A kitten at home: litter trays, scratching posts and play
Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 327 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 ✓
Count them: a kitten has 26 baby teeth and a grown cat has 30. How many more does the grown cat have?
- 1. 4 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. 6 — no support
- 3. 16 — 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 2 · ★ · right ✓
Count them: a Hemingway cat has one extra toe on every paw. How many toes in all?
- 1. 22 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. 20 — no support
- 3. 18 — no support
- 4. 24 — 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: Tom chases Jerry round the kitchen. If Tom were a real cat, how many toes on his four paws?
- 1. 16 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 10 — no support
- 3. 20 — no support
- 4. 18 — ✓ 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, Tom chases Jerry with a hammer and gets flattened, then pops back. What does a real kitten do when it chases?
- 1. Uses little tools, like sticks and string, to trap mice and pull them out — no support
- 2. Practises the stalking and pouncing of a hunter, with paws and claws only — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Uses tools to catch mice — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. Only chases cheese — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 198, line 2: «In Tom and Jerry, Tom crashes around the house after Jerry and never wins. Real cats hunt the other way round: they wait silently, creep closer and strike in o…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «catch» (+4); the same thing acted on «mice» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
In a cartoon a kitten plays with a ball of wool all afternoon alone. What is the safer truth?
- 1. Wool and string can be swallowed and hurt a kitten; play with a wand toy and a grown-up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Wool is the best toy for any kitten, and kittens can digest a bit of wool with no trouble — no support
- 3. Kittens can digest wool easily — no support
- 4. Wool keeps kittens' teeth clean — 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗
«kitten's stuck up the curtains, call the fire brigade!» What is the best first step?
- 1. Shake the curtains hard so that it lets go and drops down — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Pull it off by the tail — no support
- 3. Stay calm and give it time; kittens usually back down — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Throw a pillow at it — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
«my kitten's got blue eyes so it'll stay blue forever» What is the truth?
- 1. Eyes go blue only when kittens are sad — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 2. Yes, blue at birth means blue for life — no support
- 3. All kittens start with blue eyes; the real colour shows from about six or seven weeks — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Only white kittens have blue eyes — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 30, line 7: «Snakes shed their skin in one piece as they grow, starting at the lips, and their eyes turn cloudy blue just before.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «eyes» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
«the cat's purring so she must be happy, even tho she's hurt her leg» What is right?
- 1. Purring always means total happiness, so a purring cat cannot be badly hurt — score 3
- 2. Purring always means total happiness — no support
- 3. Cats purr when content but sometimes also when hurt, so she may need a vet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. Purring heals any leg in a day — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 327, line 15: «Kittens knead their mother's tummy to make her milk flow, and many cats keep kneading all their lives when happy; cats purr when content but sometimes also whe…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+4); the same doer «cats» (+1); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
What would happen if the only place a kitten could scratch were the sofa?
- 1. It would stop scratching for ever, since there was nowhere it was allowed — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Its claws would fall off — no support
- 3. It would scratch the sofa, because it needs to scratch somewhere — ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. It would scratch only the dog — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 327, line 8: «A kitten pouncing on feet under a duvet is practising stalking hidden prey, and using toys instead of hands and feet stops it learning to bite people.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stop» (+6). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
«why does my cat knead my jumper like dough» What is the best answer?
- 1. It is an old kitten habit from feeding, done when it is relaxed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 2. It wants to bake bread — score -1
- 3. It is angry at the jumper — no support
- 4. It is checking for mice hiding inside the jumper, ready to pounce — score -1
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score -1, tied with another option at -1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 199, line 8: «A cat lying belly up is often relaxed and trusting, but it does not always want a tummy rub; touching the tummy can set off a grab-and-kick reaction.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2). Against it: the same doer «cat» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
A kitten arrives in a house with a dog. Why does it need high shelves?
- 1. Kittens sleep only on shelves — score -1
- 2. To hide its food — score -1
- 3. So it can escape up out of the dog's reach — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 4. So it can see the television — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 327, line 16: «A kitten and a dog should meet slowly, first by smell and through a gate, and the kitten needs high places to escape to.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «meet» (+3); the same doer «kitten» (+1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the reason for which kittens knead with their forepaws.
- 1. The behaviour is learnt from dogs — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. The behaviour is a signal of hunger for meat and is directed at the owner — no support
- 3. The behaviour originates in stimulating the flow of the mother's milk — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. The behaviour serves to sharpen the teeth — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 112, line 3: «Training uses rewards, never force: the keeper clicks a clicker at the exact moment the animal does the right thing, then gives a treat, just as you might teac…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «teach» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · 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 eye colour of newborn kittens.
- 1. Kittens are born with their eyes open and brown — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Kittens possess green eyes at birth which become blue — no support
- 3. All kittens possess blue eyes initially, and the definitive colour appears from approximately six to seven weeks — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 4. The eye colour of a kitten never alters — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 327, line 9: «All kittens are born with blue eyes, their eyes open at about one to two weeks, and their real eye colour shows from about six or seven weeks.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «bear» (+3); the same circumstance (+2); the same thing acted on «kittens» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 0. · 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 difficulty of a cat in descending a tree?
- 1. It is unable to see the ground from a height — no support
- 2. Its claws curve backwards and grip effectively only during ascent — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 3. Its claws are retracted entirely during descent, so that it cannot grip the bark — score 5
- 4. It is afraid of the bark of the tree — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 327, line 13: «Cat claws curve backwards, so they grip well going up but not going down head first, and cats come down trees backwards.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «curve» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «cat claws» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the danger presented to a kitten by string, thread or ribbon.
- 1. Such items alter the colour of the eyes — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Such items cause the claws to fall out — no support
- 3. Such items may be swallowed and cause serious internal injury — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Such items induce sneezing — 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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