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title: Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday
description: Lesson 281 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 9 of 19 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Advert tricks and offers that are too good to be true

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**Tests:** 9 of 19 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 14 of 23 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 281 of the everyday 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/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/).

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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/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Why do games make opening loot boxes so flashy and exciting?

- **1.** Because the game is free — score 2
- **2.** So that players can learn the names of all the bright colours — score 3
- **3.** So that players keep spending more money — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Because the prizes are always rare — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 281, line 6: «A boy in Canada spent all his birthday money on loot boxes in one evening hoping for a rare skin; he never got it and the money was gone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «spend» (+4); the same thing acted on «birthday money» (+2). 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/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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A pizza on TV has cheese stretching a metre long, but yours does not. Was the advert showing a normal pizza?

- **1.** No, the TV pizza was smaller — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yes, but only at the restaurant — no support
- **3.** Yes, your pizza is just broken or was cooked badly — no support
- **4.** No, advert food is styled to look perfect — **✓ 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/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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A shampoo says «4 out of 5 people prefer it» but only five people were asked. Which is TRUE?

- **1.** All surveys ask millions of people — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Small surveys are the most accurate — no support
- **3.** Five people is too small a group to prove much — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Four out of five is always a strong fact, however many people asked — 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/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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A girl in Wellington rushes to buy a game skin because of a «last chance» timer. What trick was used?

- **1.** Making her rush so she would not think clearly — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Giving her a free trial — no support
- **3.** Helping her save money — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** Giving her a real once-in-a-lifetime offer that will never return — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 243, line 11: «Never buy coins, skins or loot boxes without a parent's permission, because in-game purchases cost real money.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «real money» (+2). Against it: a different action (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/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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A box looks different but the toy inside is exactly the same. The box says «NEW!». What happened?

- **1.** Only the packaging changed to make you buy again — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The old toy was recalled for safety, so this one is new — score 3
- **3.** The toy is secretly better inside — no support
- **4.** New means it is free — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 281, line 12: ««New and improved» may only mean a new box, so ask what has really changed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3); the same doer «new» (+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/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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You get a text: «You've won a $1000 gift card! Claim now!» but you never entered any contest. What does that tell you?

- **1.** You should claim it fast before it expires — score 5
- **2.** You cannot win a contest you never entered, so it is a trick — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** Gift cards are given out randomly to everyone — score 6
- **4.** You must have been entered by a friend who wanted to surprise you — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 281, line 3: «Some offers are not adverts but traps. You cannot win a contest you never entered, nobody gives away free game coins for your password, and «get rich quick» of…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «enter» (+2); the same thing acted on «contest» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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A YouTube video says a «coin generator» works if you log in with your game account. What is most likely to happen?

- **1.** The game gives you a badge — no support
- **2.** Your account gets stolen — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** Nothing at all happens to it — no support
- **4.** You get endless free coins — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 281, line 18: «Never use «generators» or give your password for free Robux, V-Bucks or coins; they steal accounts or install harmful software.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «steal» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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A man at the park says he knows a way for kids to get rich in a week. What is right?

- **1.** Listen carefully, give him your address and bring some money — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Ask him to show you somewhere private — no support
- **3.** Walk away and tell an adult; real money takes real work — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Bring your piggy bank tomorrow — 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/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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You still really want a skateboard a whole month after seeing an advert. What does that suggest?

- **1.** You should never buy anything — no support
- **2.** It is probably a real wish, not just an advert's push — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** The advert tricked you even more and you should forget it now — no support
- **4.** You must buy two of them — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 281, line 2: «A good habit beats all these tricks: slow down, read the label, ask what really changed, and wait a few days before buying. If you still want it after a week,…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «push» (+2); the same doer «advert» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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game says 50 coins for mystery box, worth it?

- **1.** Only if you buy ten at once — no support
- **2.** Yes, mystery boxes always hold the best items, they're worth it — no support
- **3.** Yes, they're cheaper than buying items — no support
- **4.** It's like gambling, you pay not knowing what you get — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 281, line 8: «A loot box is like gambling: you pay without knowing what you will get, and games make it exciting so you spend more.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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msg says i won a ipad but i never entered anything

- **1.** Click the link quick before it ends — no support
- **2.** Lucky you, reply with your address — no support
- **3.** It's a trick, you can't win a contest you never entered — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **4.** Ask them to send it to school instead of to your home address — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 281, line 3: «Some offers are not adverts but traps. You cannot win a contest you never entered, nobody gives away free game coins for your password, and «get rich quick» of…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «contest» (+2); the same action «win» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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site gives free robux if i put my password in, legit?

