Honest money: earning, raising and paying fairly
Tests: 8 of 10 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 10 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 96 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 mate says, "Lying about your age at the cinema isn't stealing, it's saving." What is accurate?
- 1. Cinemas expect people to lie about age — no support
- 2. It only counts if they check your ID — no support
- 3. It breaks the deal with the cinema and takes what you didn't pay for — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 4. He's right; saving money is never wrong — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 96, line 8: «Child prices are an agreement between the cinema and its customers; saying a false age breaks the deal.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «break» (+1); the same thing acted on «deal» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓
"Mum'll kill me, I'll just say I didn't know it was real money," says Jayden. What is the honest move?
- 1. Hide the tablet so she can't check — no support
- 2. Tell the truth; she may get a refund and trust him more — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 3. Say his friend did it on her tablet when he wasn't looking — no support
- 4. Delete the game and say nothing — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 96, line 5: «If a grown-up asks you to fib to save money, you can gently say the truth, like "Dad, I'm 12 though", without being rude.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «say» (+2); the same thing acted on «truth» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Ollie asks, "Even Jesus's mates nicked stuff?" What is the best answer?
- 1. No, the Bible says none of the disciples ever did wrong — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Judas did; the Bible is honest about faults, and being near good people doesn't make you honest — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Judas only borrowed it and gave it back — no support
- 4. Yes, all twelve disciples stole regularly — 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 4 · ★★ · right ✓
A cartoon shows a kid who swaps price stickers and is called a "smart shopper". What is wrong?
- 1. He should have swapped even more stickers while he was there — score 5
- 2. Nothing; that is smart shopping, and everybody does it — no support
- 3. Smart shoppers always pay the full price for everything — no support
- 4. Swapping stickers is stealing, not smart shopping — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 96, line 13: «Swapping price stickers is stealing: "The Lord detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please him".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «steal» (+4); the same doer «swapping» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓
Hannah says, "We baked for hours, we deserve £1 each." What is the fair approach?
- 1. Hand it all over and ask the organiser if helpers get anything — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Take £5 each, because they baked loads and deserve a proper reward — no support
- 3. Take £1 each, nobody will notice — no support
- 4. Keep it all and give the cakes away free — 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 ✓
What would happen if lemonade stands kept half and still said "For the shelter"?
- 1. Nothing; nobody reads signs anyway — no support
- 2. People would stop trusting charity signs, and real charities would lose out — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. Shelters would get more money than ever — no support
- 4. Lemonade would become free everywhere — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 96, line 9: «"You shall not steal" and "You shall not bear false witness": pretending you didn't know you spent real money breaks both; telling the truth lets a parent ask…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «trust» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓
Grandad says, "Everyone pays builders cash, no receipt, that's life." What can a child fairly do?
- 1. Report Grandad to the police at once — no support
- 2. Ask him about it kindly; taxes pay for schools and hospitals — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 3. Nothing; it's always fine if everyone does it — no support
- 4. Shout at Grandad until he pays the tax — score 9
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 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 48, line 4: «Christians see Jesus giving his life for others as the greatest example of self-sacrifice; it is admired, but nobody is required to be a hero.», 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 «require» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓
"Nobody's watching, take the eggs, lad," says a boy at the farm stall. Why do honesty boxes work at all?
- 1. The farmer trusts people to pay, and most do — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. They don't work; everyone takes the eggs for free — score 4
- 3. Because the farmer hides behind the hedge to watch — no support
- 4. Because eggs are too cheap for anyone to steal — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 96, line 4: «Lies about money tend to grow, because each needs another to protect it, and "nobody's watching" is exactly when honesty counts, like at a farm stall with an h…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «trust» (+4); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓
Zoe's friend says, "You bought the book, so the £10 is a bonus." What is the honest choice?
- 1. Take it back to the charity shop — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. Spend half and return half — no support
- 3. Keep it, because she paid for the book — score 0
- 4. Put it back in the book and sell the book again — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. 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 «return» (+1); the same thing acted on «library book» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Gehazi's lie needed another lie. What does this show about money lies?
- 1. Lies about money never need more lies — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Elisha should have kept quiet about it — score 1
- 3. One lie is always enough to get away with it, if you're careful — no support
- 4. Lies tend to grow, so stopping at the first is easiest — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 34, line 9: «A white lie is a small lie told to be polite or to spare feelings; people disagree about whether white lies are right.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «small lie» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · 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 of a person who accepts payment for a task?
- 1. The retention of payment irrespective of performance — no support
- 2. The demand of additional payment for partial performance — no support
- 3. The performance of the task as agreed, or a truthful account of what was performed — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The performance of a lesser task without disclosure of the difference to the person paying — ← 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 3, line 5: «Christians disagree about whether the flood covered the whole world, but they agree on its lesson: God takes wrongdoing seriously, rescues those who trust him…», 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 «god» (+3). 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 · right ✓
Select the statement consistent with the account recorded in 2 Kings 5:20-27.
- 1. Gehazi obtained silver and clothing by deceit and subsequently lied to Elisha concerning his absence — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Gehazi declined all gifts offered by Naaman — no support
- 3. Naaman obtained silver from Gehazi by deceit — no support
- 4. Elisha instructed Gehazi to pursue Naaman for payment — 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 ✓
Identify the principle governing money raised publicly for a charitable cause.
- 1. Such money ought to be applied wholly to that cause unless all parties have agreed otherwise — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. Such money may be retained by those who collected it — score 2
- 3. Such money may be divided among the organisers in equal shares — no support
- 4. Such money belongs to whoever donated the largest sum — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 96, line 12: «Money raised for a cause must go to that cause unless everyone agreed otherwise; Paul handled collected gifts openly.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «agree» (+4); the same property (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain which statement concerning the 2006 study of an honesty box at Newcastle University is consistent with the established facts.
- 1. Contributions increased only when no image whatsoever was displayed — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Contributions were unaffected by any image displayed — no support
- 3. Contributions ceased entirely when an image of eyes was displayed — no support
- 4. Contributions increased considerably when an image of eyes was displayed above the box — ✓ 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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