What is an ethics olympiad?

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 6 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 36 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 ✗

My big brother says the ethics olympiad is just arguing and the loudest team wins. What would you tell him?

1. No, judges mark reasons, listening and respect, not loudness — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, but only in the last round when the judges are tired — no support
3. No, the winners are picked by drawing names from a hat — no support
4. Yes, the team that shouts the longest always gets the points — ← Mova's choice · 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 36, line 3: «The teams do not win by shouting the other side down; judges give points for clear reasons, understanding the case, thinking about every person affected, answe…», 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 thing acted on «points» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

Your classmate Amir, who is Muslim, asks: "Can I be in the olympiad team if I'm not Christian?" What is the best answer?

1. Yes, it is about careful thinking, and anyone of any faith or none can join — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. No, only people from one religion can think well about right and wrong — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Yes, but he must agree with the Christians on every single case — no support
4. No, ethics olympiads are only for people who go to church each week — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 36, line 9: «Teams are judged on how well they think and listen, not on who "wins" the argument.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+3); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · wrong ✗

ugh why we gotta talk about who's "affected", just say what's right innit

1. Because judges like it when you say long lists of people's names — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Because thinking about others means you have no view — no support
3. Because a good answer weighs everyone the choice touches — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Because the case is boring and it fills up the time — 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 · right ✓

At practice, Zoe says: "Our answer is right because I said so, end of." What is wrong with this?

1. She gives no reason others can weigh, so it is not a reasoned view — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Nothing, because a confident answer is always the strongest answer — no support
3. She should have said a famous person said it instead — no support
4. She should have said it more loudly so judges hear it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 36, line 7: «An opinion just says what you think; a reasoned view also says why, so others can weigh it.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «weigh» (+2); the same doer «others» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · right ✓

Which of these is a dilemma?

1. Keeping a friend's secret that they are being hurt, or telling a teacher — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Going home after school by the same road you always take — no support
3. Choosing to eat a biscuit you like when nobody else wants it — no support
4. Deciding whether to wear your blue socks or your other blue socks — 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 6 · wrong ✗

The other team just said something good. What is the best olympiad response?

1. "We agree with that and want to add one more point" — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. "Whatever, our team is cleverer than your team anyway" — no support
3. "We are not going to answer that, it's your problem" — no support
4. "That is wrong, and you clearly did not read the case" — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 36, line 10: «The Ethics Bowl is a similar competition in the USA and elsewhere, where teams analyse cases and respond to each other.», 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 thing acted on «cases» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · right ✓

A judge asks: "Who else might be affected that you didn't mention?" What is the best reply?

1. Refuse to answer because it was not part of your planned speech — no support
2. Think again and name people or animals left out, like the neighbours — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Say that only the main person in the story really matters at all — no support
4. Say the judge is wrong, because you have already said everyone important — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 36, line 5: «For a child today this is good practice for real life: at school or at home you can slow down, ask who is affected, listen, and give your reasons kindly, which…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

shut up Leo, ur not even talking in the round, just let me do it. Which olympiad idea does this break?

1. Cases: the story must be read out by one person — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Stakeholders: everyone affected must be in the room to speak — no support
3. Dilemmas: every choice must be easy and costless — no support
4. Teamwork: teams share the speaking and support each other — ✓ 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 9 · right ✓

The school wants to close the library to make a car park. Who is a stakeholder you might forget?

1. Next year's pupils who will never get to use the library — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The person who painted the lines on the old car park — no support
3. A child in a school in another country far away — no support
4. The author of the rule book of the ethics olympiad in America — 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 10 · wrong ✗

Which shows a reasoned view, not just an opinion?

1. "Pets in class are a bad idea, trust me, I know it" — no support
2. "Pets in class are a bad idea because some children are allergic" — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. "Pets in class are a bad idea and that is just what I think" — no support
4. "Pets in class are a bad idea, everyone says so" — ← Mova's choice · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 31, line 12: «A mosque is the Muslim place of prayer; people take off their shoes and pray side by side in rows facing Mecca, the holy city of Islam, led by an imam; standin…», 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 «everyone» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · wrong ✗

My little sister says ethics is just being nice. Put her right.

1. Ethics is a school subject where you learn to be quiet in class — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Ethics is only for grown-ups, so children do not need to bother — no support
3. Ethics is thinking about what is right and why, which can mean hard choices — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Ethics is a list of rules that you learn and never think about — 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 · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the criteria upon which adjudicators of an ethics olympiad confer marks?

1. The volume of the speaker's voice and the duration of the presentation — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The clarity of reasoning, consideration of other views and respectful conduct — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The popularity of the conclusion with members of the audience — no support
4. The number of the opposing team's arguments which are ridiculed — 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 · wrong ✗

Identify the definition of a "stakeholder" consistent with the established usage of the competition.

1. Solely those persons physically present in the room at the time — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Every party affected by a decision, whether present or not — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Solely the person who makes the decision in question, and no other — no support
4. Solely the adults having authority over the matter under discussion — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response that most accurately characterises a dilemma.

1. A contest in which teams endeavour to deceive one another — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A situation in which every available choice carries some cost or wrong — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A question admitting of one obvious answer known to all — no support
4. A narrative in which the hero invariably acts rightly — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Whereas in a formal debate sides are assigned, ascertain the feature which distinguishes the Ethics Bowl.

1. Teams are compelled always to oppose their own true opinion on the case — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Teams are not compelled to oppose one another and may concur — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The victory is invariably awarded to the loudest speaker — no support
4. One team alone is permitted to speak in every round — 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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