Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys
Tests: 8 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 137 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 · ★ · right ✓
«7 mantises in the jar lol how many legs is that»
- 1. 42 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. 14 — no support
- 3. 56 — no support
- 4. 28 — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
«5 mantises, how many ears in total»
- 1. 10 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 0 — no support
- 3. 5 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. 20 — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
«Monkey from China swings by his tail, all monkeys do» What is right?
- 1. No monkey anywhere can grip with its tail — score 2
- 2. Yes, every monkey can hang by its tail, wherever in the whole world it lives — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Yes, Chinese monkeys have the strongest tails — score 6
- 4. No monkey from Asia or Africa can hang by its tail; only some American ones can — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 137, line 4: «Monkey swings by his tail, but here the film slips: no monkey from Asia or Africa can hang by its tail; only some monkeys of Central and South America can.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hang» (+4); the same doer «monkey» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · right ✓
In The Jungle Book, Kaa the python hypnotises Mowgli with spinning eyes. What is real?
- 1. All pythons hypnotise their prey — no support
- 2. Snakes cannot hypnotise anyone — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 3. Kaa's eyes really glow in the dark — score 2
- 4. Snakes can hypnotise only children — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 30, line 4: «In The Jungle Book, Kaa the python hypnotises people with spinning eyes; real snakes can't hypnotise anyone, they just have no eyelids, so their stare never bl…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hypnotise» (+4); the same doer «real snakes» (+2); the same thing acted on «anyone» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
«snake's licking the air, is it thirsty» What is it really doing?
- 1. Cooling its mouth down on a hot day — no support
- 2. Picking up smells with its tongue — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. Drinking little drops of rain from the air — score 2
- 4. Trying to bite the flies in the air — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 87, line 11: «Snakes have no outer ears and hear little of sounds in the air, but they feel vibrations through the ground and their jaws.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «hear» (+2); the same doer «snakes» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
«green stick on the bush just moved, wtf» What is it most likely?
- 1. A leaf eating a fly — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A twig moved by magic — no support
- 3. A mantis or stick insect camouflaged as a stick — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A snake pretending to be a stick so that birds leave it alone — 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 7 · ★ · right ✓
«snakes are deaf coz they got no ears» What is right?
- 1. They have no outside ears but feel vibrations through their jaws — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. They hear through holes in their tails — score 6
- 3. Yes, snakes sense nothing at all — score 6
- 4. They hear through their scales, which work like the skin of a drum — score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 137, line 12: «Snakes have no outside ears but feel vibrations through their jaw bones; they have no eyelids, so they stare without blinking, but they cannot hypnotise anyone.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feel» (+4); the same doer «snakes» (+2); the same thing acted on «vibrations» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
What would happen if a mantis lost its chest ear?
- 1. It could not see its prey any more and would slowly starve to death — score 0
- 2. It could not walk anymore — score -2
- 3. It could not hear bats coming and would be easier to catch — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 4. Nothing at all would change — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 137, line 3: «A snake has no arms or legs, yet it climbs trees and follows a mouse's trail by flicking its forked tongue to pick up smells.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pick up» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
«monkeys in the park nicked my sandwich, cheeky sods» What is true about macaques?
- 1. They are clever and learn from each other where easy food is — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. They are trained by the keepers to steal food from the visitors — no support
- 3. They only steal shiny things — score 2
- 4. They never touch human food — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 137, line 16: «Macaques are clever, bold monkeys of Asia, including China, that learn from each other and take easy food from people; some Japanese macaques bathe in hot spri…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «each» (+3); the same action «learn» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
In a pitch-dark forest, how can a pit viper find a sleeping mouse?
- 1. It hears the mouse's heartbeat with its big ears — no support
- 2. It waits for morning — no support
- 3. It sees in the dark with glowing eyes — score 2
- 4. The pits on its face sense the mouse's body heat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 137, line 13: «Pit vipers have small pits on their faces that sense heat, so they can find warm mice and birds in the dark; China has many kinds of snakes, and most try to av…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «heat» (+4); the same action «sense» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
«why do golden monkeys have tiny squashed noses, so ugly» What may the reason be?
- 1. A tiny upturned nose may help prevent frostbite — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. It helps them smell bananas — no support
- 3. They broke them in fights with other monkeys long ago — score 1
- 4. It is just bad luck — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 137, line 15: «Golden snub-nosed monkeys live in snowy mountain forests in China, have thick fur, huddle in groups to keep warm, and their tiny upturned noses may help preven…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «prevent» (+2); the same thing acted on «frostbite» (+1). · 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 capacity of monkeys to suspend themselves by the tail.
- 1. This capacity is characteristic of the monkeys of China, the golden monkey above all — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. This capacity is confined to the monkeys of Africa — no support
- 3. All monkeys possess this capacity — no support
- 4. This capacity is confined to certain monkeys of Central and South America — ✓ 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
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the function served by the forked tongue of the snake.
- 1. It is employed principally for the intimidation of enemies, which retreat upon seeing it — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It serves to drink water from the air — no support
- 3. It conveys particles of scent to an organ in the roof of the mouth and indicates their direction — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It serves to capture flying insects in the manner of a frog — 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 ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hearing of the praying mantis?
- 1. The mantis possesses two ears upon its head, situated just behind the large compound eyes — score 6
- 2. Many mantises possess a single ear in the chest by which they detect the calls of bats — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. The mantis is entirely without the sense of hearing — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. The mantis hears by means of its antennae alone — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 137, line 3: «A snake has no arms or legs, yet it climbs trees and follows a mouse's trail by flicking its forked tongue to pick up smells.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «mantis» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the faculty by which the pit viper detects warm-blooded prey in darkness.
- 1. Eyes which emit light of their own — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The sense of taste in its scales — no support
- 3. Pits upon the face which are sensitive to heat — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. External ears of exceptional sensitivity — 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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