Cheating at games and sport

Tests: 3 of 10 right · Exam: 4 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 8 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 93 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 · right ✓

Your mate says, "Grandad cheating at Monopoly is just a joke, chill." What does Proverbs 26:18-19 say about that?

1. It says only children's cheating counts — no support
2. It says jokes in games are always fine — no support
3. It says Monopoly is a sinful game — no support
4. It warns against deceiving someone and then saying "I was only joking!" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 83, line 13: «Proverbs 27:6: "Wounds from a friend can be trusted." Aristotle said the virtue lies in the middle: not a flatterer and not a brute.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «proverbs» (+2); the same action «say» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

"Crap, the ref missed it, keep schtum!" shouts Freya's teammate after her handball goal. ("Keep schtum" means keep quiet.) What is best?

1. Keep quiet; refs are paid to see everything, so it's their own fault — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Shout at the ref for missing it — no support
3. Score again so it doesn't matter — no support
4. Tell the ref anyway; a fair-play goal is the only one worth having — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

A cartoon shows a hero who wins a race by tying the others' laces together and gets a gold medal. What is wrong?

1. The hero should have tied more laces — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nothing; the hero was just clever — no support
3. A win by a trick isn't a real win — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Laces don't matter in real races — 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 ✗

"Bro, everyone uses hacks, you're a noob if you don't," says a gamer. (A "noob" is a beginner.) What is the best reply?

1. Only use hacks against noobs — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Hacks ruin the game for real people; I'd rather play fair — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Fine, I'll use them too, so nobody calls me a noob ever again — score 7
4. Report yourself to the game company — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 93, line 3: «Rules agreed before a game are a kind of promise between players, so changing them when you're losing, peeking at cards or using hacks breaks that promise.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «hacks» (+2); the same action «use» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

What would happen if every runner could start before the whistle?

1. Races would be more exciting and fair, because anyone could win — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nothing; whistles are only decoration — no support
3. Everyone would get a medal — no support
4. Races would mean nothing, and nobody would know who's fastest — ✓ 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 6 · wrong ✗

Ella says, "I wasn't peeking, it was an accident... five times." What would happen if Ruby shouts "Cheat!" in front of everyone?

1. Ella would immediately say sorry — no support
2. It may start a fight; calling it out calmly and privately works better — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Nothing; shouting always fixes cheating — no support
4. Everyone would agree Ruby is right, and Ella would never ever cheat again — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 75, line 1: «Ruby's aunt was kind and helped everyone, and she died of cancer at 40, while Kai's grumpy grandad lived to 95; Ruby says «It's not fair», and she is right: ho…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ruby» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · right ✓

Your cousin says, "Armstrong still won seven times, so cheating paid off." What is wrong?

1. Nothing; he kept all his trophies in the end — no support
2. He lost all seven titles and his good name; cheats steal from honest riders — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Doping is allowed in cycling — no support
4. He was never caught for anything — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 93, line 12: «Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France seven times and lost all seven titles in 2012 for doping (taking banned drugs to race faster); "You may be sure that you…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «lose» (+2); the same doer «lance armstrong» (+2); the same thing acted on «seven titles» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · right ✓

Max yells, "My game, my rules, I just changed them, I win!" What is the problem?

1. Rules agreed first are a promise; changing them to win breaks it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. Nothing; the person who invents a game always wins — no support
3. He should change them back only if he wins — score 4
4. Games are more fun without any rules — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 93, line 3: «Rules agreed before a game are a kind of promise between players, so changing them when you're losing, peeking at cards or using hacks breaks that promise.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «agree» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «rules» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · wrong ✗

Liam, 9, says, "Gran, play properly, I want a real win." What does this show?

1. He wants Gran to cheat even more than before — no support
2. He doesn't like chess any more and wants to stop — no support
3. He is being rude to his gran by telling her what to do — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. He's ready for real wins that he earned — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 77, line 3: «Old people in care homes and those living alone can be lonely: Oscar finds visiting his nan boring, but his visit may be the best part of her week, and Mia's g…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «gran» (+2); the same action «tell» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

In street cricket Arjun walks off when he's caught, without arguing. What do people think of "walking"?

1. It's against the rules of cricket, so he could be sent off for it — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. It means he gave up because he was tired and wanted to go home — no support
3. It's hard and admirable, though not every player does it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It's silly, because umpires decide everything and players shouldn't — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 93, line 14: «In cricket "walking" means a batter who knows he's out leaves without waiting for the umpire; not every player walks, and people argue about it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «walking» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following most accurately characterises the effect of cheating upon a game?

1. It removes the very constraints which render the game meaningful and enjoyable — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It enhances the enjoyment of all participants equally — no support
3. It renders the game more challenging for the cheat — no support
4. It is of no consequence where no prize is awarded — 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 ✓

Select the statement consistent with 2 Timothy 2:5.

1. An athlete receives the victor's crown only by competing according to the rules — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The crown is awarded solely by the vote of spectators — no support
3. An athlete receives the victor's crown irrespective of adherence to the rules of the contest — no support
4. An athlete forfeits the crown upon competing according to the rules — 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 ✓

Identify the cricketing practice whereby a batter who knows himself to be out departs without awaiting the umpire's decision.

1. Walking — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Fielding — no support
3. Bowling — no support
4. Appealing — 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 ✓

Given that a young child peeks whilst counting in a game of hide and seek, ascertain the response most consistent with this lesson.

1. A gentle reminder of the rule, games being the means whereby children learn fairness — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. The disregard of the matter, rules being unintelligible to children — no support
3. The imitation of the child's conduct by all other players — no support
4. The immediate termination of the game and public censure of the child — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 86, line 10: «"Like a broken tooth or a lame foot is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble"; children who see promises broken again and again learn not to hope.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «learn» (+4); the same doer «children» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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