--- title: Cheating, rules and games — how Mova does on the tests · Religion ethics description: Lesson 44 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 11 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/44-cheating-rules-and-games/) [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/) / 44 # Cheating, rules and games **Tests:** 3 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 12 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 44 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/44-cheating-rules-and-games/). 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/44-cheating-rules-and-games/). ### Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Your mate whispers in the spelling test, "Psst, what's number 6? Nobody's looking." What is the best-reasoned response? - **1.** Tell him the wrong answer on purpose to teach him a lesson — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Tell the teacher at once, loudly, so that he gets into really big trouble in front of everyone — no support - **3.** Don't tell him; it's unfair on the others, and offer to practise with him after — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Tell him, because a friend in need comes before any rule — 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/44-cheating-rules-and-games/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Your brother brags, "I moved my counter two squares when you weren't looking, so I won Monopoly, ha!" What is the best reply? - **1.** Fine, I'll cheat even more next time to get you back, and then we're even — no support - **2.** Games don't have real rules, so it doesn't matter — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** Well done, being sneaky is part of every game — no support - **4.** That's not a real win, the game only works if we both play by the rules — **✓ the right answer** · 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 37, line 5: «Often all three agree, as when you help a hurt child; when they clash, as with lying to protect someone, a strong olympiad answer looks at all three, and Chris…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «commandments» (+2). Against it: 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/44-cheating-rules-and-games/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Your cousin says, "That runner took drugs but he still ran the race himself, so it's not cheating." Is he right? - **1.** No, banned drugs give an unfair edge over honest runners and can harm health — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** Yes, as long as he did all of the running himself with his own legs, it is fair — no support - **3.** Yes, because all runners take drugs anyway — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **4.** No, but only because the drugs are expensive — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 44, line 1: «Cheating means breaking the rules in secret to get ahead, such as copying answers in a test, bending the rules of a game, or an athlete taking banned drugs.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «banned drugs» (+4); the same action «take» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Your friend says, "My dad did my whole project, but I coloured it in, so it's mine." What is the best answer? - **1.** It's fine as long as the teacher gives it a gold star — no support - **2.** Yes, colouring it in makes the whole project yours — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **3.** Yes, because dads are allowed to do homework for their children whenever they like — no support - **4.** If your dad did the work, it isn't really yours and you didn't learn it — **✓ the right answer** · 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 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, 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/44-cheating-rules-and-games/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} A classmate says, "I'll just get the AI to write my story, Miss will never know." What is the best-reasoned reply? - **1.** Go for it, it's not cheating if a computer does it — no support - **2.** Check what the school allows; passing off AI writing as your own isn't honest — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** You're a cheat and I'm never speaking to you again — no support - **4.** Only do it if you change a few of the words so it looks more like your own writing — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 3, line 16: «Stories of great floods appear in many ancient cultures, for example in the Epic of Gilgamesh from Mesopotamia.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «stories» (+2); the same action «appear» (+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/44-cheating-rules-and-games/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} A boy says, "The rule says girls can't play football at lunch. Rubbish rule, let's just ignore it." What is the best response? - **1.** Ignore it and play anyway, because unfair rules simply don't count — score 0 - **2.** Tell the girls to stop moaning about it, because it's the rule — no support - **3.** It sounds unfair; let's ask the teachers together to change it — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Accept it, because rules made by teachers are always fair to everyone — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 44, line 13: «Some rules are unfair, for example a rule that favours one group; the fair response is to challenge them respectfully, not to break them secretly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fair response» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «rules» (+1). 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/44-cheating-rules-and-games/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t7} Your little sister says, "Jesus broke the Sabbath rules, so we can break any rule we want." How do you put her right? - **1.** He healed a sick man, showing rules should serve people, not that any rule can be broken — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** She is right, Jesus taught that no rules matter at all — score 5 - **3.** Jesus never did anything on the Sabbath, so she made it up — score 5 - **4.** Jesus said only grown-ups need to keep rules — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 44, line 17: «When his disciples were criticised for picking grain on the Sabbath, Jesus said "the Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath", and he went on t…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rules» (+3); the same action «serve» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} After a match, a player on the other team sulks: "Ref's blind, you lot only won cos of luck, whatever." Which shows good sportsmanship in reply? - **1.