Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the house cat

Tests: 8 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 20 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 ✓

In a cartoon, a black panther is a different animal with no spots. What is the truth?

1. It is a dark leopard or jaguar, and its spots show in bright light — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. It is a black lion — no support
3. It is right, panthers are their own kind of cat with no spots at all — no support
4. Black panthers are a kind of bear — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 9: «A black panther is a leopard or jaguar with extra dark pigment, and its spots can still be seen in bright light.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «black panther» (+1); the same thing acted on «leopard» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A zoo book shows big rosettes with spots inside and says leopard, from Africa. What is wrong?

1. Leopards have stripes, not spots — no support
2. Leopards live only in the Americas, so it must be from South America — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Nothing, that is a leopard — no support
4. Those rosettes belong to a jaguar, which lives in the Americas — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 7: «Leopard rosettes are small and empty in the middle; jaguar rosettes are bigger with spots inside; leopards live in Africa and Asia, jaguars only in the America…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «leopards» (+2); the same action «live» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗

My mate says a cheetah can run 100 km per hour all day long. right?

1. No, cheetahs walk everywhere — no support
2. No, it can sprint that fast only for about 20 to 30 seconds — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Yes, cheetahs run faster than planes and never need to stop — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Yes, it never gets tired — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 4, line 10: «The cheetah is the fastest land animal, reaching about 100 km per hour in short bursts, but it tires after a few hundred metres and often loses its catch to li…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «cheetah» (+5); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓

What would happen if a cheetah chased a gazelle for two whole minutes at top speed?

1. It would overheat and have to stop — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It would catch two gazelles — no support
3. It would run even faster — no support
4. Nothing, cheetahs never tire — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

Why does a cheetah not roar at her cubs?

1. She does not want lions to hear — no support
2. Cheetahs cannot roar; she chirps, and the cubs answer — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. She roars only on Sundays — score 1
4. Her cubs are deaf and cannot hear a roar at all — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 11: «Cheetahs cannot roar; they chirp, purr and hiss, and cubs answer their mother's chirp so she can find them in the grass.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «answer» (+3); the same doer «cubs» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓

cat fell off the fence and landed on its feet, so cats can fall from anywhere yeah

1. Yes, cats have nine lives — no support
2. Only if the cat is young; old cats break legs — no support
3. Yes, any height is fine — no support
4. No, they can still be badly hurt; keep windows and balconies shut — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 16: «Cats twist in the air to land on their feet, the righting reflex, but it is a myth that they are always safe when they fall, so keep windows and balconies clos…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «close» (+5); the same doer «windows» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓

My cat brought a dead mouse to the back door, is she ill or something

1. No, she bought it at the shop — no support
2. No, cats are still hunters by instinct, even when well fed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Yes, cats only hunt when starving, so she needs more food — score 3
4. Yes, she wants to see a vet — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 17: «Pet cats are still hunters even when well fed, because hunting is an instinct, something they are born with, from their wild ancestors, and they catch many bir…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «hunters» (+4); the same doer «pet cats» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓

Count it: 2 house cats, how many toes in all?

1. 36 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. 32 — no support
3. 18 — no support
4. 40 — 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 ✗

How many whiskers on 2 cats, about 24 each?

1. About 96 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. About 24 — no support
3. About 48 — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. About 12 — 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 leopard, a jaguar and a cheetah. How many legs, hearts and tails?

1. Only 9 legs, 3 hearts and 3 tails — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 12 legs, 3 hearts and 3 tails — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. 12 legs, 6 hearts and 3 tails — no support
4. 12 legs, 3 hearts and no tails at all — 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 11 · ★★ · right ✓

What could a cat owner do to save birds in the garden?

1. Paint the birds a different colour — no support
2. Nothing helps at all — score 4
3. Feed the cat more and more food so that it stops hunting — score 4
4. Put a bell on the collar or keep the cat in at night — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 17: «Pet cats are still hunters even when well fed, because hunting is an instinct, something they are born with, from their wild ancestors, and they catch many bir…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «keep in» (+2); the same thing acted on «cats» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★ · right ✓

Why do people think cats lived with humans at least 9,500 years ago?

1. Old cave paintings show cats sitting next to people at the fire — no support
2. Cats told us in old stories — no support
3. A cat was found buried with a person on Cyprus from that time — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Cats appear in the oldest books — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 14: «House cats come from the African wildcat; people began living with them about 10,000 years ago in the Middle East, and a cat was buried with a person on Cyprus…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bury» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the land animal capable of attaining the greatest velocity.

1. The leopard of Africa — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The South American jaguar — no support
3. The cheetah — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The African lion — 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 ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the so-called black panther?

1. A leopard or jaguar bearing excess dark pigment, its spots remaining discernible — ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. A distinct species of cat, native to the jungle, entirely devoid of markings — no support
3. A hybrid of the lion and the domestic cat — no support
4. A tiger in which the stripes have failed to develop — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 19, line 14: «Tigers have white spots on the backs of their ears, which may help cubs follow their mother or look like eyes watching; servals and many other wild cats have t…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «tigers» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the reason for which the leopard conveys its prey into the branches of trees.

1. To permit the carcass to be dried by the wind — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. To prevent the theft of the carcass by lions and hyenas — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. To attract other leopards so that they may share in the meal — no support
4. To conceal the carcass from rainfall — 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 ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the domestic cat.

1. It descends from the lion, domesticated some million years ago — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It descends from the domestic dog, domesticated in antiquity — no support
3. It descends from the African wildcat, kept by humans for some ten thousand years — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It descends from the tiger, domesticated by the peoples of India within the past century — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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