Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks

Tests: 10 of 19 right · Exam: 4 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 16 of 23 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 312 of the everyday 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 best friend scribbled on a library book and asks you to say you saw nothing. Which is TRUE?

1. Real friends always lie for each other — score 1
2. It only counts as a lie if the librarian asks twice — score 1
3. You can stay her friend without lying to hide the damage — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Lying for her keeps you out of any trouble — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 225, line 5: «Example: a girl in Toronto borrows her friend's new rubber and loses it. She tells her friend straight away, says sorry and buys a new one, and they stay frien…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+4); the same thing acted on «friends» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

In science everyone else seems to get it, but you are lost. What is the brave choice?

1. Put your hand up and say you don't understand — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Look busy so the teacher moves on — no support
3. Pretend you've got it and hope it is not in the test — no support
4. Wait and never ask anyone — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 303, line 19: «When a ball flies at your face, put your hands up and turn your head to protect your nose, eyes and teeth.», 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 thing acted on «hands» (+2); the same action «put up» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

A girl in Texas sprains her ankle doing a banned trick on the trampoline and is scared of being told off. What should she tell the doctor?

1. Nothing, because doctors can always guess — no support
2. The truth, because the doctor needs it to treat her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. A story about tripping on the stairs — no support
4. Whatever her friend tells her to say — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 311, line 10: «At the doctor's, say clearly where it hurts and how it feels; it helps the doctor find out what is wrong.», 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 doer «doctor» (+2); the same thing acted on «doctor» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

A boy shouted «I'm stuck!» from a tree three times as a joke. The fourth time he really is stuck. Why might nobody hurry?

1. Climbing trees is always perfectly safe — score 4
2. His earlier false alarms taught them not to believe him — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. People never help in the afternoon, because they are busy with work — no support
4. He shouted in the wrong voice — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 312, line 3: «Some lies are dangerous. In the old story «The Boy Who Cried Wolf», a shepherd boy shouts «Wolf!» for fun again and again; when a real wolf comes, nobody belie…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shout» (+4); the same doer «shepherd boy» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

What is the main reason a prank call to 999 is so harmful?

1. It can break the phone line — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It makes the operators tired and bored of doing their job — no support
3. It costs the caller a large fee — no support
4. It can delay help for someone in a real emergency — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

During a board game the banker «forgets» to pay you but always pays himself. What is going wrong?

1. It is fair because he is the banker — no support
2. The banker is allowed to keep extra — no support
3. He is simply better at the game and quicker at counting than you — score 1
4. He is not being honest with money he was trusted with — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 308, line 16: «Adults earn money by working, and that money pays for the home, food and bills; a card machine does not make money.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «money» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

In a netball match a girl pretends she was pushed so her team gets a penalty. Which is TRUE?

1. It is fine when the score is close — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Faking a foul is cheating, even if the referee is fooled — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It is smart play and part of the game, as long as the referee doesn't spot it — no support
4. It is only cheating in a final — 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 8 · ★ · right ✓

A teacher marks a wrong answer as right by accident, and nobody would ever find out. Why is it still worth telling her?

1. Being honest when it helps you shows real integrity — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. She will give you a prize for telling — no support
3. The mark does not matter anyway — no support
4. Teachers always find out eventually — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 307, line 3: «School is full of adults who help: teachers, the school counsellor, and the office staff or receptionist, who take messages and phone families when a child is…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «help» (+4); the same doer «adults» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

A friend asks you to come to a sleepover, but you would rather stay home. What is the honest way out?

1. Pretend you never got the message — no support
2. Say your parents have banned you from all sleepovers — no support
3. Say your house has flooded — no support
4. Say «Thanks, but I can't come this time» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 292, line 18: «If someone offers you a cigarette, a vape or alcohol, say «No thanks» and walk away; they harm a growing body.», 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 thing acted on «thanks» (+2); the same action «say» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

friend nicked a pen n wants me to say i didnt see. keep quiet for her?

1. No, you can be kind to her without covering it — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Only if she gives it back later — score -1
3. Yes, if the pen was cheap — no support
4. Yes, friends always keep each other's secrets — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 52, line 23: «Having a crush on someone means liking them in a special way; if a friend tells you about a crush, it is their secret to keep.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «friend» (+3); the same thing acted on «secret» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

teacher added my test up to 18, no wait 19, but its really 17. say sumthing?