- **1.** Only if a friend used it first — no support
- **2.** Yes, but only once a week — no support
- **3.** No, it's a scam to steal your account — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **4.** Yes, if the site has nice pictures and lots of happy reviews — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 281, line 18: «Never use «generators» or give your password for free Robux, V-Bucks or coins; they steal accounts or install harmful software.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «accounts» (+5); the same action «steal» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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burger in the ad is massive, mine's tiny n squashed. why

- **1.** Ad food is styled and shot to look perfect — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Burgers shrink a lot in the minutes after they are made — no support
- **3.** The ad shows the real size of every single burger — no support
- **4.** They gave you the wrong burger by mistake today — 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/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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free trial just needs mums card number, ok?

- **1.** Ask a parent first, free trials often start charging — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yes, just copy the number, she'll never notice a free trial — no support
- **3.** Yes, it's free so it's fine — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **4.** Yes, if you cancel some day — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 281, line 23: «Many «free trials» turn into payments that repeat every month unless someone cancels in time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «many free trials» (+1); the same property (+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/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t14/)

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### Test 15 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t15}

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'only today!!' sale on these trainers should i beg dad now

- **1.** Yes, the price will rise forever after today and you'll miss it — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yes, tomorrow they'll be gone — no support
- **3.** Yes, sales never come back — no support
- **4.** No, rushing stops you thinking, the offer is a trick to hurry you — **✓ 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/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t15/)

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### Test 16 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t16}

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spent all my money on loot boxes, got nothing good

- **1.** Tell a parent; loot boxes are like gambling — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** Hide it so no one knows — no support
- **3.** Borrow money to try again — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** Spend more, the next one is bound to be good, they always pay out — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 262, line 15: «A loan is money you borrow and must pay back, often with extra called interest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «borrow» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t16/)

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### Test 17 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t17}

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did u hear a kid "lost his whole account with 3 years of skins" cos he typed his password into a free robux site. lesson?

- **1.** Only use generators that look official — score 1
- **2.** Free robux sites are fine on weekends — no support
- **3.** Change your password straight after using one, then it's safe — no support
- **4.** Never give your password to any free coins generator — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 243, line 12: «Never give your password to anyone except your parents; offers of free game currency for a password are scams.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t17/)

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### Test 18 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t18}

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my cousin says a girl "won an iPhone" from a random text and her mum "lost thousands". what's the bit to doubt

- **1.** That scams can take money — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** That she won anything; you can't win a contest you never entered — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** That texts can be scams, that's the bit that sounds made up — no support
- **4.** That phones get messages — 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/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t18/)

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### Test 19 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t19}

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kids say the boy who got scammed in a trade is "so stupid lol". pass it on?

- **1.** Yes, as a warning to everyone — no support
- **2.** No, don't mock him; just trade only through official in-game trading — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yes, he should have known better — score 3
- **4.** Yes, and tell everyone his username so they can laugh at him too — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 221, line 6: «A boy in Chicago kept talking and laughing with his mouth full at dinner; he choked on a piece of meat and his dad had to do back blows to clear it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «laugh» (+3); the same doer «boy» (+1). The right option, 2, 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/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/t19/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a loot box?

- **1.** A storage container for game items — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A guaranteed purchase of a chosen item — no support
- **3.** A free reward granted by the makers for good conduct in the game — no support
- **4.** A purchase of unknown contents, comparable to gambling — **✓ 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/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Identify the principal purpose of the phrase «Hurry, only today!» in advertising.

- **1.** To guarantee that the price will rise tomorrow — no support
- **2.** To rush persons so that they do not reflect clearly — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** To reward persons who arrive early — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **4.** To inform persons of the closing time of the shop — no support

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**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 199, line 11: «If you cannot keep a promise, tell the person as early as you can and say sorry.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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In respect of the small print «results may vary» or «not typical», select the response consistent with the established facts.

- **1.** All persons are guaranteed to obtain the results shown — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The product has since been withdrawn from sale entirely — no support
- **3.** The results shown are typical of every customer — no support
- **4.** Most persons will not obtain the results shown — **✓ 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/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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It is given that a message announces that the recipient has won a contest never entered. State the correct interpretation.

- **1.** It is an official notice requiring a prompt reply — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It is a trick to obtain information or money — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** It is a reward for loyal customers — no support
- **4.** It is a genuine prize awarded at random — 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/everyday/281-advert-tricks-and-too-good-offers/e4/)

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