--- title: White lies and kind silence — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 196 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 9 of 21 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/) / 196 # White lies and kind silence **Tests:** 9 of 21 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 16 of 25 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 196 of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/). Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} A boy in Dublin gets socks he finds boring from his uncle. Which reply is both honest and kind? - **1.** «Thanks, it was really kind of you to think of me» — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** «Socks aren't a real present» — no support - **3.** «I already have far too many socks, so you can keep these» — no support - **4.** «These are the coolest socks ever made» — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Which of these is kind silence and not a lie? - **1.** Saying you have the very same shoes at home when you don't — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Saying you love the shoes when you hate them — no support - **3.** Not mentioning that you dislike a friend's new shoes — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Telling others her shoes are ugly — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Why is a surprise party secret okay but a secret an adult says to keep forever is not? - **1.** A surprise ends soon and makes someone happy — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** Party secrets are short and all others are long — no support - **3.** Adults are never allowed to keep any secrets at all — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **4.** Any secret at all is fine if it is about a party — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 123, line 19: «An adult who asks a child to keep a secret from their parents is a warning sign, so tell your parent anyway.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «secret» (+2); the same action «keep» (+1); the same doer «adult» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} A girl in Perth is about to read her poem at assembly and asks your opinion. One line is hard to hear. What is best? - **1.** Say you are too busy to listen to it — no support - **2.** Praise what is good and suggest she read that line louder — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** Tell her not to read it at all — score 4 - **4.** Tell her it is completely flawless so that she feels confident — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 126, line 7: «A girl in Texas left a party without saying goodbye or thanks; the host's mum thought something was wrong and phoned around worried until she was found at home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «girl» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} Your friend's dog ran away while you were walking it together, and she asks if it was her fault. It was not. Why should you say so? - **1.** Because you should always blame yourself — no support - **2.** Because she will never ask again — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **3.** Because the truth never matters to friends — score 5 - **4.** A comforting truth helps her and is honest — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 196, line 4: «Kind honesty matters most when someone will act on your answer: a friend about to sing at a talent show needs a gentle true tip, not a false «it's perfect». An…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «friend» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} A classmate keeps asking why your parents live apart. What can you honestly do? - **1.** Pretend you did not hear him ask anything — score 3 - **2.** Invent a story about it so that he stops asking you questions — **← Mova's choice** · score 9 - **3.** Tell him absolutely everything to be polite — no support - **4.** Say you would rather not talk about it — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 101, line 18: «Questions about where babies come from are best asked to a parent, who can explain in a way right for your age.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «questions» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «ask» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Why can a false «it's perfect» be unkind? - **1.** Because nobody really likes to hear good things about their work — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Because it is always rude to be nice — no support - **3.** The person may act on it and be embarrassed later — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Because praise always makes people lazy — no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} A new boy brings rice and fish for lunch that smells strong to you. What is the kind choice? - **1.** Tell the teacher the smell is a problem — score 5 - **2.** Ask him loudly why he eats such strange food instead of sandwiches — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** Warn the others to sit far away — no support - **4.** Say nothing about it, since families eat different foods — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 85, line 4: «At a party in Auckland a boy with a peanut allergy tells the host's parent before eating, reads the label on the biscuits, and has a safe, happy afternoon.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+3); the same doer «boy» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} nan knitted me an ugly jumper, what do i even say - **1.** Say you'll wear it every day, then hide it at the back of a drawer — no support - **2.** Tell her it's ugly — no support - **3.** Thank her warmly for the thought and effort — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** Give it straight back — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 196, line 2: «Example: Grandma knits you a jumper you do not like and asks if you like it. You can say «Thank you, it's so cosy, and you remembered my favourite colour!» Eve…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «thank» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} my bro says santa isnt real, tell my lil sis? - **1.** Yes, and tell the whole class too, so everyone knows the truth — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yes, she needs the truth now — no support - **3.** No, families decide that, don't spoil it for her — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Only tell her on her birthday — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} mate's drawing is meh and she's gonna enter it in the contest - **1.** Give honest, gentle tips to help her improve — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Tell her it's terrible — no support - **3.** Tell her it's perfect so she feels good when she enters it — no support - **4.** Say nothing and laugh — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12} my mates crying, says the team lost cos of her, it wasnt tho - **1.** Tell her the truth kindly: it wasn't your fault — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Say nothing at all — no support - **3.** Agree it was her fault — no support - **4.** Tell her to stop crying because the game doesn't matter anyway — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13} gran's jumper is a bit itchy, tell her i hate it? - **1.** Throw it away in front of her so she doesn't knit another one — no support - **2.** Give it back angrily — no support - **3.** Tell her it's horrible — no support - **4.** Thank her kindly for the effort, no need to say it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 196, line 2: «Example: Grandma knits you a jumper you do not like and asks if you like it. You can say «Thank you, it's so cosy, and you remembered my favourite colour!» Eve…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «thank» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★ · right ✓ {#t14} friend says don't tell, she's hurting herself - **1.** Tell everyone at school — no support - **2.** Ignore it — no support - **3.** Keep it secret, you promised, and promises always come first — score 0 - **4.** Tell a trusted adult, her safety matters more — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 91, line 19: «If a friend says he wants to disappear or hurt himself, tell a trusted adult straight away, even if he asked you to keep it secret.