--- title: Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness — how Mova does on the tests · Religion ethics description: Lesson 34 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 12 tests right, exam 0 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/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/) / 34 # Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness **Tests:** 6 of 12 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 9 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 34 of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/). 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/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} Ben dropped Mum's phone and the screen cracked; he wants to say the cat did it. What is the best-reasoned choice? - **1.** Say nothing, because it was an accident anyway — no support - **2.** Blame the cat, because nobody can punish a cat — no support - **3.** Hide the phone so nobody knows anything — no support - **4.** Tell the truth; a lie might be found out and would break Mum's trust — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 2: «Honesty means telling the truth and not deceiving; a white lie, like saying you love a present you dislike, is told to be kind, and people disagree about such…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «truth» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Your little sister retells the fable: "The boy cried wolf and everyone came every time, the end." Put her right. - **1.** He never cried at all and the wolf went home — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** The villagers chased the boy away right at the very start — no support - **3.** The wolf turned out to be his pet dog all along — no support - **4.** After his lies nobody came when the real wolf did — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 8: «In the fable by Aesop, an ancient Greek teller of animal stories, the boy who cried wolf was not believed when a real wolf came.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+3); the same doer «boy» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (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/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} "just say you love the drawing, who cares, it's a lie but whatever" What is the best answer? - **1.** Say nothing and walk off so you don't have to choose — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** You can be kind and honest: praise what you really like in it — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Lie, because people's feelings matter more than the truth every time — no support - **4.** Tell her it's rubbish, because truth is all that counts — 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/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Mr Ellis gives Josh, who uses a wheelchair, the room with the ramp. "Not fair!" says a kid. Best-reasoned reply? - **1.** Who cares, it's Josh's problem, not ours — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It is fair because Mr Ellis is the teacher, end of — no support - **3.** It is fair: Josh needs the ramp to have the same chance — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It isn't fair: everyone must have exactly the same room — 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/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} "move, loser, nobody wants you on the team" — Leo says this to Sam every break. What is it? - **1.** Bullying: hurting Sam again and again — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 - **2.** A normal argument between equals — no support - **3.** Fair, because Leo is better at football — no support - **4.** Just a joke, so it doesn't count — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 5: «Bullying, hurting again and again someone who finds it hard to defend themselves, is always wrong, and bystanders can help stop it; gratitude, noticing good th…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+6); the same doer «bullying» (+5). 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/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} A Hindu friend asks: "Do Christians think only Christians should be kind?" Best answer? - **1.** No, Christians are told not to be kind — no support - **2.** Yes, kindness belongs to Christians only — no support - **3.** Yes, other people cannot really be kind — no support - **4.** No, Christians believe everyone should be kind, and many faiths teach it — **← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 13: «Christians believe God forgives anyone who is truly sorry, because of Jesus.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «believe» (+4); the same doer «christians» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} You see Mia crying alone at lunch. Which shows empathy? - **1.** Think she's just being dramatic and ignore her so she stops crying — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Imagine how lonely she feels and ask if she wants to sit with you — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Wait for a teacher to notice instead — no support - **4.** Tell everyone she was crying — 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/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8} There are 9 sweets and 3 kids; Ollie, the biggest, takes 5 "cos I'm bigger". Is his reason fair? - **1.** No, being bigger does not give a fair claim to more — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** No, but only because sweets are unhealthy — no support - **3.** Yes, because he got there first — no support - **4.** Yes, bigger people always deserve more because they need more food — 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/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} Classmate: "Saying thank you is pointless, they had to give it to you anyway." Best-reasoned reply? - **1.** Thanks is pointless, you're right, nobody needs it — no support - **2.** Saying thanks is a rule, so just do it — no support - **3.** You only say thanks so you get more next time — no support - **4.** Thanks shows you noticed their kindness, and it makes both of you happier — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 5: «Bullying, hurting again and again someone who finds it hard to defend themselves, is always wrong, and bystanders can help stop it; gratitude, noticing good th…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} Judge's follow-up: "Is it ever right to stay silent when a friend is bullied?" - **1.** Yes, because it isn't your fight — no support - **2.** Yes, because the friend might be the bully later — no support - **3.** No; staying silent can let it go on, so tell an adult and support them — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** No, because you should hit the bully back — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 31, line 5: «For a Christian child today this means you may have Muslim friends who fast, pray and keep halal food, and the right thing is to learn what they really believe…», 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 «muslim friends» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Why might people stop believing someone who exaggerates all the time? - **1.** Because exaggerating is against the law in most places — no support - **2.** They learn not to trust what that person says — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Because people never believe anything children say — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **4.** Because they are jealous of other people's good stories — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 10: «There is often a way to be both honest and kind, for example thanking someone for their thought.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+2); the same doer «people» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). 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/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} crap, I told Dad I finished my homework but I didn't. what now? - **1.** Copy a friend's homework fast before he finds out — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Own up to Dad and do the homework now — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Keep quiet and hope he never checks your books — no support - **4.** Say the teacher forgot to set any homework this week — 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/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the moral of Aesop's fable of the boy who cried wolf? - **1.** Solitary labour is inadvisable for persons of tender years — no support - **2.** Loud exclamation invariably secures prompt assistance — no support - **3.** Habitual deceit forfeits trust, such that even truthful words are disbelieved — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Wolves constitute a greater danger than villagers commonly suppose — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 1: «In Aesop's fable a shepherd boy cried "Wolf!" for fun so many times that, when a real wolf came, nobody believed him; trust is built on honesty, and once it is…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «real wolf» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). 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/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Identify the principal distinction between equality and equity. - **1.** The former applies to adults; the latter solely to minors — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The former is just; the latter invariably unjust — no support - **3.** The two terms are wholly synonymous — no support - **4.** The former confers identical provision; the latter, provision according to need — **✓ 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/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Select the response that is consistent with the established definition of bullying. - **1.** Competition in which one team is defeated by another — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Any instance in which a pupil is corrected by a teacher — no support - **3.** A single disagreement between parties of equal standing — no support - **4.** Repeated harm inflicted upon a person who has difficulty defending himself or herself — **✓ 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/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Ascertain the formulation of the Golden Rule as taught by Jesus. - **1.** Do unto others as they have done unto you — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** Do unto others as your elders instruct — no support - **3.** Do unto others solely as they deserve, according to their merit — no support - **4.** Do unto others as you would have them do unto you — **✓ the right answer** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 17, line 13: «Jesus' Golden Rule is «Do to others what you would have them do to you».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «others» (+3); the same circumstance (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/e4/) - ← previous: [33. Buddhism, humanism and respect for every belief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect/) - next →: [35. 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