Olympiad: fair or unfair, chains of reasons and dilemmas ★★★

Tests: 1 of 11 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 103 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.

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 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

"Everyone in my class is allowed to stay up till midnight, everyone!" moans Jay. What is he most likely really saying?

1. All thirty kids stay up till midnight every night — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nobody in his class goes to bed at all — no support
3. His parents have said yes to midnight — no support
4. Some friends have said they stay up late — ✓ 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 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Leo's well mardy: "I NEVER get a go on the console!" The rota shows he had 3 of the last 10 turns, with 4 kids sharing. Fair reply?

1. You had 10 turns, so stop moaning — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 3 out of 10 is nothing, so you should get the rest — no support
3. You had a bit more than your share, so "never" isn't true — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, you never ever get a go on it, no cap, that is well unfair — 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 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

One kid flicks paint and nobody owns up, so Miss keeps y'all in at break. A reasoned view?

1. It's unfair because breaks are never allowed to be stopped — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It's fair only if the class is very big — no support
3. It's always perfectly fair, end of — no support
4. Many feel it's unfair to punish everyone, though some say it pushes the guilty one to own up — ✓ 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 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Your mate goes, "It's only a bit unfair, no biggie," but he's been left out of every game for a week. What is he really saying?

1. He thinks all those games are boring anyway, so it's no loss — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It hurts more than he says; include him, maybe tell a teacher — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He actually wants to be left out of the games for a bit longer — no support
4. It's fine, he truly does not mind being left out at all, honest — 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 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

"Zacchaeus paying back four times is bare extra, once is fair, innit," says Kofi. Best-reasoned reply?

1. Four times is still the law for everyone in Britain today — no support
2. Zacchaeus never paid anything back to anybody, he ran off — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Once is the least; four times shows real sorrow — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He's right, paying back more than you took is always silly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 82, line 18: «Zacchaeus told Jesus, "If I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount": making amends in deeds earns trust back.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «zacchaeus» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

"Solomon was sus, he was gonna chop a baby!" says Ava. What is a better reading?

1. It was a test; he never meant to, and it showed the real mother's love — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The baby was a doll, so it didn't matter — no support
3. Solomon wanted the baby for himself — score 6
4. She's right, he really did chop the baby in two in front of everyone at court — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 103, line 11: «In 1 Kings 3, two women claimed one baby; Solomon ordered it cut in two, and the real mother begged him to give the baby to the other woman rather than let it…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «solomon» (+5); the same place «two» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Dad: "Lowkey the vineyard boss was well unfair, the late lot did, like, an hour." A reasoned answer?

1. Everyone was paid nothing at the end — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He's right, the boss stole wages from every worker who came early in the day, which is a crime — no support
3. Many feel that way, but nobody got less than agreed, and the story is about generosity — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The late workers worked longest of all — 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 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Team A at the olympiad says, "Team B is just wrong, they're silly." Why will judges mark A down?

1. They agreed with Team B on everything — no support
2. They spoke too quietly — no support
3. They attacked the people instead of answering the best argument — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. They gave too many good reasons — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 103, line 5: «Watch the words: "everyone's allowed", "I NEVER get a go" and "it's only a bit unfair" are often hyperbole or downplaying, so check the real facts before you j…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same thing acted on «reasons» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Grandad: "Back in my day we just picked teams, best first. Fair's fair." What's a fair reply?

1. Picking the best first leaves the same kids last; drawing names or numbering off is fairer — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The slowest should always be captain — no support
3. Teams should be picked by height — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Yes, best first is the only fair way, because then the strongest players can win the match — 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 43, line 5: «For a child today this means taking turns, not leaving anyone out, picking teams kindly, and thinking about people far away who have much less than we do.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «teams» (+3); the same action «pick» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · right ✓

"If it's not against the rules, it's fair, no cap," says Max, who sat on the ball so nobody else could play. What's the flaw?

1. Something can break no rule and still be unfair, like hogging the ball so others can't play — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. He's right: anything that is allowed by the rules is fair, so sitting on the ball is fine as well — no support
3. Fairness only matters in board games — no support
4. Sitting on a ball is always against the rules — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 44, line 6: «Cheating is breaking the rules in secret to gain an unfair advantage.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «break» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Ruby: "You took my seat — no wait, I left it to get a drink, and now you're in it." What matters most for a fair answer?

1. Who has the nicer bag — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Who got to the seat first this morning, before the bell went at all — no support
3. Who is taller — no support
4. Whether the seat was free or saved when she left — ✓ 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify which of the following constitutes a reason grounded in need rather than in effort or equality.

1. The allocation of glasses to the child unable to see the board — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The division of the prize into identical parts — no support
3. The selection of a recipient by the drawing of lots — no support
4. The award of the greater part to the hardest worker — 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Ascertain why the procedure "one cuts, the other chooses" is regarded as fair.

1. The chooser is required to accept the smaller part — no support
2. The cutter has every reason to make the two parts equal — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
3. The procedure leaves the outcome entirely to chance — no support
4. The elder child is entitled to the larger part — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 11, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 103, line 8: «"One cuts, the other chooses" is fair because the cutter has every reason to make the two pieces equal.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «cutter» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same thing acted on «reason» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Select the statement most consistent with the account of Zacchaeus in Luke 19:8.

1. He refused all restitution — no support
2. He gave everything to the Temple — no support
3. He repaid exactly what he had taken — no support
4. He undertook to repay fourfold any he had cheated and to give half his possessions to the poor — ← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 90, line 6: «Zacchaeus gave half his possessions to the poor and paid back four times anyone he had cheated; the law asked only for the amount plus a fifth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «poor» (+4); the same action «give» (+1); the same thing acted on «possessions» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which response to the question "Is fair always equal?" would olympiad judges regard most highly?

1. One which answers no without reason — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. One which distinguishes equality from need and effort, with examples, and weighs which fits the case — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. One which declines to answer — no support
4. One which answers yes without reason — 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

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