--- title: Dilemmas about truth and friendship — how Mova does on the tests · Religion ethics description: Lesson 41 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 12 tests right, exam 2 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/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/) [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/) / 41 # Dilemmas about truth and friendship **Tests:** 6 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 8 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 41 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/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/). 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/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/). ### Test 1 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t1} Your little brother says, "Lying is always wrong, even to a burglar asking where Mum keeps her purse." How do you best answer? - **1.** Lying is fine whenever you feel like it, so the question is silly — no support - **2.** You should ignore him, because little brothers never have good ideas — no support - **3.** He is right, and you must tell the burglar exactly where the purse is — no support - **4.** Most people think lying to stop harm or robbery is allowed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 8: «Lying to protect a friend who did wrong usually lets someone else take the blame and stops the friend from putting things right.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «let» (+2); the same doer «lying» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Your mate texts: "ur not gonna grass me up about the vase r u?? we're mates." What is the best reasoned reply? - **1.** Only if you give me your new game, then I'll keep quiet — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Mates, yes, but someone else might get blamed, so own up — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Shut up, you're an idiot and I'm telling everyone right now — no support - **4.** Course not, mates never tell on mates whatever happens — 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/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} A classmate who is not religious asks, "Why do Christians care so much about not lying?" What is the most respectful, accurate answer? - **1.** Because Christians think people who are not religious always lie — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** Christians do not care about lying, it is just a rule for church — no support - **3.** Christians believe God is truthful and wants people to be honest too — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** Because Christians are never allowed to change their mind about anything — score -2 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 41, line 15: «Christians believe God is truthful and wants people to be honest too; one of the Ten Commandments forbids lying about others.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «believe» (+2); the same doer «christians» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t4} Your sister says, "Ella told me a secret but it's a surprise party for Mum, so I should tell Mum to be honest." What do you say? - **1.** A happy surprise soon told is fine to keep — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** She must tell Mum, because every secret is a kind of lie — no support - **3.** She should tell Ella's teacher, because secrets must be reported — score 2 - **4.** She should tell the whole family, since surprises are dangerous — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 41, line 12: «A surprise is a happy secret that will soon be told; a dangerous secret hides harm and should be told to a trusted adult.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same property (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t5} Jack moans, "Freya told Miss that Ollie was pushing the little kids. Total snitch." Is Jack right? - **1.** No, but only because Freya is the teacher's favourite anyway — no support - **2.** Yes, because Freya only did it to get Ollie into trouble for fun — no support - **3.** No, Freya reported harm to protect the little ones — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **4.** Yes, telling a teacher about anything always makes you a snitch — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 13: «Telling tales is telling just to get someone into trouble; reporting harm is telling to protect someone.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «report» (+4); the same thing acted on «harm» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Your friend reads you her poem and asks, "Be honest, is it good?" It rhymes badly. Which reply best mixes honesty and kindness? - **1.** It's terrible, honestly, you should give up writing poems — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It's the best poem ever written, don't change a single word — no support - **3.** Whatever, I don't really care about poems, ask someone else — no support - **4.** I love the idea; some rhymes feel forced, want to fix them together? — **✓ 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/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Kids at the bus stop: "Dare ya to throw a stone at that car. Go on, chicken." What is the best-reasoned response? - **1.** Push the kid who dared you, because he deserves it for being so annoying — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Do it, because being called chicken is worse than any damage — no support - **3.** Throw it but miss on purpose, so you look brave and nobody is hurt — no support - **4.** Say no, because it could hurt someone, and dares don't make it OK — **✓ 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/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t8} Dad asks, "Were you with Tom all afternoon?" Tom begged you to say yes, but he was at the river alone. What is the best choice? - **1.** Say yes, and then tell Tom he owes you a big favour — no support - **2.** Tell the truth, because his parents need to know he may be in danger — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 - **3.** Say you can't remember, so you are not really lying — no support - **4.