Honey and the beekeeper's year

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

Lesson 344 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 honey from a pot all year and the bees never miss it. What does a real beekeeper know?

1. Bees make honey only for bears, so it is fine to let the bears have all of it — score 9
2. Bees never eat their own honey — score 8
3. Bees need stored honey to live through winter, so some must be left for them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. Bees refill a hive overnight — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 344, line 3: «In late summer the beekeeper slices the wax caps off heavy frames and spins the honey out in a drum called an extractor. In autumn she checks for mites and wei…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «live» (+6); the same doer «bees» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

In Bee Movie, Barry is a boy bee who goes to work making honey. What is wrong?

1. Honey is made by the queen bee alone in her cell — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Nothing, the boy bees make all the honey — score 2
3. Bees do not make honey; they collect it from flowers ready-made — score 3
4. The honey-making workers are all female — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 344, line 10: «An extractor is a drum that spins honey out of the uncapped cells, saving the wax comb so the bees can refill it, and a strong hive in a good summer can give a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «uncapped cells» (+4); the same thing acted on «honey» (+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: 3 honeybees sit on a flower. How many legs, wings and eyes are there?

1. 18 legs, 12 wings and 6 eyes — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. 24 legs, 12 wings and 15 eyes — score -2
3. 18 legs, 6 wings and 6 eyes — score -2
4. 18 legs, 12 wings and 15 eyes — ✓ the right answer · score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -2, tied with another option at -2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «front leg» (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «front leg» (-2). The right option, 4, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · wrong ✗

«bees are asleep all winter like bears, yeah?» What is the best answer?

1. No, they fly to hot countries — score 3
2. No, honeybees do not hibernate; they huddle and shiver to stay warm — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Yes, they curl up and sleep in holes under the ground until spring comes — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Yes, but they wake up every hour — no support

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 218, line 12: «Most kinds of bee live alone; a solitary bee lays its eggs in a hole in a wall, a hollow stem or a tunnel in the ground.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «hole» (+4); the same doer «solitary bee» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

About how many worker bees' lifetimes of work go into one teaspoon of honey?

1. About 1 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. About 100 — no support
3. About 1000 — no support
4. About 12 — ✓ 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 6 · right ✓

«this honey's gone all hard, bin it» Is that the right thing to do?

1. Yes, bees have spoiled it — score 2
2. No, it has just crystallised; warm water melts it again — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. No, but it is now only good for candles — no support
4. Yes, it has gone off and is now poisonous, so nobody should eat it — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 344, line 13: «Honey that turns hard and grainy has crystallised and is not bad; it has so much sugar and so little water that germs cannot grow, and warm water melts the cry…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «melt» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · right ✓

Why can honey keep for years while fruit juice goes off in days?

1. Bees add a poison to it — no support
2. Honey has so much sugar and so little water that germs cannot grow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Juice is made in factories — score -1
4. Honey is kept in the dark — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 7, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 58, line 17: «Honeybees turn nectar into honey by adding special substances and fanning it with their wings to dry it, as food for the hive in winter; honey is so dry and su…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+6); the same doer «germs» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

A town is full of lime trees in flower. What kind of honey would bees there make?

1. Honey that tastes sharp and sour, of lemons — no support
2. Honey that tastes of lime tree flowers — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Green honey made from the lime tree's leaves — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. Exactly the same honey as anywhere else — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 314, line 9: «Three kinds of vampire bat live in Central and South America; they make a small cut with razor-sharp teeth and lap up the blood, mostly from cattle, horses and…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «make» (+1); the same doer «kinds» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · right ✓

«dunno why he's puffing smoke at em, just makes em angry» What does the smoke really do?

1. It hides the alarm smell and makes them fill up on honey, so they calm down — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
2. It kills the guard bees at the door — no support
3. It is only there to keep the beekeeper warm on cold mornings while he works — no support
4. It makes them angrier so they fly off — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 344, line 6: «Smoke hides the alarm smell of guard bees, and bees gorge on honey when they smell smoke, so they are fuller and calmer.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «alarm smell» (+4); the same doer «smoke» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «hide» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

What would happen to many hives if beekeepers stopped caring for them against varroa mites?

1. Nothing, mites only bite people — no support
2. Many would sicken and die — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The mites would make honey instead — no support
4. The bees would make more honey — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 344, line 3: «In late summer the beekeeper slices the wax caps off heavy frames and spins the honey out in a drum called an extractor. In autumn she checks for mites and wei…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «bees» (+4); the same thing acted on «honey» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · wrong ✗

«my auntie's about to give the baby a spoon of honey for her cough» What should you do?

1. Tell a grown-up straight away, honey is not for babies under one — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Give the baby more honey — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Add some sugar so it works faster — no support
4. Nothing, because honey is always safe and good for a cough at any age — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 49, line 4: «Cartoons give every baby a mum who does all the work and a stork that brings it; in real life the seahorse dad carries the eggs, the cuckoo mum tricks other bi…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «baby» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «give» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · wrong ✗

Why do you think winter bees live so much longer than summer bees?

1. They eat a special winter food — score 1
2. They do not wear themselves out flying and foraging all day — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. They are a different kind of insect — score 2
4. They sleep in the ground all winter — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 305, line 8: «Bumblebee colonies are small, often a few dozen to a few hundred bees; only the new queens survive the winter, sleeping underground, and in spring each queen s…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+4); the same doer «new queens» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal reason for which smoke is employed by the beekeeper at the entrance of the hive.

1. It renders the bees permanently unconscious — no support
2. It warms the brood during inspection — no support
3. It conceals the alarm odour of the guard bees, whereupon the bees consume honey and become calmer — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. It removes the stings of the bees — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 218, line 10: «Beekeepers wear a suit and veil and puff smoke at the hive; smoke hides the bees' alarm smell and makes them eat honey, so they stay calm.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the number of legs, wings and eyes possessed by an individual honeybee.

1. Six legs, four wings and only two eyes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Six legs, two wings and two big eyes — no support
3. Eight legs, four wings and five eyes — no support
4. Six legs, four wings and five eyes — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of honeybees during winter?

1. They perish entirely and are replaced in spring — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They do not hibernate but cluster together and generate heat by shivering the flight muscles — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. They migrate to warmer regions — no support
4. They hibernate individually beneath the soil until the temperature rises again in spring — 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 4 · formal language · right ✓

Ascertain the reason for which honey ought not to be administered to infants under one year of age.

1. It causes the immediate loss of infant teeth — no support
2. It may contain dormant bacteria which the immature gut of an infant cannot suppress — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Its sugar content is toxic to all infants — no support
4. Its viscosity obstructs the infant's throat — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 344, line 17: «Honey must not be given to babies under one year, because it can carry tiny resting germs that a baby's gut cannot yet stop.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «carry» (+3); the same doer «honey» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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