Babe: real pigs, sheep and sheepdogs

Tests: 8 of 10 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 144 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 ✗

«nan's farm: 2 dogs, 4 pigs and 1 duck, how many legs in the yard»

1. 7 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 26 — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. 28 — no support
4. 24 — 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 · ★ · right ✓

«pigs are thick, they just roll in mud all day» What is right?

1. No, pigs are clever only when they are piglets — score 2
2. Yes, pigs cannot learn anything — score -1
3. Yes, pigs are the slowest learners on a farm and never learn tricks — score 0
4. Pigs are clever, solving puzzles as well as many dogs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 144, line 6: «Pigs learn tricks and solve puzzles as well as many dogs, and they can use a mirror to find food hidden behind them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «puzzles» (+2); the same action «solve» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

In a cartoon, a sheepdog barks nonstop and chases sheep in every direction. What do real good sheepdogs do?

1. Bite the sheep to make them run — score 3
2. Run round and round in circles until the sheep get dizzy and fall over — score 3
3. Bark as loudly as they can all the time — no support
4. Work quietly, crouching and staring so the sheep move steadily — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 144, line 4: «Picture a hillside: a shepherd whistles, the dog swings left round the flock, and three hundred sheep move as one. Calm, slow work keeps them steady, which is…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «hundred sheep» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «move» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

What would happen if sheep did not bunch together when scared?

1. The dog would herd them faster — score 1
2. Nothing at all would change — no support
3. One dog could not easily move hundreds of sheep — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Sheep would be safer from wolves — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 144, line 10: «Scared sheep bunch tightly together, because the middle of a crowd is safer, and that is what lets one dog move hundreds of sheep.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «move» (+4); the same thing acted on «hundreds» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

«sod the whistle, just shout at the dog, it's 2 fields away» Why do shepherds whistle anyway?

1. Whistles are a law for shepherds — no support
2. Dogs hate the sound of voices — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. A whistle carries farther over hills and wind — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Shouting makes dogs run away — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 24, line 15: «Dogs hear sounds much quieter and higher than people can and turn their ears with many muscles.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

«my mate says the cock crows coz it sees the sun come up» What is right?

1. It crows by an inner body clock, even before it sees the sun — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, it crows only at the moment when the sunlight first hits its eyes — no support
3. No, it crows because it is hungry — no support
4. Yes, it cannot crow on cloudy days — 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 ✓

Babe could find a hidden apple by looking in a mirror. Could a real pig?

1. Yes, pigs have learned to use a mirror to find hidden food — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. No, pigs always think the mirror shows another pig and try to fight it — score 2
3. Only after years of training every day — no support
4. No, pigs cannot see in mirrors — score 1

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 144, line 3: «Babe's cleverness is real, though: pigs solve puzzles as well as many dogs, remember well and can even use a mirror to find hidden food.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «mirror» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same action «use» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

A dog runs straight at a flock from behind and the sheep jump in surprise. Why?

1. Sheep cannot hear at all — score 0
2. Sheep see only what is in front of them — score 6
3. Sheep see least right behind and right in front — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. Sheep sleep with their eyes open — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 144, line 16: «Sheep see about 300 degrees around them, with a small blind gap right behind them, and see less well right in front of their noses, so a dog coming straight fr…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); the same place «front» (+4); the same doer «sheep» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

«why are there stripes across that old hill, like steps» What made them?

1. Farmers ploughing the side of the hill into steps every single year — no support
2. Sheep walking one behind another on the same paths — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Giant worms digging in the soil — no support
4. Rain washing the grass into lines — 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 138, line 7: «Pigs can be pink, black, ginger, spotted, belted or hairy, like the curly-coated Mangalica, while wild boar are brown or grey and their piglets have pale strip…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «pigs» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

«mean old barn cat, why do farmers even keep one» Why do they?

1. It warns the farmer when it rains — no support
2. It guards the farm from foxes — no support
3. It catches mice and rats that come for the grain — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. It herds the hens at night — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 119, line 6: «Cats often hunt by sitting and waiting near a place where prey will come out, which uses much less energy than running; pet cats often wait a long time and cat…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «catch» (+2). · 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 the employment of pigs in the herding of sheep.

1. Pigs are customarily employed for this purpose on most sheep farms — score 3
2. Pigs are not so employed, although they are intelligent and may be trained to various tasks by reward — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Pigs surpass dogs in this employment and have largely replaced them on the farms of Britain and Australia — score 2
4. Pigs are incapable of acquiring any trained behaviour — score 1

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 144, line 5: «Pigs are not used for herding, but they are clever and can be trained with rewards to fetch, sit and come when called.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «pigs» (+5); the same action «use» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which sheep congregate closely when circled by a dog.

1. The animals are physically drawn together by the dog, which pulls them with its teeth — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. The animals endeavour to entrap the dog — no support
3. A position within the group affords greater safety from predators — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The animals seek warmth from one another — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 144, line 16: «Sheep see about 300 degrees around them, with a small blind gap right behind them, and see less well right in front of their noses, so a dog coming straight fr…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «sheep» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · 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 crowing of the domestic fowl at dawn?

1. It occurs exclusively upon the sun becoming visible — no support
2. It is performed by any farm bird at all, but only upon the instruction of the farmer — no support
3. It is performed by the male fowl in accordance with an internal clock, independently of the sunrise — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It is performed by ducks in the absence of a rooster — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 144, line 1: «In Babe, a polite little pig learns to herd sheep and wins a sheepdog trial, while a duck crows at dawn to be useful and the farm cat sneers.», 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 «duck» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the meaning of the command «come by» as employed by shepherds.

1. The dog is to return directly to the shepherd — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The dog is to lie down and remain stationary — no support
3. The dog is to proceed clockwise around the flock — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The dog is to proceed anticlockwise around the flock — 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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