Bambi: real deer, rabbits, skunks and owls

Tests: 7 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 143 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 ✗

«saw 3 fawns and their 2 mums in the field, how many legs is that»

1. 5 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 20 — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. 12 — no support
4. 16 — 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 ✗

«Owl on telly turned his head right round, full circle, owls can do that innit» What is right?

1. No, owls cannot turn their heads at all — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yes, owls can spin their heads all the way round, like a wheel on an axle — score 3
3. No, about 270 degrees, three-quarters of the way — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, two full turns if they want — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 34, line 5: «Pictures get them wrong: an owl cannot turn its head all the way round, owls are not the cleverest birds, and a bald eagle is not bald at all.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «head» (+5); the same action «turn» (+2). Against it: the same doer «owl» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · wrong ✗

«found a baby deer on its own, poor thing's been dumped, I'm taking it home» What is right?

1. Chase it so it finds its mother — score 2
2. Leave it; its mother hid it there on purpose and will be back — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Feed it bread and leave it — score 2
4. Take it home, wrap it in a blanket and keep it warm until it is grown — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 115, line 7: «In the past many zoos kept animals in small, bare concrete cages, but science has shown that animals need space, choice and things to do.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «space» (+5); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · right ✓

In a cartoon, Bambi's mum has big antlers too. What is real for white-tailed deer?

1. Only males grow antlers; among deer, only reindeer females grow them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Neither grows antlers; they are horns — score 3
3. Females grow the biggest antlers — score 3
4. Both males and females grow antlers, and they stay on their heads for life — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 106, line 10: «Reindeer, called caribou in North America, are the only deer in which both males and females grow antlers; females keep theirs in winter to defend food they di…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «antlers» (+2); the same action «grow» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · right ✓

«skunks spray at anything for fun, they're evil» What is right?

1. Yes, they spray every animal they meet, the moment they see it coming — score 1
2. They spray only as a last resort, after warnings — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Yes, they spray just for fun whenever they are bored — score 3
4. No, skunks cannot spray at all; that is only in cartoons — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 143, line 10: «Real skunks are fairly calm and spray only as a last resort, after stamping, hissing and raising the tail; refilling the spray takes days.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «spray» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: the same doer «real skunks» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · wrong ✗

What would happen if an owl's neck bent only as far as yours?

1. It would hear less well — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It would fly much faster, because big eyes make the head heavy in the air — no support
3. It would see less around it, because its eyes cannot move — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It would see much better — 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 ✓

«crap, a deer just stood there in my lights and wouldn't move, thick animal» Why did it freeze?

1. The bright light dazzled it, and freezing is its first answer to danger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Deer are too stupid to understand that a car is coming, so they just stand there — no support
3. It wanted to fight the car — score 2
4. It was asleep standing up — score 2

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 143, line 14: «Deer often freeze in bright headlights: the sudden light dazzles eyes made for the dark, and freezing is their first answer to danger.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «dazzle» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · right ✓

Why might a great horned owl eat a skunk when foxes leave it alone?

1. Skunks cannot lift their tails high enough to spray upwards at a bird in the air — score 2
2. Owls eat only animals that smell bad — score 2
3. Owls cannot see black and white — no support
4. The owl has a poor sense of smell, so the spray bothers it less — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 143, line 11: «A skunk's bold black and white pattern makes predators notice and remember it; great horned owls, with a poor sense of smell, are among the few that eat skunks.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sense» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · right ✓

«why's that rabbit drumming its foot, is it angry with me» What is it most likely doing?

1. Asking for a carrot — score 3
2. Saying hello to you — score 3
3. Warning other rabbits that danger is near — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
4. Dancing to music — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 11, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 123, line 9: «A rabbit thumps its back foot to warn other rabbits of danger, and the thud travels through the ground into the burrow.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «warn» (+5); the same receiver «other rabbits» (+4); the same doer «rabbit» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · right ✓

In Bambi the fire destroys the forest forever. What is real?

1. Deer cannot live anywhere there has been a fire, so they leave that forest for good — no support
2. Many forests recover, and deer feed on the fresh plants after — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Fire turns the soil into stone — no support
4. Forests never grow back after a fire — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 143, line 15: «Forest fires drive animals out, but many forests recover; some pine cones open only in fire's heat, and deer feed on the fresh growth afterwards.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «recover» (+5); the same doer «many forests» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · right ✓

Bambi slides on the ice with legs going everywhere. Is that true to life?

1. Yes, but only fawns slip, never adults — no support
2. No, deer skate well on frozen ponds — no support
3. Yes, hard hooves slip on smooth ice, so deer avoid it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. No, deer hooves stick to ice like glue, so they can walk across frozen ponds safely — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 143, line 3: «Some of it is stretched: an owl turns its head about three-quarters of the way round, not a full circle, and deer avoid frozen ponds because hard hooves slip o…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «avoid» (+2); the same doer «deer» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a fawn discovered alone in long grass.

1. The fawn has evidently been abandoned by its mother and requires prompt removal to a dwelling for its care — score 3
2. The fawn requires immediate feeding with cow's milk — no support
3. The fawn has customarily been concealed by its mother, who is feeding nearby, and should be left undisturbed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
4. The fawn ought to be pursued so as to rejoin its mother — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 11, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 143, line 4: «Imagine walking through long grass and finding a spotted fawn lying perfectly still. It is not lost: its mother hid it there on purpose and is feeding nearby,…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feed» (+5); the same doer «mother» (+3); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the maximum rotation of the head of which an owl is capable.

1. Approximately ninety degrees — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Approximately two hundred and seventy degrees — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A complete revolution of three hundred and sixty degrees — no support
4. Two complete revolutions — 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 defensive conduct of the skunk?

1. The animal discharges its spray at all creatures it encounters, without any preliminary warning whatsoever — score 6
2. The animal is incapable of any discharge — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. The animal discharges its spray for amusement — score 6
4. The animal discharges its spray only as a last resort, after warning displays — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 143, line 11: «A skunk's bold black and white pattern makes predators notice and remember it; great horned owls, with a poor sense of smell, are among the few that eat skunks.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «predators» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Ascertain the composition and renewal of the antlers of deer.

1. They consist of bone and are shed and regrown annually — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. They consist of hair and are retained for life — no support
3. They consist of horn, like those of cattle, and grow without cessation throughout the life of the animal — no support
4. They consist of teeth projecting from the skull — 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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