Where meat and fish come from, told honestly

Tests: 6 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 14 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 343 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 ✓

«sausages are made of, like, sausage plants?» What is the honest answer?

1. They are mostly minced pork, meat from pigs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. They are made from bread and herbs only — no support
3. Yeah, they grow in bunches on bushes in Germany — no support
4. They come from a sea creature — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 343, line 1: «A sausage at a barbecue is mostly minced pork, and pork is meat from a pig. Meat is the muscle of an animal that was alive and was killed for food. It is not a…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «sausage» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

In Finding Nemo, Bruce the shark promises «fish are friends, not food». Which is true of a real shark's body?

1. It is a mammal, like a whale or dolphin — score 3
2. It has more small bones than any other fish — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. It has bones made of hard shell like a crab — score 3
4. It has no bones, only bendy cartilage — ✓ the right answer · 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 343, line 14: «Fish have many more small bones than mammals, such as the thin pin bones in salmon, while sharks have no bones at all, only bendy cartilage.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same thing acted on «bones» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Count them: Dad carves 2 roast chickens. How many legs, wings and wishbones are there?

1. 2 legs, 2 wings and 2 wishbones — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. 4 legs, 4 wings and 2 wishbones — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. 4 legs, 4 wings and 4 wishbones — score -1
4. 8 legs, 4 wings and 2 wishbones — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 343, line 3: «Carve a roast chicken and you can count two legs, two wings and two breasts, each a different muscle. The legs are dark because the chicken walked all day, and…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «two legs» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-4). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Would a goose that flies thousands of kilometres have dark or pale breast meat?

1. Clear like jelly — no support
2. Bright green — no support
3. Dark, because its flying muscles work for a long time — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Pale, like a chicken's — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 240, line 14: «Geese fly in a V to save energy, each riding the upward swirl of air from the bird in front, and they take turns at the front.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fly» (+1); the same doer «geese» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

«just rinse the chicken mate, gets the germs off» What is the best answer?

1. No, you should rinse it in the bath — no support
2. No, rinsing splashes germs about; cooking all the way through kills them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Yes, but use cold water only — no support
4. Yes, water from the tap kills all the germs on raw meat straight away — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 343, line 17: «Raw meat, especially chicken, can carry germs such as Salmonella and Campylobacter; cooking all the way through kills them, and raw chicken should not be washe…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cook» (+4); the same thing acted on «way» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if a farmed salmon got no pink colour in its food?

1. Its meat would be pale grey — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It would slowly turn into a cod — score 1
3. Nothing, salmon make pink colour from water — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Its meat would be bright red — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 343, line 11: «Wild salmon are pink because they eat tiny shrimp with a pink colour in them, and farmed salmon get the same colour added to their food.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «same colour» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

«my mate Aisha won't eat the ham sandwich, she's just fussy» What is the most likely reason?

1. Ham is really made from fish, and she does not like fish — no support
2. She is allergic to bread — no support
3. Ham is only for grown-ups — no support
4. Muslims do not eat pork, and ham is pork — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 287, line 13: «Ham, bacon and sausages come from pigs; some families eat no pork for religious reasons, Jews and Muslims for example, and some eat no meat at all.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+1); the same thing acted on «pork» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

A fishing boat takes almost all the adult fish from a bay. What will happen in a few years?

1. There will be more fish than ever, because the young ones have the whole bay to themselves — no support
2. The fish will grow back in a week — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Nothing changes, the sea has endless fish — no support
4. There will be few fish, because not enough adults were left to have babies — ✓ the right answer · 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 152, line 4: «Fish need memory just like other animals, to find food, avoid danger and know their way around, and a fish that forgot everything every three seconds would not…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «fish» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

«why are the fish fingers boneless, did they breed fish without bones?» What is the true answer?

1. The bones melt away in the cold of the freezer — score 2
2. Yes, fish fingers come from a special fish that has no bones — score 1
3. They are made from sharks only — score -1
4. The white fish is cut into blocks with the bones taken out — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 343, line 9: «Fish fingers are usually white fish such as cod, pollock or haddock, cut into blocks and breadcrumbed, and were first sold in Britain in 1955.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cut» (+4); the same thing acted on «white fish» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

«eat your fish slowly» says Gran. Why does she have a point?

1. Fish have many small bones that are easy to swallow by mistake — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Fish is only good for you if eaten slowly — score -1
3. Fast eating turns fish into meat — no support
4. Fish go cold faster than meat — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 343, line 14: «Fish have many more small bones than mammals, such as the thin pin bones in salmon, while sharks have no bones at all, only bendy cartilage.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «many more small bones» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

In a cartoon a pig happily walks into a sausage machine and comes out as links. What is wrong?

1. Nothing is wrong, that is just how sausages are made at the factory — no support
2. Pigs walk out alive at the other end — score -5
3. Animals are killed first, and the law says they must usually be made unconscious first — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Sausages come from chickens only — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 287, line 13: «Ham, bacon and sausages come from pigs; some families eat no pork for religious reasons, Jews and Muslims for example, and some eat no meat at all.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+1); the same doer «ham» (+1). The right option, 3, 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 principal reason for which the English language employs distinct terms for certain animals and for their meat.

1. Following 1066, the meat was consumed by Norman lords who spoke French whereas the animals were kept by English speakers — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. The terms derive from the noises produced by the animals — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. The terms were introduced by Roman soldiers — no support
4. The distinction was required by medieval law — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 230, line 7: «Sperm whales hunt squid more than a kilometre down in total darkness with clicks that are among the loudest sounds any animal makes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same action «make» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises dark meat?

1. It contains more myoglobin, a protein storing oxygen in muscles used for long periods — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
2. It is derived exclusively from aged animals that have been kept for many years before slaughter — score 8
3. It contains no protein whatsoever — score 6
4. It is darkened by the process of cooking alone — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 12, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 343, line 7: «Dark meat has more myoglobin, a red protein that stores oxygen in muscles that work for a long time, so a chicken's legs are dark and its breast is pale, while…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «store» (+4); the same thing acted on «oxygen» (+3); the same place «muscles» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Ascertain the consequence of the excessive capture of cod in the vicinity of Newfoundland.

1. No measurable consequence was observed — no support
2. The cod relocated permanently to warmer waters — no support
3. The stock collapsed, fishing was closed in 1992, and recovery has remained incomplete for decades — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. The population doubled in the subsequent year — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 343, line 12: «Around Newfoundland so many cod were caught that the fishing was closed in 1992, thousands of people lost their jobs, and decades later the cod have still not…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «close» (+4); the same circumstance (+3); the same thing acted on «fishing» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the safe handling of raw poultry.

1. It should be rinsed thoroughly under the hot tap before cooking so that all germs are removed from it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It should be cooked thoroughly and must not be rinsed under the tap, since splashing disperses germs — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It may be consumed raw provided it is fresh — no support
4. It should be stored on the uppermost shelf of the refrigerator — 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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