--- title: Mock ethics olympiad — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Mock ethics olympiad», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: In an ethics olympiad teams get a case, a short story with a hard choice, and discuss it in front of judges; they score for good thinking, no --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/) [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/) / Mock ethics olympiad # Mock ethics olympiad Lesson 50 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 18 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/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/0/) — In an ethics olympiad teams get a case, a short story with a hard choice, and discuss it in front of judges; they score for good thinking, not for "winning" an argument. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/1/) — First the team reads the case together, underlines the key facts and lists the stakeholders, everyone the choice affects; then it puts the ethical question into one clear sentence. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/2/) — The team builds a view with reasons, says honestly where members disagree, and each member presents a short part in turn. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/3/) — Judges ask questions: listen, think, then answer directly; saying "we had not considered that" is better than bluffing, and when the other team speaks you begin with what was good in their view. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/5/) — In an ethics olympiad teams discuss a case in front of judges and are scored on the quality of their thinking. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/6/) — Reading the case means finding the key facts and listing the stakeholders, everyone the choice affects. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/7/) — Preparation is half the work. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/8/) — The ethical question should be put in one clear sentence, because clear questions lead to clear answers. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/9/) — A team agrees a view with reasons, and honest disagreement within the team can be shared. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/10/) — Each team member presents part of the argument clearly and briefly. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/11/) — When judges ask a question, the team listens, thinks and answers directly. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/12/) — Saying "we had not considered that" impresses more than bluffing. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/13/) — When responding to another team, you begin with what was good in their view, then add to it or question it respectfully. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/14/) — Olympiads reward collaboration, not putting the other team down. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/15/) — Teams may draw on religious teaching, philosophy, law or experience, explaining why it matters to the case. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/16/) — Reasons should be understandable to people of any faith or none. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/17/) — After a round the team reviews what went well and what to improve. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/18/) — Winning well means thanking the judges and the other teams and celebrating good thinking on all sides. - ← previous: [Rights, duties and community dilemmas](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/49-rights-duties-and-community/) - next →: [Life begins: being born and growing up](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/51-life-begins-being-born-and-growing-up/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)