Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb
Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 66 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 ✗
«bruv, Tom never even cried at his nan's funeral, he's well cold innit,» says a boy in London (bruv = mate). Fair answer?
- 1. Not crying isn't the same as not caring — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Tom should be made to cry properly at the next one — ← Mova's choice · score -4
- 3. He's right; if there are no tears, there was no love — no support
- 4. Tom must have been happy she died — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score -4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 66, line 2: «It does not look the same in everyone: Ellie cries every night for a week after Grandad's funeral, her cousin Tom does not cry at all when his nan dies, and bo…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cry» (+1); the same doer «cousin» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · wrong ✗
«Sienna's acting mad sus since her uncle died, like a robot, no cap,» says a girl in Ohio (sus = fishy, no cap = no lie). What's the kind reading?
- 1. She never liked her uncle at all — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She is hiding something bad about him — no support
- 3. Numbness is a normal reaction to a shock — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. She is ill and needs an ambulance — 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 · right ✓
A teacher says formally, «Grief is frequently experienced in waves.» Which scene fits best?
- 1. Feeling happy all the time after a death, as if nothing happened — no support
- 2. Crying once at the funeral, never again — no support
- 3. Feeling fine, then crying when a song plays — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Feeling exactly the same, heavy sadness every single minute — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 66, line 4: «Grief comes in waves, like the sea at the beach: a big wave, then calm, then another wave when a song or a smell brings it back, and over time the waves usuall…», 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 «song» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · right ✓
«Ma wee bairn's been greetin' every nicht since her grandda went,» says Ellie's Scottish aunt (bairn = child, greetin' = crying). What should the family do?
- 1. Send her to bed early as a punishment — no support
- 2. Pretend not to notice anything — no support
- 3. Let her cry and stay close to her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. Tell her to stop greetin' at once — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 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 66, line 5: «Christians remember that Jesus wept when his friend Lazarus died, and people of every faith and none cry for those they love; boys and men cry too.», 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 «weep» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · right ✓
«Stop blubbing, boys don't cry, sort yourself out,» snaps an older cousin at Oscar. What is true?
- 1. Crying only makes the sadness last much, much longer — no support
- 2. Oscar should go and hide until he has stopped crying — no support
- 3. The cousin is right; tears are really only for girls — no support
- 4. Boys and men cry too; it's human, not weak — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 66, line 13: «Boys and men cry too; crying is human, not girly and not weak.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+4); the same doer «boys» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · wrong ✗
What would happen if Holly lay awake every night and told nobody?
- 1. The feelings would vanish by themselves — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She would forget her grandad completely — no support
- 3. Her grandad would come back to visit her — no support
- 4. She'd stay tired and alone with it; telling helps — ✓ 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 7 · wrong ✗
In a cartoon, a girl's grandad dies, and in the next scene she laughs and never mentions him again. What's more like real life?
- 1. Laughing proves she didn't love him — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Everyone forgets after one day — no support
- 3. Feelings come and go for a long time — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Real people never laugh after a death — 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 ✓
«Our kid's had a belly ache every day since me grandad died, and he's not even sick,» says a girl from Liverpool (our kid = my brother). Best answer?
- 1. Belly aches are never, ever linked to feelings — no support
- 2. He must be faking it to get days off school — no support
- 3. Grief can show in the body; tell a grown-up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 4. He should eat a lot less until the ache stops — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 66, line 12: «Grief can show in the body as tummy aches, headaches, tiredness or trouble sleeping; talking to someone, reading or calm music before bed can help, and if ache…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «show» (+4); the same doer «grief» (+3); the same place «body» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · wrong ✗
Myth to check: «If you go to a party a week after a death, you didn't really love the person.»
- 1. False, but only if you go to church first — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. True: you must stay sad for a year — no support
- 3. False: fun and sadness can live together — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. True: parties are banned for mourners — 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 10 · wrong ✗
«Writing to grandad when he can't read it is lowkey delulu,» says Freddie's big sister (lowkey = a bit, delulu = deluded). Fair answer?
- 1. Grandad will read it while Freddie sleeps — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It has to be posted to the cemetery, or it won't work — no support
- 3. She's right; it is pointless and a bit silly, really — no support
- 4. The letter is for Freddie, to let feelings out — ✓ 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 11 · wrong ✗
«Ah'm proper mardy and ah keep crying, is summat wrong wi' me?» asks Leo from Yorkshire (mardy = grumpy, summat = something). Best answer?
- 1. He should hide his feelings from everyone, even his mum — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yes, he should be taken to hospital straight away tonight — no support
- 3. Nothing's wrong; grief can make you grumpy and teary — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yes, crying this much is dangerous for a boy his age — 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 ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression of grief following a bereavement?
- 1. Its absence of tears demonstrates an absence of affection — no support
- 2. It is confined to adults and is not experienced by children — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. Its expression varies between individuals, and no single form is correct — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It is invariably expressed through weeping on the day of the funeral — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 50, line 5: «A Christian child may use the Good Samaritan or other teaching, but should explain the reason so that people of any faith or none can follow it, and afterwards…», 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 «christian child» (+2). Against it: a different action (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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal reason for which a bereaved child may weep without warning some weeks after a death.
- 1. Grief is customarily concluded within a period of one month — no support
- 2. The child is feigning distress in order to avoid lessons — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. Grief tends to recur in waves, frequently prompted by small reminders — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. Weeping after the funeral is indicative of physical illness — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 59, line 10: «Children having cancer treatment must avoid germs, because the treatment makes it harder to fight infections.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «avoid» (+4); the same doer «children» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · 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 bodily symptoms during bereavement.
- 1. Grief is a purely mental state having no bodily effects — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Abdominal pain in bereavement is invariably feigned — no support
- 3. Grief may occasion headaches, abdominal pain and disturbed sleep — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Disturbed sleep in bereavement requires immediate admission to hospital — 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 ✗
Whereas a parent asserts that boys ought not to weep, ascertain which response is consistent with the matters taught.
- 1. Weeping is a sign of weakness proper only to girls and to small children — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Weeping is prohibited by every religious tradition — no support
- 3. Weeping is permissible only within a place of worship — no support
- 4. Weeping is a human response proper to persons of either sex — ✓ 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
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