Living well because life is short
Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 6 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 76 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 ✗
«If we're all gonna die anyway, what's even the point, it's giving nihilism,» says Ruby's teen brother in LA (it's giving = it feels like; nihilism = «nothing matters»). Which is the wisest answer?
- 1. The point is to get rich before you die — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Only grown-ups' lives have a point — no support
- 3. He's right, nothing is worth doing at all — no support
- 4. Things don't have to last for ever to matter; love and kindness count now — ✓ 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 ✓
«Me nan says she's had a good innings, is she on about cricket?» asks a lad in Yorkshire. What does she mean?
- 1. She's about to go into hospital — no support
- 2. She used to play cricket for England when she was a young woman — no support
- 3. She's had a long, full life she's happy with — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. She wants to watch the cricket now — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 76, line 13: ««A good innings» is a saying from cricket that means a long, full life.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «long full life» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓
The vicar reads, very formally: «Teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.» What does this Psalm ask?
- 1. Help us remember life is short, so we live wisely — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 2. Tell us the exact day we will die, so that we can get ready for it — no support
- 3. Help us live for ever on earth — no support
- 4. Teach us to count well in maths lessons — 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 76, line 16: «Psalm 90 says, «Teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom»: it asks God to help people remember that life is short, so they live wi…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «life» (+5); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+4); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗
What would happen if Ethan and his brother made up before bed every time they argued?
- 1. They'd never be friends again — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They'd waste fewer days being angry — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. They'd have to stop playing together — no support
- 4. Their anger would grow every night — 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 · ★★ · right ✓
«A bucket list? Like, a list of buckets? That's mid,» says a Gen Alpha cousin (mid = boring). What is it really?
- 1. Things you want to do before you die — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. A list of chores for cleaning the house — no support
- 3. A game that people play on the beach in summer — no support
- 4. A list of all the buckets you want to buy — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 76, line 15: «A bucket list is a list of things someone wants to do before they die; the name comes from the saying «kick the bucket», meaning «die».», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «die» (+4); the same doer «things» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«Grandad never said 'love you' much but he took us fishing every arvo,» says Brooke in Brisbane (arvo = afternoon). Did he show love?
- 1. No; love only counts if it is said out loud, in words — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No; fishing has nothing to do with love — no support
- 3. Yes; love shows in what people do, not just words — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Only if he also bought them presents — 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 ✗
A boy in Boston says, «Living like there's no tomorrow means skipping school and eating candy all day, wicked!» (wicked = great). What's a wiser idea?
- 1. Wait until you are old to enjoy life — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Live well: love people, learn, help, enjoy good things — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yes, never do anything boring again — no support
- 4. Nothing matters, so do whatever you like — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗
In a cartoon, a rich king's gravestone lists all his gold. A poor woman's says «She loved and was loved». Which life sounds better lived?
- 1. The king's; more words means more life — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. The king's; gold is what lasts — score 7
- 3. The woman's; love is what lasts — ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. Neither; gravestones mean nothing — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 31, line 1: «Islam is a faith in one God, called Allah in Arabic; its followers are Muslims, and the word Islam means "submission", giving your life to God.», 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 «word» (+3); the same thing acted on «life» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«Mum wants us to be happy?? She's dead, how'd she even know,» snaps Lily. What's the gentle answer?
- 1. Most people who love us would want us to live happily — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nobody can say anything about her wishes — no support
- 3. Being happy means you've forgotten her — score -2
- 4. She'd want you to stay sad for ever and never smile again, to show you miss her — ← Mova's choice · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 7, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 69, line 1: «Grown-ups grieve too: a month after Grandad died, Ellie hears her mum crying in the bathroom, because Grandad was Mum's own dad, and nobody is ever too old to…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «miss» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «mum» (+1); 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
Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«Life's short, so I'm gonna tell my mum I love her every day now, is that cringe?» asks Mia. Best answer?
- 1. Only say it on her birthday — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Not cringe at all; it's a lovely habit — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yes, only babies say that to mums — no support
- 4. Yes, saying it more makes it mean less — 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 ✗
Myth to check: «Thinking about death makes life gloomy and pointless.»
- 1. True, because nothing can last for ever — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. False, but only for very old people — no support
- 3. True; you should never think about it, not even once — no support
- 4. False; it can help people live more fully and kindly — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the regrets commonly expressed by persons near the end of life?
- 1. That they had not engaged in more disputes — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. That they had not loved more nor worried less — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. That they had not acquired greater wealth — no support
- 4. That they had not worked longer hours — 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 · right ✓
Identify the signification of the expression «a good innings» as applied to a human life.
- 1. A successful sporting career — no support
- 2. A substantial inheritance — no support
- 3. A long and full life — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. A comfortable dwelling — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 76, line 5: «Old sayings carry the same wisdom: «Don't let the sun go down on your anger» (from the Bible) means make up before bed; «a good innings» (from cricket) means a…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «long full life» (+3); the same property (+3). · 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 precept «Do not let the sun go down on your anger».
- 1. It derives from the rules of cricket and concerns the close of play — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It prohibits outdoor activity during the hours of daylight — no support
- 3. It derives from the Epistle to the Ephesians and counsels reconciliation before the day's end — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It counsels that anger be expressed only after sunset — 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 it is asserted that the inevitability of death renders all endeavour pointless, ascertain the response most consistent with the matters taught.
- 1. Only endeavours of permanent duration possess any worth — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. All endeavour is indeed pointless and ought to be abandoned — no support
- 3. Worth is to be measured solely by accumulated possessions — no support
- 4. Things of limited duration, such as love and kindness, retain their worth — ✓ 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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