Pocket money and earning it with chores

Tests: 2 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 5 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 6 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 wails "where'd all my money go?!" on Sunday night. What would help next week?

1. Asking Mum for double money so it lasts the whole week — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. Spending it all even faster — no support
3. Hiding the sweets from herself — no support
4. A budget: plan to keep some for later in the week — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 1: «Pocket money, also called an allowance, is a small regular amount that parents give children so they can learn to handle money themselves.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «pocket money» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

Josh: "Make it a fiver, it's proper mucky." Dad: "Three, and you do the wheels." ("Mucky" means dirty.) They shake on £3. What did they just do?

1. Argue loudly and never make any deal — score 2
2. Borrow money from each other to pay — score 5
3. Negotiate a price before the job — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Swap the car for a bike to make it fair — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 5, line 3: «About 2,600 years ago the first coins were made in Lydia, in what is now Turkey, and over 1,000 years ago China began using paper money, because a light note w…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «make» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · wrong ✗

Ruby moans "it's well unfair, she gets a tenner and I get two quid!" What's the kindest true answer?

1. Her friend must be doing more chores — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Families have different money and rules, and that's normal — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Ruby's family should be ashamed — no support
4. £2 is enough for everything 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 4 · right ✓

Leo's like "easy money, bruv" about dog walks — then it rains all week. What does a reliable walker do?

1. Keeps walking the dog as promised — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Asks for £10 a walk because of rain — no support
3. Lets the dog walk itself — no support
4. Stops until the sun comes out — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

Tom's gran: "I got sixpence and thought I was the Queen of Sheba!" What does she mean?

1. Sixpence was worth a million pounds — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She was really a queen — no support
3. She felt rich, because sixpence bought more back then — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Sixpence was a gold bar — 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 · wrong ✗

Nora's dad offers £3 a week or £12 a month. Over a whole year (52 weeks), which gives more?

1. Monthly: £156 against £144 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Monthly: £144 against £156 — no support
3. They give exactly the same — no support
4. Weekly: £156 against £144 — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

Callum's mate goes "she won't notice, don't be a wuss" ("wuss" means a coward). What's the best reply?

1. Fine, but only a pound, so it doesn't really count — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Okay, I'll pay it back sometime — no support
3. No, it's stealing and I'd lose her trust — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Only if you do it too — 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 ✗

A gran in Newcastle slips her grandson a tenner: "divvn't tell yer mam, pet" ("divvn't" means don't). What's a sensible thing to do?

1. Hide it and never tell anyone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Spend it before anyone sees — no support
3. Say thanks, and be honest with Mum about it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Give it back because gifts of money are always wrong — 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 ✗

Dylan's room "looks like a bomb hit it" on Friday, and the rule is tidy room = £4. What happens?

1. He gets £4 anyway — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Mum tidies it and pays him — no support
3. He gets no pocket money that week — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He gets double pocket money next week instead — 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 ✗

What would happen if Aoife got paid for every single little job, even brushing her teeth?

1. Her teeth would get cleaner — no support
2. Helping at home would start to feel like a job only done for cash — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nothing, all families do this — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. She'd become a millionaire by Friday — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 3: «Some families pay for extra jobs, like washing the car, and agreeing the price before you start is called negotiating; other jobs, like making your own bed, ar…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «families» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · right ✓

Maya says app money "isn't real cos it's just numbers". Is she right?

1. Yes, only coins are real — no support
2. No, it's real only if it's gold — score 8
3. Yes, apps just print their own pretend money on screen — score 0
4. No, it's real money kept in a bank as numbers — ← 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 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 6, line 5: «Pocket money (an allowance) is regular money parents give children to learn how to handle money.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «pocket money» (+4); the same thing acted on «regular money» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises pocket money?

1. A remuneration paid by the school in respect of academic merit — no support
2. A sum payable by the child to the parents in respect of board and lodging — no support
3. A regular sum furnished by parents to enable a child to learn the management of money — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. A sum discovered within the pockets of garments — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 5: «Pocket money (an allowance) is regular money parents give children to learn how to handle money.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «handle» (+2); the same thing acted on «money» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that a sum of three pounds is received weekly. Compute the aggregate received over a period of five weeks.

1. Eighteen pounds — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Twelve pounds — no support
3. Fifteen pounds — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Eight 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 principal objection to the removal of money from a parent's purse without permission.

1. It constitutes a permissible loan within a family — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is objectionable solely where the sum exceeds ten pounds — no support
3. It constitutes theft and occasions a breach of trust — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It is unobjectionable provided the act is not detected — 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 ✗

A child walks a dog five times weekly at one pound per walk. Determine the total earnings over four weeks.

1. Twenty-five pounds — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nine pounds — no support
3. Twenty pounds — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Five 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

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