Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal hospital

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 110 of the biology 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.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗

In Doctor Dolittle the vet asks animals where it hurts. How does a real zoo vet find out?

1. She watches, weighs, scans and tests — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She guesses just from the look on its face — no support
3. She asks the animal politely where it hurts — ← Mova's choice · score 10
4. She waits until it gets better alone — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 110, line 4: «Doctor Dolittle asks the animals what is wrong and cartoon animals bounce back from any bump; a real zoo vet cannot talk to her patients, so she watches, weigh…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+5); the same doer «doctor» (+5). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓

A new monkey arrives and must stay in quarantine for 40 days. About how many weeks is that?

1. Nearly 6 weeks — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Exactly 4 weeks — no support
3. About 2 weeks or so — no support
4. About 10 whole weeks — 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

Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓

3 monkeys each need 2 pills a day, one pill in each grape. How many grapes a day?

1. 6 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. 3 — no support
3. 5 — no support
4. 9 — 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

Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗

In cartoons an animal loses a tooth and is fine in the next scene. What would happen to a real lion?

1. The broken tooth could get infected and need a vet — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It would just eat with its other teeth — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. The tooth grows back the next day — score 1
4. Lions do not feel tooth pain — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 110, line 12: «Keepers hide medicine in favourite foods, like a pill in a grape, because animals spit out bitter pills, and some animals get clever at eating around them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+2); the same doer «animals» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«just bung the gorilla to sleep every time, simpler» Why do vets prefer training?

1. Training is cheaper than food — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Gorillas enjoy needles — no support
3. Sleep medicine never works on gorillas because they are too strong — no support
4. Training with rewards avoids sleep medicine, which is safer — ✓ 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

Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«found a hedgehog in the road, it's hurt» What is the best thing to do?

1. Give it a bowl of milk and go — no support
2. Keep it as a pet in your room — no support
3. Leave it in the road so it can walk off when it feels better — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Ask an adult to call a wildlife hospital or rescue — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 55, line 18: «Waking up from hibernation burns a lot of stored fat that has to last the winter, and there is no food to replace it, so hibernating hedgehogs, bats and tortoi…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+2); the same thing acted on «hibernating hedgehogs» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if a new animal with a hidden disease joined the group at once?

1. The disease could spread to the other animals — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. The others would make it better — no support
3. Nothing, as zoo animals cannot catch any diseases — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. The disease would disappear in the crowd — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 110, line 12: «Keepers hide medicine in favourite foods, like a pill in a grape, because animals spit out bitter pills, and some animals get clever at eating around them.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «animals» (+4). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓

«zoo animals always live longer, the end» What is right?

1. Yes, every zoo animal lives longer — score 6
2. Many do, but elephants and orcas have often lived shorter lives in captivity — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
3. No, all zoo animals die young — score 4
4. No, zoo and wild animals live exactly as long — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 11, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 110, line 14: «Many zoo animals live longer than wild ones thanks to food, medicine and safety from predators, but some, like elephants and orcas, have often lived shorter li…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «live» (+4); the same place «captivity» (+3); the same property (+3); the same thing acted on «shorter lives» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

An elephant weighs 4000 kilograms and a tortoise 200. How many tortoises weigh as much as the elephant?

1. 40 — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. 200 — score 8
3. 2 — score 8
4. 20 — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 88, line 10: «Giant tortoises can weigh over 200 kilograms, live well over 100 years, perhaps helped by their slow, calm lives, and feel touch through their shells and skin.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «weigh» (+6); the same doer «giant tortoises» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓

«why's the vet looking at poo through a microscope, gross» What is the reason?

1. She is studying how to make the best compost for the zoo garden — no support
2. She is looking for worm eggs and germs, and can check hormones — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. She is checking what colour it is — no support
4. She lost a contact lens in it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 110, line 16: «Vets look at dung under a microscope for worm eggs and germs, and they can measure hormones in dung to tell whether an animal is stressed or pregnant without t…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+2); the same doer «vets» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A monkey keeps eating the grape and spitting out the pill. What might keepers try?

1. Stopping its medicine for good — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Forcing the pill in by hand every day — score 1
3. Hiding it in a different favourite food — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Giving it a bigger grape with two pills — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 110, line 12: «Keepers hide medicine in favourite foods, like a pill in a grape, because animals spit out bitter pills, and some animals get clever at eating around them.», 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 «keepers» (+2); the same thing acted on «medicine» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗

2 lions and 1 elephant are weighed today. How many tails go on the scales?

1. 12 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 3 — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. 6 — no support
4. 2 — 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of quarantine for an animal newly received at a zoological garden?

1. The prevention of the transmission of any disease which has not yet become apparent — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. The accustoming of the animal to members of the public — no support
3. The fattening of the animal prior to display — no support
4. The instruction of the newly arrived animal in the rules and routines of the establishment — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 110, line 10: «A new animal is kept apart in quarantine for weeks before joining the others, in case it carries a disease that has not shown yet; the word comes from Italian…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «carry» (+2); the same thing acted on «disease» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which the medication of an animal is concealed within a favoured food.

1. The food increases the potency of the medicine twofold — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Animals commonly reject bitter tablets offered alone — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Animals are unable to swallow objects of any other form — no support
4. The medicine dissolves without such a covering — 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the longevity of animals kept in zoological gardens.

1. All live considerably shorter lives in captivity — no support
2. The longevity of every species is identical in captivity and in the wild — no support
3. Many live longer than in the wild, although elephants and orcas have often lived shorter lives in captivity — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. All live longer in captivity without exception — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 110, line 14: «Many zoo animals live longer than wild ones thanks to food, medicine and safety from predators, but some, like elephants and orcas, have often lived shorter li…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «live» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

State the information which a veterinary surgeon may obtain from the microscopic and chemical examination of dung.

1. The presence of worm eggs and germs, and the levels of hormones indicating stress or pregnancy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nothing of medical value whatsoever — no support
3. The identity of the keeper preferred by the animal — no support
4. The precise age at which the animal will die — 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

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