--- title: The older kid's «trade» — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 445 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 11 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/445-the-older-kids-trade/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/) / 445 # The older kid's «trade» **Tests:** 5 of 11 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 445 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/445-the-older-kids-trade/). 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/445-the-older-kids-trade/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} Year 9 lad: «swap ya my phone for ur bike, it's boss, worth way more, quick». Best move? - **1.** Ask why — and say no or ask a grown-up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** Swap fast before he changes his mind about the bike — no support - **3.** Swap but keep the bike's helmet — no support - **4.** Ask him to swear on his life — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 99, line 15: «Your body belongs to you; you can say no to a hug or touch and tell an adult.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same thing acted on «no» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/445-the-older-kids-trade/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} Older girl: «be in our crew, just bring us 2 quid every Friday». What is this really? - **1.** Taking, not friendship — tell a grown-up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** A normal way to make friends — no support - **3.** A school club with a fee — no support - **4.** A good deal for being popular with the big girls — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/445-the-older-kids-trade/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} Teen at the park: «lemme hold your scooter real quick, no cap». What does a smart kid say? - **1.** Nah, sorry — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Take my helmet as well — no support - **3.** Okay, but only round the corner — no support - **4.** Sure, if you say no cap again — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/445-the-older-kids-trade/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Cousin: «Ach, it glitched, money's gone.» What's the best question? - **1.** Which glitch was it, exactly? — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** Is the internet broken? — no support - **3.** Can I see the receipt? — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Can you glitch it back? — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 444, line 4: «Some tricks come from people you know, or seem to. Noah got «click this link, it's so funny lol» from his friend's account. His friend never says «lol». Noah a…», 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 «secret glitch» (+3). 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/445-the-older-kids-trade/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} «Mate, you owe me twenty bucks for that lesson.» No price was ever said. What's true? - **1.** You owe half of it — no support - **2.** You must pay by Friday — no support - **3.** You don't owe it — tell a grown-up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** You owe it because he's older and he says so — no support **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 325, line 13: «Cool a burn under cool running water for 20 minutes and tell a grown-up; never use ice or butter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same thing acted on «grown up» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/445-the-older-kids-trade/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Big brother: «Do my chores, I'll give you my PS4.» What would stop the trick? - **1.** Asking Dad to do the chores — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** Doing the chores at night — no support - **3.** Doing the chores twice as fast — no support - **4.** Saying back «the whole console, yes?» — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 402, line 1: «Two nights after Mortal Kombat at Theo's, Leo woke at 3 a.m. absolutely certain a skeleton was under his bed. He lay stiff as a plank for an hour, then sprinte…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «little brother» (+4); the same action «ask» (+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/445-the-older-kids-trade/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} What would happen if Ollie had asked his brother before trading? - **1.** Nothing would have changed — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **2.** His brother would have taken the cards for himself — score 1 - **3.** The trade would be even better — no support - **4.** His brother would have spotted the fake — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 355, line 4: «Rudeness to adults comes in many forms: shouting at the coach, mocking an accent, muttering, slamming a door. Each one needs the same fix: own it, say sorry, c…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «change» (+5); the same doer «one» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). 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/445-the-older-kids-trade/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} Older boy at the fair: «magic stones, make ur wishes come true, a quid each». What's true? - **1.** They work for younger kids only — no support - **2.** Nobody sells real magic for a pound — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **3.** They work if you wish hard enough — no support - **4.** Only the blue ones work — no support **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 445, line 5: «Small cons are everywhere. At a school fair an older boy sold Mia «magic wishing stones» — gravel from the car park — for a pound each. A teen on a bus in Sing…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «sell» (+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/everyday/445-the-older-kids-trade/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Teen on the bus in Singapore: «half price case, can or not?» What is he asking? - **1.** Do you have a case already? — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** Is the bus late? — no support - **3.** Yes or no — will you buy it? — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Can you carry it for me? — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 445, line 5: «Small cons are everywhere. At a school fair an older boy sold Mia «magic wishing stones» — gravel from the car park — for a pound each. A teen on a bus in Sing…», 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 «better phone case» (+3). 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/445-the-older-kids-trade/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} In a cartoon, a little kid out-trades a big bully and wins a fortune. What's more common in real life? - **1.** Older kids always lose — score 1 - **2.** Trades with older kids are always fair — no support - **3.** Little kids always win trades — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** The older kid gets the better deal — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 445, line 6: «Older kids sometimes use their size and confidence to get unfair trades from younger ones.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «unfair trades» (+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/445-the-older-kids-trade/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Ben's mum: «where did this phone come from, love?» Why does she ask? - **1.** It may be stolen — that matters a lot — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** She wants to swap it for a car — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **3.** She wants a phone herself — score 1 - **4.** She loves the colour of it — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 414, line 2: «Ollie's mum contacted the shop, explained a child had bought it by mistake, and asked for the money back; then she removed the saved card and turned on a passw…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «switch» (+6); the same doer «mum» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). 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/445-the-older-kids-trade/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Identify the principal reason for which a trade proposed by an older child as being of much greater value should arouse suspicion. - **1.** Valuable articles are never traded — no support - **2.** Younger children always gain by such trades, older children being generous — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **3.** Older children are prohibited from trading — no support - **4.** The article offered may be counterfeit, defective or stolen — **✓ the right answer** · no support **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 445, line 7: «A trade that seems far too generous often hides something broken, stolen or fake.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same thing acted on «trade» (+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/445-the-older-kids-trade/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} It is given that no price was agreed prior to the provision of an informal demonstration. Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a subsequent demand for payment. - **1.** No sum is owed, the demand being invented afterwards — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Half of the sum demanded is owed — no support - **3.** The sum is owed if demanded by an older person — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **4.** The full sum demanded is owed — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 413, line 8: «Each loot box is a new try; the game does not «owe» you a win because you lost before.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «owe» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). 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/445-the-older-kids-trade/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises membership of a group conditional upon weekly payment? - **1.** It constitutes a school regulation — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It constitutes a fair exchange of services — no support - **3.** It constitutes taking rather than friendship and ought to be reported — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It constitutes a customary condition of friendship among older pupils at school — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/445-the-older-kids-trade/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Determine which of the following measures most effectively prevents deception through imprecise wording. - **1.** Completing one's obligations with maximum speed, before the agreement can be altered — no support - **2.** Declining to ask questions of the other party — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** Stating aloud the exact terms of the agreement before accepting it — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Accepting any agreement offered by a relative — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 19, line 21: «You never need a reason to say no and leave when something feels wrong.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+2); the same thing acted on «reason» (+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/everyday/445-the-older-kids-trade/e4/) - ← previous: [444. «Free skins» and scams in games](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/) - next →: [446. A stranger's story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/446-a-strangers-story/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)