Joseph and his brothers
Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 5 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 brother says Joseph got the coat cos he was the oldest. right?
- 1. Yes, the oldest always got the coat — no support
- 2. Yes, and his brothers were all younger — no support
- 3. No, he bought it in Egypt — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. No, he was one of the youngest; his father just loved him most — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 4: «When his brothers came to buy grain and bowed before him, Joseph tested whether they had changed, then revealed himself, wept and forgave them, saying "You mea…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «buy» (+2); the same doer «brothers» (+2). Against it: 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 2 · ★ · right ✓
Mum always lets my sister pick the film and never me, and I'm fuming. Which story warns parents about this?
- 1. Joseph's coat: favouritism causes hurt — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The Tower of Babel: pride divides — no support
- 3. Creation: God rested on the seventh day — no support
- 4. Noah's ark: God keeps his promises — 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 ✗
Ben came top in the test and keeps telling everyone "I'm smarter than all of you lot." Like Joseph with his dreams, what's the problem?
- 1. It's fine because it's true — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Being right isn't the same as being wise in how you speak — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He should hide that he came top so that nobody else gets jealous — no support
- 4. Coming top is always wrong — 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 ✗
Your friend broke a window, then lied to his dad, then blamed his little brother. Which part of Joseph's story is like this?
- 1. The brothers: one wrong led to bigger wrongs — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Joseph helping other prisoners while in prison — score 6
- 3. Pharaoh's dreams of the seven fat and thin cows — no support
- 4. Joseph forgiving his brothers when they came to Egypt — ← Mova's choice · score 18
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 18, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 5, line 4: «When his brothers came to buy grain and bowed before him, Joseph tested whether they had changed, then revealed himself, wept and forgave them, saying "You mea…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «forgive» (+4); the same doer «joseph» (+4); the same thing acted on «brothers» (+4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Grace, who is Jewish, says, "Joseph's story is in our Torah too." What is right?
- 1. Yes, Genesis is part of the Jewish Torah and the Christian Bible — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 2. No, Joseph is only in the Christian Bible — no support
- 3. The Torah has a different Joseph — no support
- 4. Christians took the story out of the Torah and changed it completely — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 19: «Genesis, with Joseph's story, is part of the Jewish Torah as well as the Christian Bible.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «part» (+4); the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «genesis» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
Uncle Dan says: "Joseph was lucky, he just fell on his feet." What does the story say Joseph did, even in prison?
- 1. He bribed the guards to let him out — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 2. He waited in his cell and did nothing at all for years — no support
- 3. He kept quiet and hid his gifts — no support
- 4. He kept doing good and helping others — ✓ the right answer · score 9
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 5, line 16: «Joseph revealed himself, wept and forgave his brothers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «reveal» (+2); the same doer «joseph» (+2); the same thing acted on «joseph» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Your dad says "Save some of your birthday money, don't blow it all." Which part of Joseph's story fits?
- 1. Joseph's brothers selling him — score 4
- 2. The brothers bowing to Joseph — score 7
- 3. Storing grain in the years of plenty for the famine — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. Joseph telling his dreams — ← Mova's choice · score 14
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 14, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 5, line 4: «When his brothers came to buy grain and bowed before him, Joseph tested whether they had changed, then revealed himself, wept and forgave them, saying "You mea…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «joseph» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Your older brother pushed you around all last year, now he's being nice. "Don't trust him, he's faking," says a friend. What does Joseph's story suggest?
- 1. Get him back first, then trust him — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Never trust him again, whatever he does, because people never change — no support
- 3. Pretend nothing ever happened — no support
- 4. Look for real change, and be ready to trust again — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Mila says, "Joseph's brothers did a good thing in the end, because Joseph saved Egypt." What is wrong with this?
- 1. Nothing, the brothers did a good thing — no support
- 2. Joseph never saved Egypt in the story — score 4
- 3. The brothers had planned all along for Joseph to go and save Egypt — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 4. What they did was still wrong; God brought good out of it — ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 5, line 3: «In prison he helped others and explained dreams, and when he explained Pharaoh's dreams of seven fat and seven thin cows, Pharaoh put him in charge of storing…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «save» (+4); the same thing acted on «egypt» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
Olympiad judge: "Joseph had power over his brothers. Why was forgiving them wiser than revenge?"
- 1. Forgiveness restored the family; revenge would have broken it for good — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Because they had not done anything wrong — no support
- 3. Because revenge is not allowed in Egypt — no support
- 4. Because he was too busy to punish them — 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 ✓
Judge's follow-up: "Was Joseph right to refuse his master's wife, even though it sent him to prison?"
- 1. Yes, integrity is worth it even when doing right costs something — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. No, he should have done whatever she wanted so that he would stay safe — no support
- 3. No, he should have run away from Egypt — no support
- 4. Yes, because he knew he would become a ruler — 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 · wrong ✗
Identify the principal cause of the enmity borne towards Joseph by his brothers, as related in Genesis.
- 1. An offence committed by Joseph against the Pharaoh of Egypt — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Jealousy occasioned by their father's favouritism and by Joseph's dreams — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A dispute concerning the division of their father's flocks — no support
- 4. The theft by Joseph of the grain belonging to his brothers and their father — 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 ✗
Ascertain the interpretation given by Joseph to the dreams of Pharaoh concerning the cattle.
- 1. The impending death of Pharaoh and the succession of his eldest son — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Seven years of warfare to be followed by seven years of peace — no support
- 3. The multiplication of the herds of Egypt beyond number — no support
- 4. Seven years of abundance to be followed by seven years of famine — ✓ 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 · right ✓
Select the response most consistent with the declaration recorded in Genesis 50:20.
- 1. Good may be brought about by God even from deeds intended as evil — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Deeds intended as evil are thereby rendered good — score 3
- 3. No wrong was in fact committed by the brothers — no support
- 4. Evil deeds are to be repaid with evil in equal measure — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 5, line 4: «When his brothers came to buy grain and bowed before him, Joseph tested whether they had changed, then revealed himself, wept and forgave them, saying "You mea…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · 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 conduct of Joseph upon revealing himself to his brothers?
- 1. He caused them to be imprisoned forthwith — score 8
- 2. He wept and extended forgiveness to them — ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 3. He required them to serve him as bondsmen — ← Mova's choice · score 12
- 4. He demanded restitution for the wrongs he suffered — score 6
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 5, line 4: «When his brothers came to buy grain and bowed before him, Joseph tested whether they had changed, then revealed himself, wept and forgave them, saying "You mea…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «joseph» (+4); the same thing acted on «joseph» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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