Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mules

Tests: 7 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 208 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 ✗

«does the horse feel it when they hammer the nails in?? sounds horrible» What is right?

1. Yes, that is why horses neigh — no support
2. Yes, it hurts a lot, but horses are brave and never show it — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. No, because farriers always use strong glue, never any nails at all, on a hoof — no support
4. No, the nails go into the hoof wall, which has no feeling, like a nail clipping — ✓ 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 208, line 14: «Horses are flight animals that react first and think later, so they may snort and jump at a plastic bag, and calm, patient riders help them get used to scary t…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «flight animals» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«4 horses need new shoes all round. how many shoes»

1. 8 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 4 — no support
3. 12 — no support
4. 16 — ✓ 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

Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓

«2 mules, a donkey n 1 horse in the stable, count the tails»

1. 4 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. 3 — no support
3. 8 — no support
4. 2 — 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 ✓

«it's a dead quiet pony, I don't need a helmet, stop nagging» What is right?

1. Only adults need helmets — no support
2. Any pony may spook and throw you, so wear a helmet every time — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
3. Quiet ponies never move at all, so no helmet is ever needed on them — score 3
4. Helmets are only for racing — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 11, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 208, line 7: «Riders wear helmets on every horse, even a quiet pony, because any horse may spook (suddenly take fright) at a bag or a bird and throw its rider, and helmets p…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wear» (+5); the same thing acted on «helmets» (+3); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

In a cartoon a horse gallops with two legs always touching the ground like a rocking horse. What did a photographer prove in 1878?

1. Horses cannot gallop at all — no support
2. At one moment all four feet are off the ground — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A horse gallops on its back legs only — no support
4. A horse always keeps all four feet down — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 139, line 13: «Parrots use their strong curved beaks to crack nuts and as a third foot for climbing, and they hold food in one foot, many being left-footed or right-footed.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+4); the same doer «horses» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓

«horse ate summat bad, it'll just be sick and feel better» What is right?

1. Horses are sick every day — score 0
2. Horses are sick through their nose, so the bad food comes straight out — score 0
3. Horses cannot be sick, so a bad tummy ache can be very dangerous — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Horses do not get tummy aches — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 208, line 12: «Horses cannot be sick, because a strong muscle at the entrance of the stomach lets food go only one way, so a tummy ache called colic can be very dangerous for…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓

«pony's 12 hands, that's like 12 of my hands?» What does 12 hands roughly mean?

1. 12 of your hands measured from the ground to the ears — score 4
2. About 120 centimetres to the top of the shoulders — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. 12 metres tall — score 5
4. The pony is 12 years old — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 194, line 5: «A loose, wide wag with a wiggly bottom is usually friendly, but a stiff, high tail that wags fast while the dog stares can mean the dog is tense and ready to a…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓

What would happen if a rider never picked the stones out of a horse's hooves?

1. The hooves would stop growing — score 0
2. Nothing at all, because the stones help to keep the hooves hard — score 0
3. A stone near the frog could make the horse lame — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
4. The horse would learn to fly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 208, line 6: «The soft V-shaped part under the hoof is called the frog; it absorbs shock and helps push blood back up the leg, and a stone stuck beside it can make a horse l…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+1); the same thing acted on «horse lame» (+1). Against it: the same doer «stone» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«stupid horse, scared of a carrier bag, what a wimp» How could a rider help?

1. Shout at the horse every time — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Tie the bag to its tail so it gets used to it quickly — no support
3. Stay calm and let it get used to the bag slowly — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Hit it until it is braver — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

In Shrek, Donkey never stops talking and runs from danger. What is a real donkey more likely to do when worried?

1. Freeze and think before moving — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Fly up and over the danger like a bird — no support
3. Talk to the nearest person about it — no support
4. Run away screaming like a horse — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«two mules, so they'll have baby mules next spring yeah» What is right?

1. Mules have babies that are horses — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Only white mules can have babies — score 3
3. Yes, mules have twins every year — score 3
4. Mules almost never have babies of their own — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 208, line 16: «A mule is the baby of a male donkey and a female horse; mules are strong and sure-footed, but they almost never have babies of their own.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «baby» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★ · right ✓

«why's my horse got no rug and my mate's has one» Which is the best reason?

1. Rugs make all horses slower, so racing horses never wear them, even in the coldest winter — score 3
2. Rugs are only for show horses — score 2
3. A hardy pony with a thick coat may need none, a clipped horse may need one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Horses without rugs are always ill — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 208, line 11: «Some horses need rugs in winter, especially clipped or thin-coated ones, while hardy ponies grow thick coats and may need no rug at all.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «clip» (+3); the same doer «horses» (+2). · 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 attachment of a horseshoe?

1. Nails are driven into the hoof wall, which is insensible in the manner of a fingernail — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The procedure is invariably painful to the animal — no support
3. Horseshoes are attached by means of the animal's own teeth — no support
4. The shoe is affixed to the soft frog — 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 colic constitutes a grave danger to the horse.

1. The horse vomits continuously in consequence, losing the greater part of its body water within a few hours — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. The animal is unable to vomit, owing to a muscle permitting the passage of food in one direction only — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Colic invariably renders the animal blind — no support
4. Colic is a condition peculiar to the hooves — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 139, line 11: «Horses and ponies graze up to about 16 hours a day, a little at a time, because their stomachs are small, and they cannot vomit, so a bad meal can make them ve…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «vomit» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that the height of a horse is recorded as fifteen hands. Ascertain the approximate height to the summit of its shoulders.

1. Fifteen metres — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. One hundred and fifty metres — no support
3. One hundred and fifty centimetres — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Fifteen centimetres — 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 mule.

1. It is the offspring of two horses — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. It reproduces more readily than either parent — no support
3. It is the offspring of a donkey and a horse, being strong yet almost invariably unable to breed — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. It is a young donkey of either sex — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 145, line 12: «A mule has a donkey father and a horse mother; it is strong like a horse and sure-footed like a donkey, and mules carry loads down the Grand Canyon.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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