Psalms and Proverbs
Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 6 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 11 of the religion ethics 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 ✗
my sister says psalms are just the boring bits u skip in church. what r they actually
- 1. Rules for priests in the Temple — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Stories about Jesus' miracles — no support
- 3. Songs and prayers, many still sung in worship today — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Old laws nobody follows any more — 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 ✗
Josh: «Psalm 23 says God is like a king on a throne.» Put him right.
- 1. It pictures God as a soldier who fights wars for his people — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It pictures God as a fisherman with a net — no support
- 3. It pictures God as a judge in a court — no support
- 4. It pictures God as a shepherd who leads and protects — ✓ the right answer · 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 · right ✓
A classmate who does not believe in God asks why Christians read Psalm 23 at funerals. Best answer?
- 1. It is a rule in the Bible that every single funeral has to use it — no support
- 2. It comforts them that God stays with them in the darkest times — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. It explains exactly what heaven looks like — no support
- 4. It is the only psalm people still know — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1, line 12: «On the seventh day God rested and blessed the day; this is the root of the weekly day of rest, the Sabbath.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «rest» (+2); the same doer «god» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · wrong ✗
im so angry at God my nan died. is it wrong to say that in a prayer
- 1. Yes, angry prayers are banned in the Bible — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, the Psalms show people telling God honestly of sorrow and anger — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yes, God only listens to thankful and happy prayers — no support
- 4. No, because God does not hear prayers at all — 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 5 · wrong ✗
kid at lunch: «shut up or i'll smash ur face». which reply fits Proverbs 15:1
- 1. Laughing at him loudly in front of everyone there — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Calling him names right back until he starts to cry — no support
- 3. A calm, gentle word that does not throw it back — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A harsher threat back so that he backs right off — no support
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
Test 6 · wrong ✗
«God only cares about important people» — which psalm says otherwise?
- 1. Psalm 100, which says only kings may worship — score 8
- 2. Psalm 46, which says God is far away — ← Mova's choice · score 10
- 3. Psalm 13, which says God has forgotten everyone for good — score 8
- 4. Psalm 139, which says God knows each person completely — ✓ the right answer · score 10
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1, line 7: «Genesis 1 tells how God made light, sky, sea, land, plants, sun, moon and stars, fish, birds, animals and people over six days.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «god» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · right ✓
Mia left her olympiad revision till the night before — «sod it, I'll wing it». Which proverb speaks to her?
- 1. Go to the ant: work steadily and plan ahead — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A gentle answer turns away wrath — no support
- 3. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want — no support
- 4. Be still, and know that I am God — 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 8 · right ✓
Ben boasted he'd win the race without training, then came last. Which saying fits?
- 1. Walk with the wise and become wise — score 8
- 2. Make a joyful noise to the Lord — no support
- 3. Pride goes before a fall — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 4. How long, O Lord? — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 17: «Proverbs 16:18 says «Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall».», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «pride» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · right ✓
mum says «walk with the wise» cos my new mates keep getting detentions. what does she mean
- 1. We should walk to school instead of driving — no support
- 2. Only clever people are allowed friends — no support
- 3. We must never talk to anyone in detention — no support
- 4. The friends we choose shape who we become — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
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 11, line 18: «Proverbs 13:20 says «Walk with the wise and become wise», because the friends we choose shape who we become.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «become» (+2); the same doer «shape» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · wrong ✗
Judge: «Psalms are prayers to God; Proverbs are mostly what?»
- 1. Commandments that were given on Mount Sinai — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. Prophecies about what will happen in the future — no support
- 3. Prayers of sorrow and of complaint sung to God — no support
- 4. Practical wise sayings about everyday life — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 6: «God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai, written on two stone tablets.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same thing acted on «ten commandments» (+2); the same place «mount» (+2). Against it: 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 ✓
Before a big exam you feel panicky. Which psalm line is about calm trust?
- 1. Be still, and know that I am God — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Pride goes before a fall — no support
- 3. Walk with the wise and become wise — no support
- 4. Go to the ant, you sluggard — 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 1 · formal language · right ✓
Ascertain the number of compositions contained within the Book of Psalms.
- 1. One hundred and fifty — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Three hundred and sixty-five — no support
- 3. Forty — no support
- 4. Twelve — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the inclusion of psalms of lament within the Psalter?
- 1. They demonstrate that sorrow is prohibited to believers — no support
- 2. They demonstrate that God attends solely to praise — ← Mova's choice · score 10
- 3. They demonstrate that sorrow and complaint may be honestly addressed to God — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. They demonstrate that the authors had abandoned their faith — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 12: «Psalm 46 says «God is our refuge and strength» and «Be still, and know that I am God».», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «psalm» (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal teaching conveyed by the maxim «A gentle answer turneth away wrath».
- 1. That no reply ought ever to be given — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. That anger ought to be met with silence forever — no support
- 3. That a mild reply tends to diminish anger — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. That the meek invariably prevail in disputes — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is given that a pupil is counselled to «walk with the wise». Select the response consistent with the intent of the said counsel.
- 1. One ought to associate solely with scholars — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. One ought to avoid all company entirely — no support
- 3. One ought to undertake daily walks for the sake of one's health — no support
- 4. One's choice of companions shapes one's character — ✓ the right answer · 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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