Wants and needs

Tests: 6 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 6 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 7 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 ✓

Sammy goes "sweets are a need, Mum, I'm literally starving." What's true?

1. Sweets are healthier than bread — no support
2. Food is a need, but sweets are a want — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. Starving means you need sweets — no support
4. Sweets are a need whenever you're feeling hungry — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 7, line 9: «Food is a need, but sweets and treats are wants.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sweets» (+4); the same thing acted on «wants» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Rhys: "I NEED the new FIFA, I'll literally die." His sis: "you'll survive, ya drama queen." Who's right?

1. Both: games are needs on weekends — no support
2. Neither: games are neither needs nor wants — no support
3. Rhys: games are a basic need — no support
4. His sister: a game is a want, nobody dies without it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 3: «People often say "need" when they mean "want": nobody dies without the new FIFA, and calling it a want helps you decide calmly instead of in a panic.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «die» (+4); the same doer «nobody» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lottie goes "eww, it's not the real one" about own-brand flakes. Mum says "same flakes, love." What's the point?

1. Own-brand is always worse food, made from cheaper bits — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Own-brand cereal is illegal in some shops — no support
3. Famous brands are needs, own-brand is a want — no support
4. Often you pay extra for the name, not better food — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · right ✓

Billy: "the £30 ones aren't cool, man." His older cousin, a millennial, says "lowkey, nobody looks at your feet." ("Lowkey" means honestly, quietly.) What's the real choice?

1. Whether £30 shoes are safe to wear — no support
2. Whether he needs shoes at all — no support
3. Whether the look is worth £60 extra; both keep feet dry — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. Whether he wants dry feet at all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 4: «Some things are a need in a basic form and a want in a fancy form: shoes keep your feet dry, but the extra £60 for a famous label pays for the look and the nam…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same thing acted on «feet» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if a family spent all its money on wants first?

1. Needs would become free — no support
2. Nothing, needs and wants cost the same — score 2
3. It would get extra money from the shops — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. It might not have enough left for food, rent or warm clothes — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 8: «When money is limited, families pay for needs first and wants only if money is left.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «families» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Hana has £5. Slime kit £5, pencil case for school £3. Her mate says "slime first, school stuff is boring". What's smarter?

1. Slime first, the school will give her pencils — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Pencil case first, then save the £2 towards the slime — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Buy neither and spend it on sweets — no support
4. Buy both now with £5 — 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 ✗

Ava's mum: "Coat first, then we'll talk trampoline." If she has £40 and the coat is £25, can she also buy the £120 trampoline?

1. No, she would be £25 short — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, with £15 to spare — no support
3. No, only £15 would be left — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, exactly £40 is enough — 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 ✓

A Texan aunt says "y'all fixin' to buy a new TV? Fridge first, sugar." ("Fixin' to" means about to.) Why?

1. Fridges are always cheaper than televisions in shops — no support
2. The fridge is a need because it keeps food safe — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. The TV is broken and the fridge still works fine — no support
4. TVs are against the rules in Texas during the summer — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 15: «Grown-ups face wants and needs too: a broken fridge that keeps food safe comes before a bigger telly.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+2); the same doer «broken fridge» (+2); the same thing acted on «food» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mila says "I need a new case" but the old one isn't broken, "it's just ugly." What should she call it?

1. A need — ← Mova's choice · score 12
2. A basic need — score 12
3. A want — ✓ the right answer · score 12
4. An emergency — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 12, tied with another option at 12 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 7, line 3: «People often say "need" when they mean "want": nobody dies without the new FIFA, and calling it a want helps you decide calmly instead of in a panic.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «call» (+4); the same thing acted on «need» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 12. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Theo's mate sorts "games" as a need "cos I'd be bored without them". Is he right?

1. No, being bored isn't the same as not staying alive or safe — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, anything you'd miss is a need — no support
3. No, games are neither a want nor a need — no support
4. Yes, games are on the basic needs list — 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 ✓

Grandad says "back in my day a coat lasted ten winters." If a £25 coat lasts 5 winters, how much per winter?

1. £5 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. £10 — no support
3. £2.50 — no support
4. £25 — 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 a "need"?

1. An article or condition requisite to life, health or safety — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Any article which a person earnestly desires — no support
3. Any article priced in excess of fifty pounds — no support
4. Any article bearing a well-known brand — 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 bread, milk and apples are priced at one pound ten pence, one pound twenty pence and one pound seventy pence respectively. Determine the aggregate cost.

1. Three pounds — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Four pounds ten pence — no support
3. Four pounds — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Three pounds ninety pence — 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 funds suffice for only one of a refrigerator and a television, the existing television being serviceable.

1. The acquisition of neither — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The acquisition of the television — no support
3. The acquisition of the refrigerator — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The borrowing of funds to acquire both forthwith — 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning products sold under a retailer's own brand.

1. They may not lawfully be sold as food — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They are invariably of inferior quality and unsafe — no support
3. They are invariably dearer than branded products — no support
4. They are frequently of comparable quality at a lower price — ✓ 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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