Famous zoos in the USA and the UK
Tests: 5 of 10 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 9 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 116 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 ✗
«London Zoo is the oldest zoo in the world» What is right?
- 1. Yes, it opened before any other zoo anywhere on Earth — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. No, London has never had a zoo, only farms and parks for animals — no support
- 3. No, it opened in 1990 — no support
- 4. It is the oldest scientific zoo; Vienna's Schönbrunn is older — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 116, line 10: «London Zoo opened the world's first public aquarium in 1853 and an early reptile house in 1849, and the word «zoo» comes from its early name, the Zoological Ga…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «open» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). 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
Test 2 · wrong ✗
«monkeys nicked the wiper off our car at the safari park, mad» Why do safari park monkeys do this?
- 1. They want to drive the car — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. They think the rubber wiper is a tasty bit of food — no support
- 3. They are curious and pull at rubber parts of cars — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 4. They are trained by the keepers to steal from visitors — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 86, line 13: «Visitors' crisps, bread and sweets, full of salt, fat and sugar, make zoo monkeys ill, because they need a careful diet of leaves, vegetables, insects and pell…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · wrong ✗
Disney's Winnie the Pooh is a honey-loving talking bear. What was the real Winnipeg?
- 1. A brown bear at a Canadian farm that really ate only honey — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. A grizzly that lived in a hollow tree in the Hundred Acre Wood — no support
- 3. A black bear at London Zoo whose name inspired the stories — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. A teddy bear made in America — score -3
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 107, line 16: «Sun bears are the smallest bears and use very long tongues and long claws to reach honey and insects in logs; sun bears often stand up on their back legs, and…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sun bears» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «honey» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · right ✓
What would happen to a zoo in Britain that failed its inspections again and again?
- 1. Nothing, inspections are just advice — no support
- 2. It would become a museum by law — score 3
- 3. It could be closed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. It would be given more animals — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 116, line 16: «In the UK every zoo needs a licence and regular inspections under the Zoo Licensing Act of 1981, and some zoos have been closed after failing them.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «close» (+2); the same thing acted on «zoos» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · right ✓
«whale shark in a tank, sounds sick» What do critics say?
- 1. Whale sharks can live without water for days, so they do not need a tank at all — score 6
- 2. Whale sharks are only a few centimetres long, so any tank is far too big for them — score 6
- 3. Even a huge tank may be too small for an animal that swims across oceans — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 4. Whale sharks prefer small tanks — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 116, line 14: «The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is one of the largest aquariums in the world; its main tank holds millions of litres and keeps whale sharks and manta rays, tho…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «tank» (+4); the same property (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · wrong ✗
How can a city zoo like the Bronx Zoo help animals far away?
- 1. It sends its keepers on holiday — score 2
- 2. It cannot help animals outside the city, so it does not try — score 1
- 3. It flies every one of its animals back home on holiday each year — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. Its society funds and runs conservation work in many countries — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 104, line 6: «Out of hundreds of kinds of eucalyptus each koala eats only a few, choosing less poisonous and more watery leaves, so zoos outside Australia grow eucalyptus pl…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fly» (+2); the same doer «zoos» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · right ✓
In the film Night at the Museum the animals come alive at night. What is the real National Zoo famous for?
- 1. Real dinosaur skeletons that walk at night — no support
- 2. Talking monkeys — no support
- 3. Giant pandas sent by China since 1972 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 13
- 4. A lion that guards the White House garden — no support
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 13, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 116, line 7: «The Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington is free and is famous for giant pandas sent by China since 1972; its pandas went back to China in 2023 and new pan…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «send» (+5); the same thing acted on «giant pandas» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · right ✓
Why do so many people visit zoos?
- 1. Zoo tickets are free everywhere — no support
- 2. People must visit a zoo once a year by law, or pay a fine — no support
- 3. To see real animals up close, learn and have a day out — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. There is nothing else at all to do in cities at the weekend — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 95, line 6: «Nocturnal houses are dim during the day and lit at night, and many night animals cannot see red light well, so dim red light lets people see them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+2); the same thing acted on «animals» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · right ✓
«5 penguins at Edinburgh waddled past, and erm 2 more, how many feet»
- 1. 14, two feet for each of 7 penguins — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. 10, two feet for each of the 5 penguins — no support
- 3. 7, one foot for each penguin — no support
- 4. 28, four feet for each of the 7 penguins — 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 10 · wrong ✗
«we drove past 3 lions and 2 rhinos, how many tails then»
- 1. 10, two tails each — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 5, one tail each — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. 3, rhinos have no tails — no support
- 4. 20, four tails each — 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 · wrong ✗
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the word «zoo».
- 1. It derives from the cry of a lion — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is an abbreviation of the Zoological Gardens of London — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It derives from the name of the first keeper of the menagerie — no support
- 4. It is a Latin term denoting an enclosure for captive beasts — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the statute under which zoological institutions in the United Kingdom are required to hold a licence.
- 1. No such statute is in force — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The Wildlife Freedom Act of 1828 — no support
- 3. The Zoo Licensing Act of 1981 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The Animal Exhibition Act of 1752 — 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 · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the contribution of the Bronx Zoo to the conservation of the American bison?
- 1. In 1907 it dispatched bison to the Great Plains — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. In 1907 it acquired the last surviving bison for exhibition — score -1
- 3. It cloned the American bison from cryopreserved cells — no support
- 4. It relocated the American bison to London — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 116, line 3: «In America, San Diego Zoo grew out of animals left over from a big exhibition, the Bronx Zoo sent bison back to the Great Plains, and the free National Zoo in…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «great plains» (+4); the same thing acted on «bison» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain which zoological institution receives the greatest number of visitors in the United Kingdom.
- 1. The menagerie of the Tower of London — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Chester Zoo — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Edinburgh Zoo — no support
- 4. Whipsnade Zoo — 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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