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title: Life is precious: wonder and gratitude — how Mova does on the tests · Religion ethics
description: Lesson 54 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 11 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Life is precious: wonder and gratitude

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**Tests:** 5 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 6 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 54 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/).

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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/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Daisy's brother, a proper Scouser, says, «God caring about pizza? Don't be soft, la.» («Soft» means «silly».) What is the fair answer?

- **1.** He is right, small thanks don't count — no support
- **2.** Thankfulness for little things is still real thankfulness — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** God only cares about pizza on Sundays — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **4.** Thanks must always be for something huge, like a new house or a car — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 19: «Psalm 8 looks up at the moon and stars and wonders why God cares about small human beings.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «care» (+2); the same doer «god» (+2). 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/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Tyler laughs, «It's just a snail innit, who cares.» What is the best reply?

- **1.** It's alive and wants to live; don't hurt living things for fun — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Snails are pests in the garden, so crunching them is actually kind — no support
- **3.** Fine, as long as nobody sees you — no support
- **4.** Fine, snails can't feel anything at all — 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/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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A teen cousin says, «My life's so mid, nothing ever happens, I'm literally dead.» («Mid» means «average, dull»; «I'm dead» means «I'm so bored».) What might her grandad say?

- **1.** «You should go and find a war» — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** «Boring is lovely, I'd have given anything for boring» — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** «You're right, safe days are worthless» — no support
- **4.** «Being bored means you're ill» — 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/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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What would happen if nobody ever said thank you for anything?

- **1.** People might notice less of what is good and feel less glad — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Food would stop growing on farms — no support
- **3.** Nothing would ever go wrong again — no support
- **4.** Everyone would be much happier — 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/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Ben moans, «That's such a mum thing to say.» His mum said health and family are the real holiday. Who is right?

- **1.** Ben is right, it is just nonsense that mums say to children — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It does sound like a mum thing, and it is also true — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Mum is wrong, holidays matter most — no support
- **4.** Neither, because nobody can be grateful — 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/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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A New Zealand mate says, «Sweet as, harvest heaps of tins for the food bank, chur!» («Sweet as» means «great»; «chur» means «thanks, cheers».) What is he pleased about?

- **1.** The food bank closing down for good and giving everything away — no support
- **2.** Food being collected to share with hungry people — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** Tins being thrown away after harvest — no support
- **4.** The church selling tins for profit — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 54, line 14: «Harvest festival thanks God for food; churches collect food for food banks, which give food to people who do not have enough.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «food» (+4); the same action «collect» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Holly says to Mohammed, «Alhamdulillah sounds just like our "thanks be to God".» Is she right?

- **1.** Yes, but only Christians are ever allowed to say it out loud — no support
- **2.** No, Muslims never give thanks — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** Yes, different words carry the same thankful heart — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** No, it means «good luck» — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 54, line 9: «Christians say grace before meals and thank God for big and small things; many Jews and Muslims also give thanks at meals.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same doer «many jews» (+2); the same thing acted on «thanks» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, 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/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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A Gen Alpha kid says the hatching chick video is «bussin', it ate!» («Bussin'» and «it ate» mean «really amazing».) What feeling is he showing?

- **1.** Wonder at how a chick hatches — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Boredom with all nature videos — no support
- **3.** Fear of chickens and their beaks — no support
- **4.** Hunger for a big omelette for tea — 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/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Priya's mate says, «A party for leaving hospital? Weird.» Which answer explains it best?

- **1.** Leaving hospital is always a sort of holiday for every family — no support
- **2.** It is a rule that families must party — no support
- **3.** The family is glad she is still here after coming so close — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** They were celebrating the hospital food — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 54, line 13: «Some families celebrate the day someone recovered from a serious illness, to say «we are so glad you are still here».», 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 «families» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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A boy from Glasgow says, «Ma mammy greeted at ma christening video.» («Greeted» means «cried».) Why might she cry happily?

- **1.** She was disappointed by the video and how it looked — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Christening videos are always sad to watch — no support
- **3.** She had a bad cold and a runny nose that day — no support
- **4.** She felt so much love for her child — **✓ 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/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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«If you only get one life, why do people waste it?» asks Ella. Which is the wisest answer?

- **1.** Nobody ever wastes any time — no support
- **2.** People get spare lives, so they can waste one — no support
- **3.** Everyone wastes time sometimes, but we can choose to spend our days well — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Life is so short that nothing matters — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**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 52, line 10: «A short life, like a hamster's, can still be a happy one when the animal is well cared for every day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «short life» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, 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/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/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 significance of the Arabic expression «Alhamdulillah»?

- **1.** An utterance of praise to God upon the occurrence of good fortune — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A declaration of departure at the conclusion of a meeting — no support
- **3.** A request for nourishment prior to a meal — no support
- **4.** A formal greeting exchanged at the commencement of the day, as at dawn — 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/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Identify the principal purpose of the harvest festival as observed in Christian churches.

- **1.** The sale of agricultural produce for the benefit of the clergy — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The commemoration of the founding of the parish — no support
- **3.** The disposal of foodstuffs which have passed their date of use — no support
- **4.** The giving of thanks for food and the sharing of it with those in want — **✓ 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/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Select the response consistent with the established principles of Buddhism and Jainism in respect of living creatures.

- **1.** The destruction of creatures deemed to be pests — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The keeping of creatures for entertainment — no support
- **3.** Indifference to the suffering of small creatures — no support
- **4.** The avoidance of harm to any living being — **✓ 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/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/e3/)

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

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Ascertain the means by which a chick effects its emergence from the egg.

- **1.** By means of assistance from the parent bird externally — no support
- **2.** By means of the spontaneous dissolution of the shell — no support
- **3.** By means of a small egg tooth situated upon its beak — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** By means of the intervention of the farmer — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 54, line 7: «A chick grows in its egg for about three weeks and cracks the shell using a small «egg tooth» on its beak.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «beak» (+2); the same thing acted on «small egg tooth» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/e4/)

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