Honesty with money: too much change and the found wallet

Tests: 6 of 10 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 10 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 95 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 mate says, "Shops are rich, the change doesn't matter." What is the best reply?

1. The cashier might have to pay it back from their own pay — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Shops give extra change on purpose — score 3
3. He's right, so keep any change you get — score 8
4. It only matters if the change is over £100, otherwise keep it — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 95, line 2: «The shopkeeper gives Ruby £5 too much change and her mate says, "Result! Keep it"; but in many shops the cashier has to make up the missing money, so it may co…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «change» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · right ✓

"Finders keepers, losers weepers, mate," says Mia's brother. What is the truth about that saying?

1. It only works for coins, not notes — no support
2. It's a playground saying, not a rule; found money should be handed in — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. It's from the Bible, so it must be true — score 3
4. It's the law in every country in the world — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 84, line 3: «Kind truths often mix three things: notice the real good, say the true thing gently, and offer help, like "the chorus is catchy, the drums need work, want to p…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «kind truths» (+2); the same action «say» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · right ✓

A cartoon shows a woodcutter who claims the gold axe and gets all three. What is wrong?

1. There were four axes in the fable — no support
2. Nothing; that is how Aesop told it — no support
3. In the fable the honest woodcutter got all three; the greedy liar lost his own — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. The woodcutter dropped a silver axe — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 95, line 11: «In Aesop's fable, the honest woodcutter said only the iron axe was his and was given all three; a greedy neighbour claimed the golden one and lost his own; fab…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lose» (+4); the same thing acted on «own» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · wrong ✗

What would happen if everyone kept wallets they found?

1. Wallets would stop being made — no support
2. Nobody would ever lose a wallet again — no support
3. Everyone would be richer and happier — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. People who lose things would never get them back, and trust would fall — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 47, line 16: «Shared things need shared rules, so that everyone can keep using them.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «everyone» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

"Bloody machine's always eating my money, so this can's mine," says Lucas. What is the honest view?

1. He's right, so he can keep both cans — no support
2. Machines owe everyone free cans — no support
3. If he lost money before, tell the owner; keeping their can isn't the fix — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Kick the machine until it gives his money back — ← 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 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 95, line 14: «Whoever finds lost property and lies about it must return it and add a fifth.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «return» (+2); the same thing acted on «money» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · right ✓

Dad says, "The bank won't notice £100." What is accurate?

1. Banks never notice small mistakes like that — no support
2. Banks will ask for it back; it isn't his — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. It becomes his to keep if nobody asks within a week — no support
4. Banks give free money as a reward to good customers — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 95, line 13: «Money paid into your account by mistake is not yours; banks will ask for it back, and the honest thing is to tell them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask back» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · right ✓

Amira's friend says, "Ted's little, he'll never know about the £2." Why is that worse, not better?

1. Ted trusts her, and taking from someone who can't notice is still stealing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Because Ted might learn to read money soon — no support
3. Because the tooth fairy will find out — no support
4. It isn't worse; little kids don't need money — 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 ✓

Harry says, "It's not a lie, I just didn't mention the brakes." What is the problem?

1. Leaving out a danger misleads the buyer and could get them hurt — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It's fine because the bike was cheap — no support
3. Brakes are the buyer's job to check — no support
4. There's no problem; you can only lie with words, not by keeping quiet — 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 · wrong ✗

Liam's friend whispers, "Keep the coin, nobody saw, it's only 50p." What should Liam do?

1. Spend it on sweets after church — no support
2. Keep it, because it rolled away from the plate, so it's lost now — score 6
3. Put it back in the plate; it belongs to the people it helps — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Give it to his friend instead — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 43, line 17: «Jesus praised a poor widow who gave two tiny coins, because she gave all she had; he said she had given more than all the rich people who gave out of their spa…», 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 «give» (+3); the same thing acted on «two tiny coins» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · right ✓

Ellie's brother says, "Just keep the change and say nothing to Gran." Why tell Gran anyway?

1. Because it is rude to keep any money — no support
2. Because Gran is checking the receipt — no support
3. Because Gran might want the change back for her bus fare later — no support
4. Being open about money stops misunderstandings in families — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 95, line 16: «If Gran says "keep the change", telling her how much is left makes it an honest gift; being open about money stops mix-ups in families.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following most accurately characterises the obligation arising upon the receipt of excessive change?

1. The excess ought to be returned, it being the property of another — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The excess may be retained, the error being that of the shopkeeper — no support
3. The excess may be retained provided that it is spent promptly — no support
4. The excess ought to be donated to a charity of one's choosing — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 95, line 2: «The shopkeeper gives Ruby £5 too much change and her mate says, "Result! Keep it"; but in many shops the cashier has to make up the missing money, so it may co…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «real person» (+3). 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 ✗

Select the statement consistent with Deuteronomy 22:1-3.

1. Lost property ought to be destroyed to avoid disputes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Property lost by a neighbour ought to be kept safely and restored to the owner — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Lost property may be retained if the owner is unknown to the finder — no support
4. Property lost by a neighbour becomes the possession of the finder — 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 ✗

Identify the principal finding of the 2019 study in which some 17,000 wallets were handed in across 40 countries.

1. Wallets containing money were never returned — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Wallets were returned only in a single country — score 4
3. Wallets containing more money were returned more frequently — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. The amount of money had no relation whatsoever to the outcome — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 95, line 9: «In a big 2019 study, researchers handed in 17,000 "lost" wallets in 40 countries, and more people returned wallets that had more money in them.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wallets» (+4); the same thing acted on «more money» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Given that a person sells a bicycle with defective brakes, ascertain the conduct most consistent with this lesson.

1. The reduction of the price without disclosure of the defect — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The disclosure of the defect to the purchaser, whose safety depends upon it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The cosmetic repair of the brakes so as to conceal the defect — no support
4. The concealment of the defect, the purchaser being responsible for inspection — 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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