Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits

Tests: 6 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 85 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 ✗

Your mate says, "One fib about Disneyland can't grow, it's tiny." What would most likely happen?

1. Everyone will want to hear about it, so they will all buy him a real trip to Disneyland next summer — no support
2. Kids ask about the rides, so he needs more fibs to cover it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nothing; nobody will ever ask about it — no support
4. The teacher will give him a gold star — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 84, line 2: «Ollie's mate has started wearing a hat he thinks gives him "rizz" (charm, being cool), and everyone laughs behind his back; a quiet, kind word from Ollie is be…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «mate» (+4); the same action «give» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

"Ma, I'm fixin' to do it!" An hour later Bubba's still on his tablet. What is the honest version?

1. I'm fixin' to do it right now, honest, Ma, I promise — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. I've already done it, Ma, so you can go and check it — no support
3. I'm never doing it, Ma, because it's your room anyway — no support
4. After this game, Ma, and then I'll really do 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 3 · ★★ · right ✓

"Oi, just tell her I'm out," Mum hisses, waving the potato peeler. What is the gentle, honest move?

1. Say "She can't come to the phone right now", and later tell Mum the lie felt wrong — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Tell Aunt Sue that Mum is hiding from her — no support
3. Hand Mum the phone and run away — score 4
4. Say "She's out" and forget about it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 76, line 1: «After Grandad's funeral Ellie's mum says, «Life is short. Let's go to the seaside this weekend, like Grandad always wanted»: a death often reminds people that…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «mum» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Theo says, "Little lies are nothing, they don't train you for anything." What did scientists find?

1. Big lies come first, and small lies come later — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Little lies have no effect on the brain at all — no support
3. Little lies make your brain stronger and smarter, like a muscle that gets trained every day — no support
4. Repeated small lies made the brain react less and lies get bigger — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 83, line 8: «The thinker Kant said even small lies are wrong; others think a tiny lie that only spares feelings can be fine, but that small lies add up.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «add up» (+3); the same doer «small lies» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓

A podcast says, "Everyone lies loads, so it's fine." What two mistakes are in that?

1. Most people lie little, and common doesn't mean good — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Podcasts are always right about everything — no support
3. Nobody lies at all, so the podcast is lying — no support
4. Everyone does lie loads, and that makes it fine for everyone — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

Lena's mum asks, "You alright, love?" Lena's had a rotten week. What would happen if she always says "fine"?

1. Mum would know anyway, without being told, and would fix it all secretly at school — score 4
2. The problem would go away by itself — no support
3. She'd be left alone with the problem, and nobody could help — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Her friends would stop leaving her out — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 58, line 2: «Picture Ellie at breakfast: in the night her mum got a phone call, and now she says, «Grandad died in hospital in his sleep. He wasn't in pain.» Ellie asks, «D…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mum» (+4); the same thing acted on «mum» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓

Kai's brother: "If you don't say my song slaps, you're dead to me, bro." What's the honest, kind reply?

1. The chorus is catchy, the drums need work; I'll help you — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It slaps, best song ever, bro, you'll be famous by next year and on the telly — no support
3. Shut up, I'm not listening to your song — no support
4. It's rubbish, give up music now — 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 ✗

A cartoon shows a kid who blames the pasty-eating dog on the postman. What is the honest fix?

1. Buy a new pasty and pretend it's the one Gran made — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Blame the postman, because he can't defend himself — no support
3. Tell Gran the dog got it; she'll probably laugh — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Say the pasty never arrived in the post at all, Gran — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Hamza says, "My imam said you can soften the truth to make peace." Your mate says, "So lying's fine for anything." What's wrong?

1. The exception is narrow, for peace, not for convenience — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Only Christians think honesty matters — no support
3. Muslims are never allowed to tell the truth — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Nothing; any lie at all is fine for anything if an imam says so — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 2: «Imagine your friend knocks a vase off the teacher's desk, and the teacher asks the class who did it. You want to tell the truth, and you also want to stand by…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same thing acted on «truth» (+2). 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 10 · ★★ · right ✓

Noah, 4, keeps asking, "Is the tooth fairy REAL real?" and looks worried. What should Amira do?

1. Send him to his parents, because he is asking sincerely — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 14
2. Tell him she's watching him all the time — score 9
3. Tell him the tooth fairy steals teeth from children who ask too many questions — score 11
4. Say she doesn't know who the tooth fairy is — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 14, against 11 for the next best. Its support: lesson 83, line 15: «When someone sincerely asks for honest feedback, kind, polite honesty helps them; "An honest witness tells the truth".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «ask» (+4); the same property (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓

Why do cover stories for harmless things make no sense?

1. If the truth is harmless, telling it costs nothing, and the lie risks trust — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Because cover stories always work perfectly — no support
3. Because Mum always prefers a story — no support
4. Because skate parks are always banned — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 46, line 13: «St Francis of Assisi called animals his brothers and sisters and, the story says, preached to the birds.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «story» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following most accurately characterises the findings of the 2016 University College London study concerning repeated self-serving falsehoods?

1. The alarm response of the brain diminished with each repetition, and the falsehoods progressively increased in magnitude — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Repeated falsehoods produced no measurable alteration in the brain — no support
3. Repeated falsehoods were found to improve the participants' memory — no support
4. The alarm response of the brain intensified with each repetition, and the falsehoods ceased — 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 ✗

Given that a parent instructs a child to state falsely that the parent is absent, identify the response most consistent with this lesson.

1. A public complaint to the caller concerning the parent's conduct — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A falsehood exactly as instructed, the parent's authority being absolute in all matters within the household — no support
3. A truthful and courteous formulation, such as "She cannot come to the telephone at present" — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A refusal to answer the telephone on any occasion whatsoever — 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 statement consistent with the teaching recorded in Luke 16:10.

1. Whoever is untrustworthy in little matters will be trustworthy in great ones — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Trust ought to be extended only in respect of great matters — no support
4. Small matters are of no consequence to trustworthiness — 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 ✓

Ascertain which statement concerning the frequency of lying is consistent with the 2010 study cited.

1. No person told any falsehood throughout the period of the study — no support
2. The majority of persons told few or no falsehoods on a given day, a small minority accounting for half of all falsehoods — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Children were found to be responsible for the entirety of falsehoods recorded — no support
4. Every person told numerous falsehoods each day without exception — 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 85, line 18: «A 2010 study found most people told few lies or none on a given day, and a small group told half of all the lies; "Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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