Crypto and the stock market, simply
Tests: 7 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 38 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 ✗
Theo's cousin goes, "Bought crypto, gonna be rich, no cap!" A week later: "It's crashed, I'm down half." ("No cap" means for real.) What does this show?
- 1. Crypto is the safest place for savings — ← Mova's choice · score 11
- 2. He lost nothing because crypto can't fall — score 9
- 3. Crypto always doubles in value in a week, so it's safe — no support
- 4. Crypto is very volatile: prices can fall fast — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 11, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 38, line 1: «The stock market is a place where people buy and sell shares, which are little bits of real companies; if the company does well, its share price tends to rise,…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on «place» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
An ad on your feed screams, "Invest £50, get £5,000 by Friday, guaranteed!" What's the smart move?
- 1. Ignore it, because huge guaranteed profits are a scam — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Share it with friends so they can get rich too — no support
- 3. Send £5,000 to be sure you win more — no support
- 4. Tell your parents to send £50 straight away — 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 ✓
Grandad grumbles, "Market fell today — there goes my pension!" Should he panic?
- 1. No, because pensions are never in shares — no support
- 2. Yes, his pension is now worth £0 for ever — score 4
- 3. Yes, markets never recover after a fall — no support
- 4. Over many years markets have usually risen, though not always — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 38, line 14: «Over many years share markets have usually gone up, but not always, and in some years they have lost a fifth of their value or more.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «go up» (+4); the same doer «markets» (+4); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
A Gen Z cousin says, "Just put all your money in one stock, it's a vibe." ("A vibe" means it feels good.) What's the risk?
- 1. There's no risk at all, as one stock is much safer than many — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. If that one company falls, you could lose a lot — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. You'd get guaranteed profit from one stock — no support
- 4. Shares can only rise when you own just one — 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 ✗
Jake buys a share for £10. It drops to £8 — wait, £7. How much is he down?
- 1. £17 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. £7 — no support
- 3. £3 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. £2 — 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 ✓
What would happen if a famous company had a terrible year?
- 1. Nothing, famous companies' shares never move — score 4
- 2. Its shareholders would get free products — no support
- 3. Its share price would probably fall — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. Its share price would definitely double — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 38, line 1: «The stock market is a place where people buy and sell shares, which are little bits of real companies; if the company does well, its share price tends to rise,…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fall» (+3); the same doer «price» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
Kai's aunt, from Edinburgh, says, "Crypto's a bubble, ken, it'll burst." ("Ken" means "you know".) His uncle says it's the future. Mum says, "Nobody knows for sure, love." Which is the honest answer?
- 1. The aunt's: crypto will burst on a set date — no support
- 2. Mum's: grown-ups disagree and nobody can be sure — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. The uncle's: crypto is certain to win — no support
- 4. Kai's: he should buy crypto to find out — 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 38, line 4: «Grown-ups strongly disagree about crypto: some call it the future of money, others call it a bubble or mostly guessing; nobody knows for sure.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «disagree» (+2); the same doer «grown ups» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
In a cartoon, a boy buys one share and becomes boss of the whole company. What's wrong?
- 1. Shares are only for buying sweets — no support
- 2. One share is a tiny piece; the company has lots of owners — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Bosses are chosen by a coin flip each morning — no support
- 4. Nothing, one share makes you the boss — 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 32, line 11: «A share is a small piece of a company; owning 1 share out of 100 means owning 1 hundredth of it, and a shareholder gets a part of the profits.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «small piece» (+2); the same doer «share» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
A teenager on TikTok says, "I got rich off meme stocks, easy money." His sister says, "Loads lost money too." Why do we hear mostly about winners?
- 1. The government bans videos about losses — no support
- 2. Losers are always paid back by TikTok — no support
- 3. Videos show the winners, not the many who lost — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. Nobody ever loses money on meme stocks if they hold on long enough — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 38, line 5: «The safe rules are simple: anything that promises huge, guaranteed profit is a scam; spreading money across many companies lowers risk; and online videos show…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «online videos» (+4); the same action «show» (+1); the same thing acted on «few winners» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bitcoin hit a record high of £50,000, as reported, then fell to £30,000. A man bought 2 coins at the top — no wait, just 1. What is it worth now?
- 1. £60,000 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. £30,000 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. £20,000 — no support
- 4. £50,000 — 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 11 · ★ · right ✓
Ruby's mate says, "Shares and the lottery are the same, innit." What's the difference?
- 1. Shares can never go up or down — no support
- 2. A share is a piece of a real business; a lottery ticket is only a bet on chance — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Both always lose all your money — no support
- 4. Lottery tickets are pieces of companies — 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 32, line 11: «A share is a small piece of a company; owning 1 share out of 100 means owning 1 hundredth of it, and a shareholder gets a part of the profits.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «small piece» (+2); the same doer «share» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is given that a share purchased at £10 is subsequently valued at £12. Determine the gain per share.
- 1. £22 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. £2 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. £10 — no support
- 4. £12 — 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 ✗
Ascertain the reduction in value of a holding of one thousand shares consequent upon a fall of thirty pence in the price of each.
- 1. £30 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. £3,000 — no support
- 3. £3 — no support
- 4. £300 — ✓ 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 ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an advertisement promising a hundredfold return within one month?
- 1. It bears the characteristics of a fraudulent scheme — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It is the established practice of index funds — no support
- 3. It describes a conventional and secure investment of a prudent kind — no support
- 4. It is guaranteed by the central bank — 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 ✗
Identify the principal advantage of diversification across many companies.
- 1. The conversion of shares into cryptocurrency — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The guarantee of profit in every year without exception — no support
- 3. The exemption of the investor from all taxation — no support
- 4. The limitation of loss arising from the failure of any single company — ✓ 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
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/money/38-crypto-and-the-stock-market-simply/