Foxes and squirrels
Tests: 8 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 215 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 ✗
«heard a woman screaming outside at 2am, mum says it's just a fox» Can that be true?
- 1. Yes, foxes scream at night, mostly in winter — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. Yes, but only in summer, when the cubs are born — no support
- 3. No, foxes are silent animals — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 4. No, only owls scream like that — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 215, line 6: «A fox can hear a small animal under snow, leap high and pounce nose first; some scientists think foxes may use the Earth's magnetic field to aim, but this is n…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «small animal» (+5). Against it: the same doer «fox» (-2). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
«2 foxes and 3 squirrels in the park. how many tails»
- 1. 3 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 4 — no support
- 3. 5 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. 10 — 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 ✗
«fox, 2 squirrels n my dog, count the legs. no trunks lol»
- 1. 14 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 12 — no support
- 3. 20 — 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 4 · ★ · right ✓
«a fox is just a cat in disguise lol» What is right?
- 1. Foxes are a kind of bear — no support
- 2. Foxes are just cats with long pointed noses and big bushy tails — score 2
- 3. Foxes are in the dog family, though they hunt and climb a bit like cats — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. Foxes are rodents like squirrels — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 215, line 9: «Foxes belong to the dog family, but they hunt alone and climb like cats, and fox cubs are born blind in an underground den.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «climb» (+5); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
«cute fox in the garden, gonna feed it from my hand» What is right?
- 1. No, it is a wild animal and should not be hand fed or petted — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 2. Yes, foxes love being stroked and fed, just like a pet dog does — no support
- 3. No, foxes only eat grass — no support
- 4. Yes, they only eat from hands — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 215, line 7: «Urban foxes live in towns because there is food, shelter and few enemies, but they are wild animals and should not be fed by hand or petted.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pet» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
In Ice Age, Scrat the squirrel spends every film chasing one single acorn. What do real squirrels do?
- 1. Keep only one nut for their whole life and guard it from every other animal — no support
- 2. Store nuts only in their cheeks — no support
- 3. Bury thousands of nuts and find many again by memory and smell — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
- 4. Never eat nuts at all — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 215, line 10: «Squirrels bury thousands of nuts in autumn as food for winter and find many again by memory and smell; the forgotten ones can grow into trees.», 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 (+5); the same action «find» (+4); the same thing acted on «many» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · right ✓
«squirrel buried the nut, dug it up, and buried it again somewhere else, it's daft» Why might it do this?
- 1. It wants the nut to grow into a tree first, so it moves it to the sun — score 5
- 2. Another squirrel may be watching, so it fools the thief — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 3. Squirrels are confused by grass — no support
- 4. It forgot which way is up — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 10, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 215, line 4: «The ones it forgets grow into new trees, so a squirrel is really a forgetful gardener planting forests, and if another squirrel is watching, it may even preten…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fool» (+4); the same thing acted on «thief» (+4); the same doer «squirrel» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
What would happen if a squirrel could not gnaw anything hard for months?
- 1. Nothing at all — no support
- 2. Its tail would get longer — score 3
- 3. Its teeth would fall out — score 3
- 4. Its front teeth would grow too long — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 215, line 16: «Squirrels are rodents whose front teeth grow all the time, about fifteen centimetres a year, and gnawing hard nuts wears them down.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+4); the same doer «front teeth» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
«why are there no red squirrels in my park in London» What is the main reason?
- 1. Red squirrels are scared of pigeons — score 2
- 2. Red squirrels only live in Africa — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Red squirrels turn grey in big cities because of all the smoke and dirt — score 3
- 4. Grey squirrels from America spread a virus to reds and took their food — ✓ the right answer · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 215, line 13: «Studies of grey squirrels found that when another squirrel is watching, a squirrel may pretend to bury a nut to fool the thief, which suggests it plans ahead.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «squirrel» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
«squirrel's running down the tree head first, how's it not falling» What is right?
- 1. It is falling very slowly — no support
- 2. Its back ankles turn so its claws hook into the bark — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 3. It has suction cups on its feet — no support
- 4. It holds on to the bark with its sharp front teeth all the way — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 215, line 11: «A squirrel can run down a tree head first because its back ankles turn round so its claws hook into the bark facing up.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hook» (+5); the same doer «claws» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · right ✓
«squirrel nicked all the bird food AGAIN, bloody thing» Why is this so hard to stop?
- 1. The birds give the food away — score 1
- 2. Squirrels can fly like birds when they spread their legs out wide — score 3
- 3. Squirrels are skilled acrobats and solve puzzles — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. Squirrels are invisible at night — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 215, line 15: «Squirrels are skilled acrobats that solve puzzles to reach bird feeders, and some people build squirrel obstacle courses for fun.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «skilled acrobats» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «squirrels» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · right ✓
In Zootopia, Nick Wilde the fox tricks everyone and talks his way out of trouble. Why do stories make foxes sly?
- 1. Real foxes always steal from shops and hide the things they take in their dens — score 1
- 2. Real foxes are slow and simple — no support
- 3. Real foxes can talk to people — score 0
- 4. Real foxes are clever, learn quickly and eat almost anything — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 215, line 8: «In many stories foxes are sly tricksters, because real foxes are clever and adaptable, eat almost anything and learn quickly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «real foxes» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the taxonomic position and habits of the red fox?
- 1. It belongs to the cat family and hunts in packs, in the manner of the lion upon the plains — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is a rodent which subsists upon nuts — no support
- 3. It is a bear of diminutive size — no support
- 4. It belongs to the dog family, yet hunts alone and climbs in the manner of a cat — ✓ 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 · right ✓
Identify the principal reason for which grey squirrels endanger the red squirrel in Britain.
- 1. Greys transmit a virus fatal to reds and compete for their food — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 2. Greys occupy only the Scottish islands — no support
- 3. Greys prey upon red squirrels — no support
- 4. Greys interbreed with reds and render them grey — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 215, line 14: «Grey squirrels were brought to Britain from North America; they carry a virus deadly to red squirrels and take their food, so reds now live mostly in Scotland…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «carry» (+5); the same thing acted on «virus» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
It is given that a squirrel is observed feigning the burial of a nut while another squirrel watches. Ascertain the most probable purpose.
- 1. To deceive a potential thief — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. To cause the nut to germinate — no support
- 3. To exercise the muscles of its forepaws — no support
- 4. To conceal the nut from the farmer — 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 incisors, or front teeth, of the squirrel.
- 1. They are absent in adult squirrels — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. They cease growing at birth — no support
- 4. They are shed and replaced each winter — 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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