Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling

Tests: 0 of 11 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 6 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 99 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, "Lying to the bullies is the same as lying to your mum." What is a reasoned reply?

1. No; lying to your mum is always fine, but lying to bullies never ever is — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, so tell the bullies where Sam is — no support
3. No; bullies want to hurt Sam, so they have no right to that information — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes; every lie is exactly the same — 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 ✗

"Snitch on me and you're dead," says Zac about the fiver. What is the best-reasoned move?

1. Tell everyone at lunch — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Keep quiet, because of the threat — no support
3. Urge him to put it back, and tell if he won't, especially if someone else may be blamed — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Take half the fiver to keep quiet — 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 ✗

The man in the park says, "I'm her dad, which way?" Tom isn't sure. What is safest?

1. Point, because he says he's her dad, so he must be — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Run away home and try to forget all about it — no support
3. Don't point; get an adult or call for help — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Follow the man quietly to see what happens next — 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 ✗

Mia's friend cries, "If you tell, I'll never speak to you again!" about her dad's temper. What wins?

1. Tell her dad she's scared of him — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. The promise; say nothing — no support
3. Lie for her and hope it stops — score 0
4. Her safety; tell a trusted adult — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 61, line 4: «A grieving friend may laugh and joke one day and cry in class the next, especially on days like Mother's Day; both are normal, so we do not judge, and we stand…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «grieving friend» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A cartoon shows Rahab telling kids, "See, the Bible says lying is always fine!" What is wrong?

1. Rahab never lied in the Bible — no support
2. The Bible praises her faith and courage; the lie itself is still argued about — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The spies lied, not Rahab — no support
4. Nothing; the Bible says lying is always fine — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 58, line 1: «When a grandparent dies, their body has stopped working and they will not wake up or come back; it is very sad, and it is never a child's fault, whatever was s…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «fault» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Brody says, "Everyone's in on it, so it's not a lie if we all say it." What is wrong?

1. The head always knows the truth anyway, so it's fine — no support
2. A lie stays a lie even if a crowd says it — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. It's only a lie if one person says it on their own — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. Nothing; group lies don't count as real lies — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 34, line 9: «A white lie is a small lie told to be polite or to spare feelings; people disagree about whether white lies are right.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «white lie» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same thing acted on «small lie» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Ollie's mate says, "You're my mate, so you'll vote for me, yeah?" What is the best reply?

1. Course, mates always vote for mates, that's the whole point of mates — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. I'll vote for you, but secretly — no support
3. No, I'll give you zero to look fair — no support
4. I'll step back from judging yours, so it's fair for everyone — ✓ 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 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Mum keeps asking about her birthday, and your sister says, "Lying to Mum is always wrong, so tell her!" What is a reasoned answer?

1. She's right, ruin the surprise now — no support
2. Lie loudly so Mum stops asking — no support
3. Tell Mum to stop asking questions — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. It depends: a dodge keeps the surprise without a lie, and many think a surprise fib is harmless — ✓ the right answer · 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 70, line 3: «Fears often grow after a death: Lily, whose mum died, gets scared every time her dad coughs; but most people live long lives, and her dad can tell her how he l…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «mum» (+4); the same action «tell» (+2). 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 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Ella's friend says, "If you tell, you're not my friend." The new kid is being punished. What is best?

1. Stay quiet to keep the friendship, because friends come first — no support
2. Tell, because the new kid matters as much as her friend — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Ask the new kid to take the blame — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. Wait until the new kid leaves — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 91, line 1: «Some owning up is hard because it costs you: in front of the class, at a friend's house, or when someone else already took the blame for you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+1); the same thing acted on «blame» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (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 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗

The judge asks, "Is it ever right to lie?" and a team just says, "Never, because." Why will they score low?

1. Because judges only like the word "sometimes" in answers — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They gave no reasons and ignored the other side — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Because "never" is always the wrong answer — no support
4. Because the answer was too short to hear — 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 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Great-Gran asks for her dog again. Your cousin says, "Just tell her he's dead, again." What is a reasoned view?

1. Ignore her questions completely — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He's right; truth must be told every time — no support
3. Tell her the dog ran away — no support
4. It's an open question; many carers think gently going along is kinder, others disagree — ✓ 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 ✓

Which of the following most accurately characterises the response to a moral dilemma most esteemed by the judges of an ethics olympiad?

1. A response which furnishes reasons and weighs fairly the considerations on each side — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A response which accords exclusively with the majority opinion — no support
3. A response which asserts a conclusion without any supporting reasons — no support
4. A response which declines to engage with the question posed — 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 ✗

Select the statement consistent with the accounts recorded in Joshua 2:4-6 and Hebrews 11:31.

1. Rahab's falsehood is expressly commanded in Scripture as a universal rule for all — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Rahab is condemned in Hebrews for her conduct — no support
3. Rahab surrendered the spies to the king's men — no support
4. Rahab concealed the spies and misled the king's men, and her faith is commended — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · right ✓

Given that a child confides fear of violence at home and requests a false alibi, identify the course of action most consistent with this lesson.

1. The refusal of the falsehood together with the disclosure of the fear to a trusted adult — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The disregard of the matter as a private family affair — no support
3. The provision of the false alibi in the interests of loyalty to the friend who requested it — no support
4. The confrontation of the parent by the child — 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 the term which denotes the position of a judge whose friend is a competitor in the contest being judged.

1. A sporting walkover for the friend — no support
2. A unanimous verdict — no support
3. A conflict of interest — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. A fair adjudication — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 99, line 14: «"Do not pervert justice or show partiality"; judges should step back when a friend takes part, which is called a conflict of interest.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «conflict» (+4); the same doer «interest» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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