Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 328 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 ✗

«gran says the dog's 3 so he's 21 in human years» What is closer to the truth?

1. No, he is 70 in human years — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A dog's first year is like about 15 human years, then ageing slows, so the sum is not that simple — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. No, he is 3 in human years too — no support
4. Yes, gran is right: a dog ages exactly seven human years every single year, so the sum really is that simple — 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: an old cat had 30 teeth and the vet took out 4. How many are left?

1. 26 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. 24 — no support
3. 34 — no support
4. 30 — 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: two old dogs and one old cat sleep by the fire. How many grey muzzles at most, legs and tails?

1. 3 muzzles, 6 legs and 3 tails — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 3 muzzles, 12 legs and 6 tails — no support
3. 3 muzzles, 12 legs and 3 tails — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. 2 muzzles, 8 legs and 3 tails — 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 ✓

In a cartoon an old dog goes stiff, then the hero shouts and it jumps up young again. What really helps a stiff old dog?

1. Nothing can help an old dog — no support
2. Gentle walks, soft beds, ramps and medicine from the vet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Shouting at it loudly — score 3
4. Running it hard every day so its legs get strong again — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 328, line 6: «Many old dogs have stiff, sore joints called arthritis; shorter, gentler walks, soft beds, ramps and medicine from the vet help.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «help» (+6); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓

«dog's gone deaf, gonna sneak up and grab him for a laugh» Why not?

1. A deaf dog may get a fright and could snap; touch him gently where he can see — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Deaf dogs love surprises — no support
3. Old dogs never mind being grabbed, because they cannot feel much any more, so it is fine — score 0
4. He will hear you anyway — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 196, line 14: «Hearing dogs help deaf people by touching them and leading them to sounds such as a doorbell, an alarm clock or a smoke alarm, and many were once rescue dogs g…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «touch» (+3); the same thing acted on «dogs» (+2); the same doer «hearing dogs» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if the family moved all the furniture while their old dog was blind?

1. It would stop using its nose — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. It would bump into things, because it remembers where things were — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. It would see again — score 1
4. Nothing, blind dogs fly over things — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 328, line 9: «Blind dogs manage well using their noses if the furniture stays in the same place.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «use» (+6); the same thing acted on «noses» (+3); the same doer «blind dogs» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓

«why do big dogs die younger, elephants live ages and they're huge» What is the best answer?

1. Big dogs are simply walked too much, and the exercise wears out their hearts — no support
2. Big dogs actually live longest — score 0
3. Among dogs the big ones usually age faster, a puzzle scientists still study — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Elephants are a kind of big dog — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 296, line 13: «After people left the area around Chornobyl in 1986, wolves, elk, bison, lynx and wild horses moved in; radiation is still there, and scientists study how the…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «study» (+3); the same doer «scientists» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«vet said put the dog to sleep, that's cruel» What is the best reply?

1. Yes, vets do it just to save time — no support
2. Yes, the dog will wake up later — score 2
3. It only means the dog has a long, deep sleep for a week and then wakes up better — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. When an illness cannot be fixed, ending the pain gently is a kind, loving choice — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 193, line 17: «Dogs have the same sleep stages as us, including the dreaming stage, and puppies and old dogs dream more often than adult dogs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «dogs» (+1); the same thing acted on «same sleep stages» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«cat's fine, she just won't jump on the shelf no more» What should the family think?

1. She no longer likes the family — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. She has simply forgotten how to jump, which happens to all old cats — score 5
3. She is just being rude — no support
4. She may be hiding sore joints, so a vet check and a step would help — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 328, line 15: «When an illness cannot be fixed and a pet is in pain, the vet can put it to sleep gently and without pain; the family decides together with the vet, and it is…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «family» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «kind choice» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«my dog died and I can't stop crying, is that weird» What is the best answer?

1. Yes, you should forget it at once — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, people should not cry about pets — no support
3. No, missing a pet is normal because it was family — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Only small children cry about pets — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Why does a deaf dog need hand signals instead of shouting?

1. Hand signals make it run faster — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Shouting makes its hearing come back — score 0
3. Dogs only understand shouting — score 0
4. It cannot hear words but can see the signals — ✓ the right answer · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 240, line 13: «African wild dogs, also called painted wolves, seem to vote by sneezing on whether to go hunting, and they share food with pups and the sick.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hunt» (+3); the same doer «african wild dogs» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which the domestic cat conceals pain.

1. The concealment is learnt from dogs — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. The cat wishes to avoid veterinary attendance — score 1
3. The cat is incapable of experiencing pain — score 6
4. In the wild an animal displaying pain may be subject to attack — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 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, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the ageing of the domestic dog.

1. The first year corresponds to approximately fifteen human years, whereafter ageing proceeds more slowly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Each year of the dog's life corresponds to exactly seven human years, irrespective of the breed or size of the animal — no support
3. The dog ages more slowly than the human being in every year — no support
4. Larger breeds invariably live longer than smaller ones — 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 decision to put an incurably ill and suffering animal to sleep?

1. It is a decision taken jointly by the family and the veterinarian to spare the animal pain — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
2. It is a procedure from which the animal subsequently awakens — score 6
3. It is undertaken without regard to the animal's suffering — score 6
4. It is a punishment inflicted upon an animal for disobedience — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 328, line 4: «One day a very ill old pet may be suffering with no cure, and the vet and family may choose to put it to sleep gently and without pain. Feeling very sad afterw…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «choose» (+5); the same circumstance (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the assistance appropriate to an aged dog afflicted by arthritis.

1. The removal of all bedding — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Prolonged and vigorous running on each day, together with jumping exercises to restore strength — no support
3. Shorter and gentler walks, soft bedding, ramps and medication prescribed by a veterinarian — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The provision of jumping exercises — 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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