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Confession, prayer and making amends at church

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

Lesson 365 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.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗

older lads: «go on, chuck it at her door, it'll be a laugh». What's the right answer?

  • 1. OK but only a small one — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. OK if you go first — no support
  • 3. No, it could hurt her and her dog; I'm off — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. OK, but only if she'll never know it was us — 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

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«I got away with a banger at the old lady's last Halloween, it worked last time, so it's fine». Is it?

  • 1. Yes, if no one caught you last time, it's fine — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. No, it scared her and could have caused a fire — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Only if she has no dog — no support
  • 4. Yes, at Halloween it's allowed — 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

Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Priest: «Weren't you here just last month?» Nathan nods, red. What's the best thing to say?

  • 1. «Yes, Father. I slipped again and I'm sorry» — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. «I don't need to be forgiven this time, Father» — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 3. «No, that was my brother» — no support
  • 4. «I'm only here for Mum» — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 91, line 2: «Worries shrink when they leave your head: writing them down, telling a parent, or asking yourself «how likely is this really, and what could I do if it happene…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+5); the same doer «things» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓

Mum: «Being forgiven doesn't mean the porch paints itself». What does she mean?

  • 1. He's not really forgiven until the porch is painted — score 5
  • 2. Painting is a punishment from God — no support
  • 3. The porch will fix itself — score 4
  • 4. He still has to make amends with work — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 342, line 12: «Making amends can be work as well as money, like painting a porch you damaged.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «amends» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«Mrs Doyle won't even look at me any more». What will help most?

  • 1. Telling her it wasn't really that bad at all, honestly — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Steady good behaviour over time, and the work he promised — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Avoiding her street for good — no support
  • 4. Sending her a firework as a gift — 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

Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓

Gran, very hurt: «You don't mean that, do you?» after Owen said he doesn't believe. Best move?

  • 1. Say it again louder — no support
  • 2. Leave the room and slam the door behind him — score 1
  • 3. Say sorry and say he only said it because he was cross — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 4. Say she's old-fashioned — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 339, line 13: «When something has been taken from a shop, the fair way is to go back with a grown-up, give it back and say sorry yourself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same action «say» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓

little cousin asks «if u can be forgiven every time, why not do stuff?». What's the wise answer?

  • 1. Because each wrong still hurts someone and you must put it right — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 2. Good point, do what you like — no support
  • 3. Because you only get three goes — no support
  • 4. Because the priest will run out of forgiveness one day — 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 347, line 2: «Kai felt good about changing — and a few weeks later slipped. His friend got a wrong answer in maths and Kai laughed out loud. She stopped putting her hand up.…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «put» (+3); the same property (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«said my prayers, Mum» but you didn't. Mum: «What did you pray for, love?» Best move?

  • 1. Make one up fast — no support
  • 2. Say it's private between you and God — score 4
  • 3. Pretend to fall asleep — ← Mova's choice · score 9
  • 4. Own up and say a short prayer with her — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 95, line 6: «A boy in Texas, jealous of his new baby sister, tried to lift her out of her cot by himself; she nearly fell, and his dad caught her just in time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mum» (+5); the same action «fall» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

You drew on a hymn book last year and nobody noticed. What's still right to do?

  • 1. Draw on another to match — no support
  • 2. Tell the churchwarden and help replace it — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Hide the book — ← Mova's choice · score 1
  • 4. Nothing, it was last year so it's too late now — 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 259, line 12: «If you lose or damage a library book, you tell the librarian honestly; hiding it is worse than paying for it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Bored again after school, the same boys call round. What's the habit-changing choice?

  • 1. Go with them, but stay at the back of the group — no support
  • 2. Go along but don't throw anything yourself — no support
  • 3. Hide indoors and tell Mum that you're ill — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 4. Go to football club or do something else — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 243, line 5: «Example: a boy in Dublin is asked in a game chat for his password in exchange for 10,000 free coins. He says no, tells his mum, and she helps him report and bl…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same receiver «mum» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓

Vicar mixes up «bless» and «mess» and the whole pew snorts. You laughed loudest. What's kind?

  • 1. Say sorry to him at the door — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 2. Pretend it wasn't you who laughed — no support
  • 3. Copy his mix-up in the playground — no support
  • 4. Laugh about it all week with your mates — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 365, line 4: «Other children at the same church made smaller slips. Freya said she had said her prayers when she hadn't; when Mum asked what she had prayed for, she could no…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same action «say» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal teaching conveyed to a penitent who returns to confession shortly after a previous absolution.

  • 1. Forgiveness does not run out, but each wrong must still be put right — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 2. Repeated confession indicates insincerity and must therefore be refused — no support
  • 3. Absolution once given renders subsequent wrongs inconsequential — no support
  • 4. A second absolution is not available — 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 365, line 3: «Nathan went to confession again, ashamed that he was back so soon. The priest said: «Everyone slips. Forgiveness doesn't run out. But each time, you must put i…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same action «put» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the discharge of a firecracker at a dwelling occupied by an elderly person?

  • 1. It constitutes a harmless jest — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. It endangers persons, animals and property and causes great distress — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. It is permissible during festivals, when such noise is customary — no support
  • 4. It is without consequence if no injury results — 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that a child has damaged a neighbour's porch and has been forgiven. Select the step most consistent with making amends.

  • 1. Reliance upon the parent's payment alone — ← Mova's choice · score 1
  • 2. Personal apology and labour towards the repair of the damage — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Assertion that the damage was minor — no support
  • 4. Absence from the neighbour's vicinity until the matter is forgotten — no support

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 33, line 2: «That is why only a parent, a carer, a nurse or a doctor gives you medicine, and they read the label for the right dose. Medicine is never a sweet, even when it…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the measure recommended as most conducive to the alteration of a habit of idle mischief.

  • 1. The confinement of the child indoors indefinitely — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The repetition of promises without any change in the child's circumstances — no support
  • 3. The reduction of idle time and of the company of those who encourage mischief — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. The avoidance of all friends whatsoever — 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

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