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title: Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the news — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday
description: Lesson 314 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 8 of 19 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the news

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**Tests:** 8 of 19 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 18 of 23 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 314 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/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/).

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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/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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A pop-up says «Congratulations! You won free V-Bucks! Enter your password to claim.» Which is TRUE?

- **1.** You should enter it quickly before it expires — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** Real games never need your password to give you a prize — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** It is safe, because the game says congratulations and shows its own logo — no support
- **4.** It is safe if you only do it once — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 283, line 12: «If you click a scam link by mistake, tell a parent at once; changing passwords quickly can stop the damage.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «passwords» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1); 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/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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A man at the park in Florida says he has lost his kitten and asks a girl to help him look for it in his car. What should she do?

- **1.** Help, but only for five minutes — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** Help, but only if he seems friendly and gentle and has a photo of the kitten — score 5
- **3.** Say no, move away and tell a safe adult at once — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Help, because the kitten might be hurt — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 58, line 6: «A man at a park in Ohio told a girl he had lost his puppy and asked her to help look in his van; she said no, ran to her mum, and the police were called.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «help» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Why do fake shops sell famous brands at very low prices?

- **1.** Because they have lower rent than shops — no support
- **2.** Because it is the end of the season — no support
- **3.** Because big brands quietly give away their old stock online — no support
- **4.** To trick people into giving card details or paying for fakes — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 314, line 10: «Fake shops copy brand names and steal card details; a very low price on a strange website is a warning sign.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fake shops» (+3); the same thing acted on «card details» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Which website address is most likely a fake copy?

- **1.** «paypa1.com» with the number one instead of an «l» — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** «lego.com» spelled correctly — no support
- **3.** «nasa.gov» spelled correctly — no support
- **4.** «bbc.co.uk» spelled correctly, ending in .co.uk — 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/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Your cousin sends you a clip of the Prime Minister singing a rude song. What is the best first step?

- **1.** Delete your cousin from your contacts — no support
- **2.** Share it with everyone, because a video is real proof of what happened — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** Believe it, because the voice sounds right — score 0
- **4.** Check trusted news sources, because it could be a deepfake — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 305, line 2: «Getting better at anything takes practice, and practice can be frustrating. Breaking a hard skill into small steps makes each step possible, and the small step…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «step» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, 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/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Which sentence is a fact, not an opinion?

- **1.** Cats are nicer pets than dogs or rabbits — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Water boils at 100 °C at sea level — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Football is the most exciting sport — no support
- **4.** Summer is the best season of the whole year — 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/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Why can a satire story fool some people?

- **1.** They do not realise it is a made-up joke — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **2.** Satire stories are checked like real news — score 5
- **3.** Satire is always printed in capital letters — no support
- **4.** Satire sites are secretly run by the government — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 310, line 1: «On the street, think about what other people cannot see or do not expect. A toddler can dart into the road without warning, a driver may not stop at a crosswal…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); the same doer «other people» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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An idea seems to be everywhere online because the same post appears thousands of times. What should you keep in mind?

- **1.** Bots can make an idea look more popular than it really is — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11
- **2.** Anything posted thousands of times must be true, or someone would have stopped it — no support
- **3.** Popular posts are checked by experts — no support
- **4.** Only real people can post online — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 11, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 284, line 12: «Some accounts are bots or fake accounts that repeat the same thing to make an idea look more popular.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «look» (+4); the same property (+4); the same doer «idea» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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A boy finds a fact on Wikipedia with no reference after it. What is wise?

- **1.** Check it in another trusted source before relying on it — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** Use it, because Wikipedia articles cannot be edited by just anybody — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **3.** Add a made-up reference himself — no support
- **4.** Trust it more because it has no reference — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 314, line 18: «Anyone can edit Wikipedia, so use it to start and check the references at the bottom.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+4); the same thing acted on «fact» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). The right option, 1, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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guy on game says get rich quick, just send $5

- **1.** Send it, $5 is only a small amount — no support
- **2.** Ignore it and tell an adult — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** Send it, it pays you back $50 later — no support
- **4.** Ask him to prove it works first — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 307, line 5: «A girl in Texas was too scared to tell anyone about trouble at home; when she finally told a teacher, help came, and she wished she had said something sooner.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «teacher» (+4); the same action «tell» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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taylor swift account dmd me, wants a gift card

- **1.** Ask for a photo first — no support
- **2.** Send it, she's raising money — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** It's a fake account, never send anything — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Send a small one to check — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 261, line 17: «You never send a gift card or money to someone online; scammers ask for gift cards because they cannot be traced (nobody can follow where the money went).», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+4); the same thing acted on «gift card» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). 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/everyday/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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amazom.com — looks legit right?

