--- title: Life and death: putting it all together — how Mova does on the tests · Religion ethics description: Lesson 80 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 12 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/) / 80 # Life and death: putting it all together **Tests:** 6 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★★ · **Understood:** 10 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 80 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/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/). 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/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/). ### Test 1 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t1} «Crying over a goldfish? That's peak cringe,» says a Gen Alpha boy. Which answer best uses what the class learned? - **1.** Only cry for pets bigger than a cat — no support - **2.** Grief for any pet is real; it shows love — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** Crying for pets is practice for real grief — no support - **4.** He's right; fish don't count — 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 80, line 2: «The children's answers gather the whole journey: it is okay to be very sad when a pet dies; to a friend whose parent died you can simply say «I'm sorry» and th…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «grief» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} «His dad died, so I'll just avoid him till he's normal again,» says a lad in Leeds. What's the better plan? - **1.** Tell him he'll get over it soon — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Say «I'm sorry», then just be his normal mate — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Ask him lots of questions about how it happened — no support - **4.** Avoid him, he wants to be alone for ever — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t3} Mrs Patel says, very formally, at the end: «Let us give thanks, each according to his or her own conscience.» What does she mean? - **1.** Everyone must say the very same prayer out loud together — no support - **2.** Nobody should give thanks today, because it is a sad topic — score 6 - **3.** Everyone can give thanks in their own way — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **4.** Only Christians may stay in the room for the end of the lesson — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 80, line 5: «Mrs Patel ends with a prayer, «Thank you, God, for life, for love, and for the people we remember», and the children who do not pray sit quietly, giving thanks…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «own way» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «give» (+2); the same thing acted on «thanks» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} What would happen if Holly expected that grief might come back on Mum's birthday? - **1.** It would stop grief coming back at all — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** She would forget the birthday entirely — no support - **3.** She'd be less shocked, and could plan something special — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It would make the day much worse — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 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 55, line 10: «Grief for a pet is real grief, and nobody should tell you how sad to be.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «grief» (+2); the same thing acted on «real grief» (+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/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} «We're all gonna die anyway, so stop visiting your nan, she's old,» says a rough cousin. Which reasoning is best? - **1.** Nan won't notice who visits her — score 7 - **2.** Because life is short, visits matter more, not less — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** Visiting only matters if Nan is rich — no support - **4.** He's right; visits are pointless for old people, because they'll die soon anyway — **← Mova's choice** · score 12 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 12, against 7 for the next best. 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 what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «cousin» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t6} «Will I ever stop missin' me mam?» asks Lily in a Belfast accent. Which answer is honest and kind? - **1.** Only if you stop talking about her — no support - **2.** You may always miss her a bit, but it'll get softer — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 - **3.** No, it'll hurt the same for ever — score 10 - **4.** Yes, in a week it'll all be gone and you won't miss her at all — score 10 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 80, line 4: «Lily asks, «Will I ever stop missing Mum?», and the honest answer is that she may always miss her a little, but the pain softens and happy memories grow; Chris…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «honest answer» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} «Priya believes in rebirth, Ellie in heaven, Jack's uncle in nothing after. So one of them's a muppet,» says a boy in Wigan (muppet = fool). What's the best response? - **1.** He's right; two of them must be stupid, because only one can be right — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** They disagree, but nobody's a fool; respect them all — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** They should stop being friends — no support - **4.** The teacher should decide who wins — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} In a cartoon, a kid learns «death is nothing to be scared of» in one episode and never feels afraid again. What's more true? - **1.** One talk fixes fear for ever — no support - **2.** Only cartoons have fears about death — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **3.** Being scared again means you failed the lesson and have to start all over — no support - **4.** Fears come and go, and talking helps each time — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 80, line 12: «Sharing fears about death makes them smaller.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «fears» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 4, 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/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t9} «My mate said he don't wanna be alive no more, but he's probs joking,» says a boy in Sydney (probs = probably). What should he do? - **1.** Ignore it if it sounded like a joke — no support - **2.** Keep it secret to be loyal — score 7 - **3.** Tell an adult straight away anyway — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12 - **4.** Laugh so his mate feels better — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 80, line 18: «If a friend says they wish they were dead, tell an adult straight away; Childline is 0800 1111.», 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 «tell» (+4); the same receiver «adult» (+2); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t10} Ellie says life is precious «even for a hamster», and the vicar replies, formally, «All creatures great and small are held in God's regard.» What do they agree on? - **1.** Every living thing deserves care — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Hamsters are more important than people — no support - **3.** Only big animals matter to God — no support - **4.** Pets must be taken to church — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} «So is death sad or is it just a normal part of life?» asks a thoughtful girl. Which answer is wisest? - **1.** Neither; death doesn't really happen — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** Both: it's natural, and losing someone is still sad — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** Only normal; nobody should ever feel sad — no support - **4.** Only sad; nature never includes death — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 6, line 13: «At the Passover the Israelites marked their doors with lamb's blood, and death passed over their homes; Jews remember it every year at the Passover meal.», 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 (+4); the same action «pass» (+3); the same doer «death» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t12} Myth to check: «Once the funeral's over, grief is over.» - **1.** True, but only for grown-ups, not for small children — no support - **2.** True; funerals end all grief for good, for everyone — no support - **3.** False; grief comes in waves and softens slowly — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** False; grief always gets worse every single year — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 66, line 11: «Grief often comes in waves: something small, like a song or a smell, can bring it back suddenly, even after a good day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «waves» (+3); the same action «come» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the course of grief as presented throughout this block of lessons? - **1.** It occurs in waves, recurs upon significant dates, and commonly diminishes over time — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** It ceases entirely upon the conclusion of the funeral — no support - **3.** It is confined to the loss of human relatives — no support - **4.** It persists undiminished in perpetuity — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Identify the conduct most consistent with the matters taught in respect of a classmate who has lost a parent. - **1.** Avoidance of the classmate until the grief has passed entirely and he is cheerful again — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Detailed enquiry into the circumstances of the death — no support - **3.** Assurance that the loss will shortly be forgotten — no support - **4.** A brief expression of sympathy followed by ordinary friendship — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning differing beliefs regarding death. - **1.** All persons are obliged to hold a single belief — no support - **2.** Beliefs differing from one's own ought to be ridiculed in public, so that error may be exposed and corrected — score 2 - **3.** Persons of differing faiths and of none may hold their views and nonetheless respect one another — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** Beliefs concerning death are of no consequence to anyone — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 79, line 9: «You do not have to do everything a person who died wanted, especially if it makes you unhappy; you can honour them in your own way.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «person» (+4); the same thing acted on «person» (+2). 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/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Whereas a closing prayer is offered in a class of mixed belief, ascertain the arrangement most consistent with the matters taught. - **1.** The prayer is abandoned owing to the presence of non-believers — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Pupils who do not pray are required to leave the room — no support - **3.** All pupils are compelled to recite the prayer aloud, irrespective of their own belief or conscience — no support - **4.** Each pupil participates according to conscience, whether by prayer or by quiet reflection — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/e4/) - ← previous: [79. 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