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title: Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and poverty — how Mova does on the tests · Euphemisms
description: Lesson 18 of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 12 tests right, exam 4 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and poverty

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**Tests:** 4 of 12 right · **Exam:** 4 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 8 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 18 of the euphemisms 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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"omg the cat left a present in my slipper" — what did the cat probably leave?

- **1.** Some cat food — no support
- **2.** A toy mouse it found under the bed — no support
- **3.** Droppings or a dead mouse — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** A ribbon — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 10: «"Left a present" is a joking way to say a pet left droppings or a dead animal.», 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 doer «pet left droppings» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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A news line: "Badgers to be culled in three counties to stop cattle disease." What will happen to the badgers?

- **1.** They will be moved to zoos — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Many will be killed — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** They will get medicine — no support
- **4.** They will be counted — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Ad: "Lovely rabbit, free to a good home, ASAP." ("ASAP" means as soon as possible.) What does "ASAP" tell you about the owner?

- **1.** They want to get rid of it quickly — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** They are giving away their house — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** They will charge a lot later — no support
- **4.** They will keep it for ever — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 17: «"Free to a good home" means the owner no longer wants the animal and is giving it away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give away» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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"dog's made a mess again, bloody hell, who left the door shut" — what has the dog done?

- **1.** Knocked over a vase of flowers — no support
- **2.** Chewed a shoe — no support
- **3.** Gone to the toilet indoors — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** Spilled its water bowl — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 9: «"Made a mess" means a pet went to the toilet indoors.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «toilet» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Jess says a "harvested" deer means it was picked like an apple. Right?

- **1.** No, it means it was photographed — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yes, it means it was fed — no support
- **3.** Yes, deer grow on farms — no support
- **4.** No, it means it was killed by a hunter — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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An advert says: "Our chickens are humanely processed." What happens to the chickens?

- **1.** They are washed and brushed — no support
- **2.** They are sent to farms — no support
- **3.** They are slaughtered for meat — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** They are taught tricks — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 13: «"Processed" means farm animals were slaughtered for meat.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «slaughter» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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"We can't do the trip, money's a bit tight, sorry love." Why is there no trip?

- **1.** Love is busy — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** They do not have enough money — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The car is too small — no support
- **4.** The trip is far too far away to drive — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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A charity says it helps "underprivileged kids" go to summer camp. Which children?

- **1.** Children who are naughty — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** Children who are very clever — score 8
- **3.** Poor children — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Children with no pets — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 17, line 15: «"Late bloomer" means a child who is behind other children for now.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «child» (+4); the same thing acted on «child» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Grandad: "In my day, an old horse that couldn't work went to the knacker's yard." What happened to such horses?

- **1.** They were sold to a circus — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** They were given a rest — no support
- **3.** They were slaughtered — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** They were fed better — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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"Dad says Max was rehomed, so he's alive right?" — is Max alive?

- **1.** No, he was put down — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yes, he was given to new owners — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yes, he is still in the house with Dad — no support
- **4.** No, he died — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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The farmer had to "dispatch" a sheep hurt by a car. What did he do?

- **1.** Took it to hospital — no support
- **2.** Killed it quickly — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 14
- **3.** Posted it to the vet — no support
- **4.** Sent it to market — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 14, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 14: «"Dispatched" means an animal was killed quickly by a hunter or farmer.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «kill» (+4); the same doer «hunter» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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A man jokes, "I'm not poor, I'm financially challenged!" What is he?

- **1.** Rich — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Good with money — no support
- **3.** A banker — no support
- **4.** Poor — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/t12/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a domestic animal described as having been "surrendered" to a shelter?

- **1.** The animal ceased resisting capture — no support
- **2.** The shelter returned the animal to its owner — no support
- **3.** The animal was apprehended by authorities — no support
- **4.** The owner relinquished the animal to the shelter — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 16: «"Surrendered" means a pet was given up to an animal shelter.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give up» (+4); the same receiver «animal shelter» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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It is given that a quantity of wild deer has been "culled" pursuant to a management plan. Identify the principal meaning of the term.

- **1.** The animals were relocated to a reserve — no support
- **2.** The animals were provided with winter feed — no support
- **3.** The animals were enumerated — no support
- **4.** The animals were killed to reduce their number — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8

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**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 18, line 14: «"Dispatched" means an animal was killed quickly by a hunter or farmer.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «kill» (+4); the same thing acted on «animal» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the designation "economically disadvantaged" as applied to a household.

- **1.** The household is poor — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The household operates a commercial enterprise — no support
- **3.** The household resides overseas — no support
- **4.** The household lacks knowledge of economics — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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Whereas a local authority engages "pest control" in respect of a rodent infestation, determine the action thereby undertaken.

- **1.** The rodents are killed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The rodents are enumerated — no support
- **3.** The rodents are provided with food — no support
- **4.** The rodents are relocated to parkland — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/e4/)

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