Owning up: the broken vase and the lost library book

Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 89 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 ✓

Your brother says, "Just blame the cat, cats can't get grounded." What is the best reply?

1. Good idea, the cat won't mind — no support
2. Blame the dog instead, he's bigger — no support
3. Blame the window for being too close — no support
4. Letting anyone else take the blame, even the cat, is the oldest trick and still wrong — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 89, line 2: «Ollie kicks a ball indoors and smashes Mum's vase; no one saw, and the cat is sitting right next to it, but blaming the cat is the oldest trick in the book: Ad…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «oldest trick» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

"Eh, bud, just bike off, it's only a scratch," says Dylan's buddy in Toronto. What does the law expect of drivers in many countries?

1. To drive off as fast as they can so nobody sees them — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. To leave their name if they hit a parked car — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. To wait in the car until the owner happens to find them — no support
4. To scratch the other side so the car looks even again — 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 · ★ · right ✓

A cartoon shows a boy who breaks a window, says nothing, and the whole class cheers him at the end. What is wrong?

1. He should have blamed the teacher — no support
2. Nothing; that is exactly how it would really go in a real school — no support
3. The class should have broken another window — no support
4. Staying silent let the class be punished for his fault — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 89, line 12: «Staying silent while the whole class is punished for your fault is "false witness without words", as the vicar puts it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «punish» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Chloe's mum says, "Thanks for owning up about the Tim Tams." Chloe says, "That was way easier than I thought." What does this show?

1. Chloe should eat more Tim Tams — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Owning up is scary for a minute and freeing afterwards — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Mums never mind about biscuits, so there was nothing to be afraid of — no support
4. Owning up is only easy with biscuits — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

"Crap, I've had this cracked screen a week, Dad'll kill me," says Josh. What is the best advice?

1. Blame the crack on the shop — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Wait another week or two until Dad's in a really good mood, then tell him — no support
3. Sell the phone and say it was stolen — no support
4. Tell him now; late is better than never, and say sorry for hiding it — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ewan's teacher says, "Sorry with a 'but' is half a sorry." What would be better?

1. It wasn't me, it was the cup — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. I spilled it, but the cup was far too close to the edge — no support
3. I spilled it, I'm sorry, how can I help fix it? — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Sorry, but laptops shouldn't be on tables — 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 ✗

Why might David have punished Nathan instead of owning up?

1. Because Nathan stole the poor man's lamb — no support
2. Because Nathan told a lie about the lamb — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Because David didn't understand the story — no support
4. He was king, and kings could punish anyone who accused them — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 89, line 6: «Nathan told King David a story about a rich man who took a poor man's only lamb; David was angry at the rich man, and Nathan said, "You are the man!", because…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if Ruby waits and her brother finds the deleted game himself?

1. He would forgive her faster, because she said nothing — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He would likely be angrier and slower to forgive — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. He would think the game had simply deleted itself — score 2
4. He would never mind about it, since it's only a game — 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 83, line 2: «Picture Gran handing Ruby a bright orange jumper with a purple llama: "D'you love it, pet?" Ruby thinks it's hideous, but she can truly say, "You made this for…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «ruby» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Freya's friend says, "Libraries are rich, they don't care about one book." What is the best answer?

1. Libraries make money from lost books — no support
2. Only librarians pay for lost books — no support
3. Libraries are shared; when one person lies, everyone pays — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. She's right, so it's fine to lie about it to save a bit of money — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 89, line 11: «Pretending you returned a library book blames the librarian, which is false witness; a library is shared, so when one person lies about a book, everyone pays;…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «share» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «library» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Ms Byrne says the cherry-tree story was probably invented. Your mate says, "So it's a lie and useless." What is fair?

1. Stories should never be used to teach anything — no support
2. No, it's definitely true, Washington said so — no support
3. Yes, every made-up story is useless — no support
4. A story can teach truth if we know it's a story; it's honest to say which is which — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 36, line 13: «A case is a short story given to the teams to discuss, before or during the competition.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «short story» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Hamid asks, "Why give back more than the gnome cost?" What does Numbers 5:6-7 say?

1. Pay ten times as much as it cost — no support
2. Pay back exactly half of the cost, and the priest pays the rest — no support
3. Confess the wrong and make full restitution, adding a fifth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Pay nothing if you said sorry first — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 6, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 89, line 17: «The law says to confess the wrong and make full restitution (pay back all of it), adding a fifth; Jesus said to be reconciled with your brother before bringing…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «confess» (+4); the same thing acted on «wrong» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following most accurately characterises the act of owning up?

1. The concealment of wrongdoing until its discovery by others — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. The acknowledgement of wrongdoing committed exclusively by others, and never by oneself — no support
3. The voluntary acknowledgement of one's own wrongdoing prior to another's being blamed — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The attribution of one's wrongdoing to another party — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 89, line 3: «Owning up is scary for a minute and freeing afterwards; psychologists find children who own up are usually punished less and trusted more.», 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, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · 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 2 Samuel 12:1-13.

1. Upon being confronted by Nathan, David ordered his imprisonment — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. David attributed the wrongdoing to his soldiers — no support
3. Upon being confronted by Nathan, David immediately acknowledged that he had sinned against the Lord — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nathan acknowledged having stolen the poor man's lamb — 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 ✗

Given that a pupil remains silent whilst the entire class is penalised for that pupil's fault, identify the moral characterisation offered in this lesson.

1. A commendable exercise of discretion and self-restraint — no support
2. A form of false witness committed without words — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A matter of no moral significance, the teacher being responsible — no support
4. A form of loyalty to the teacher and to the class — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 64, line 3: «In November Ellie's class makes paper poppies, and at 11 o'clock on 11 November the whole school stands still for two minutes, remembering the soldiers who die…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain which statement concerning the anecdote of George Washington and the cherry tree is consistent with historical scholarship.

1. The anecdote is confirmed by archaeological evidence — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The anecdote is attested in Washington's own correspondence — no support
3. The anecdote originated in the biography by Mason Locke Weems and is almost certainly fictitious — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The anecdote was first recorded by Washington's father — 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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