Kindness to the dying and visiting the old

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 6 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 77 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 ✓

«She can't even talk, what's the point me goin',» says Ellie's cousin in Manchester. What's the best answer?

1. Being there, holding her hand, still means a lot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She'll be too asleep to notice anyone — no support
3. There's no point at all if she can't talk back to you — no support
4. Only grown-ups' visits count — 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 · wrong ✗

«Nan's care home is so boring, like, peak boredom, do I HAVE to go?» asks Oscar (peak = the worst). What's the wisest reply?

1. Only go when there's cake — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Go, but don't talk to her — no support
3. Your visit may be the best bit of Nan's week — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. No, stay home; Nan won't mind or even notice you're not there — 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 · wrong ✗

The vicar announces, very formally: «Volunteers are sought to accompany our housebound members on Thursday afternoons.» What is he asking for?

1. People to stay home on Thursdays — no support
2. People to visit old church members who can't go out — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. People to drive the vicar to the shops — no support
4. People to clean the church on Thursdays — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 74, line 1: ««Do I have a soul? Where is it?» asks Ollie; many people believe each person has a soul, the part that thinks, loves and is really «you», but it cannot be seen…», 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 «part» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (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 4 · wrong ✗

What would happen if nobody checked on an old neighbour who'd had a fall?

1. Nothing; falls are never serious — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She might lie hurt for days without help — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She would always get up on her own — no support
4. Someone would ring her eventually anyway — 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 ✓

«Grandad's dying, innit, so writin' 'get well soon' is a lie, yeah?» asks Lucy in East London. What could she write instead?

1. Nothing at all, just a blank card with a stamp — no support
2. «I love you» or «Thinking of you» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. «Get well» anyway, just to be polite — score 1
4. «See you never, Grandad, bye-bye now» — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 77, line 13: «When writing to someone who will not get better, words like «I love you» or «Thinking of you» are both kind and true.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · wrong ✗

A rough cousin moans, «Same bloody story again, Gran, we've heard it.» What's kinder?

1. Agree with him and walk out of the room — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Correct her and then start another story — no support
3. Listen patiently; it makes her happy — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Tell her she's losing it and needs help — 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 ✗

«Sittin' with Gran all night when she's asleep? That's a reet waste,» says a boy in Lancashire (reet = right/real). Why do families do it?

1. Because it's the law in hospices that someone must sit with every patient all night — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Because nurses don't work at night in hospices — score 4
3. To make sure nobody steals her things — score 4
4. So she's never alone and may sense someone near — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 77, line 11: «Many families take turns to sit with a dying relative so that they are never alone; Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus and others all have this tradition.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «many families» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

In a film, children run screaming from a care home because «old people are creepy». What's the real lesson?

1. Old people don't like children at all — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Old people are people who love visits and chats — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Children should never visit care homes — score 4
4. Care homes really are scary places, like in the film — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 59, line 4: «Very rarely, a child gets an illness doctors cannot cure; a children's hospice is a calm place with toys and a garden where very ill children and their familie…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «care» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «ill children» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · right ✓

«Nail polish? In a hospice? That's random,» says a boy in Vancouver. Why does Jasmine want it?

1. It is a hospice rule for everyone who stays there — no support
2. Dying people still enjoy normal, fun things — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. It shows the nurses which patient is dying next — no support
4. It's a kind of medicine painted on the nails — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 77, line 2: «Dying people are still people who enjoy ordinary things: Jasmine asks Lucy to paint her nails, and Sam's grandad would love to talk about football; families li…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «enjoy» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

«My koro's in the rest home, I'll take him a footy card, sweet as,» says a boy in Wellington (koro = grandad, sweet as = great). Good idea?

1. No; you should only bring flowers to a rest home, never cards or games — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Only if the card is worth money — no support
3. Yes; sharing what you love helps him feel part of life — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. No; old people hate football — 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: «A dying person doesn't care about visitors any more.»

1. True, because by then they cannot hear anyone at all — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. False, but only if the visitors bring nice gifts — no support
3. True; they want to be left alone, in peace and quiet — no support
4. False; company and kindness still matter a lot — ✓ 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 purpose of a hospice?

1. The training of surgeons in new procedures — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The treatment of minor injuries sustained in sport — no support
3. The care and comfort of persons who are dying, that they may live as well as possible — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The accommodation of travellers upon holiday — 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 person principally credited with founding the modern hospice movement.

1. Cicely Saunders — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Edith Cavell — no support
3. Florence Nightingale — no support
4. Mary Seacole — 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 · right ✓

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning an elderly neighbour who has not been seen for several days.

1. The matter ought to be reported to a responsible adult without delay — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Entry ought to be forced by the child alone — no support
3. The neighbour ought to be awaited for a further fortnight — no support
4. The matter ought to be disregarded as being of no concern — 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 · right ✓

Whereas a visitor is uncertain what to say to a dying relative who cannot speak, ascertain the conduct most consistent with the matters taught.

1. Presence, the holding of a hand, and reading aloud — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. Loud speech intended to rouse the patient — no support
3. Discussion confined to the disposal of property — no support
4. Prompt departure so as to avoid any disturbance to the patient or to the staff — 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 77, line 1: «Ellie visits her great-aunt in a hospice, a calm place that cares for people who are dying, and worries «what do I say? she can hardly talk»; but she does not…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «read» (+4); the same property (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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