Bears up close: noses, claws, dens, the honey myth and bear safety

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 13 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 320 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 Winnie the Pooh, Pooh eats nothing but honey from a pot. What do real bears do at a bees' nest?

1. Collect honey in pots for winter — no support
2. Keep bees as pets for honey — score 3
3. Eat the grubs as much as the honey, and they eat lots of other foods too — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Eat only honey and nothing else all year, just like Pooh does in the books — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 239, line 10: «Real bears and honey badgers raid bee nests and eat the protein-rich grubs as well as the honey.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «rich grubs» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «eat» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Count them: a mother bear and 2 cubs walk past. How many claws do the three of them have in all?

1. 30 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 60 — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. 40 — 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 ✗

«bears hibernate same as dormice yeah, totally out cold» What is true?

1. Yes, bears go stone cold and freeze solid until the spring comes — no support
2. No, bears never sleep in winter — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. No, a bear's body cools only a few degrees and it can wake fast — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Yes, nothing could wake a bear in winter — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 298, line 15: «Some animals hibernate through winter when food is scarce, slowing their heart and breathing to save energy; hedgehogs, dormice and many bats hibernate, while…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+4); the same doer «bears» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

«just climb a tree if a bear comes lol easy» What is right?

1. Yes, but only on the highest branch — no support
2. Yes, bears cannot see up — no support
3. Yes, no bear can climb at all — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Not safe; black bears climb very well and young brown bears can too — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 320, line 18: «Climbing a tree is not a safe escape, because black bears climb very well and young brown bears can too; advice for meeting a bear differs for each kind of bea…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «climb» (+4); the same doer «black bears» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★★ · right ✓

«ranger said 'a fed bear is a dead bear', thats harsh» Why do rangers say it?

1. Rangers do not like bears — score 2
2. Fed bears get too fat to live — score 5
3. Bears fed by people become dangerous and are often moved or killed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. Food from people is poisonous to bears and they die soon after eating it — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 320, line 15: «A bear that learns people mean food can become dangerous, and rangers say «a fed bear is a dead bear», because problem bears are often moved or killed.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «bear» (+4); the same action «become» (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★★ · right ✓

A camper leaves a cool box of sausages outside the tent. What could happen?

1. A bear could smell it from far off and learn that tents mean food — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. The bear would bring berries in return — no support
3. The sausages would scare the bears away — no support
4. Nothing, bears cannot smell sausages — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 315, line 9: «A bat box is a wooden box with a narrow slot at the bottom; it should be put high up, out of reach of cats, catching some sun, and boxes are often put in group…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «box» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if a bear's claws pulled in like a cat's while digging for roots?

1. It would dig much faster, because tucked-in claws stay sharp and never break — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. They would be less useful for digging; long fixed claws work like a rake — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Nothing, bears never dig — score 1
4. It would have to dig with its teeth — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 197, line 15: «Cats scratch to keep their claws in good shape and to leave scent from glands in their paws; a scratching post near the spot they like can save the sofa.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+3); the same doer «cats» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

In a cartoon a bear chases a hiker and the hiker escapes easily by running. What is the truth?

1. Bears can run about 50 kilometres an hour, faster than any person, so never run — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Bears can only walk slowly — score 5
3. Bears are slow and heavy and give up after a few steps, so running always works — no support
4. Bears are scared of people in boots — ← Mova's choice · 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 298, line 12: «Herbivores eat plants, carnivores eat meat and omnivores eat both: a cow is a herbivore, a cat a carnivore, and bears and people are omnivores, and teeth show…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bears» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

A bear stands up on two legs and sniffs. What is it most likely doing?

1. Getting ready to dance — no support
2. Getting a better look and smell of what is around — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Trying to stand like a person for fun — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. Showing that it is about to attack for sure — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 319, line 13: «In 2023 a sun bear in a Chinese zoo stood up so like a person that people online said it was a man in a costume, and the zoo said it was a real bear.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sun bear» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «stand up» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · right ✓

«a newborn panda is how small? mum's like 100 kilos» About how heavy is a cub a thousand times lighter than a 100-kilogram mother?

1. About 100 grams — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. About 1 gram only — score 3
3. About 10 kilograms — score 3
4. About 1 kilogram — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 296, line 12: «A newborn giant panda is tiny, pink and blind and weighs about 100 grams, while its mother is about 900 times heavier, far more than for most mammals, whose ba…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «newborn giant panda» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Why are simple rules about wild animals, like «always climb a tree», often wrong?

1. Rules are only for zoos — no support
2. Simple rules are always right — no support
3. Animals learn the rules from people and change what they do every single year — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Each kind of animal behaves differently, so advice depends on the kind and the place — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 191, line 4: «To put a myth right, ask what the animal really sees, eats, hears or needs, and look for the true thing hiding inside the story.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hear» (+3); the same doer «animal» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

«bears are basically giant meat-eating monsters right» What is true?

1. Yes, but only at night — no support
2. No, bears eat only honey — score 5
3. Yes, all bears eat only meat, and they hunt every single day — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Most bears eat mostly plants; only the polar bear eats mostly meat — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 320, line 13: «Most bears eat mostly plants, such as berries, roots, nuts and grass; a grizzly in late summer is reported to eat many thousands of berries a day, and only the…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+4); the same doer «polar bear» (+1); the same thing acted on «meat» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the number of claws possessed by an adult bear across all four feet.

1. Ten, these being confined to the forefeet — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Twenty, these being non-retractable — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Eighteen, the hallux being clawless — no support
4. Sixteen, these being retractable — 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 diet of the majority of bear species.

1. It consists exclusively of honey and the larvae of bees — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It consists predominantly of the flesh of large mammals — no support
3. It consists exclusively of fish taken during migration — no support
4. It consists predominantly of plant matter, the polar bear being the principal exception — ✓ 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 · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the winter dormancy of the black bear?

1. Body temperature falls by only a few degrees and the animal may rouse rapidly, without eating or excreting for months — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. The animal remains active and feeds throughout the winter — score 6
3. Body temperature falls to that of the surrounding snow, the heart ceases to beat and arousal before spring is impossible — no support
4. The animal must emerge each day in order to drink — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 294, line 1: «Nobody really sat down to tame the cat. About 10,000 years ago, when the first farmers in the Middle East stored grain, mice moved in, and wild cats followed t…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «wild cats» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Ascertain the conduct appropriate to a person who observes a bear in a national park.

1. To remain calm, keep a considerable distance, refrain from running and follow the advice of the rangers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. To offer the animal food so as to pacify it — no support
3. To approach the animal in order to photograph it — score 0
4. To flee at the greatest possible speed and ascend the nearest tree, which no bear is able to climb — 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 320, line 16: «If you see a bear: stay calm, keep far away, never run, stay with the grown-ups and follow the rangers' advice; running can make a bear chase, and bears can ru…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «follow» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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