What happens after we die? What our church teaches
Tests: 8 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 72 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 · ★ · right ✓
«Heaven's mad boring, you just sit on clouds playing harps innit,» says Freddie's friend in London. What do Christians actually believe?
- 1. Heaven is full life with God, joy and love, not boredom — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 14
- 2. Heaven is a cloud where you wait to be reborn — no support
- 3. Yes, it's harp lessons for ever and ever, on a cloud, with nothing else to do — no support
- 4. Heaven is a long sleep with no dreams — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 14, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 72, line 4: «The Bible pictures heaven as a city of gold and a house with many rooms; the clouds and harps of cartoons and old paintings are only pictures, and Christians b…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «heaven» (+4); the same thing acted on «full life» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
The vicar says, very formally: «We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.» What is he saying?
- 1. Nobody really dies; they just sleep — no support
- 2. Christians hope God will raise the dead to new life — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. The world will end next year — no support
- 4. The dead will come back as ghosts on Sunday, to visit their families — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 72, line 3: «The vicar explains the creed's words «the resurrection of the body»: Christians believe that at the end of time God will raise the dead to new life with healed…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «raise» (+2); the same doer «god» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «dead» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
«Can grandad see me rn? like is he watching?» (rn = right now) asks Ellie. Which answer is honest?
- 1. Nobody knows for sure, but love still connects you — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yes, so be good or he'll be cross — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 3. Yes, he watches you every second — score 1
- 4. No, he has forgotten you completely now he's in heaven — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 46, line 4: «In a hard question the best answer gives reasons, weighs the other side and is fair to everyone, people and animals alike.», 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 (+4); the same doer «best answer» (+3); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
A boy from Texas says, «My pastor says y'all pray for dead folks, that's sus» (sus = fishy). What's a fair answer?
- 1. Every church prays for the dead in the same way — score 2
- 2. Churches differ: some pray for the dead, some thank God for them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Only Ellie's church has ever done it — no support
- 4. Praying for the dead is against all religions, so the pastor is right to say it's sus — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 72, line 14: «Catholic, Orthodox and some Anglican Christians pray for the dead, to show love and ask God to look after them; many Protestants thank God for them instead.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «thank» (+4); the same receiver «god» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
«If Jesus is God, why'd he have to die? Makes no sense, mate,» says Ethan's uncle in Perth. What's the Christian answer?
- 1. He was too weak to stop the Roman soldiers taking him — no support
- 2. To show God's love and take away wrongdoing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 13
- 3. He had to die because he was very old and very ill — no support
- 4. He did not really die at all; he only fainted — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 13, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 72, line 12: «Christians believe Jesus died to show God's love and to take away people's wrongdoing so they can be forgiven; churches explain this in different ways.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «show» (+5); the same doer «jesus» (+4); the same thing acted on «love» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
What would happen to «heaven above the clouds» if you flew past the clouds in a plane?
- 1. You'd be stopped by angels at the border — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. You'd find only sky; heaven isn't a place in the sky — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. You'd see the harps but not the people — no support
- 4. You'd see the gates of heaven out of the window — 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 ✓
«Will Biscuit be in heaven with Grandad? Ah'd be well chuffed» (chuffed = pleased), says Mia in Leeds. What does the vicar answer?
- 1. «God loves all he has made; we can trust him» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. «Yes, all dogs definitely go to heaven, that's a fact» — score 4
- 3. «Only dogs that went to church with their owners get in» — no support
- 4. «No, animals simply stop when they die, and that is all» — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 72, line 5: «Some questions have no sure answer: whether Grandad can see Ellie, whether Mia's dog will be in heaven; the vicar says «God loves all he has made» and «God kno…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «love» (+4); the same doer «god» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
In a cartoon, a grandad dies and becomes an angel with wings. What do Christians teach?
- 1. Every single person who dies becomes an angel with wings and a halo — no support
- 2. Only children become angels when they die — no support
- 3. Angels are just dead people with wings — no support
- 4. People stay themselves with God; angels are different beings — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 72, line 15: «Christians believe people who die stay themselves with God; they do not turn into angels, who are different beings made by God.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «angels» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «different beings» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Sam asks, «Do bad people go to heaven?», and his cousin shouts, «Nah, they go straight to the bad place, end of.» What does the vicar say?
- 1. Everyone goes to heaven whatever they do — score 7
- 2. God judges fairly and mercifully; he knows each heart — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 3. Nobody can be forgiven after they have died — score 4
- 4. The cousin is right; it is settled and simple, and nobody can change it — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 12, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 72, line 5: «Some questions have no sure answer: whether Grandad can see Ellie, whether Mia's dog will be in heaven; the vicar says «God loves all he has made» and «God kno…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «god» (+5); the same action «know» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «heart» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
«Christ is risen!» calls the vicar on Easter morning. What is Ellie's grandma's Ukrainian answer?
- 1. «Добрий день, з Великоднем!» («Good day, happy Easter!») — no support
- 2. «Воістину воскрес!» («Truly he is risen!») — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. «Слава Україні!» («Glory to Ukraine!») — no support
- 4. «Христос народився!» («Christ is born!») — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 72, line 2: «The heart of this hope is Easter: Christians believe Jesus died on the cross and rose again on the third day, so on Easter Sunday the church calls «Christ is r…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «rise» (+4); the same property (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Myth to check: «Christians believe dead people become ghosts who stay in their houses.»
- 1. False, they believe the dead become animals — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. True; that is exactly what the Bible teaches about the dead — no support
- 3. False; Christians believe the dead are with God — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. True, but only for bad people — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 72, line 2: «The heart of this hope is Easter: Christians believe Jesus died on the cross and rose again on the third day, so on Easter Sunday the church calls «Christ is r…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «believe» (+1); the same doer «christians» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 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 Christian understanding of heaven?
- 1. A place of idleness in which harps are played without end — no support
- 2. A physical location situated above the clouds and observable by telescope — no support
- 3. Eternal life in the presence of God, wherein there is neither pain nor sorrow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. A condition of dreamless sleep from which none awakes — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «god» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the event commemorated by Christians upon Easter Sunday.
- 1. The baptism of Jesus in the river Jordan — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The resurrection of Jesus from the dead on the third day — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles at Pentecost — no support
- 4. The birth of Jesus at Bethlehem — 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 prayer for the departed.
- 1. It is practised identically by every Christian denomination — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is practised exclusively by the Church of England — no support
- 3. It is practised by Catholic, Orthodox and some Anglican Christians, whereas many Protestants offer thanks instead — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It is prohibited by every Christian denomination — 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 signification of the phrase «the communion of saints» as employed in the Creed.
- 1. The distribution of bread exclusively to clergy — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The fellowship of all Christians, both living and departed, in the family of God — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A society of persons who possess miraculous powers — no support
- 4. A ceremony restricted to persons formally declared saints — 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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