--- title: Being lied to and how it feels — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 452 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 11 tests right, exam 1 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/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/) [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/) / 452 # Being lied to and how it feels **Tests:** 3 of 11 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 13 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 452 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/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/). 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/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/). ### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1} Mate: «I never told no-one ur secret, swear down». Three people heard it from her. What's the most likely truth? - **1.** Secrets spread by magic — no support - **2.** She told it and is lying now — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** Three people guessed it — score 2 - **4.** Mia told it herself, without thinking — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 452, line 1: «Mia told her best friend Chloe a secret, and Chloe promised not to tell. By break, three people knew. When Mia asked, Chloe said «I never said anything» — but…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mia» (+4); the same action «tell» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/t1/) ### Test 2 · right ✓ {#t2} Aisha: «you owe me a fiver». Friend: «I gave it back, don't you remember?» Aisha knows she didn't. What helps most? - **1.** Never speak to anyone again — no support - **2.** Pay the friend another fiver — score 4 - **3.** Trust what she knows, tell a grown-up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **4.** Believe the friend, she must be right — 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 452, line 3: «Some lies try to make you doubt yourself. Aisha lent a friend £5 «till Friday». On Friday: «I already gave it back, don't you remember?» Aisha felt confused, t…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «aisha» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/t2/) ### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3} Kirsty's mum: «Aye, that's two-faced, hen.» What is Mum saying about the friend? - **1.** She looks like a chicken — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** She's got a lovely face — no support - **3.** She's nice to Kirsty's face but not behind her back — **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** She's a very good friend, with a kind face — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 414, line 1: «Ollie was playing a building game on the family tablet when a shiny button offered «MEGA COIN CHEST». He pressed it, the tablet went «ding», and the coins rain…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mum» (+4); the same action «look» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/t3/) ### Test 4 · wrong ✗ {#t4} Noah, gutted: «I'm so stupid for lending it.» What's true? - **1.** He should never lend again, ever, because people always lie — no support - **2.** It was his fault for having cards — no support - **3.** Yes, he is stupid for lending — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** Trusting isn't stupid; the liar should feel ashamed — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 452, line 3: «Some lies try to make you doubt yourself. Aisha lent a friend £5 «till Friday». On Friday: «I already gave it back, don't you remember?» Aisha felt confused, t…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3). 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/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/t4/) ### Test 5 · right ✓ {#t5} Dad: «Wouldn't miss it, mate.» Doesn't show. «Stuck at work.» Leo knows it was the pub. What could Leo do? - **1.** Lie back to Dad next time — no support - **2.** Stop playing football forever — score 9 - **3.** Tell Dad how it made him feel — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12 - **4.** Pretend he didn't mind at all — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 414, line 3: «Not everyone in the cast made mistakes by accident. Priya saw her dad's card on the kitchen table and copied the numbers onto a scrap of paper «just in case».…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «tell» (+4); the same receiver «dad» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/t5/) ### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6} «Teacher said you're the worst in the class lol.» What should Oisin do first? - **1.** Tell everyone the teacher's mean — **← Mova's choice** · score 9 - **2.** Stop going to school for good — no support - **3.** Ask the teacher directly — **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **4.** Cry and believe it's true — score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 450, line 2: «Noah asked his mate what he did at the weekend. «Stuff.» What stuff? «Just stuff.» Where? «Places.» Too few details can mean a lie — or a secret that hurts. No…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «tell» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 9. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/t6/) ### Test 7 · wrong ✗ {#t7} Coach: «I never PROMISED anything.» Jack is furious. What can't the coach take away? - **1.** Jack's team shirt — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** The fitness Jack gained — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Jack's birthday — score 4 - **4.** Jack's football boots — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 353, line 6: «Someone else's success does not take anything away from you.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same action «take away» (-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/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/t7/) ### Test 8 · right ✓ {#t8} What would happen if Ella had told Hannah «I'm going to the beach instead, sorry»? - **1.** Hannah would be sad, but less hurt than by the lie — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 - **2.** Hannah would be far more upset — no support - **3.** Nothing — Hannah would not care — no support - **4.** Hannah would come to the beach with them next time — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 452, line 4: «Lies inside families and friendships hurt most. Sam's older brother spent the birthday money Grandma posted and said «It never came, mate.» Grandma said «I def…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+5); the same circumstance (+5). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/t8/) ### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9} Big bro: «Gran's money never came, mate.» Gran: «I posted it, love.» What's the simplest check? - **1.** Gran posted it, so ask what happened to it — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Believe the brother because he's older and knows the post — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** Ask the postman to guess — no support - **4.** Write to the King — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 452, line 4: «Lies inside families and friendships hurt most. Sam's older brother spent the birthday money Grandma posted and said «It never came, mate.» Grandma said «I def…», 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 «own brother» (+2). Against it: a different doer (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/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/t9/) ### Test 10 · wrong ✗ {#t10} In a cartoon, the kid who gets lied to just shrugs and is fine in one second. What's more true? - **1.** Lies never hurt real people — no support - **2.** Only grown-ups get hurt by lies — no support - **3.** Cartoon kids are always right — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** Being lied to can hurt for a while — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 399, line 4: «Mia's sofa fitted five, and the sixth kid always ended up on the floor. So they piled cushions on the floor and called it the VIP section, and suddenly everyon…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3). 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/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/t10/) ### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11} Liam's class: «what, it's your birthday tomorrow, innit?» Then cake at 3 pm! Liam: «You lot are horrible.» Is he really cross? - **1.** Yes, he'll never forgive them — no support - **2.** No, he didn't notice the joke — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **3.** No, he's relieved and happy — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yes, he hates cake and surprises — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 16, line 5: «Example: Liam in Toronto remembers «left at the library, right at the bridge, our building is opposite the park» — and finds his way home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, 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/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Identify the principal reason for which a falsehood told by a friend concerning a betrayed confidence is commonly experienced as a twofold injury. - **1.** The injury is experienced on two days — no support - **2.** The confidence is broken and a falsehood is then added — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** The friend has told two separate confidences on two occasions — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **4.** The friend has two faces — 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 256, line 20: «Safe adults never ask children to keep secrets that worry them; such a secret is told to a parent or another trusted adult.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same thing acted on «secret» (+2). 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/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} It is given that a borrower asserts that a loan was repaid, whereas the lender is certain it was not. Select the response consistent with the established advice. - **1.** The lender should accept the borrower's assertion — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The lender should repay the sum herself — no support - **3.** The lender should rely upon her own knowledge and inform a trusted adult — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The lender should conceal the matter — 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/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the shame associated with having been deceived? - **1.** It belongs properly to the deceiver and not to the person deceived — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** It is an indication of foolishness — no support - **3.** It belongs exclusively to the person deceived, who ought to have known better — score 5 - **4.** It belongs equally to all persons present — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 452, line 11: «When someone tricks you, the shame belongs to the person who lied, not to the one who trusted.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same action «belong» (+2). Against it: the same doer «shame» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Determine the most appropriate response to a report that a third party has made a hurtful remark about oneself. - **1.** To repeat the report to others — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** To retaliate against the third party — no support - **3.** To verify the report directly with the third party — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** To accept the report without inquiry — 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/452-being-lied-to-and-how-it-feels/e4/) - ← previous: [451. 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