Accidents, wars and deaths on the news
Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 6 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 60 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 ✗
Noah, on his headset: «Bro, dying's mid, you just respawn, it's not that deep.» («Mid» means «nothing special»; «it's not that deep» means «it doesn't matter».) What is true?
- 1. He is right; dying for real is just like dying in a game, so chill — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. People get three lives each, and then the game is over — no support
- 3. Respawning is just how heaven works, after a short wait — no support
- 4. Real people don't respawn; real death is for ever and hurts others — ✓ 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 ✓
What would happen if every car crash in the country was on the news?
- 1. There would be no crashes left anywhere, because everyone would be scared — no support
- 2. The news would be full of them, but most journeys would still be safe — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Seat belts would stop working in cars all around the country — score 2
- 4. Every journey anyone made would be very dangerous indeed — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 60, line 6: «Car crashes do happen, but most journeys end safely; seat belts, child seats and careful driving make them much safer.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «most journeys» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓
Ethan's grandad from Yorkshire says, «Buckle up, lad, an' tha'll be reet.» («Tha'll be reet» means «you'll be all right».) Is he right?
- 1. Yes, seat belts make journeys much safer — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yes, seat belts make crashes impossible — no support
- 3. No, seat belts make crashes worse — no support
- 4. No, buckling up is only for adults — 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 ✗
Taras says, «His dad was a soldier and now he's dead. It's well grim.» His mate wants to say the perfect thing. What is enough?
- 1. «My dad's a soldier in my game too» — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nothing, it's better to stay away — no support
- 3. «I'm really sorry» and listening — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. «At least he died a hero, so be happy» — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗
An American kid says, «A footballer died at 34? That's sus, he was so fit, it must be fake.» What is the truth?
- 1. He died because he played too much football and wore his heart out — no support
- 2. It must be fake, because really fit people never, ever die young — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. It's fake; the news always lies about famous people to get clicks — no support
- 4. Rarely, fit people have hidden heart problems; it's real and sad — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 60, line 3: «Real death is not like a game: in a game you respawn, but in real life a person who dies does not come back, and the people who loved them are left grieving.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «people» (+1). 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 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Isla's brother says, «Why's everyone crying? They didn't even know her, it's cringe.» Which reply is kindest and true?
- 1. They were only crying because all the shops were shut for the day of the funeral — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Grief for a famous person is real, though different from losing family — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He's right, and the people who cried should all be ashamed of themselves — no support
- 4. People were told to cry by the King, so they had to do as they were told — 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 ✓
A London kid says, «Allow it, the boat thing ain't our problem, innit.» («Allow it» means «forget it, leave it».) What is a fair answer?
- 1. He is right; nobody here needs to care about it at all — no support
- 2. It is sad, and many people of all faiths try to help refugees — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. It is everybody's own fault for getting in the boat in the first place — no support
- 4. Boats only ever sink like that in films, not in real life — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 60, line 5: «Christians pray for people killed in accidents and war and for their families; many churches help refugees, remembering that Jesus said «I was a stranger and y…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «help» (+3); the same thing acted on «refugees» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Molly sobs, «Is Dad gonna die at work?» What should she do?
- 1. Ask Dad to never go to work again, ever — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Ask Dad how firefighters stay safe — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. Watch every single fire on the news, to check on him — no support
- 4. Hide Dad's uniform so that he can't go to work — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 60, line 2: «Picture Oscar in front of the TV: bombed buildings in Ukraine fill the screen and he asks, «Are people dying there right now?» His mum says yes, sadly, that he…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «ask» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
At the gate, kids say, «He was messing on the tracks, everyone knows.» What is the wise move?
- 1. Post it online with his name, so that other people learn from what he did wrong — no support
- 2. Go down to the tracks after school to check it for yourself — no support
- 3. Don't spread it; rumours are often wrong, and remember tracks are dangerous — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Pass it on, because everyone at the gate already knows anyway — ← Mova's choice · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 45, line 2: «Picture a few classmates secretly picking on a younger child behind the bike sheds: everyone knows, nobody says anything, and the little one has no one on thei…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «know» (+4); the same doer «everyone» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
The head teacher says, formally, «It is with profound sorrow that I must inform you of the death of a former pupil.» What does she mean?
- 1. A former pupil is visiting the school — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A former pupil has won a prize — no support
- 3. A former pupil has died, and she is very sad — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A former pupil has been expelled — 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 cartoon shows a soldier hit by a cannonball who gets up laughing in the next scene. What is wrong with it?
- 1. Cartoons always show war exactly as it really is — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nothing, because soldiers in battles always get up again afterwards — no support
- 3. Cannonballs only make people a bit dizzy for a minute — no support
- 4. Real war kills and hurts people, who do not get up 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 12 · ★★ · right ✓
Daisy's cousin from Glasgow says, «Dinnae ask aboot the blood, hen, it's no' a game.» («Dinnae» means «don't»; «hen» is a friendly «dear».) Why might the cousin say that?
- 1. Daisy is not allowed to know anything at all about her uncle — no support
- 2. There was a game being played on the building site that day — no support
- 3. «Blood» is a rude swear word in Scotland, so she mustn't ever say it aloud — no support
- 4. The details are hard, and grown-ups can explain simply without them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 60, line 7: «An accident is something nobody meant to happen; grown-ups can explain what happened simply, without upsetting details.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «explain» (+3); the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «grown ups» (+2). · 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 representation of fatal accidents in news reports?
- 1. Such events are reported because of their gravity and comparative rarity — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Such events are fabricated by broadcasters for entertainment — no support
- 3. Such events are reported only when caused deliberately — no support
- 4. Such events are reported because they occur on every journey — 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 principal distinction between death as depicted in video games and death in reality.
- 1. In reality the deceased returns after a brief interval — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. In video games death is irreversible whereas in reality it is not — no support
- 3. There exists no distinction between the two — no support
- 4. In reality death is irreversible and causes grief to others — ✓ 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 consistent with the established facts concerning the occupational risks of firefighters.
- 1. They are forbidden from approaching fires — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They are never exposed to any danger — no support
- 3. They perish in the course of their duties without exception — no support
- 4. They are trained and equipped, and almost all return safely from their duties — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the course of conduct most consistent with prudence upon hearing rumours of a death in the community.
- 1. To disseminate the rumour as widely as possible — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To refrain from repetition and await reliable information — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. To embellish the rumour for the interest and entertainment of others — no support
- 4. To visit the location of the incident — 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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