Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»
Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 57 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 ✗
Ollie's mate from Newcastle says, «Howay, just chuck the fish in the bin, man.» («Howay» means «come on».) What is a kinder choice?
- 1. Throw him in the bin with the rest of the rubbish — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Leave him floating in the tank for another week — no support
- 3. A small burial with a few words, as a goodbye — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Keep him in the freezer for later, just in case — 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 ✓
Chloe screams, «You're replacing him!» when Mum brings home a new hamster. What might put it right?
- 1. Chloe must love the new hamster today — no support
- 2. Mum names it Nibbles so nothing changes — no support
- 3. Mum takes all pets away for good — no support
- 4. Mum says sorry for rushing, and Chloe chooses a name when ready — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 56, line 2: «Picture Megan's family and their old dog, Biscuit: he can hardly stand and hurts every day, and Mum says, «We're not doing this because we don't love him. We'r…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «mum» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Jade's mate yells, «Ew ew EW, that's rank!» at the dead hedgehog. («Rank» means «disgusting».) What is the best response?
- 1. Feeling sick and sad is normal; don't touch it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 2. Kick it into the bushes — no support
- 3. Laugh about it all day at school with everyone else — no support
- 4. Pick it up to show the class — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 56, line 16: «Feeling happy and sad on the same day is normal; laughing does not mean you have stopped loving the one who died.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «feeling» (+5); the same property (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
What would happen if Callum had left the baby bird where it was?
- 1. Nothing at all would ever have happened to it after that — no support
- 2. It would certainly have turned into a little frog — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 3. It would have flown off at once all the way to Africa — no support
- 4. Its parents might have kept feeding it nearby — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 57, line 5: «Some things are better left alone: a dead animal on the road can carry germs, so we do not touch it, and a small grave is a place of rest, not something to dig…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Callum mutters, «I tried to save it and it still died. I hate it.» What is true and kind?
- 1. He killed it himself by trying far too hard to help it — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The bird died just because he hates things so very much — no support
- 3. Trying to help was good, even though it didn't work — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He should never try to help any wild animals ever again — 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 ✗
A Gen Alpha kid says the cat's dead mouse «is giving villain, fr». («It's giving» means «it looks like»; «fr» means «for real».) What is true?
- 1. The mouse was killed by a person — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The cat should go to prison — no support
- 3. The cat is hunting by instinct, not doing wrong like a person — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The cat is a real villain on purpose — 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 7 · ★ · right ✓
Holly giggles, «Tigger's gonna haunt you, lol.» Abbie is scared. What could Abbie say?
- 1. «That's made up and it wasn't funny» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. «Ghosts only haunt people who loved their pets» — no support
- 3. «You're right, I'll never sleep again» — no support
- 4. «I'll buy a ghost trap tomorrow» — 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 ✓
Lucas shouts, «I'm gonna kill that fox!» What is the wise answer?
- 1. Yes, go out and kill every single fox in the county — no support
- 2. Blame the chickens for being far too slow to escape — no support
- 3. Anger is normal, but fix the fence, not the fox — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. Get a pet fox instead, so it guards the chickens — 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 57, line 3: «Wild animals act by instinct, not by right and wrong: the cat that leaves a mouse on the doormat and the fox that gets into the chicken coop are not wicked, th…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «fix» (+2); the same thing acted on «fence» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
A Canadian uncle says, «Eh, buddy, just grab another fish at the store, it's no big deal.» Ruby says «not yet, maybe never». Who is right?
- 1. The uncle, because all fish are the same, so it's no big deal — no support
- 2. Ruby may wait as long as she needs; there is no timetable — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Ruby must buy one by Sunday — no support
- 4. Nobody may ever keep a fish again — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 56, line 5: «Nobody can see heaven, so nobody knows for certain where Biscuit is now; Mrs Patel at Sunday school says, «The Bible doesn't tell us clearly, but God cares for…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same doer «nobody» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
A cartoon shows a boy digging up his goldfish, who pops out alive and waves. What is wrong?
- 1. Goldfish can live under ground — no support
- 2. The boy should dig deeper to find it — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. The fish is dead and its body is breaking down; it won't come back — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Fish really do come back if you dig — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 55, line 2: «Picture Ollie coming down for breakfast to find his goldfish, Captain, floating on his side at the top of the tank; his dad tells him the truth gently, they sa…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Tyler's mum says, «A new dog tomorrow is heartless.» Tyler says the house is too quiet. What is fair?
- 1. Both feelings are normal; talk about it as a family — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Mum is right, it shows he never really loved his dog at all — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Tyler is right, and grief is silly — no support
- 4. Neither, because dogs don't matter — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 56, line 2: «Picture Megan's family and their old dog, Biscuit: he can hardly stand and hurts every day, and Mum says, «We're not doing this because we don't love him. We'r…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «love» (+3); the same thing acted on «dog» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of a domestic burial of a deceased pet?
- 1. To permit the animal's subsequent return to life — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To satisfy a legal requirement imposed upon all owners of animals — no support
- 3. To fulfil an obligation upon the animal itself — no support
- 4. To afford the family an occasion for farewell and gratitude — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence upon encountering a deceased wild animal upon the highway.
- 1. Examining the carcass closely for amusement — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Refraining from contact and informing an adult where necessary — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Disposing of the carcass in a household refuse bin by hand — no support
- 4. Removing the carcass by hand to a domestic garden — 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 consistent with the established facts concerning predation by the domestic cat.
- 1. It is learnt exclusively from observation of humans — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It constitutes a deliberate act of malice against its owner — no support
- 3. It proceeds from instinct and not from moral wickedness — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It is a symptom of illness requiring treatment — 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 ✗
Ascertain the appropriate interval between the death of a pet and the acquisition of another.
- 1. Precisely one calendar year in every instance — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Not less than nine days, as is required by long-standing custom — no support
- 3. No fixed interval exists; it differs from person to person — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It is required to occur on the following 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
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