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title: Friends who only come for the pool: rich kids and rumours — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday
description: Lesson 492 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 1 of 11 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Friends who only come for the pool: rich kids and rumours

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**Tests:** 1 of 11 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 9 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 492 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/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/).

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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/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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«rich kids are lucky, they've got no problems». True?

- **1.** Yes, money fixes everything — no support
- **2.** Yes, rich kids never feel lonely — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **3.** No, rich kids have more homework — score 0
- **4.** No, money doesn't stop problems — **✓ the right answer** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 492, line 2: «Some kids use a rich kid's money. In Toronto, kids ask Jasper to buy them snacks every day, and he does. Then they ask for game credit. He feels used. Real fri…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «feel» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Jasper says no to buying snacks. Two of the five kids stop talking to him. How many stayed his friends?

- **1.** Five — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** Seven — score 2
- **3.** Two — score 2
- **4.** Three — **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 306, line 7: «When a strong earthquake hit Christchurch in 2011, children at school dropped under their desks and held on as they had practised, and many stayed safe while t…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+1); the same doer «many» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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«Declan's da is loaded cos he's a gangster, everyone says». Is «everyone says» proof?

- **1.** Yes, rich people are gangsters — no support
- **2.** No, a rumour isn't proof — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yes, if lots of people say it — no support
- **4.** No, only teachers can say it — **← Mova's choice** · 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 381, line 2: «The street was just as muddled. When Maddie fought, kids said «Maddie's so cool»; when Jake did exactly the same, they said «that's horrible». After Connor pun…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same doer «dad» (+3). 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/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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In a cartoon, the rich kid buys friends with sweets and they love him forever. What's more real?

- **1.** Real friends are always the ones you pay — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** Bought friends often leave when the sweets stop — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** Sweets always make friends that last forever — score 2
- **4.** Rich kids can't make friends without sweets — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 491, line 7: «A nanny is a person paid to look after children at home; children often love their nanny, and that's fine.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pay» (+3); the same thing acted on «person» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Toby: «£5 is nothing lol». What would have been a kinder thing to say?

- **1.** «I'll pay for anyone who's poor!» — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nothing about the price at all — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** «My pocket money's £20, so easy.» — no support
- **4.** «£5? That's way too cheap, man.» — 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/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Poppy wants to give her class something for Christmas next year without making anyone feel they owe her. What fits?

- **1.** A designer bag for each kid — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A new phone for her best mates — no support
- **3.** Homemade cards for everyone — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Gold pens with names on them — 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/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Aoife: «it's in a posh hotel, I'll look like a right scruff with a card». What's more likely?

- **1.** Her friend sends her home for no present — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Everyone laughs at her card for the day — no support
- **3.** The hotel won't let in anyone with a card — no support
- **4.** Her friend is glad she came, card and all — **✓ 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/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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What would most likely happen if Jasper kept buying the game credit?

- **1.** They'd keep asking for more — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** They'd buy him credit in return — score -6
- **3.** They'd stop asking by themselves — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **4.** They'd pay him back next week — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 492, line 2: «Some kids use a rich kid's money. In Toronto, kids ask Jasper to buy them snacks every day, and he does. Then they ask for game credit. He feels used. Real fri…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «ask» (+2); the same doer «friends» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Monty told his friends the pool was closed. Six kids stopped coming, then one came back when he heard it was open again. How many true friends does that suggest Monty has from the twelve?

- **1.** Six — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **2.** Five — score -1
- **3.** Twelve — score -1
- **4.** Seven — score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, tied with another option at -1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 482, line 13: «Old friends often bring back the way you talked and acted when you were young.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bring back» (+1); the same doer «old friends» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Willow's mate: «u live on a massive farm, u can't be sad». What's true?

- **1.** Sadness only comes to kids with no money — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** Farm kids are never sad, only city kids — no support
- **3.** Anyone can be sad, whatever they own — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** She's only sad because the farm's too big — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 447, line 2: «Fake friends often try to come between you and your family. A «new friend» in an online game told Noah: «Your parents don't get you like I do. Let's keep this…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-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/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Cosmo's mate: «ur parents r loaded and u only get a fiver? tight». What's the likely reason?

- **1.** They don't love Cosmo very much — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **2.** They forgot to give him the rest — score -1
- **3.** They want to keep his life normal — **✓ the right answer** · score -1
- **4.** They are secretly poor and hiding it — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, tied with another option at -1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 213, line 10: «If you feel jealous of a new baby, you can ask a parent for special time with just you; parents love you just as much.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «love» (+1); the same doer «parents» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/t11/)

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

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises friends who attend a wealthy child's house solely for its amenities?

- **1.** They are the truest of friends, since they visit with great regularity — **← Mova's choice** · score 10
- **2.** They are not true friends, since they value the possessions over the person — **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** They are merely shy, and will in time come to value the child himself — score 8
- **4.** They are required by courtesy to attend whenever a pool is available — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 478, line 14: «Friendships do not need rankings like «best» and «second best»; spend time with people who are glad to see you.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «people» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). The right option, 2, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/e1/)

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

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Identify the principal reason why a remark that five pounds is «nothing» may cause distress.

- **1.** Such remarks are prohibited by law in schools — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Five pounds is in fact a very great fortune — no support
- **3.** The trip in question was in fact cancelled — no support
- **4.** For some families such a sum is considerable — **✓ 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/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/e2/)

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

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Given that a pupil is repeatedly asked by classmates to purchase snacks and game credit on their behalf, ascertain the most appropriate response.

- **1.** To decline, and observe who remains a friend — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** To request repayment with interest — no support
- **3.** To purchase still more costly items — no support
- **4.** To comply, lest the classmates depart — 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/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/e3/)

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

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning rumours as to the source of a family's wealth.

- **1.** They are harmless and may be repeated freely in the playground — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** They may be cruel and should be answered calmly with the truth — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** They are best answered by spreading a rumour of one's own — no support
- **4.** They are invariably accurate and ought to be believed at once — 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/492-friends-who-only-come-for-the-pool-rich-kids-and-rumours/e4/)

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