Hamsters, gerbils and pet rats and mice
Tests: 7 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 202 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 ✗
In Tom and Jerry, Jerry carries a huge wedge of cheese. If you had a real pet mouse, which treat would it like more?
- 1. A big slab of hard cheese — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A few seeds or a bit of grain — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A cup of milk — no support
- 4. A bowl of salty crisps — 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 ✗
«3 gerbils and a hamster in the room, how many legs altogether»
- 1. 14 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 12 — no support
- 3. 16 — ✓ 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 ✗
«got 2 Syrian hamsters for my bday, put em together so they're not lonely» What is the best answer?
- 1. Good idea, they love company — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Only keep them together at night — no support
- 3. Keep them apart, Syrian hamsters fight — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Put a third one in too — 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 4 · ★ · right ✓
«oi why's my hamster's face all fat, is he sick or what» What is the most likely reason?
- 1. He has stuffed his cheek pouches with food — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. He has eaten his wheel — no support
- 3. He is holding his breath — no support
- 4. He has a toothache from eating too much cheese in one go — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 202, line 1: «A hamster can stuff its cheeks so full of seeds that its head looks twice as wide, because stretchy pouches run all the way back to its shoulders, like two sho…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «hamster» (+3); the same thing acted on «cheeks» (+3); the same action «stuff» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
«gerbil cage smells way less than the rabbit one, weird» Why?
- 1. Gerbils never go to the toilet — no support
- 2. Gerbils clean the cage themselves every night with their paws and tails — no support
- 3. Gerbils make dry droppings and very little urine — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Gerbils smell like flowers — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 202, line 12: «Gerbils save water by making very dry droppings and very little urine (wee), so they drink little and their cages smell less than many others.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same doer «gerbils» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
What would happen if a child woke a hamster at noon every day to play?
- 1. The hamster would become a day animal at once — no support
- 2. Nothing, hamsters like noon best — no support
- 3. The hamster would be stressed and more likely to bite — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. The hamster would grow faster — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 202, line 7: «A hamster woken suddenly is frightened and may bite, so it is best to let it wake up and come to you in the evening.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «hamster» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
«my mum says hamsters are easy, just a cage and food, done» What is right?
- 1. They clean and feed themselves — score 0
- 2. Yes, they need nothing else — no support
- 3. They need clean bedding, water, food and things to do every day — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. They only need feeding once a month, because they store food in their cheeks — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 202, line 15: «Small pets need clean bedding, fresh water, the right food and things to do every day, and hamsters live only about two to three years.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «need» (+4); the same thing acted on «clean bedding» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
A girl's pet rat comes running when she calls «Pip!». What does this show?
- 1. It was a lucky accident — no support
- 2. Rats only come for cheese — no support
- 3. Rats are clever and can learn their names — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
- 4. Rats can understand every word she says, like a person — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 202, line 13: «Pet rats are clever and friendly: they learn tricks and their names, and they chirp when tickled, a kind of laugh too high for people to hear without a machine.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «learn» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «rats» (+2); the same thing acted on «tricks» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
«Rat teeth orange, gross, should I whiten them» What is right?
- 1. No, you should pull them out — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. Yes, they are rotting — no support
- 3. No, orange front teeth are normal and healthy — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. Yes, rats need white teeth to stay healthy and strong — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 95, line 9: «Many lorises are caught illegally for the pet trade and have their teeth pulled out; all lorises are protected by international law.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pull out» (+3); the same thing acted on «teeth» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
In a cartoon a hamster has a long fluffy tail like a squirrel. What does a real hamster have?
- 1. A fluffy tail like a fox — score 7
- 2. A very short tail — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 3. Two tails — score 7
- 4. A long bare tail — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 202, line 16: «Mice, rats, hamsters and gerbils all walk on four legs; hamsters have a very short tail, while mice, rats and gerbils have long ones.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+4); the same doer «hamsters» (+2); the same property (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
A gerbil thumps its feet hard and the others run into their tunnels. What did the thump mean?
- 1. An invitation to eat — no support
- 2. A song for the owner — no support
- 3. A warning of danger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 4. A sign it is going to sleep — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 200, line 3: «A rabbit is a prey animal: its eyes are on the sides of its head, its long ears swivel to catch danger, and when it is scared it thumps its back foot to warn o…», 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 thing acted on «danger» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the housing of Syrian hamsters?
- 1. Adult Syrian hamsters ought to be housed singly, since they attack others of their kind — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They require the company of a gerbil — no support
- 3. They ought invariably to be housed in groups of six or more — no support
- 4. They may be housed with any rodent whatsoever — 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 principal reason for which the gerbil consumes comparatively little water.
- 1. It drinks exclusively during hibernation — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. It is adapted to desert conditions and conserves water by producing dry droppings and little urine — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. It obtains all water from cheese — score 4
- 4. It is incapable of swallowing liquids, its throat being too narrow for any drink — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 202, line 12: «Gerbils save water by making very dry droppings and very little urine (wee), so they drink little and their cages smell less than many others.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «drink» (+4); the same doer «gerbils» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the diet of mice.
- 1. Mice prefer seeds, grains and sweet foods, and cheese is not their favourite — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Mice subsist entirely upon cheese, which they locate by its odour at great distances — no support
- 3. Mice are strictly carnivorous — no support
- 4. Mice consume nothing but leaves — 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 ✗
It is given that the front teeth of a hamster are of a yellow-orange colour. Ascertain the correct interpretation.
- 1. The colour is normal, since rodent incisors bear a hard orange layer — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The colour denotes a grave disease — no support
- 3. The colour results from excessive consumption of carrots — no support
- 4. The colour indicates that the teeth have ceased growing — ← Mova's choice · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 200, line 8: «A rabbit's teeth grow all its life; without enough hay to chew they can grow into sharp spikes that cut the mouth, so vets check rabbits' teeth.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+4); the same doer «teeth» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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