It is economical in respect of durable goods that will be consumed, such as rice and pasta — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It invariably results in a greater total expenditure than small purchases — no support
3. It is economical in respect of every product, including perishable fruit — no support
4. It is prohibited in respect of households of fewer than five persons — 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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