Promises, memory and keeping each other safe

Tests: 6 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 12 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 79 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 ✗

«My mate said he wishes he was dead, but he said don't tell no one, so I won't, yeah?» asks a boy in Birmingham. What's right?

1. Tell an adult you trust straight away — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Wait and see if he says it again next week, then decide — no support
3. Keep the promise; it's his business — no support
4. Tell him to stop being soft — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 6: «Pharaoh ordered Hebrew baby boys to be killed, and Moses' mother hid him in a basket on the Nile.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «hebrew baby boys» (+4); the same action «order» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓

A girl in Ohio texts, «she said she doesn't wanna be alive anymore, idk what to do» (idk = I don't know). What should she do?

1. Tell an adult straight away; Childline is 0800 1111 in the UK — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
2. Leave her alone for a while to calm down on her own, then text her tomorrow — no support
3. Tell her it's just a phase — score 9
4. Post about it so people know — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 11, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 79, line 10: «If a friend says or writes that they wish they were dead, tell an adult you trust straight away.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «tell» (+4); the same receiver «adult» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓

«Grassing on a mate is the worst thing ever,» says a boy in Glasgow (grassing = telling on someone). In this case, what's true?

1. Only tell if the mate says you can — no support
2. Tell other kids but not adults — score 5
3. He's right; you must never, ever tell on a mate, whatever happens to him, ever — no support
4. Telling an adult when a friend is in danger is being a good friend — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 79, line 13: «Telling an adult when a friend is in danger is being a good friend, not a snitch.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «friend» (+4); the same place «danger» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓

The vicar says, very formally: «Every human life is of inestimable worth; should a friend speak of wishing to die, you must inform a trusted adult forthwith.» What does he mean?

1. Every life matters; tell a trusted adult straight away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 18
2. Only vicars may be told such things — score 13
3. Life has a price that can be measured — no support
4. Wait for the right moment to tell — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 18, against 13 for the next best. Its support: lesson 70, line 5: «Christians may pray at bedtime and trust God's love, the vicar says he trusts Jesus «who went through death and came out the other side», and people of every f…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «trust» (+5); the same thing acted on (+4); the same doer «vicar» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«Your mum's dead, lol, good,» a boy says to Holly. What should she do?

1. Agree so he leaves her alone — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. Hit him, because he started it — score 9
3. Pretend she didn't hear it — score 9
4. Tell a teacher straight away — ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). 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: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «hold» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓

What would happen if Lily forced herself to play piano every day hating it, «because Mum wanted it»?

1. She might be miserable; she can honour Mum another way — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Her mum would be happy in heaven only if she kept on playing every day — score 4
3. It would bring her mum back to life — no support
4. Nothing; feelings don't matter here — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 61, line 2: «Picture Grace on the day Lily comes back to school after her mum died: Grace does not make a speech, she says «I'm sorry, I'm here if you want to talk», sits n…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mum» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«Grandad was a right grumpy git, can I say that?» asks Oscar from Bristol. Best answer?

1. Yes, and say even worse things about him too — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Never say anything true about him at all — no support
3. No, because the dead were all perfect people — no support
4. You can be honest, but say it 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

Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓

In a TV show, a girl must do everything her dead father wanted or «his spirit will never rest». What's a healthier view?

1. Spirits come back and haunt you if you disobey — no support
2. You can honour someone in your own way — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. You must obey every single wish for ever — score 2
4. The dead control everything that we do now — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 79, line 9: «You do not have to do everything a person who died wanted, especially if it makes you unhappy; you can honour them in your own way.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «honour» (+3); the same place «own way» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«Why give Grandad's coat to the charity shop? That's cold, bro,» says Ethan's cousin (cold = heartless). What's a better view?

1. It helps someone who needs it, spreading his kindness — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Coats should be buried with the dead — no support
3. Charity shops are only for rubbish — no support
4. It shows the family never really loved him at all, deep down, or they'd keep it — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 64, line 2: «Picture Taras's family forty days after his grandmother died: they go to church for prayers, then share a meal at home with kutia, a dish of wheat, honey and p…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «family» (+3); the same action «picture» (+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 ✗

«We plant sunflowers for babusya every summer, she was mad about them,» says Taras in Toronto. What is this?

1. A clever way of selling seeds to neighbours — no support
2. A sign that she is coming back one day — no support
3. A creative way of remembering her — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A Ukrainian law about growing sunflowers — ← Mova's choice · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 79, line 3: «Memory can be shared and given away: Mia retells her grandad's funny stories, Taras's family plant sunflowers every summer for his babusya (Ukrainian for «gran…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «sunflowers» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); a different action (counts against) (-4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓

Myth to check: «A true friend always keeps every secret, whatever it is.»

1. True, unless it's about sweets — no support
2. False; if a friend is in danger, tell an adult — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. True; every secret must always be kept, whatever it is — no support
4. False, but only at school — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 79, line 5: «The most important rule in this lesson: if a friend says or writes that they wish they were dead, or that they don't want to be alive, tell an adult you trust…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same receiver «adult» (+2). · 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 obligation of a child whose friend expresses a wish to die?

1. To inform a trusted adult without delay, notwithstanding any request for secrecy — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. To await a further such statement before acting — no support
3. To preserve the confidence in accordance with the friend's request — ← Mova's choice · score 1
4. To disregard the statement as being without significance — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 56, line 11: «Jesus wept when his friend Lazarus died.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, 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 telephone number of Childline in the United Kingdom.

1. 999 9999 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 0800 1111 — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. 111 0800 — no support
4. 0800 0000 — 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 wishes of a deceased person.

1. Families endeavour to honour them, though a child need not be bound to every wish — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Every wish must be obeyed under penalty of law — no support
3. Wishes of the deceased carry no significance whatsoever — no support
4. Wishes may be honoured only by members of the clergy — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 79, line 9: «You do not have to do everything a person who died wanted, especially if it makes you unhappy; you can honour them in your own way.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «honour» (+2); the same thing acted on «wishes» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Whereas a pupil mocks a classmate concerning the death of her mother, ascertain the conduct most consistent with the matters taught.

1. The matter ought to be concealed from all adults — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The classmate ought to retaliate by force, so as to deter any repetition — no support
3. The classmate ought to join in the mockery — no support
4. The matter ought to be reported to a teacher forthwith — ✓ 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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