--- title: Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no eithe… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · World description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 189 «Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no either-or» of the world course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving… # Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no either-or The 16 questions of lesson 189 «Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no either-or» of the world course of Mova's primary school with their options, 106 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/t1/) — Mum: "Less, Tom. L-E-S-S. Not 'never'." What is the fair next step for Tom? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/t2/) — Ella: "Where did I say that? You've been arguing with a ghost for five minutes." Which trick has she spotted? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/t3/) — What would happen if Kai had said at the start, "A test that others can repeat in real life would convince me"? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/t4/) — Ruby: "Or, wild idea, half and half? There are more than two games in the world, Leo." What did she do? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/t5/) — Ava: "I never said that! The pizza could be hotter, that's all. Your mum's custard is legendary." What did she do well? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/t6/) — A cousin in Canada: "Cats need nothing, eh? Mine needs a vet, a litter tray and a toque in winter, bud." Joke aside, what is the point? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/t7/) — Jade: "Or we look at the rota on the fridge, Freddie. It's literally right there." What did she offer? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/t8/) — The teacher: "Robots? He said uniforms, Lily. Answer what he said." Which reply answers what he said? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/t9/) — A Kiwi mate: "Scared of spiders, so scared of everything? Yeah nah, I did the biggest rollercoaster at Rainbow's End twice, chur." What is broken? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/t10/) — Ruby's friend: "So hide-and-seek with no hiding? That's just seek, Ruby. That's just looking at people." What is he laughing at? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/t11/) — A kid from Texas: "Y'all fixin' to say I hate dogs 'cause I like cats? I never said that." What is the fair way to answer her? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/t12/) — In a cartoon a referee carries the goal further away every time a player shoots. What does the cartoon show? — right ✓ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/e1/) — Identify the device employed where a person, on being presented with each successive piece of evidence that they had requested, demands evidence of a more exacting kind. — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/e2/) — It is given that a parent proposed a reduction in screen time on school nights and that the child replied that the parent wished him never to have fun again. Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reply? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/e3/) — Select the response that is consistent with fair procedure in respect of the rules of a game. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/e4/) — Ascertain the principal deficiency of the assertion "Either you feed the hamster or he starves" where a rota of duties exists. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [188. Check the claim, not the person](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/188-check-the-claim-not-the-person/) - next →: [190. Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/)