--- title: Cheating, rules and games — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Cheating, rules and games», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Cheating means breaking the rules in secret to get ahead, such as copying answers in a test, bending the rules of a game, or an athlete --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/) / Cheating, rules and games # Cheating, rules and games Lesson 44 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 17 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/0/) — Cheating means breaking the rules in secret to get ahead, such as copying answers in a test, bending the rules of a game, or an athlete taking banned drugs. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/1/) — Picture a spelling test where one child glances at a neighbour's paper: even if nobody notices, the mark is a lie about what that child knows, and it is unfair to everyone who learnt the words honestly. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/3/) — Rules matter, but some rules are unfair and should be challenged respectfully, and sometimes a more important duty, like fetching help for a hurt child, outweighs a small rule. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/4/) — Christians believe God sees what is done in secret and values honesty and humility, so a good player wins without boasting, loses without sulking, and would rather lose fairly than win by cheating. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/5/) — Cheating is breaking the rules in secret to gain an unfair advantage. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/6/) — Cheating in a test is unfair to others even if nobody finds out, and it hides what you really know. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/7/) — If you see a friend cheat, loyalty and fairness clash; a good first step is often to talk to your friend. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/8/) — A game is only fun and only a real win when everyone plays by the same rules. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/9/) — Doping means athletes taking banned drugs to perform better; it cheats honest competitors and can badly harm health. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/10/) — Help that lets you learn, such as an explanation, is fine; someone doing your work for you is cheating. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/11/) — Rules about using AI for homework differ between schools and are still debated; being honest about what you did is always required. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/12/) — Some rules are unfair, for example a rule that favours one group; the fair response is to challenge them respectfully, not to break them secretly. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/13/) — Sometimes a more important duty outweighs a rule, such as running in the corridor to fetch help for a hurt child. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/14/) — Sportsmanship means playing fairly, winning without boasting and losing without sulking. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/15/) — A good loser shakes hands, congratulates the winner and learns from the game. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/16/) — When his disciples were criticised for picking grain on the Sabbath, Jesus said "the Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath" (Mark 2:27), and he went on to heal a man on the Sabbath (Mark 3:1-5): rules are there to serve people. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/17/) — Christians believe God sees what is done in secret (Matthew 6:4), so honesty matters even when no one else is watching. - ← previous: [Sharing and fairness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/43-sharing-and-fairness/) - next →: [Whistle-blowing: when to tell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)