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title: When someone dies — how Mova does on the tests · Adult life
description: Lesson 24 of the adult life course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 11 tests right, exam 4 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# When someone dies

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**Tests:** 6 of 11 right · **Exam:** 4 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 8 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 24 of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Your little brother says, "Grandad's just asleep, he'll wake up after the funeral." How do you put him right gently?

- **1.** Grandad is pretending and will come back — no support
- **2.** Grandad has died; his body has stopped and he will not wake up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** Grandad will wake up if we are good enough — no support
- **4.** Grandad is asleep and will wake up in a week or two — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 24, line 3: «Picture a living room in Melbourne: Dad sits you down and says, "Grandad is dying. The doctors say it's weeks, not months." Later he cries, and it is the first…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «die» (+4); the same doer «grandad» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Mum on the phone: "We lost Bill on Sunday, it was his heart." What happened to Bill?

- **1.** Bill died on Sunday of a heart problem — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Bill lost a race because of a stitch — no support
- **3.** Bill lost his wallet with his heart-shaped key ring — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** Bill got lost on a walk on Sunday — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 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 6, line 4: «Example: in a terraced house in Leeds, Mum opens the energy bill at the kitchen table, goes quiet, then says "The electric's nearly doubled." That evening the…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mum» (+4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Your cousin says, "Hospices are where they kill old people, innit." How do you put her right?

- **1.** She is right, it is a frightening place where nobody ever wants to go — no support
- **2.** Hospices care for people near the end and keep them comfortable — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** Hospices are only for very ill children — no support
- **4.** Hospices are where old people learn to walk again — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 24, line 9: «A hospice is a calm place, a bit like a small hospital, that cares for people near the end of their lives; the aim is comfort and no pain, not a cure.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «care» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Dad, wiping his eyes: "Sorry, mate, don't mind me, I'm being soft." What is the kind answer?

- **1.** "Go away until you've finished" — no support
- **2.** "It's OK to cry, Dad" — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** "Grown-ups aren't allowed to cry" — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **4.** "Stop it, you're embarrassing me" — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 24, line 10: «Grown-ups cry when they are very sad, just like children; crying lets out big feelings and does not make them any less able to look after you.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cry» (+4); the same doer «grown ups» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Six months on, Mum suddenly cries in the supermarket when Nan's favourite song comes on. Why?

- **1.** She is upset about the price of the shopping — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** She has hurt herself on the trolley — no support
- **3.** Six months on, she should be completely over it — no support
- **4.** Grief comes in waves and a song can bring it back — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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At the wake, Auntie snaps, "Don't you 'at least' me, he was only sixty!" Why is she upset?

- **1.** "At least" can feel like her sadness is being made smaller — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** She thinks sixty is too young to retire — no support
- **3.** She is cross that someone is wearing the wrong colour — no support
- **4.** She does not like the food at the wake — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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A boy at school says, "My dad died in a crash, no warning, nothing." What kind of death was it?

- **1.** A death in a hospice — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** An expected death — no support
- **3.** A sudden death — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** A peaceful death — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Your sister worries, "Uncle died suddenly, so Dad's gonna die suddenly too." What is true?

- **1.** Sudden deaths are rare in healthy people, and she can ask a grown-up — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** She is right, sudden death runs in every family — no support
- **3.** Dad will certainly die soon too, because Uncle did and they are brothers — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **4.** Nobody should ever talk about this with her — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 16, line 1: «After parents split up, or after a mum or dad has died, a grown-up may meet someone new and fall in love again. That new person is called their partner.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «die» (+4); the same doer «mum» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Dad laughs tiredly, "If one more lasagne comes through that door, we'll have to open a restaurant." Why is so much food arriving?

- **1.** Dad has started a business selling lasagne — score 2
- **2.** The family is having a big birthday party — no support
- **3.** People bring food to a grieving family to show they care — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** The neighbours want to empty their own freezers — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 24, line 15: «When someone dies, neighbours and friends often bring food, so the family does not have to cook; it is a practical way of saying "we care".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «food» (+3); the same action «bring» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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On the news: "He leaves a widow and three children." What does this mean?

- **1.** His wife and three children are still alive after his death — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** He has given his house to three children — no support
- **3.** He has left his wife and children to live elsewhere with someone new — no support
- **4.** His wife has died and he has three children — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Your friend says, "My nan says Grandad's a star in the sky now, but my dad says he's just gone." Who is right?

- **1.** People believe different things, and nobody knows for certain — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The nan is right, because she is older — no support
- **3.** The dad is right, because men know more — no support
- **4.** Both are wrong, and the friend should not ask — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of a hospice?

- **1.** To perform surgical operations with the intention of effecting a complete cure — no support
- **2.** To accommodate healthy elderly persons on holiday — no support
- **3.** To provide comfort and relief from pain to persons nearing the end of life — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** To provide educational instruction to medical students — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 7: «Grown-ups follow a boss's requests because that is part of the deal for being paid, and the boss's opinion affects pay rises and promotion.», 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 «grown ups» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Identify the principal meaning of the expression "passed away" when employed in respect of a person.

- **1.** The person has walked past — no support
- **2.** The person has died — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **3.** The person has relocated — no support
- **4.** The person has been admitted to hospital — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 24, line 2: «Grown-ups often use soft words for it, like "passed away", "we lost him" or "she's gone", because the plain word is hard to say.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pass away» (+4); the same doer «grown ups» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning grief.

- **1.** It fluctuates over time and ordinarily diminishes over months and years — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** It is experienced exclusively by adults and never by children — no support
- **3.** It remains constant and wholly unchanged for the remainder of a person's life — no support
- **4.** It ceases entirely upon the conclusion of the funeral — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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It is given that a woman's husband has died. Ascertain the term by which she is thereafter designated.

- **1.** A widow — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A spinster — no support
- **3.** A guardian — no support
- **4.** A widower — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/e4/)

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- ← previous: [23. When Grandma and Grandad need more help](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help/)
- next →: [25. Funerals and remembering](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/)
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