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «trusted adult» (+4); the same action «tell» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t14/) ### Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t15} mate asks if his drawing's good, it's kinda meh - **1.** Rip it up — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Laugh at it — no support - **3.** Say it's the worst ever — no support - **4.** Say something kind and true, like a part you like — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t15/) ### Test 16 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t16} did u hear Kate's haircut, apparently her mum did it with garden shears lol, everyone's saying she looks awful - **1.** Spread it, it's only a joke — no support - **2.** Don't spread it; kind silence about looks is better than mean gossip — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Tell Kate she looks awful — no support - **4.** The garden shears part is surely true, so everyone ought to hear about it — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 19, line 15: «A surprise is something nice that everyone will find out about soon.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find out» (+3); the same doer «everyone» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t16/) ### Test 17 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t17} my mate says Ava's got cuts on her arm but made him swear not to tell, people say she's just attention seeking - **1.** Don't gossip, but a trusted adult must know, her safety matters most — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Ignore it, it's attention seeking — no support - **3.** Keep it secret, he swore — no support - **4.** Tell the whole class so that they can all keep an eye on her and help out — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 114, line 4: «For example, a girl in Arizona finds a water bottle of blue liquid in the garage; she does not taste it, because people sometimes keep chemicals in old drink b…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same doer «people» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t17/) ### Test 18 · ★ · right ✓ {#t18} apparently Leo told his nan he loved her knitted jumper but he HATES it, he's such a liar right - **1.** Yes, he should go back and tell her that the jumper is ugly and itchy — no support - **2.** Lying to nans is always fine — no support - **3.** He should give the jumper away — no support - **4.** Not really; thanking her warmly for her effort can be true and kind — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 196, line 2: «Example: Grandma knits you a jumper you do not like and asks if you like it. You can say «Thank you, it's so cosy, and you remembered my favourite colour!» Eve…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «thank» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t18/) ### Test 19 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t19} auntie asked if mum's new "friend" is coming to xmas and mum went red and said "don't" — what's going on and what do i say? - **1.** Mum is angry at the friend, so you should ask the friend to stay away at Christmas — no support - **2.** Auntie means a work friend, so tell everyone at school — no support - **3.** It's a secret game, so keep asking mum until she says — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **4.** Mum may have a new boyfriend she isn't ready to talk about; let her tell you — **✓ the right answer** · score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 195, line 13: «Saying «Mum said I could» when she did not is a trick to make a lie hard to argue with, so check with the adult yourself.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «mum» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t19/) ### Test 20 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t20} my mate asked "is it true ur big sister's got a boyfriend??" and she made me promise not to tell. what's kind and honest? - **1.** Say she's horrible and nobody would date her — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Make up a fake name so nobody guesses — no support - **3.** Tell the whole class so the secret's out and it's all done with — no support - **4.** Say «that's her business, ask her» without lying or telling — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t20/) ### Test 21 · ★ · right ✓ {#t21} gran whispered "those two are a bit more than friends, if you know what I mean" about the neighbours. what does she mean and what do you do? - **1.** They broke a rule, so you tell the police — no support - **2.** They are probably a couple; that is their private business, so leave it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** They are secretly enemies, so you warn them — no support - **4.** They must be cousins, so you go and ask them all about their family tree — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 196, line 19: «When grown-ups call someone a «friend» in a special way, or say two people are «more than friends», they usually mean a boyfriend or girlfriend, a couple; that…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «private business» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/t21/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following constitutes the recommended response upon receiving a gift one does not like? - **1.** Tell the giver plainly that the gift is not liked — score 5 - **2.** Thank the giver warmly for their thought and effort — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** Return the gift without saying anything at all — score 2 - **4.** Say the gift is perfect and the best ever made — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 196, line 7: «You can thank someone warmly for their thought and effort even when you do not like the gift.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «thank» (+3); the same property (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Identify the circumstance in which kind silence is NOT appropriate. - **1.** When one is asked about a private family matter — no support - **2.** When a friend's haircut is not to one's taste — no support - **3.** When someone is being hurt or is hurting themselves — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** When one does not like a lunch someone chose — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 94, line 3: «Guilt is the bad feeling after you have hurt someone; it shows that you care, and saying sorry and doing something kind lets it go.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+3); the same thing acted on «someone» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} It is given that a friend will sing at a talent show and asks for an opinion. Determine the most suitable answer. - **1.** A refusal to say anything whatsoever — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A blunt remark that it is the worst — no support - **3.** A gentle, true tip that helps them improve — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** A false assurance that it is perfect — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Select the statement consistent with the established facts concerning a surprise party. - **1.** It is private and must be kept forever — score 4 - **2.** It is a promise that must never be revealed — no support - **3.** It is a happy secret that ends soon and makes someone glad — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12 - **4.** It is a harmful lie that should be told at once — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 196, line 4: «Kind honesty matters most when someone will act on your answer: a friend about to sing at a talent show needs a gentle true tip, not a false «it's perfect». An…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «secrets» (+4); the same thing acted on «someone» (+3); the same property (+3); the same action «make» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/e4/) - ← previous: [195. Why people lie, and what is not a lie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/195-why-people-lie/) - next →: [197. Lies that do real harm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/197-harmful-lies/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)