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title: Sharing and fairness — how Mova does on the tests · Religion ethics
description: Lesson 43 of the religion ethics 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.
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# Sharing and fairness

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**Tests:** 3 of 11 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 8 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 43 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/43-sharing-and-fairness/).

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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/43-sharing-and-fairness/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Your brother grabs the bigger half of the last brownie and says, "I cut it, so I pick, them's the rules." How do you put him right?

- **1.** The older child always gets the bigger piece, so that's fine — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The fair rule is one cuts and the other chooses, so you pick first — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Brownies should never be shared, so neither of you gets one — no support
- **4.** He is right, the person who cuts should always get first pick — no support

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**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/43-sharing-and-fairness/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Mia says, "Josh's mum is coming with Josh, and I'm hiding my new tablet. Is that selfish?" What is the best answer?

- **1.** Yes, she must give Josh the tablet to keep to show she cares — no support
- **2.** It's fair to keep one special thing if she shares the rest — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** Yes, hiding anything at all makes her a terrible friend — no support
- **4.** No, and she should hide every toy she owns as well — no support

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**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 42, line 13: «Borrowing without asking takes away the owner's right to say no, even if you give the thing back.», 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 «thing» (+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/43-sharing-and-fairness/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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A boy at football yells, "Oi, Sam's always picked last cos he's rubbish, deal with it." What is the best-reasoned reply?

- **1.** Say nothing, because picking teams has nothing to do with fairness — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** Being picked last hurts; drawing names is fairer — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He's right, rubbish players should always be picked last — score -2
- **4.** Tell him he's an idiot and kick the ball at him — score 5

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**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 43, line 15: «When captains always pick the same children last, fairer ways include numbering off, drawing names, or a teacher making the teams.», 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 «teams» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/religion-ethics/43-sharing-and-fairness/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Three kids won a science prize of 30 pounds; Ruby did most of the work. Her friend says, "Equal split, end of." What does a judge want to hear?

- **1.** The teacher should keep the money, since nobody can agree — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Ruby should take it all, because the others did nothing useful — no support
- **3.** There are reasons for equal and for effort shares; talk it over — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Equal split, end of, because that is the rule in every situation — no support

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**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/43-sharing-and-fairness/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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A classmate who is not religious asks, "Do you have to be religious to think sharing is right?" What is the best answer?

- **1.** No, because sharing is not really a good thing anyway — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** Yes, people without a religion are never generous — no support
- **3.** Yes, only religious people believe in sharing — no support
- **4.** No, humanists and people of every faith and none teach sharing — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 42, line 3: «The commandment "You shall not steal" covers more than grabbing things: keeping extra change, borrowing without asking, copying someone's work and using what w…», 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 «things» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). 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/43-sharing-and-fairness/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Your sister moans, "Why should I share my sweets with Ben? He never shares his." What is the best-reasoned answer?

- **1.** Take his sweets when he isn't looking, so it's fair — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Share because it is kind, not only to get something back — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** You should never share with Ben, because he deserves nothing — no support
- **4.** You must share all your sweets, every single time, forever — no support

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**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/43-sharing-and-fairness/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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The girls at break say, "You can't play, it's our game, go away." There's plenty of room. What is the best response?

- **1.** Accept it quietly, because groups can always leave out anyone they like for any reason — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** Calmly say there's room for one more, and tell a teacher if being left out keeps happening — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Shout that they are all stupid and ruin their game — score 2
- **4.** Pretend you didn't want to play, and never speak to them again — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 43, line 14: «A group can sometimes have a good reason to limit a game, such as a full team, but not a reason that is unkind to one person.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «group» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-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/religion-ethics/43-sharing-and-fairness/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Your friend says, "The widow gave only two coins, so she was the least generous." How do you put him right?

- **1.** Jesus said she gave the most, because it was all she had — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** Jesus said she should have kept the coins for herself — no support
- **3.** She gave nothing at all, the coins were for the temple guard — score 5
- **4.** He is right, the size of a gift is all that matters — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 43, line 4: «Christians believe God gives gifts to share; the first Christians shared what they had so that no one was in need, and Jesus praised a poor widow who gave two…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same doer «god» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/43-sharing-and-fairness/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Dad says, "The computer's for everyone, but your brother's on it all evening, sod it." What is a fair fix?

- **1.** Let the oldest child have it every evening — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Whoever gets to the computer first can stay as long as they want — no support
- **3.** Ban everyone from the computer for good — no support
- **4.** A timetable with equal turns that everyone knows in advance — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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/43-sharing-and-fairness/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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A judge at the olympiad asks: "If one child is hungry and another is not, should food be shared equally?" What is the best-reasoned answer?

- **1.** Sharing by need, because the hungry child is still hungry — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yes, always equal, because fairness can only mean exactly the same — no support
- **3.** No, the one who is not hungry should get it all to save it — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** It depends only on which child is more popular in the class — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 39, line 4: «They also test an answer by changing the details (what if it were a stranger, not a friend?) and, when they say "it depends", they say on what.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «answer» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «stranger» (+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/religion-ethics/43-sharing-and-fairness/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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A Muslim friend says, "We give zakat every year, part of our savings to the poor." What is the best response?

- **1.** That's a secret tax, so it doesn't count as sharing — no support
- **2.** That's a waste, because the poor will never use money well — no support
- **3.** That's not real charity, only Christians give properly — score 2
- **4.** That's like Christian giving to charity; many faiths teach sharing with the poor — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 11, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 43, line 18: «Many faiths and humanists teach that the rich should share with the poor; Christians give to charity, Muslims give zakat and Sikhs share food in the langar.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «teach» (+6); the same doer «many faiths» (+5). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/43-sharing-and-fairness/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the procedure whereby one party divides an item and the other selects a portion?

- **1.** A method of division permissible solely between persons of identical age — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A method of division which confers the larger portion upon the divider invariably — no support
- **3.** A method of division wherein the selector is compelled to accept the nearer portion — no support
- **4.** A method of division which secures fairness, the divider being induced to make the portions equal — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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/43-sharing-and-fairness/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Identify the three principal conceptions of fairness in the distribution of goods.

- **1.** Distribution in equal shares, distribution according to need, and distribution according to effort — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Distribution to friends, distribution to relatives, and distribution to none — no support
- **3.** Distribution according to age, distribution according to height, and distribution by chance — no support
- **4.** Distribution to the strongest, the loudest, and the earliest to arrive — no support

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**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/43-sharing-and-fairness/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the early Christian community as described in Acts 4:32-35.

- **1.** Possessions were distributed exclusively among the apostles' own families — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Possessions were sold and the proceeds retained by the wealthiest members — no support
- **3.** Possessions were held in common in order that no member should be in want — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Possessions were surrendered in their entirety to the Roman authorities — no support

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**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/43-sharing-and-fairness/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Given that a group excludes a child from a game in which places remain available, ascertain the response most consistent with sound ethical reasoning.

- **1.** The exclusion is justified, provided that the child is unfamiliar to the group — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** The exclusion is of no moral consequence, games being trivial matters — no support
- **3.** The exclusion is unjustified, no fair reason existing and harm being done to the child — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The exclusion is justified, a group being entitled to exclude whomsoever it pleases — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 27, line 2: «In these groups children learn Bible stories, pray, sing, make friends and are free to ask honest questions about faith.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «children» (+3); the same circumstance (+3). 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/43-sharing-and-fairness/e4/)

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- ← previous: [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/)
- next →: [44. Cheating, rules and games](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/)
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