Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film mistakes

Tests: 6 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 10 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 268 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 ✗

«Jurassic Park raptors open doors, they were proper genius killers» What is right?

1. Yes, they were cleverer than people and planned all their attacks together — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Real Velociraptors were turkey-sized and not shown to be cleverer than dogs — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. No, they were dumber than worms and could not even find their own food — no support
4. Yes, and they used keys and tools, which is why they were so deadly — score 5

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 268, line 11: «Raptors had fairly large brains for dinosaurs, like some birds, but there is no proof they were cleverer than dogs or planned attacks together.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «raptors» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓

A cartoon shows a scaly green Velociraptor as tall as a man. Fix it.

1. A turkey-sized animal with feathers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A furry animal with long rabbit ears — no support
3. A scaly animal as big as a bus — no support
4. A giant with no claws 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 3 · ★★ · right ✓

Count them: 3 raptors and 2 chickens stand in a row. How many big toe claws do the raptors have in all, one on each foot?

1. 6 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. 10 — no support
3. 3 — no support
4. 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 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if scientists found a raptor arm bone with no quill knobs?

1. It would not mean no feathers, since small feathers leave no knobs — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. It would prove that raptors could fly, since knobs slow birds down — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. It would prove at once that no raptor ever had any feathers at all — score 6
4. It would prove that the bone had really come from a fish — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 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 252, line 4: «Scientists are still finding out how much trees really share through fungi. Some exciting claims are proven, others are still argued about, and good science sa…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «prove» (+6). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«my little bro runs down the hill flapping his arms like a bird lol» What does flapping really help young birds do?

1. Run up steep slopes by pushing them against the ground — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Fly straight up into the sky, high enough to reach the clouds — no support
3. Dig deep holes in the soil to find worms — ← Mova's choice · score -2
4. Swim faster underwater to catch little fish — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 35, line 17: «The kiwi of New Zealand is a flightless bird that comes out at night and finds worms by smell with nostrils at the tip of its long beak, which no other bird ha…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «worms» (+2). Against it: the same action «find» (-2); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓

A museum guide says «Oviraptor stole eggs, look at its name!» What is better?

1. It never went near any eggs, not even its own — no support
2. It stole only T. rex eggs, which were the biggest — score 5
3. Yes, it stole other dinosaurs' eggs every single day — score 0
4. Later fossils show it was sitting on its own eggs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 268, line 13: «Oviraptor was named «egg thief» because it was found on a nest, but later finds showed it was sitting on its own eggs like a hen.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit» (+4); the same place «own eggs» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓

Why is the fighting dinosaurs fossil so rare and special?

1. It still has the dinosaurs' voices and smells inside — score 1
2. It catches one moment of behaviour, not just bones — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. It is made of solid gold instead of stone — score 3
4. It shows a living dinosaur that is still breathing — score 3

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 74, line 3: «Fossils are not only bones: footprints, burrows, tooth marks and even fossil poo tell scientists how animals walked, what they ate and who bit whom.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «bones» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓

«Utahraptor was tiny like Velociraptor yeah?» What is true?

1. Yes, both were turkey-sized — no support
2. No, Utahraptor was a sea monster — no support
3. Yes, Utahraptor was even smaller than that — no support
4. No, Utahraptor was about 6 metres long — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 268, line 10: «Utahraptor was about 6 metres long and as heavy as a polar bear, and lived earlier than Velociraptor; most raptors were small.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «utahraptor» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓

A raptor with a big toe claw is chasing a lizard. How does it use the claw?

1. It does not use it at all — score 6
2. Like a sword to slash from far away — no support
3. As a spoon to dig — no support
4. Like a hook to pin the lizard down — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 268, line 8: «Raptors held their big curved toe claw off the ground while walking and probably used it to pin down prey, like hawks today.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «pin down» (+6); the same doer «raptors» (+5). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«did raptors hunt like wolves in a pack or what» What is the honest answer?

1. Only on cold nights, never by day — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. No, they hunted only in the sea — no support
3. We are not sure; the evidence is thin — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, it is proved for every single raptor — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 52, line 15: «Grey wolves hunt in family packs, chasing deer, elk or moose over long distances; they are built for stamina rather than speed, and they often pick out a young…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hunt» (+2); the same place «family packs» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

How do scientists know the colour of Microraptor's feathers?

1. From the colour of the rock that the fossil lay in — no support
2. They just guessed it from an old cartoon on the television — ← Mova's choice · score 11
3. From a photo that someone took of it at the time — no support
4. From tiny shapes in the fossil feathers that hold colour — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 17: «Elephants touch and smell the bones of dead elephants; scientists think they know these are their own kind, but nobody knows exactly what they feel.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+6); the same doer «scientists» (+5). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the approximate dimensions of Velociraptor as established by its fossil remains.

1. Comparable to those of a mouse — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Comparable to those of an adult human — no support
3. Comparable to those of an elephant — no support
4. Comparable to those of a turkey — ✓ 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 integument of Velociraptor.

1. It was covered exclusively with large overlapping scales, as in a crocodile — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It was covered with a dense coat of fur — no support
3. It possessed neither feathers nor scales, but bare skin — no support
4. Quill knobs upon the forearm bone attest to the presence of feathers — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the reason for which the designation Oviraptor, signifying «egg thief», is regarded as inaccurate.

1. The animal was shown to have fed solely upon leaves — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The animal was shown to be aquatic — no support
3. The animal was subsequently shown to be brooding its own eggs — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The animal was shown never to have laid eggs — 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 ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the evidence for pack hunting among the raptors?

1. It derives principally from cinematic depiction — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. It is entirely absent, the animals having been solitary by proof — score 6
3. It is conclusive in respect of all species — score 6
4. It is limited, and the question remains open — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 268, line 13: «Oviraptor was named «egg thief» because it was found on a nest, but later finds showed it was sitting on its own eggs like a hen.», 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 «evidence» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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