Australia's venomous animals and why few people die
Tests: 2 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 166 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 ✗
«Australia's got the deadliest animals in the world, everyone dies there» What is right?
- 1. It has many very venomous animals, but very few people die of them — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. No, Australia has no venomous animals at all, that's a myth — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Yes, hundreds of people die from bites and stings every single day — score 3
- 4. Yes, nobody can go outside — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 115, line 3: «But some people think it is wrong to keep wild animals at all, even well cared for, because they lose their freedom and many are not endangered and will never…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «wild animals» (+3); the same place «all» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«found a little octopus with blue rings in a rockpool, gonna pick it up for a pic» What is right?
- 1. Yes, small octopuses are always harmless — no support
- 2. No, leave it, its venom can stop a person breathing — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yes, the blue rings mean it is friendly and wants to play — score 2
- 4. No, it will only squirt ink on your phone — ← Mova's choice · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 53, line 12: «Octopuses and squid squirt dark ink and jet away, and some squid make an ink blob shaped like themselves as a decoy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «dark ink» (+3); the same action «squirt» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«picked up a pretty shell on the reef, cone shaped, nice» What should you do?
- 1. Put it down carefully, a live cone snail can sting — ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Hold it to your ear to hear the sea inside it — score 1
- 3. Squeeze it hard to see what is living inside — score 1
- 4. Keep it in your pocket and take it home — ← Mova's choice · 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 75, line 12: «All dinosaurs hatched from eggs; even the biggest eggs were only about the size of a football, because a much bigger egg would need a shell too thick for the b…», 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 (+4); the same action «need» (+3); the same thing acted on «shell» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗
In a cartoon a spider is a cuddly friend who spins words in a web to save a pig. What is wise with a real redback?
- 1. Feed it crumbs every day so it stays friendly — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Let it crawl on your hand, it only bites flies — no support
- 3. Leave it alone and check sheltered spots before sitting — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Pick it up gently and pet it, it is shy — 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 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗
What would happen if no antivenom for funnel-webs existed?
- 1. Everyone would be safe anyway — no support
- 2. Funnel-webs would just stop biting people — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. Some bites might be deadly again, as before 1981 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nothing, because the bite was never dangerous anyway — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 38, line 14: «Almost all spiders have venom for their prey, but only a few, like black widows and the Sydney funnel-web, are dangerous to people, and antivenoms exist; no Br…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «british spider» (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«a rock just moved on the reef and it's got eyes??» What is it most likely?
- 1. A cone snail that has climbed out of its shell — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A sea turtle sleeping on the sandy bottom — no support
- 3. A stonefish, which has venomous spines — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A crab with a shell — 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 ✓
«my mate got stung by a hairy caterpillar so it's venomous like a snake right» What is right?
- 1. Yes, all caterpillars have tiny fangs full of snake venom — no support
- 2. Not quite, many caterpillars just have irritating hairs, not injected venom — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Yes, it was a baby snake dressed as a caterpillar — score 3
- 4. No, caterpillars cannot hurt anyone ever — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 166, line 14: «Some caterpillars have hairs or spines that sting or cause rashes, so not every animal that hurts is venomous.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «hairs» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓
«3 redbacks, 2 funnel-webs under the shed, how many spider legs is that, gross»
- 1. 40 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. 20 — no support
- 3. 30 — no support
- 4. 48 — 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 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
A farmer counts injuries on his farm this year. Which is most likely to have hurt someone?
- 1. An inland taipan — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A horse or a cow — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A blue-ringed octopus — no support
- 4. A box jellyfish — 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 ✗
«a platypus kicked me and it hurts like hell, will i die» What is right?
- 1. Yes, within a minute, because platypus venom kills everyone — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. No, platypuses have no venom of any kind — no support
- 3. No, it is not deadly, but it can hurt for weeks, so see a doctor — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yes, unless you drink vinegar — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 166, line 13: «Male platypuses have a venomous spur on each back ankle; the venom does not kill people but can cause pain that lasts for weeks.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «kill» (+5); the same doer «venom» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«stinger net, ugh, why can't we just swim anywhere» What is right?
- 1. They stop people swimming too far out to sea — no support
- 2. They catch crabs for dinner — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. They are only there for decoration and photos — no support
- 4. The nets keep box jellyfish away from swimmers — ✓ the right answer · 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 157, line 4: «In cartoons cats hate water, like Tom shaking his wet fur; the jaguar loves rivers and swims to catch caimans, a kind of crocodile, and fish.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «catch» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (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 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗
«sea snake!! it's coming for us» What is right?
- 1. Sea snakes are not venomous, so pick it up — score 6
- 2. It will attack, so swim towards it first and scare it — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 3. It wants food, so feed it from your hand — score 5
- 4. Sea snakes are venomous but usually gentle, so stay calm and let it pass — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 30, line 9: «Venomous snakes inject venom through fangs, mostly to catch prey, and bite people only when frightened or stepped on; in Britain the adder is the only venomous…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «frighten» (+5); the same doer «venomous snakes» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal reason for which the inland taipan, notwithstanding the toxicity of its venom, has scarcely ever bitten a human being.
- 1. It is devoid of fangs and therefore entirely incapable of biting — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Its venom is harmless to human beings and dangerous only to mice — no support
- 3. It is active exclusively during the winter — no support
- 4. It is of a retiring disposition and inhabits remote desert regions — ✓ 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 ✗
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the use of vinegar in the treatment of a box jellyfish sting.
- 1. It is applied solely to remove the odour of the sting from the skin — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is employed to drive the jellyfish away — no support
- 3. It prevents the discharge of stinging cells which have not yet fired — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It neutralises the venom already injected entirely — 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 mortality attributable to venomous animals in Australia?
- 1. Deaths exceed those from all other causes combined — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No venomous animal is to be found on the continent — no support
- 3. Several hundred deaths occur each day throughout the whole of the continent — no support
- 4. Notwithstanding their great number, very few deaths occur in a typical year — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the consequence for public safety of the development of the funnel-web spider antivenom in 1981.
- 1. Funnel-web spiders thereafter ceased entirely to bite human beings — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No death from a funnel-web bite is known to have occurred since its introduction — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The species was rendered extinct — no support
- 4. Bites thereafter became considerably more frequently fatal than before — 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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