A puppy at home: the first weeks
Tests: 6 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 326 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 ✓
«puppy keeps biting me, it's evil» What should he do?
- 1. Give it away, it will never stop — score 2
- 2. Shout at it and smack it — score 3
- 3. Say «ouch» and stop the game, so it learns gentle mouths — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 4. Let it bite harder and harder, so it grows up tough and brave — score 7
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 326, line 10: «Puppies learn how hard to bite by playing with their littermates; if a person says «ouch» and stops the game, the puppy learns gentle mouths keep the fun going.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «game» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «stop» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · right ✓
Count them: 101 Dalmatians has 99 puppies plus Pongo and Perdita. How many tails and legs?
- 1. 101 tails and 404 legs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. 101 tails and 202 legs — no support
- 3. 202 tails and 404 legs — no support
- 4. 99 tails and 396 legs — 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 ✗
Count them: 3 puppies sit on a rug. How many toes in all, if each has the usual dewclaws on the front legs?
- 1. 36 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 48 — no support
- 3. 60 — no support
- 4. 54 — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗
In Tom and Jerry the bulldog Spike walks his puppy Tyke in the park. A real new puppy before its vaccines should be…
- 1. Left at home until it is two — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Walked every day in the busiest dog park in town — no support
- 3. Carried in arms, not walked where other dogs go — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Taken swimming with other dogs — 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 5 · wrong ✗
«it's day one, let's take him to the dog park!!» What is the best reply?
- 1. Only if the park is muddy — no support
- 2. Wait for his vaccinations; carry him outside till then — ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. Great, the more dogs he meets on day one the stronger he gets — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. Fine if he wears a jumper — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 196, line 1: «Many dogs have real jobs. They use the things dogs are best at, a superb nose, sharp ears, speed, strength and a deep wish to work with people, to help us ever…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dogs» (+3); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · wrong ✗
«mum shouted at the pup for weeing on the rug, now he wees behind the sofa» Why?
- 1. He cannot see the rug any more — no support
- 2. Puppies always wee behind sofas — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Telling off taught him to hide to wee, not to stop — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He likes the sofa more now, because it smells of the family — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 326, line 3: «A puppy chews, nips and wees on the carpet not to be naughty but because it is a baby: its teeth are growing, it explores with its mouth and its bladder is tin…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wee» (+3); the same doer «puppy» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · wrong ✗
What would happen if a puppy never met new people or traffic until it was a year old?
- 1. Nothing, it would learn later just the same — score 7
- 2. It might grow up scared of them — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. It would be calmer than other dogs — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 4. It would learn to drive a car instead — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 326, line 9: «The first few months are when a puppy learns what is safe, and this learning window starts closing at around three months old; puppies that meet many calm new…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+5); the same property (+2); the same doer «puppies» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · right ✓
«why's a puppy need more teeth when it grows up» What is the best answer?
- 1. Old dogs need teeth to talk — score -2
- 2. It does not, both have 28 — no support
- 3. Grown dogs eat only soft food — no support
- 4. A bigger jaw has room for 42 grown-up teeth to eat bigger food — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score -1, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 13: «Giant pandas eat almost only bamboo, up to about 12 to 38 kilograms a day, and grip it with an extra wrist bone that works like a thumb; their teeth and tummy…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+2). Against it: the same doer «teeth» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · right ✓
«the pup swallowed a sock but he looks fine lol» What is right?
- 1. Tell an adult and call the vet, because a sock can block the gut — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 2. Feed him another sock to push the first one through, then wait — score 3
- 3. Leave it, socks melt inside — no support
- 4. Give him water and forget it — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 326, line 14: «Socks, small toys and stones can block a dog's gut, and vets take such things out of dogs' stomachs every year.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «block» (+4); the same doer «socks» (+1); the same thing acted on «gut» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · right ✓
Why are short lessons better than long ones for a puppy?
- 1. Puppies forget quickly when they are tired or bored — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Long lessons make puppies grow too fast and hurt their legs — no support
- 3. Puppies only learn at night — no support
- 4. Puppies hate treats — 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 · right ✓
«what's a dewclaw even for» What is true about it?
- 1. It is a tooth that grows on the paw — no support
- 2. It is a thumb-like toe high on the front leg that does not touch the ground — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 3. It is a claw on the dog's tail — no support
- 4. It is a toe that only puppies have, and it drops off when they are a year old — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 326, line 15: «Most dogs have 18 toes: four on each paw plus a thumb-like dewclaw high on each front leg that does not touch the ground.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «18 toes» (+3); the same place «front leg» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the reason for which a newly acquired puppy commonly cries during the first night.
- 1. It is unable to see in darkness — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. It requires exercise at that hour — no support
- 3. It is displeased with the household — no support
- 4. It is separated from its mother and littermates — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 119, line 8: «Cats can see in about one sixth of the light people need, but in total darkness a cat sees nothing, just like you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); the same place «total darkness» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · 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 vaccination of a puppy.
- 1. Vaccination is required only after the age of five years — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. Vaccination is administered solely to prevent fleas — no support
- 3. Walking in places frequented by other dogs ought to be deferred until vaccination is complete — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Vaccination is unnecessary for any animal kept wholly indoors throughout its life — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 326, line 8: «Puppies need their vaccinations before walking where other dogs go, because serious illnesses spread through dog poo and spit; until then a puppy can be carrie…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+4); the same thing acted on «vaccinations» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the dentition of the domestic dog?
- 1. The puppy possesses forty-two teeth and the adult twenty-eight — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. The puppy possesses twenty-eight deciduous teeth and the adult forty-two — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. Both possess thirty-two teeth — no support
- 4. The adult possesses no teeth whatever — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 292, line 10: «Even young puppies can follow a human pointing finger, and dogs see blues and yellows well but not reds and greens.», 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 «young puppies» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the consequence of reprimanding a puppy for urinating within the house.
- 1. The puppy learns to use the lavatory — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. The puppy learns to conceal its urination rather than to cease — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 3. The puppy ceases to urinate permanently — score 5
- 4. The puppy learns promptly to urinate out of doors and never again within the house — 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 326, line 10: «Puppies learn how hard to bite by playing with their littermates; if a person says «ouch» and stops the game, the puppy learns gentle mouths keep the fun going.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «learn» (+4); the same doer «puppy» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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