** Say yes, because Tom is your best friend and he asked you really nicely — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 41, line 2: «Imagine your friend knocks a vase off the teacher's desk, and the teacher asks the class who did it. You want to tell the truth, and you also want to stand by…», 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). 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/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t9} A judge at the olympiad asks: "Isn't loyalty always good?" What is the best-reasoned answer? - **1.** Loyalty is good, but loyalty to wrongdoing hurts people, so it has limits — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** Yes, loyalty is always good, because the Bible says so and that ends the matter — score 5 - **3.** Yes, because if you are not loyal people will call you names — no support - **4.** No, loyalty is silly, because you can never trust any friend — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 41, line 5: «For a child today this means: loyalty is good, but not loyalty to wrongdoing; secrets that put someone in danger must be told to a trusted adult; and a real fr…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «loyalty» (+2); the same property (+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/religion-ethics/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} A Muslim classmate says, "In my family we also keep promises very seriously." What is the best response? - **1.** Who cares, promises are only important at church — no support - **2.** That's impossible, only Christians care about keeping promises they have made — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **3.** That's true for us too; many faiths teach that promises create real duties — **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** That's nice but your promises do not count as real promises — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 3, line 5: «Christians disagree about whether the flood covered the whole world, but they agree on its lesson: God takes wrongdoing seriously, rescues those who trust him…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «keep» (+2); the same thing acted on «promises» (+2). 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/religion-ethics/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t11} You promised to help Gran on Saturday, but your football team gets a surprise match. What is the best-reasoned approach? - **1.** Skip both, because if you cannot do both you should do neither — no support - **2.** Talk to Gran honestly; keep the promise unless she truly agrees to change the day — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** Go to the match and tell Gran you were ill, so she is not upset — no support - **4.** Go to the match because Gran is old and will soon forget — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 41, line 19: «Some promises can be outweighed by a more serious duty, such as helping someone who is hurt, and then you should explain and apologise.», 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 «promises» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} Your cousin says, "Kant said lying is always wrong, so everyone agrees on the murderer at the door." What is wrong with this? - **1.** Kant said lying is always right, which is the opposite — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Kant never wrote about lying, so the cousin made it up — no support - **3.** Nothing is wrong, everyone agrees with Kant about this puzzle — no support - **4.** Kant held that, but most people think the lie is allowed — **✓ 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/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following most accurately characterises a moral dilemma? - **1.** A situation wherein two obligations, each apparently binding, cannot both be fulfilled — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** A situation wherein a single rule is obeyed without any difficulty whatsoever — no support - **3.** A situation wherein the correct course of action is established by a majority vote — no support - **4.** A situation wherein the agent possesses no obligations of any kind — 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/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Identify the principal distinction between the reporting of harm and the telling of tales. - **1.** The former is invariably anonymous; the latter is invariably public — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The former is permitted only to adults; the latter only to minors — no support - **3.** The former concerns trivial and petty matters; the latter concerns grave and serious matters — no support - **4.** The former is undertaken to protect a person; the latter to procure another's punishment — **✓ 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/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Given that a friend has confided a secret which conceals a danger to that friend, select the response most consistent with sound ethical reasoning. - **1.** Disclosure to a trusted adult, the friend's safety outweighing the confidence — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Preservation of the confidence in all circumstances, a promise being absolute — no support - **3.** Abstention from any action, the matter lying beyond the agent's concern — no support - **4.** Publication of the matter to the entire class without delay — 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/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Ascertain which statement concerning the passage "speaking the truth in love" (Ephesians 4:15) is consistent with Christian teaching. - **1.** Honesty is required solely in respect of persons whom the speaker loves — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Honesty ought to be exercised with gentleness and regard for the welfare of the hearer — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Truth ought to be declared loudly and in public irrespective of its effect upon others — no support - **4.** Falsehood is permissible wheresoever it is expressed affectionately — 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/41-dilemmas-about-truth-and-friendship/e4/) - ← previous: [40. How to argue: counter-arguments and respect](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect/) - next →: [42. Finders keepers and what belongs to whom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/)