** Tell him to go home and never come back — no support - **2.** Laugh at him and tell everyone he's a sore loser — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **3.** Say "you're rubbish and you always will be" — no support - **4.** Say "good game" and offer to shake hands anyway — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 44, line 5: «Christians believe God sees what is done in secret and values honesty and humility, so a good player wins without boasting, loses without sulking, and would ra…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+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/44-cheating-rules-and-games/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t9} A classmate who is not religious asks, "If nobody can see you cheat, why bother being honest?" What is the most thoughtful answer? - **1.** You shouldn't bother, it only matters if you get caught — no support - **2.** Because cheating is still unfair to others and fools yourself; I also believe God sees — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **3.** Because teachers secretly have cameras everywhere — no support - **4.** Because you will definitely get caught one day — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 44, line 7: «Cheating in a test is unfair to others even if nobody finds out, and it hides what you really know.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «cheating» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); the same property (+1); 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/44-cheating-rules-and-games/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} You see a Year 6 boy slip on wet stairs and he can't get up. The rule is "no running". What is the best choice? - **1.** Walk slowly, because breaking a rule is always wrong, whatever happens — **← Mova's choice** · score 11 - **2.** Do nothing, because it is the dinner ladies' job — no support - **3.** Tell him to get up and stop making a fuss — no support - **4.** Run to get a teacher, because his safety matters more than the rule — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 11, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 44, line 13: «Some rules are unfair, for example a rule that favours one group; the fair response is to challenge them respectfully, not to break them secretly.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «break» (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «rules» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t11} A judge at the olympiad asks: "Is it ever right to break a rule?" What is the best-reasoned answer? - **1.** Sometimes, when a more important duty like saving someone outweighs it, but not just because it suits me — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** Always, whenever the rule feels annoying or boring — no support - **3.** Only when you are sure that nobody will find out — no support - **4.** Never, because rules are rules and that is the end of it — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. 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 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 «someone» (+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/44-cheating-rules-and-games/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which of the following most accurately characterises the practice termed "doping" in competitive sport? - **1.** The provision of water to athletes during the course of a competition — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The ingestion by athletes of prohibited substances with a view to enhancing performance — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** The training of athletes under the supervision of a qualified coach — no support - **4.** The selection of athletes for a team by means of a ballot — 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/44-cheating-rules-and-games/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Identify the principal criterion by which legitimate assistance with homework is to be distinguished from cheating. - **1.** Whether the assistance enables the pupil to learn, the work remaining the pupil's own — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Whether the assistance results in a mark of the highest order — no support - **3.** Whether the assistance is rendered by a person older than the pupil — no support - **4.** Whether the assistance is rendered free of charge — 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/44-cheating-rules-and-games/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Given that a school rule is considered unfair to a particular group of pupils, select the response most consistent with sound ethical reasoning. - **1.** The rule ought to be challenged by respectful representation to the competent authority — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The rule ought to be accepted without question in all circumstances — no support - **3.** The rule ought to be made the subject of personal abuse directed at the staff — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **4.** The rule ought to be disregarded covertly by all pupils affected — 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 38, line 7: «Some form of the Golden Rule is found in almost every religious and non-religious tradition.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «form» (+4); the same thing acted on «golden rule» (+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/44-cheating-rules-and-games/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the saying "the Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath" (Mark 2:27). - **1.** It signifies that the Sabbath is to be observed only by the clergy — no support - **2.** It signifies that the observance of the Sabbath was entirely abolished by Jesus — no support - **3.** It signifies that religious rules exist to serve the welfare of human beings — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** It signifies that human beings exist solely to observe the Sabbath — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 44, line 17: «When his disciples were criticised for picking grain on the Sabbath, Jesus said "the Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath", and he went on t…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «serve» (+4); the same doer «rules» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/e4/) - ← previous: [43. Sharing and fairness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/43-sharing-and-fairness/) - next →: [45. Whistle-blowing: when to tell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/)