Easter and Pentecost
Tests: 6 of 11 right · Exam: 4 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 19 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 disciples found the tomb empty, so Pentecost is Easter. What is right?
- 1. Pentecost is the day Jesus was born — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Easter and Pentecost are two names for one day — no support
- 3. Pentecost is the day before Easter — no support
- 4. Easter is the empty tomb; Pentecost is fifty days later, when the Spirit came — ✓ 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 2 · ★ · right ✓
«Ascension and Pentecost same thing innit?» What do you put right?
- 1. Yes, both are when Jesus rose from the tomb — no support
- 2. Yes, both are when the Spirit came — no support
- 3. No: Jesus went up to heaven at the Ascension; the Spirit came at Pentecost — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. No: the Ascension is when Jesus was born — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 19, line 3: «Forty days after Easter Jesus was taken up into heaven, which Christians call the Ascension, and he sent his followers to all nations; fifty days after Easter…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+3); the same place «pentecost» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
A classmate who is an atheist says, «Dead people don't come back, so Easter's just a story.» What is the most respectful reply?
- 1. Everyone in the world believes it, so you're wrong — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. You'll be punished for saying that — no support
- 3. It doesn't matter, Easter is only about chocolate — no support
- 4. Christians believe God raised Jesus; I get that you don't, and we can talk about it — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). 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 what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on «world» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
«I've got loads of questions about God and I'm scared the vicar will be cross». Which story would help?
- 1. The traders in the Temple — no support
- 2. Judas betraying Jesus for silver — no support
- 3. Peter denying Jesus three times by the fire in the courtyard — no support
- 4. Doubting Thomas, whose doubts Jesus met with patience — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 16, line 5: «For a child today the stories say: bring what you have, help your friends reach help, keep asking when others tell you to be quiet, and remember to say thank y…», 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 doer «stories» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
«I let my best mate down big time, he'll never trust me again». Which Easter story gives hope?
- 1. The women who found the tomb empty early in the morning — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The Ascension of Jesus into heaven on the hill — no support
- 3. The tongues of fire that came down at Pentecost — no support
- 4. Peter forgiven and given a job by the lake — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Your little brother says Jesus showed himself first to the twelve disciples. Who does John's Gospel say met him first?
- 1. Peter and John on the road to Emmaus — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Pilate in his palace — no support
- 3. Thomas in a locked room — no support
- 4. Mary Magdalene in the garden — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 19, line 12: «By the lake the risen Jesus asked Peter three times, «Do you love me?», and told him, «Feed my sheep».», 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 doer «peter» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (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 ✓
A Jewish friend says Pentecost sounds like their festival of Shavuot. What is true?
- 1. Pentecost happened at the Jewish feast fifty days after Passover — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Pentecost has nothing to do with any Jewish feast — score 5
- 3. Pentecost was invented hundreds of years later by the Church in Rome — no support
- 4. Pentecost is the Christian name for Hanukkah — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 19, line 17: «The first Pentecost happened during a Jewish harvest feast, Shavuot, held fifty days after Passover.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «first pentecost» (+3); the same action «happen» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
Your church youth group is planning a food collection. Which part of the lesson does it follow?
- 1. The stone rolled away from the tomb on Easter morning — no support
- 2. The first Christians caring for the poor — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Thomas touching the wounds — no support
- 4. The disciples asleep in the garden — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 19, line 4: «The first Christians shared what they had, ate together, prayed and cared for the poor, and the small group grew into a worldwide church.», 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 doer «christians» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
«Jesus just stayed on earth after Easter, right?» What do Christians believe?
- 1. He went back to Nazareth and became a carpenter — score 6
- 2. He was taken up to heaven forty days later and is present through the Spirit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 3. He hid in the tomb for forty years — score 4
- 4. He stayed in Jerusalem and lived to be very old — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 19, line 13: «Forty days after Easter Jesus was taken up into heaven; this is called the Ascension.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take up» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «jesus» (+2); the same place «heaven» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
A judge asks, «How did a small group of followers become a worldwide church?» Which answer is best reasoned?
- 1. Because the Bible says so, and that is the only reason — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They took the Great Commission to heart, travelled and shared their faith — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Because no other religions existed at that time — no support
- 4. Because a powerful king forced everybody to join the church on the very first day — 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 · ★ · right ✓
Your cousin says the Emmaus disciples knew Jesus at once on the road. What does the story say?
- 1. They knew him because he wore white — no support
- 2. They knew him because Peter told them — score 2
- 3. They did not know him until he broke the bread — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. They knew him at once because he said each of their names — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 19, line 10: «Two disciples on the road to Emmaus walked with a stranger and recognised Jesus when he broke the bread.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «break» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «bread» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the condition of the tomb as discovered by the women on the third day?
- 1. The tomb had been broken open and destroyed by an earthquake — no support
- 2. The body of Jesus remained within the tomb — no support
- 3. The stone had been rolled away and the tomb was empty — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. The tomb was sealed and guarded by soldiers — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 19, line 1: «On the third day after the crucifixion some women went to Jesus' tomb and found the stone rolled away and the tomb empty. Christians believe Jesus rose from th…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «roll away» (+4); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Ascertain the interval elapsing between Easter and the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples.
- 1. Fifty days — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Three days — no support
- 3. Twelve days — no support
- 4. Forty days — 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 · right ✓
Identify the instruction issued by the risen Jesus to Peter subsequent to the threefold question «Do you love me?».
- 1. Go home to Galilee — no support
- 2. Catch more fish — no support
- 3. Feed my sheep — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 4. Build my temple — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 19, line 12: «By the lake the risen Jesus asked Peter three times, «Do you love me?», and told him, «Feed my sheep».», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feed» (+4); the same receiver «sheep» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the event designated the Ascension.
- 1. Jesus was taken up into heaven forty days after Easter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples — no support
- 3. Jesus entered Jerusalem upon a donkey — no support
- 4. The disciples spoke in many languages — 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
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