Trust that breaks and takes long to mend

Tests: 6 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 82 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 ✗

Your brother says, "Mum forgave me, so why's she still checking my phone? Total lie, she never forgave me." What is the best answer?

1. She can forgive you and still need time to trust you again — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She is checking because she forgot that she forgave you — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. She is checking because she secretly wants to read your messages — score 3
4. He's right, forgiving means she must stop checking at once — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 82, line 1: «Trust is like a glass bridge between two people: one lie can crack it in a second, but mending it takes many careful days.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «crack» (+2); the same doer «one lie» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

The vicar asks, "Was Peter finished after he denied our Lord?" Which reply fits the Bible best?

1. Yes; Peter left the disciples and went back to fishing on the lake for good, and was never heard of again — score 4
2. No; because Peter's denial never really happened — ← Mova's choice · score 10
3. Yes; Jesus never spoke to Peter again after that night — score 8
4. No; he wept, Jesus restored him, and he became a leader of the church — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 82, line 4: «The Bible shows broken trust that was mended: Peter denied Jesus three times, wept, and was given new work by Jesus, "Feed my sheep", and Jacob and Esau made p…», 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 action «deny» (+3); the same doer «peter» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Ellie forged Mum's signature. Now Mum signs things in front of her. Ellie asks, "How do I make her trust me faster?" What is the best advice?

1. Forge it again, but much more carefully this time — no support
2. Tell Mum that everyone in the class forges signatures — score 2
3. Wait quietly; trust comes back by itself in a day or two — no support
4. Own up fully with no excuses, make amends, and be faithful in small things — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 82, line 5: «The quickest road back is a full, honest apology with no "but", making amends in deeds, and being faithful in small things, day after day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «small things» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

"Jacko's a total bludger, mate," says Lachlan in Perth. What is a bludger?

1. Someone who has just moved to the class from another school — no support
2. Someone who lets others do the work — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. Someone who tells loud, funny jokes in class — no support
4. Someone who is brilliant at sport, especially footy — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 82, line 19: «Slang in this lesson: «sus» means «suspicious»; in Scotland «a quid» is a pound, «the morra» means «tomorrow» and «dinnae fash» means «don't worry»; «gutted» m…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «others» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same thing acted on «work» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

"Dinnae fash, it's only a quid," says Callum, but he's gutted. What is really going on?

1. He is angry about the weather in Glasgow — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He says "don't worry", but he's upset his friend broke a promise — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He is happy because he wanted to give the pound away — no support
4. He doesn't care at all about the pound or about the friend, and is just saying so — 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 6 · ★ · right ✓

Your mate says, "Jacob got the blessing, so lying worked for him." What is wrong with that?

1. Nothing; the story shows that tricks always pay off in the end — no support
2. He lost his home and his brother for twenty years and was tricked in turn — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. The blessing was taken back from Jacob the very next day — no support
4. Jacob never lied; Esau gave him the blessing on purpose — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 82, line 13: «Jacob tricked his blind father Isaac to take Esau's blessing (Genesis 27); he had to run away, was tricked in turn by his uncle Laban (Genesis 29), and years l…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «trick» (+4); the same place «turn» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

"Shut up, you blabbed about my braces, I'm never telling you nothing again," texts Destiny. What is she upset about?

1. Maya passed on something told in trust, so Destiny can't trust her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Maya refused to tell Destiny a secret of her own — no support
3. Maya broke Destiny's braces on purpose at lunch — no support
4. Maya told lies about Destiny's teeth to the whole class and to all the teachers at school — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 82, line 14: «Proverbs 16:28 says, "A gossip separates close friends": passing on what you were told in trust is a kind of dishonesty.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «trust» (+2); the same action «tell» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

What would happen if broken trust could never be mended at all?

1. Nobody who made a mistake could ever be relied on again, even after changing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Everybody would be much more honest and careful, and nothing would ever go wrong between friends again — no support
3. Nothing would change, because trust doesn't matter much — no support
4. Friendships would last longer because people would be careful — 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

Josh says, "Ananias and Sapphira gave loads, so it's well harsh!" What did they actually do wrong?

1. They gave only half, and giving only half of the money was strictly against the church rules — score 5
2. They pretended to give all the money when they had kept part — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. They gave the money to Peter instead of to the poor — score 5
4. They forgot to sell the field and gave nothing at all — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 82, line 21: «Ananias and Sapphira kept part of the money from a field and pretended they had given it all; the wrong was the pretending, not keeping some.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «ananias» (+5); the same action «pretend» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Grandpa: "I said sorry for that fib in 1983, love! Still checking the bank book, are we?" Gran laughs. What does this show?

1. Grandpa is still telling fibs about the money, even now — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Gran never really forgave Grandpa for the fib at all, ever — no support
3. Bank books are more important than marriages to some people — no support
4. Forgiveness can be quick while trust is rebuilt slowly — ✓ 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 ✗

Leah's dad says Mr Patel trusted him with the till a year after he nicked sweets. Why did it take a year?

1. Because the law says you must wait exactly one year — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Trust grows back through many kept promises, not one speech — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Because the till was broken until the next year — no support
4. Because Mr Patel forgot about the sweets after a year and so the problem went away by itself — 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 ✗

Identify the principal distinction between forgiveness and trust, as set forth in this lesson.

1. Trust must invariably precede forgiveness and is granted unconditionally — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Forgiveness is the relinquishing of resentment; trust is the renewed reliance upon a person, re-established gradually — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Forgiveness is obligatory solely in respect of trivial offences — no support
4. Forgiveness and trust are synonymous and arise simultaneously in every instance — 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 · wrong ✗

Select the statement consistent with the account recorded in John 21:15-17.

1. Peter was required to make public restitution before the assembled townsfolk — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Jesus declined thereafter to address Peter in consequence of the denial, and appointed another apostle in his stead — no support
3. Jesus thrice asked Peter whether he loved him and thrice entrusted him with the care of his sheep — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Peter was appointed to a position of authority prior to his denial alone — 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 ✗

Ascertain which statement concerning the deception of Isaac by Jacob (Genesis 27) is consistent with the narrative.

1. The deception occasioned the protracted estrangement of the brothers, reconciliation occurring only many years subsequently — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The deception was immediately discovered and the blessing thereupon revoked — no support
3. The deception was undertaken at the express request of Esau — no support
4. The deception produced no consequences of any description for Jacob — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 82, line 4: «The Bible shows broken trust that was mended: Peter denied Jesus three times, wept, and was given new work by Jesus, "Feed my sheep", and Jacob and Esau made p…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (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 ✗

Which of the following most accurately characterises the wrong committed by Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11)?

1. The retention of a portion of the proceeds, retention being prohibited — no support
2. The pretence of having donated the entire proceeds whilst retaining a portion — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The sale of land, such sales being forbidden to members of the church in Jerusalem at that time — no support
4. The donation of the proceeds to persons outside the church — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 78, line 5: «Most Christian churches call organ donation an act of love, following Jesus who gave himself for others, and many Muslim, Jewish, Hindu and Sikh leaders suppor…», 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 «donation» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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