- **1.** Yes, it has the right logo and colours, so it's real — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Only if the prices are low — no support
- **3.** Yes, one letter doesn't matter — no support
- **4.** No, check the address letter by letter, it's fake — **✓ 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/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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500 accounts saying the same thing so it must be true

- **1.** Only if they use capitals — no support
- **2.** Yes, that many people can't all be wrong at once — no support
- **3.** Not always, bots repeat things to look popular — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** Yes, if they all have photos — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 284, line 12: «Some accounts are bots or fake accounts that repeat the same thing to make an idea look more popular.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); the same action «look» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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site says free robux just type ur password

- **1.** Type it, it's free — score 5
- **2.** Never; it's a trick to steal your account — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** Type it and change it later — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** Type an old password — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 283, line 12: «If you click a scam link by mistake, tell a parent at once; changing passwords quickly can stop the damage.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «change» (+4); the same thing acted on «passwords» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t14/)

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### Test 15 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t15}

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designer hoodie £5 on some random site, buy??

- **1.** Yes, if mum's card is handy — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yes, what a bargain — no support
- **3.** Yes, if it has nice photos — no support
- **4.** No, too cheap usually means a fake shop — **✓ 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/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t15/)

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### Test 16 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t16}

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video of the head teacher saying school's cancelled, looks real

- **1.** Stay home tomorrow without asking anyone — no support
- **2.** Check with the school; videos can be faked — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** Believe it, it's video — no support
- **4.** Share it with everyone — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 314, line 15: «Videos and voices can be faked with technology (deepfakes); check what trusted news sources say.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fake» (+4); the same thing acted on «videos» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t16/)

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### Test 17 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t17}

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did u hear a kid sent his game login to a "famous YouTuber" account for free skins and "lost everything". lesson?

- **1.** Send it but change it right after — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Only send your login to verified-looking accounts — no support
- **3.** Scammers fake celebrity accounts; never send anything — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Real YouTubers always give free skins — 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/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t17/)

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### Test 18 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t18}

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my mate says some site sells "real designer trainers for 5 quid, his cousin got 10 pairs". what's likely

- **1.** It's a real bargain, buy them fast before his cousin buys the rest — no support
- **2.** A price that low on a strange site usually means a fake shop — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** His cousin must be rich now — no support
- **4.** Designer brands sell cheap online — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 314, line 21: «A price that is far too low on an unknown site often means a fake shop.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «unknown site» (+3); the same thing acted on «price» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t18/)

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### Test 19 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t19}

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everyone's sharing a funny article that the head teacher "banned homework forever", from a joke news site. pass it on as true?

- **1.** No, it's satire; don't share it as if it were real — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yes, everyone will be happy — score -1
- **3.** Yes, it's on a news site so it's true — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** Yes, and add your own bits — 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 -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 282, line 13: «Texts about a parcel that could not be delivered are a very common scam; adults check deliveries on the official site.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «official site» (+3). 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/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t19/)

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

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises satire such as that of The Onion?

- **1.** Government announcements in humorous form — no support
- **2.** A form of advertising for newspapers — no support
- **3.** Factual news that has been carefully verified by professional journalists before publication — no support
- **4.** Invented news written as a joke, which may deceive those unaware of it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 314, line 16: «Satire is made-up news written as a joke, like The Onion; it can fool people who do not know it is a joke.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «write» (+4); the same thing acted on «made news» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/e1/)

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

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Identify the principal purpose of online «generators» promising free game currency.

- **1.** To test the speed of the internet — no support
- **2.** To advertise official game updates — no support
- **3.** To reward loyal players with free gifts — no support
- **4.** To steal accounts and passwords — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 314, line 8: «Never use «generators» or give your password for free Robux, V-Bucks or game coins; they are scams that steal accounts or install harmful software.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «steal» (+3); the same thing acted on «accounts» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/e2/)

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

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It is given that a well-known brand is offered at a price far too low upon an unfamiliar website. Select the response consistent with established guidance.

- **1.** The item shall be purchased promptly, before the offer comes to an end — no support
- **2.** The card details shall be entered to reserve the item — no support
- **3.** The website shall be shared with friends — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **4.** A parent shall be asked to check, since it may be a fake shop — **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 289, line 16: «Share food with a friend only if neither of you has allergies and adults agree, because some foods are dangerous for people with allergies.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «share» (+4); the same circumstance (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/e3/)

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

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State the purpose of accounts known as bots that repeat the same message.

- **1.** To make an idea appear more popular than it is — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **2.** To deliver messages much faster than humans can — no support
- **3.** To protect users from scams and from harmful links — no support
- **4.** To correct errors in the news faster than people could — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 284, line 12: «Some accounts are bots or fake accounts that repeat the same thing to make an idea look more popular.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/e4/)

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