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title: Souls, ghosts and stories — how Mova does on the tests · Religion ethics
description: Lesson 74 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 7 of 11 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Souls, ghosts and stories

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**Tests:** 7 of 11 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 10 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 74 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/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/).

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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/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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«Ghosts are real, I saw one on a YouTube video, it's facts,» says a Gen Alpha boy in California (facts = true). What's the best reply?

- **1.** Ghosts only show up on camera — no support
- **2.** Videos can be faked; there's no good evidence for ghosts — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **3.** He should be scared to go home — no support
- **4.** If it's on YouTube with lots of views, it must be true, so he's right — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 74, line 10: «There is no good evidence that ghosts are real (ghost videos and photos can easily be faked); ghost stories are told mostly to entertain or scare.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fake» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «ghost videos» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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«Me nan comes to me at night, honest, I seen her,» says Ella's cousin from Bristol. What's the kind and true reply?

- **1.** Tell her to go away and never come back — no support
- **2.** You're making it up to get attention — no support
- **3.** You miss her so much you dream of her; that's normal — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** Nan's ghost is haunting you, so your family should move out of the house — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 74, line 4: «When Ella's cousin says her grandma's ghost visits at night, she is most likely dreaming of Grandma or feeling close to her, which is a normal part of missing…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «dream» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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«Headless horseman's real, he lives up the ginnel,» says a boy in Leeds (ginnel = alleyway). What's true?

- **1.** He's real but only appears at Halloween — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He's a saint from the Bible — no support
- **3.** It's an old legend, not a real person — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He's real and lives in Yorkshire — 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/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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What would happen if someone joked «Boo, I'm your dead grandma!» to a kid whose gran just died?

- **1.** The kid would feel much better — no support
- **2.** Nothing; jokes never hurt anyone — no support
- **3.** The kid could be really hurt — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** Everyone would find it equally funny — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 45, line 15: «If someone is in danger or being hurt, you should go straight to a trusted adult rather than talking to the wrongdoer first.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+2); the same doer «someone» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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The vicar says, very formally: «The soul, in Christian understanding, is not a vapour that escapes the body but the person as known and loved by God.» What does he mean?

- **1.** The soul is smoke that leaves your mouth — no support
- **2.** The soul is another word for the brain — no support
- **3.** The soul is the real «you» that God knows and loves — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 17
- **4.** The soul only exists in church — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 17, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 72, line 5: «Some questions have no sure answer: whether Grandad can see Ellie, whether Mia's dog will be in heaven; the vicar says «God loves all he has made» and «God kno…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «love» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «god» (+4); the same thing acted on (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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«Bro, my dog definitely has a soul, he's a total vibe,» says a teen in Toronto (a vibe = great to be around). Which is accurate?

- **1.** No religion says animals have souls — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** People disagree; some faiths say yes, others no — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Science has proved that dogs have souls, but cats don't — no support
- **4.** Every faith teaches dogs go to heaven — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 74, line 14: «People disagree about whether animals have souls; Hindus and Buddhists believe animals are part of the cycle of rebirth.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «souls» (+3); the same doer «animals» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). 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/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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In a cartoon, a dead grandma becomes a glowing angel who grants wishes. What's the Christian view?

- **1.** Grandmas become angels, grandads don't — score 3
- **2.** People don't become angels; that's a picture, not a teaching — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** Angels grant three wishes to each family — no support
- **4.** That is exactly what the Bible says — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 74, line 5: «Stories and cartoons give us pictures, floating spirits, dead girls turning into angels, but in Christian teaching people do not become angels: angels are a di…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «become» (+2); the same thing acted on «angels» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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«If you were a philosopher, what'd you even do all day?» asks Lucy's brother. Best answer?

- **1.** Ask and argue about big questions like what a person is — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Count the stars every night and write down how many there are in a book — no support
- **3.** Collect stones and label them — no support
- **4.** Write the rules of football — 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/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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«Do trees have spirits? Is that a thing?» asks Leo in Melbourne. What's the fair answer?

- **1.** Only Christians believe trees have spirits — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** No; only stupid people believe that — no support
- **3.** Some cultures believe so; others don't; respect both — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yes; science has measured tree spirits with special instruments in forests — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 72, line 1: «At Sunday school Mrs Patel asks what happens when we die, and Ellie says «You go to heaven»; Christians at Ellie's church believe heaven is being with God for…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «believe» (+4); the same doer «christians» (+4). 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/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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«Lol Ella thinks her nan's a ghost, she's delulu,» says a girl at school (delulu = deluded). What's the kind response?

- **1.** She's right, Ella is being silly and should grow up — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Ella is lying to make friends — no support
- **3.** Ella should be laughed at until she stops — no support
- **4.** Ella misses her nan; dreams like that are normal — **✓ 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/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Myth to check: «When good people die, they become angels with wings.»

- **1.** True, but only for children — no support
- **2.** True; the Bible says so plainly, many times, about good people — no support
- **3.** False; they become ghosts instead — score 0
- **4.** False in Christian teaching; angels are different beings — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 72, line 15: «Christians believe people who die stay themselves with God; they do not turn into angels, who are different beings made by God.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «different beings» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/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 evidence concerning the existence of ghosts?

- **1.** Their existence is affirmed in the Christian creeds — no support
- **2.** Scientific investigation has conclusively demonstrated their existence — no support
- **3.** Ghosts have been observed by every person who has grieved — no support
- **4.** No reliable evidence establishes that ghosts exist — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 74, line 3: «Ghosts are a different thing: there is no good evidence that ghosts are real, and the haunted houses of films and the headless horseman of a sleepover story ar…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/e1/)

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

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Identify the principal reason for which a bereaved child may believe herself to have been visited by a deceased relative.

- **1.** Dreams and feelings of nearness commonly accompany grief — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The child has deliberately fabricated the occurrence — no support
- **3.** The deceased are compelled to return to their former homes — no support
- **4.** Such visits are the ordinary consequence of a 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/religion-ethics/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/e2/)

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

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Christian teaching on angels.

- **1.** Angels are beings distinct from humans, and the departed do not become angels — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** Only deceased children are transformed into angels — no support
- **3.** Angels are the ghosts of the departed — no support
- **4.** All persons become angels upon their death — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 74, line 5: «Stories and cartoons give us pictures, floating spirits, dead girls turning into angels, but in Christian teaching people do not become angels: angels are a di…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «angels» (+3); the same action «become» (+1). 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/religion-ethics/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Whereas a pupil makes a jest concerning the deceased grandmother of a classmate, ascertain the conduct most consistent with the matters taught.

- **1.** A repetition of the jest in a louder voice — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A complaint to the head teacher by the pupil who jested — no support
- **3.** An apology and greater care in respect of such jests — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** A rebuke of the classmate for want of humour — 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/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/e4/)

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