Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong
Tests: 6 of 10 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 10 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 97 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, "Admitting you're wrong makes you look weak." What is the best reply?
- 1. He's right, so never admit anything — no support
- 2. It takes one second and makes you wiser; people respect it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. It's fine to admit it if nobody's watching, but never in public — no support
- 4. Only teachers should admit being wrong — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 97, line 3: «Saying "I was wrong" costs one second and makes you wiser, like Maddie saying, "Oh, you're right, whales are mammals!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+1); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · wrong ✗
"Shut up, whales are fish, everyone knows that," snaps Maddie. What does Proverbs 12:15 say?
- 1. The loudest person is always right — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The wise listen to advice — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Fools always win arguments — no support
- 4. Never listen to your friends — 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 the emperor's crowd laughing at the child who said he had no clothes. What is wrong?
- 1. The emperor really was wearing clothes — score 0
- 2. The crowd were right to agree with the emperor — no support
- 3. The child said the obvious truth everyone else was too scared to say — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 4. Nothing; the child was being rude and wrong — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 55, line 5: «Nobody on earth knows for sure what happens to animals after they die: some Christians believe God will make all creation new, others say heaven is for people,…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «others» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · wrong ✗
"Acting's dead boring, I never wanted it," says Ruby, crying. What would help her most?
- 1. Laughing at the people who got parts — no support
- 2. Telling the teacher the play is rubbish — no support
- 3. Admitting she's disappointed, so she can try again or choose something else — ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 4. Saying it more times until she believes it — ← Mova's choice · score 10
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 8 for the next best. 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 same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «think» (+3); the same doer «ruby» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · right ✓
Ella says, "I'm rubbish at drawing," holding a brilliant drawing. What does Psalm 139:14 suggest?
- 1. Being rubbish is part of being humble — no support
- 2. Only grown-ups are good at drawing — no support
- 3. She is wonderfully made, and honesty includes her good bits — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. She should hide her drawing from everyone, so she doesn't look proud — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 13: «Psalms of lament are prayers of sorrow or complaint, such as Psalm 13, which asks «How long, O Lord?».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «psalm» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · right ✓
Kwame shouts, "I ain't salty!" and kicks the sofa. What would happen if he named the feeling instead?
- 1. Nothing; feelings don't change — no support
- 2. His friend would laugh at him for ever — no support
- 3. It would make him much angrier — no support
- 4. It would likely help him calm down — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 97, line 15: «The Psalms are full of honest feelings, even complaints to God: "How long, Lord? Will you forget me for ever?"; naming a feeling helps calm it.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «help» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · right ✓
Tom says, "Tomorrow, defo," for the tenth time. What does Proverbs 6:6 say?
- 1. Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 2. Ants are lazy, so don't copy them — no support
- 3. Always leave work to the last minute — score 3
- 4. Rest today, for tomorrow will be easier and you'll have more time — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 16: «Proverbs 6:6 says «Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise» (a sluggard is a lazy person), praising steady hard work and planning.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «consider» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «ways» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · wrong ✗
Lucy says, "She started it, so I'm not saying sorry." What is the honest step?
- 1. Tease Amy back so they're even — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Tell the teacher Amy started everything — no support
- 3. Say sorry for her own part, even if Amy started it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Wait for Amy to say sorry first, always, because she started it — 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 laughs, "Peter was just unlucky." What did Peter really learn?
- 1. Nothing; he kept boasting afterwards — no support
- 2. That he should never have followed Jesus — score 1
- 3. That roosters are bad luck — no support
- 4. He wasn't as strong as he boasted; afterwards he was humble and was restored — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 97, line 18: «Peter said, "Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will", and that night denied Jesus three times; afterwards he wept, was humble, and Jesus forgave…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «peter» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · wrong ✗
The vicar asks why the prodigal son's turning point was "coming to his senses". Which answer is best?
- 1. He finally found the money he had lost in the far country — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. His father sent a letter asking him to come back home — score 7
- 3. Being honest with himself was the first step home — ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. The pigs he looked after told him it was time to go home — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 70, line 17: «Even a vicar can feel a bit scared of dying and feel hope at the same time.», 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 (+3); the same action «feel» (+2); the same doer «vicar» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following most accurately characterises the teaching recorded in Matthew 7:3-5?
- 1. Faults ought never to be mentioned under any circumstances — no support
- 2. One's own faults are of no consequence compared with those of others — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. One ought to attend to one's own faults before censuring the lesser faults of others — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. One ought to censure the faults of others before attending to one's own — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 91, line 3: «The ancient Greek thinker Aristotle said courage is doing the right thing in spite of fear, and the Bible says, "Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «bible» (+2). 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 ✓
Identify the principal lesson of Hans Christian Andersen's tale "The Emperor's New Clothes".
- 1. Invisible garments are the most valuable of all — no support
- 2. The fear of appearing foolish may induce an entire community to pretend — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 3. Tailors are invariably honest in their dealings — no support
- 4. Children ought never to speak in the presence of rulers — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 97, line 13: «Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes" (1837) shows how fear of looking foolish makes a whole crowd pretend.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «look» (+4); the same doer «fear» (+4); the same property (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Select the statement consistent with the view attributed to Aristotle concerning truthfulness about oneself.
- 1. Truthfulness concerning oneself is impossible to attain — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The truthful person consistently overstates his own merits — no support
- 3. The truthful person consistently understates his own merits, from modesty — no support
- 4. The truthful person neither overstates nor understates his own merits — ✓ 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the meaning of the phrase "came to his senses" as applied to the prodigal son (Luke 15:17).
- 1. He recovered from a physical illness affecting his sight and hearing — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He discovered that his inheritance had been restored — no support
- 3. He attained an honest recognition of his own condition and conduct — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He resolved to remain permanently in the far country — 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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