How to pass an operator to a python function?

Have a look at the operator module:

import operator
get_truth(1.0, operator.gt, 0.0)

...

def get_truth(inp, relate, cut):    
    return relate(inp, cut)
    # you don't actually need an if statement here

Make a mapping of strings and operator functions. Also, you don't need if/else condition:

import operator


def get_truth(inp, relate, cut):
    ops = {'>': operator.gt,
           '<': operator.lt,
           '>=': operator.ge,
           '<=': operator.le,
           '==': operator.eq}
    return ops[relate](inp, cut)


print(get_truth(1.0, '>', 0.0)) # prints True
print(get_truth(1.0, '<', 0.0)) # prints False
print(get_truth(1.0, '>=', 0.0)) # prints True
print(get_truth(1.0, '<=', 0.0)) # prints False
print(get_truth(1.0, '==', 0.0)) # prints False

FYI, eval() is evil: Why is using 'eval' a bad practice?