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Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 5 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 176 of the world 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 ✓

Jayden: "8 outta 10 cats, no cap, this cat food is bussin'." The small print says it was 10 cats. What do you tell him?

  • 1. Ten cats is a tiny test; ask out of how many and compared with what — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. It must be true, because it was shown on TV — no support
  • 3. Cat food can't be tested on cats at all — no support
  • 4. He's right; 8 out of 10 is a huge majority of cats — 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 2 · right ✓

Nan: "Seen the sign, pet? Was £50, now £30. Proper bargain!" It was £30 last month. Which is right?

  • 1. Not a real sale; the usual price was £30 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. It's a bargain only if she buys two of them — no support
  • 3. It's a bargain, because she saves £20 on it — no support
  • 4. It's a bargain, because sales are always real — 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 · wrong ✗

What would happen if the cat food maker tested 1,000 cats chosen at random, against other foods, and 8 out of 10 still chose it?

  • 1. It would prove no more than the 10 cats did — no support
  • 2. It would prove that every cat likes it — no support
  • 3. It would be against the rules for adverts — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 4. The claim would be much more believable — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 176, line 2: «"8 out of 10 cats prefer it!" sounds huge until the small print says "based on 10 cats": ten cats, maybe the advert man's own, maybe hungry, and nobody says wh…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · wrong ✗

"These trainers? It's giving pro footballer. I'ma play like him fr." What is true?

  • 1. Only the footballer's own pair would work like that for him — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The shoes work only after you watch the advert — no support
  • 3. Trainers that fit help, but skill comes from practice — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. He will play like a pro from his first game — 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 · right ✓

"Shampoo's clinically proven 70% shinier innit, it says so on the bottle." The small print: 12 people, compared with not washing. What do you say?

  • 1. It only beat not washing, so it proves almost nothing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 2. 70% shinier means it works on 70% of people who use it — no support
  • 3. "Clinically proven" means it's the best shampoo — no support
  • 4. Twelve people is more than enough for any test — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 176, line 8: «A number like "30% more fun" measures nothing real; if nobody can say how it was measured, the number is decoration.», 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 «nothing» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · wrong ✗

In a cartoon a kid opens a toy box and a giant loop-the-loop track jumps out, just like in the advert. Put the cartoon right.

  • 1. Adverts are not allowed to show any extra parts — score 2
  • 2. Real boxes often hold far less; read "sold separately" — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Real boxes always hold everything shown in the advert on TV — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 4. The track arrives when you post the box back — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 91, line 2: «In a fair test you change only one thing and keep everything else the same, so that if the result changes, you know which thing caused it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · wrong ✗

Auntie in Cape Town: "Zero sugar, so it's lekker AND healthy, hey?" What is right?

  • 1. Sweetener makes a drink count as fruit — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. It's healthy, because there is no sugar in it — no support
  • 3. Zero sugar can still mean sweetened, coloured fizzy water — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Every fizzy drink is healthy if it tastes lekker — 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 ✗

Teen, bored: "Best pizza in town, voted by his nan and three uncles. The pizza's mid, tbh." What is wrong with the vote?

  • 1. Four votes is the right number for a town — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Nans are not allowed to vote on pizza — no support
  • 3. No pizza can ever be voted best — no support
  • 4. The voters weren't fair judges — ✓ 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 9 · wrong ✗

Dad, grumpy: "Kids who take 'em are healthier, it says. Healthier than who, eh?" Why is it a good question?

  • 1. Because vitamins always make children ill — no support
  • 2. Because gummies are the only reason kids are healthy — ← Mova's choice · score 9
  • 3. Because only grown-ups can become healthier — no support
  • 4. Without a fair comparison you can't tell what made them healthier — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 176, line 12: «If kids who take vitamin gummies are healthier, it may be because their families also eat well and exercise; going together is not the same as causing.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «kids» (+5); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

A boy sneers: "Your mum fell for the was-£50 sign, she's so thick." What is a fair way to laugh about it?

  • 1. Laugh at her loudly so she never trusts a shop sign again — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Pretend the trick wasn't there at all — no support
  • 3. Tell everyone in class she can't count — no support
  • 4. Laugh at the sign's trick, not at the person it fooled — ✓ 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 11 · right ✓

Leo: "30% more fun?? Did they bring a fun-o-meter into the factory lol." Is Leo right to laugh?

  • 1. Yes; fun can't be measured, so the number is decoration — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. No; it means there are 30% more flakes inside every single box — no support
  • 3. Yes, because it should really say 50% more fun — no support
  • 4. No; scientists measure fun in percent every day — 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 12 · wrong ✗

A cousin from Texas: "Dentists recommend it, y'all, so it's the only toothpaste worth buyin'." What is true?

  • 1. Dentists are paid by every toothpaste maker — no support
  • 2. Most fluoride toothpastes work well; one brand isn't special — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Toothpaste doesn't work unless a dentist names it — ← Mova's choice · score 0
  • 4. Only that one brand protects teeth from holes — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 176, line 7: «"Recommended by dentists" without saying which dentists or how many is a vague claim; dentists recommend fluoride toothpaste in general, and most brands have i…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dentists» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the assertion "eight out of ten cats prefer it", where the small print discloses a sample of ten cats?

  • 1. The sample is too small for any general conclusion — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. The assertion is proven for all domestic cats everywhere — no support
  • 3. The assertion does not depend upon the number of cats tested — no support
  • 4. The proportion is too low to be reported in an advertisement — 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 ✗

Identify the principal deficiency of a shampoo trial in which the product was compared with no washing whatsoever.

  • 1. The shampoo was not applied to the participants' hair — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Shininess cannot be observed by the human eye — no support
  • 3. The comparison was made against nothing rather than against other products — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. The number of participants was excessively large — 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 ✗

It is given that an article was priced at thirty pounds during the preceding month and is presently advertised as "Was £50, now £30". Select the response consistent with the established facts.

  • 1. The article has been reduced by one half — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. A genuine reduction of twenty pounds from the usual price has occurred — no support
  • 3. The usual price was fifty pounds throughout — no support
  • 4. No genuine reduction relative to the usual price has occurred — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the significance of the words "sold separately" where they appear upon the packaging of a toy.

  • 1. The item is supplied free of charge in a separate package — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The item shall be dispatched by post without charge — no support
  • 3. The item is contained within a sealed inner bag — no support
  • 4. The item so described is not contained within the package — ✓ 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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