Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the Lost Sheep
Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 14 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 · ★★ · right ✓
bro: «the Good Samaritan was a priest who helped». nah?
- 1. Yes, the priest stopped and helped him — no support
- 2. No, the priest passed by; the Samaritan helped — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 3. No, it was a soldier who helped — no support
- 4. Yes, the Levite and the priest helped together — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 2: «When a lawyer asked «Who is my neighbour?», Jesus told of a man robbed and left half dead: a priest and a Levite passed by on the other side, but a Samaritan —…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pass» (+4); the same thing acted on «priest» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Told today, who might the Samaritan be?
- 1. The vicar of your own church — no support
- 2. A famous footballer that everyone in town already loves — no support
- 3. Your best friend from class — ← Mova's choice · score 10
- 4. Someone from a group your town is taught to dislike — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 9, line 5: «For a child today this means: heroes can do wrong, an honest sorry is where change begins, a friend who tells you the truth is a gift, and wisdom has to be liv…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «friend» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓
Someone's crying in the corridor, mate says «not our problem, we'll be late, move». Which choice matches «go and do likewise»?
- 1. Stop and check on them, then get help if needed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Film it to show the group chat — no support
- 3. Walk past fast so you're not late — no support
- 4. Tell them to stop being a baby — 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 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗
A girl who wrecked the class project says sorry and wants back in. Your friend: «no way, she's a total idiot». Best-reasoned answer?
- 1. Yes, but only if she agrees to do all the rest of the work alone — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Let her back: she's sorry, and we'd want the same chance — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. No, because once wrong means always wrong — no support
- 4. No, because she's an idiot like he says — 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 · ★★ · right ✓
Elder sibling: «I've been good for years and the screw-up gets the party? so unfair». What did the father say?
- 1. Go away, you never helped me anyway — no support
- 2. You are right, I will cancel the party now — no support
- 3. All I have is yours; we celebrate because your brother was lost and is found — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 4. Your brother is my favourite, so be quiet — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 13: «The elder brother, who had stayed at home, was angry that the father celebrated; the father told him «everything I have is yours» and that they had to celebrat…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lose» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «brother» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Classmate with no religion asks: «Why leave 99 sheep for 1? that's bad maths». Best answer?
- 1. The 99 were already sold at the market — no support
- 2. The story shows every single person matters to God — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The one sheep was made of gold — no support
- 4. Shepherds always lost more sheep than they ever found again — ← Mova's choice · 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 14, line 4: «In the Lost Sheep a shepherd leaves ninety-nine sheep to find one, and in the Lost Coin a woman sweeps her house for one silver coin; both celebrate when they…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «nine sheep» (+4); the same doer «shepherd» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Jewish classmate: «Wasn't the lawyer in the story asking a real question from our law?» Best reply?
- 1. Yes, «love your neighbour» is in the Hebrew Bible too — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. No, the lawyer was a Roman judge — no support
- 3. No, Jews have no rule about neighbours — no support
- 4. Yes, but Jesus said that part of the law was wrong and old — ← Mova's choice · 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 14, line 2: «When a lawyer asked «Who is my neighbour?», Jesus told of a man robbed and left half dead: a priest and a Levite passed by on the other side, but a Samaritan —…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same doer «jesus» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓
«Repent» sounds scary, says Lily. What does it actually mean?
- 1. Turning around: being sorry and changing your way — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Saying the sorry words out loud but changing nothing at all — no support
- 3. Feeling bad forever without stopping — no support
- 4. Being punished in front of everyone — 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 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Judge: «Why did Jesus answer the lawyer with a story instead of a rule?»
- 1. Jesus did not know the answer to the question — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. A story makes him see who acted as neighbour — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Stories were the only thing allowed to be taught — no support
- 4. Rules about who counts as a neighbour did not exist then — 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 12, line 17: «When Jesus was twelve he stayed behind in the Temple in Jerusalem asking and answering questions, and his parents searched for him for three days.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «jesus» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Which two parables both end with a party after finding something?
- 1. The Prodigal Son and the Good Samaritan — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The Good Samaritan and the Lost Coin — no support
- 4. The Lost Sheep and the Good Samaritan — 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 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗
What excuse might the priest have had for passing by, and was it good?
- 1. He had to feed his sheep, which was more important — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He was not allowed on that road at all — no support
- 3. He did not see the man because it was dark — no support
- 4. Fear or being busy, but the man's need was greater — ✓ the right answer · 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
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal question which occasioned the parable of the Good Samaritan.
- 1. «How ought we to pray?» — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. «Who is my neighbour?» — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. «Is it lawful to pay taxes?» — no support
- 4. «Who is the greatest?» — 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 · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of the father in the parable of the Prodigal Son?
- 1. He ran to receive his returning son and ordered a feast — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. He consented to receive him solely as a hired servant — no support
- 3. He declined to receive him until restitution was made — no support
- 4. He remained indifferent to his son's return — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 14, line 12: «The father ran to welcome the younger son and threw a feast for him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «welcome» (+2); the same thing acted on «younger son» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the number of sheep left by the shepherd in order that the lost one might be sought.
- 1. Ninety — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. One hundred — no support
- 3. Ninety-nine — ✓ the right answer · 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 4 · formal language · right ✓
Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the term «repentance».
- 1. A turning back, comprising sorrow and a change of direction — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A formal apology unaccompanied by any change — no support
- 3. The endurance of a penalty imposed by a court — no support
- 4. The cessation of all thought concerning past deeds — 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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