1. Only tell her if it costs you marks — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, tell her, it's honest even when it helps you — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. No, keep quiet, it's her mistake — no support
4. No, rub out an answer to make it match — 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 12 · ★ · right ✓

dont wanna go to the sleepover, need an excuse

1. No excuse needed, «Thanks, but I can't come» is enough — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Say your gran is visiting — no support
3. Just don't reply at all — no support
4. Say you're ill so nobody's upset, it's just a tiny white lie — 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

in tag he got me but i said "missed!" lol

1. Fine, he can't prove it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Say you were on base anyway — no support
3. Fine, as long as you run fast — no support
4. Admit it and become «it» — ✓ 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

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

swallowed a little battery but dont wanna tell mum

1. Only tell if it hurts — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Drink lots of water and hide it — no support
3. Wait till it comes out — no support
4. Tell her right now, it can burn inside you — ✓ 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

Test 15 · ★ · right ✓

my friend set a bin on fire and wants me to keep quiet

1. Keep quiet, he's your mate and mates don't snitch — score 2
2. Say you did it — no support
3. Help him hide it — score 5
4. Tell an adult; covering up lets harm go on — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 82, line 10: «If a friend with diabetes looks shaky, pale and confused, tell an adult at once, because their blood sugar may be too low and they may need sugar quickly.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «adult» (+4); the same action «tell» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★ · right ✓

i copied in the test and got top marks

1. Tell the teacher; it hides what you need to learn — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Share the answers too — no support
3. Great, keep doing it, nobody will ever know — no support
4. Copy more next time — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 312, line 20: «Copying in a test is cheating, and it hides from the teacher what you still need to learn; if you did it, tell the teacher.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «teacher» (+4); the same action «tell» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 17 · ★ · right ✓

did u hear a kid swallowed a button battery and lied to the doctor that he "ate a sweet", and "it nearly burnt through his throat". lesson?

1. It's fine to hide what you swallowed — no support
2. Tell doctors the truth; they need true facts to treat you — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Button batteries are harmless — no support
4. Doctors can always guess what happened, so the truth doesn't matter — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 312, line 14: «Tell doctors and nurses the truth about how you got hurt; they need true facts to treat you, and they are there to help, not to punish.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+4); the same thing acted on «true facts» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 18 · ★ · wrong ✗

my cousin says a girl pretended to be hurt so often that "when she really broke her arm nobody came for 3 hours". what's the true bit

1. Doctors ignore every child's injury — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Arms never really break in play — no support
3. False alarms make it harder to be believed later — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Pretending to be hurt is harmless — 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 19 · ★ · wrong ✗

kids say the boy who admitted being tagged "is a loser who always lets us down". pass it on?

1. Yes, and leave him out next time — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. No, he was honest; don't spread mean talk — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Yes, it's just true — no support
4. Yes, he lost it for the team — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 275, line 5: «A boy in Ohio ducked under the lowered barrier at a railroad crossing because he could not see a train yet; the train came much faster than he thought and only…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «miss» (+4); the same thing acted on «boy» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the danger of a swallowed button battery?

1. It may burn through the throat within hours and needs hospital at once — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. It is dangerous only to adults — no support
3. It passes harmlessly through the body within a day or two, and needs no treatment — no support
4. It is dangerous only if chewed — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 312, line 22: «A swallowed button battery can burn through the throat within hours and needs hospital at once.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «burn» (+4); the same place «throat» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal reason for which a patient tells doctors the truth about an injury.

1. Lying would increase the bill — no support
2. Doctors must report every injury to the police — score 1
3. Doctors otherwise refuse to attend — score 3
4. Treatment is chosen from what they are told — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 312, line 21: «Doctors and nurses choose treatment from what they are told, so a lie can lead to the wrong treatment.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «choose» (+3); the same thing acted on «treatment» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

It is given that a player has been tagged in a game. Select the response consistent with fair play.

1. The player admits it and becomes «it» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. The player claims another was tagged — no support
3. The player denies it and continues — score 4
4. The player leaves the game in silence — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 312, line 17: «Games rely on players being honest about what happened, so a tagged player admits it and becomes «it».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «admit» (+4); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

State the effect of repeated false alarms, such as pretending to be hurt.

1. They are rewarded by teachers — no support
2. They have no effect upon trust — no support
3. They improve the response of helpers, who become quicker with practice — no support
4. They make it harder for people to be believed later — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 312, line 13: «False alarms, like pretending to be hurt, make it harder for people to be believed later.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); the same action «make» (+3); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same doer «false alarms» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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