Mock ethics olympiad

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 10 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 50 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 ✗

Teammate: "Don't bother reading the case properly, we'll just wing it." What is the best reply?

1. Fine, but only if we talk very fast — no support
2. Yes, reading the case is the judges' job — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. Preparation is half the work; let's find the key facts first — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Good idea, the judges always like quick answers better than slow ones — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 50, line 7: «Reading the case means finding the key facts and listing the stakeholders, everyone the choice affects.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «read» (+2); the same thing acted on «case» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

A judge asks, "What about the friend's feelings?" and your team never thought of it. What is best?

1. Pretend you already discussed it and invent a clever answer on the spot — no support
2. Say honestly you had not considered it, then think it through aloud — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Ask the judge to ask a different question — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Say the friend's feelings don't matter — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 50, line 12: «When judges ask a question, the team listens, thinks and answers directly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+4); the same doer «judges» (+3); the same thing acted on «question» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

The other team's speaker says something good but misses a point. Which response wins most credit?

1. "Our team obviously thought of all this first, long before you did" — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. "We have nothing to say about your view" — no support
3. "That was totally wrong and a bit silly" — no support
4. "We liked your point about fairness; we'd add the friend's safety" — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 50, line 3: «The team builds a view with reasons, says honestly where members disagree, and each member presents a short part in turn.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «team» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

A Jewish judge asks, "Why should the Good Samaritan matter to someone who isn't Christian?" Which answer is best?

1. It doesn't matter to you, it's only for Christians — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Because the Bible says so, and that's that — no support
3. Because Christians are the best at helping — no support
4. Its lesson, helping anyone in need whoever they are, makes sense to people of any faith — ✓ 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 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

"We lost, the judges were total idiots and the other lot cheated." What is wrong with this response?

1. Nothing; it is the natural and fair thing to say after losing — no support
2. It is far too kind and grateful to everyone who was there — no support
3. It gives far too many good reasons for losing the round — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. It attacks people instead of learning from the round — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 48, line 18: «Some dilemmas have no clearly right choice; then we look for the least bad option and give honest reasons.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same thing acted on «honest reasons» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★★ · right ✓

Your teammate says, "The stakeholders are just the person making the choice." How do you put it right?

1. Stakeholders are only the judges and the teams — no support
2. Stakeholders are the people who own a business — no support
3. Stakeholders are everyone the choice affects — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Stakeholders are the people holding the sticks — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 36, line 14: «Stakeholders are everyone affected by a decision, including people and animals who are not in the room.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «stakeholders» (+3); the same thing acted on «everyone» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★★ · right ✓

Teammate writes the question as: "Is it about lying and stuff and friends and also maybe the teacher?" How could it be improved?

1. Put it in one clear sentence, like "Should Sam tell the truth if it hurts a friend?" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Leave it as it is, the judges will understand — no support
3. Make it longer so nothing is left out — no support
4. Turn it into a list of ten questions — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 50, line 9: «The ethical question should be put in one clear sentence, because clear questions lead to clear answers.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «one clear sentence» (+4); the same action «put» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★★ · right ✓

"ugh I always talk for like 5 mins, it's fine right?" What is the best advice?

1. Keep your part short so teammates get their turn and the point stays clear — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, if you speak fast it does not count — no support
3. Yes, the longer you speak, the more points you get from the judges, always — no support
4. Yes, the others can just speak less — 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 ✓

A judge's follow-up: "Your team disagreed. Isn't that a weakness?" Which answer is best?

1. Not necessarily: we weighed both sides and are open about where we differ — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Yes, so we will throw out our quietest member — no support
3. We didn't disagree at all, so the judge must simply have misheard what we said — no support
4. It's a weakness for the other team, not for us — 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 46, line 4: «In a hard question the best answer gives reasons, weighs the other side and is fair to everyone, people and animals alike.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «weigh» (+2); the same thing acted on «other side» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

After the round, which question is most useful for the team to ask?

1. Which judge didn't like us? — no support
2. What would we do differently next time? — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. How can we beat that team next time by any means? — no support
4. Whose fault was it that we didn't win? — ← Mova's choice · score 2

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 39, line 13: «A clarifying question asks what a word or idea means before arguing about it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Which team behaviour do olympiad judges reward?

1. Agreeing with whatever the judge seems to think about the case — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Interrupting often, so that the other team cannot finish their point — score 6
3. Listening well, building on others' ideas and giving reasons — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Repeating the same point a little louder each time you speak — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 36, line 15: «Judges look for clear reasons, understanding of the case, thinking about other views, good answers to questions, and respect.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+3); the same doer «judges» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following most accurately characterises the criterion upon which teams in an ethics olympiad are assessed?

1. The number of times the opposing team is shown to be mistaken — no support
2. The degree to which the team's view accords with that of the judges — ← Mova's choice · score 10
3. The volume at which the members of the team express their views — score 10
4. The quality of the reasoning exhibited, together with the conduct of the discussion — ✓ the right answer · no support

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 50, line 14: «When responding to another team, you begin with what was good in their view, then add to it or question it respectfully.», 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 «view» (+3); the same doer «teams» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the response most appropriate where a judge advances a consideration which the team has not previously examined.

1. The redirection of the discussion towards some more familiar and comfortable subject — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. An honest acknowledgement of the omission, followed by reasoned reflection upon it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A refusal to address the consideration so advanced — no support
4. The fabrication of an answer intended to conceal the omission — 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 · right ✓

Whereas a team draws upon the parable of the Good Samaritan, select the manner of its use most consistent with good practice.

1. Its significance is to be explained in terms intelligible to persons of any faith or none — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It is to be employed so as to disparage persons of other beliefs — no support
3. It is to be cited without any account of its meaning — no support
4. It is to be cited as binding upon all, irrespective of belief — 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 · right ✓

State the principal reason for which olympiads confer awards in recognition of good sportsmanship.

1. Character is held to be of no less account than the score attained — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Such awards serve solely to console the teams which are defeated — no support
3. Such awards are conferred upon the team which speaks at greatest length — no support
4. The assessors are otherwise unable to determine a victor — 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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