The Sermon on the Mount
Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 17 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 friend says the Beatitudes are blessings for the rich and powerful. What do you put right?
- 1. They bless kings and rulers who win wars — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They bless people the world overlooks, like the meek and those who mourn — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. They bless the people who keep the most rules — no support
- 4. They bless only the twelve disciples — 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 · ★★ · right ✓
«Two lads are about to fight behind the bike shed and everyone's chanting.» What would a peacemaker do?
- 1. Film it to show everyone later — no support
- 2. Try to calm it down and get an adult if needed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -4
- 3. Walk away and say nothing to anyone — no support
- 4. Join the chanting so as not to look soft — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2, line 14: «Christians believe everyone does wrong sometimes and needs God's help to put things right.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «need» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«Jake pushed me yesterday so I'm gonna shove him back harder, fair's fair.» What does Jesus' teaching say?
- 1. Do not take revenge; break the cycle — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Pay him back exactly the same — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. Get your friends to shove him for you — score 4
- 4. Wait and get him when no one is looking — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 15, line 15: «The two builders show that those who put Jesus' teaching into practice stand firm in hard times.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «teaching» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓
A Muslim classmate asks, «Is your Golden Rule the same as ours?» What is a good answer?
- 1. No, only Christians have ever taught it — no support
- 2. Many faiths teach something very like it, including Islam — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. Yes, but Christians made it up first and the others copied it — no support
- 4. It is a rule about money, not about people — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 14: «Many other faiths, including Judaism and Islam, teach a rule very like the Golden Rule.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «teach» (+4); the same doer «many other faiths» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Your sister keeps telling everyone how messy her friend is, but her own room is a tip. Which teaching fits?
- 1. You are the light of the world — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Store up treasure in heaven, not on earth — no support
- 3. Take the plank out of your own eye first — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Blessed are those who mourn — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«Seriously, if someone's beating you up you just let them? that's mad.» What is a fair reply?
- 1. It's mad, so Jesus never said anything about it — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. No, Christians are told to hit back first — no support
- 3. Yes, Christians must let anyone hurt them — no support
- 4. Loving enemies doesn't mean letting them hurt you; get help — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 9, line 3: «David's son Solomon, offered anything by God, asked for wisdom to rule well instead of riches, and he showed it when two women both claimed one baby: the real…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «son» (+2); the same thing acted on «anything» (+2). Against it: a different action (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 7 · ★★ · right ✓
Your cousin is up all night worrying about the new school. Which part of the sermon speaks to that?
- 1. Salt that loses its taste is thrown out and trampled — no support
- 2. Love your enemies and pray for them — score 4
- 3. Take the plank out of your own eye — no support
- 4. Do not worry; God cares for the birds and lilies — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 11, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 6, line 2: «Years later God spoke to Moses from a bush that burned but did not burn up, gave his name «I AM WHO I AM», and sent him to tell Pharaoh: «Let my people go».», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «god» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓
A boy at Sunday school says, «Being salt and light means showing off how good you are.» What is right?
- 1. It means staying away from everyone else — no support
- 2. It means only being good in church — no support
- 3. Yes, the aim is to be praised by people — no support
- 4. It means doing good so others give glory to God — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 4: «Jesus says his followers are salt and light: they should make the world better and let their good deeds be seen, not for their own praise but so that people gi…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same thing acted on «glory» (+4); the same receiver «god» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«New phone, new trainers, new console — he's got everything, he must be happy.» Which saying makes you think again?
- 1. Blessed are the peacemakers — no support
- 2. Do to others what you would have them do to you — no support
- 3. Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Turn the other cheek — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 3: «Then come hard sayings: love your enemies, turn the other cheek, do to others what you would have them do to you, do not judge, do not worry, store up treasure…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+2); the same thing acted on «other cheek» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
A judge asks: «Is turning the other cheek weak or strong?» Which answer is best reasoned?
- 1. Weak, because anyone who doesn't hit back is a coward — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Strong, because it takes courage to stop revenge, though Christians disagree how far it goes — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Strong, because the Bible says so and that settles it — no support
- 4. Weak, because it never changes anything ever — 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 ✗
A new girl gets left out of the game at break. Using the Golden Rule, what should you do?
- 1. Leave her alone, because she isn't really your friend yet — no support
- 2. Tell her the game is full so she isn't hurt — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 3. Ask her to join, as you would want if you were new — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Wait to see if the others want her first — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 7: «For forty days in the desert Jesus was tempted by the devil and said no each time, using Scripture; Lent remembers these forty days.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «say» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the location within the Scriptures of the discourse designated the Sermon on the Mount.
- 1. The Acts of the Apostles, chapter two — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The Book of Psalms, Psalm twenty-three — no support
- 3. The Gospel according to Matthew, chapters five to seven — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The Book of Genesis, chapters one to three, at the very beginning — 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 ✗
Pursuant to the Beatitudes, ascertain the designation conferred upon those who make peace.
- 1. Rulers of the earth — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Masters of the Temple — no support
- 3. Servants of the law — no support
- 4. Children of God — ✓ 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
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Select the response that is consistent with the established formulation of the precept hereinafter referred to as the Golden Rule.
- 1. Do to others what they have done to you — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Do to others what you would have them do to you — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Do to others only what benefits yourself — no support
- 4. Do to others whatever is permitted by the law of the land — 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 ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the teaching concerning the plank and the speck?
- 1. One ought to point out the faults of others at once — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. One ought to examine one's own faults before criticising those of others — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Minor faults are graver than major ones — no support
- 4. Carpentry presents a hazard to the eyes — 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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