Street dogs and cats: feeding, safety and never touching a strange animal
Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 371 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 ✓
«dog's wagging, so it's friendly, i'm gonna pet it» What is right?
- 1. Yes, if you pet it very fast — no support
- 2. Yes, a wagging dog never bites anyone, not even a stranger — score -2
- 3. Yes, but only with your left hand — no support
- 4. A wag is not always friendly, and you never touch a strange dog — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, against -2 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 the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «dogs» (+2); the same action «touch» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · wrong ✗
In Tom and Jerry, Spike the bulldog turns friendly after Tom gives him a bone. Is a street dog eating a bone safe to pat?
- 1. Yes, a dog with food is always happy — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Yes, if you pat it while it chews — no support
- 3. Yes, food makes every dog calm — no support
- 4. No, dogs may bite to guard their food — ✓ the right answer · score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 50, line 4: «Cartoon animals chat in full sentences and every dog with a wagging tail is happy; real messages are simpler but cleverer, and a stiff, high, fast wag can mean…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · wrong ✗
Count them: a dog has 42 teeth and a cat has 30. How many more teeth has the dog?
- 1. 22 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 2 — no support
- 3. 12 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. 72 — 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 ✗
Count them: Granny feeds 5 street cats. How many ears does she see at the bowl?
- 1. 15 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 20 — no support
- 3. 10 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. 5 — 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 ✗
Count them: 3 street dogs follow the bus. How many legs and tails together?
- 1. 6 legs and 3 tails — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 12 legs and 3 tails — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. 9 legs and 3 tails — no support
- 4. 12 legs and 6 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 6 · wrong ✗
«it's only a scratch from a stray cat, chill» What is right?
- 1. Scratches from cats never matter, because cats keep their claws very clean — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. Lick it clean and it will be fine — no support
- 3. Only bites matter, never scratches — no support
- 4. Wash it, tell a grown-up and get it checked, as scratches can get infected — ✓ the right answer · 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 197, line 15: «Cats scratch to keep their claws in good shape and to leave scent from glands in their paws; a scratching post near the spot they like can save the sofa.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «claws» (+2); the same action «keep» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · right ✓
«bro the dog bit me but it's tiny, i'll see if it gets better» Why is waiting a bad idea?
- 1. If it carries rabies, vaccine works only if given quickly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
- 2. Rabies only comes from big bites — no support
- 3. Waiting makes the vaccine work better when you finally go — score 2
- 4. Small bites always heal in an hour — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 293, line 15: «Horses carried soldiers for thousands of years, millions died in the First World War, and a memorial in London remembers animals in war, including dogs and pig…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «dogs» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · wrong ✗
What would happen if everyone fed street animals at different spots and times?
- 1. The animals would all become pets — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Food would lie around and bring rats, flies and fights — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The street would stay cleaner — no support
- 4. The animals would stop being hungry for ever — 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 9 · wrong ✗
Why might fewer babies each year be kinder to street cats in the long run?
- 1. It makes the cats grow bigger — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Fewer kittens are born to go hungry, and the cats already there can live on — ✓ the right answer · score 0
- 3. It makes all cats go away at once — score 4
- 4. Cats with no babies stop eating and so they need much less food — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 343, line 5: «Meat is the muscle of an animal that was killed for food; in Britain the law says animals at an abattoir must usually be made unconscious first so they do not…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · wrong ✗
In a cartoon a dog bites a cartoon boy and he just rubs his leg and laughs. What is right in real life?
- 1. Only cat bites can get infected — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A real dog bite makes deep holes that can get infected and needs a doctor — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Dog bites never break the skin, so there is nothing to worry about — no support
- 4. A laugh cleans the wound — 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 ✓
«shut up, it's my stray, i'll pick up the kittens and take 'em home» What is wiser?
- 1. Shake the box to wake them up — no support
- 2. Leave them, the mother may be nearby, and tell a grown-up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. Take them, mothers never come back — score 3
- 4. Feed them milk from your hand right away — score 0
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 371, line 19: «Kittens found alone usually have a mother nearby looking for food, so watch from far away and tell a grown-up rather than picking them up.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same thing acted on «grown up» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal reason for which a person ought to remain motionless, rather than flee, when approached by an unfamiliar dog.
- 1. Dogs are incapable of perceiving stationary objects — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Flight may provoke the animal to give chase — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Running is prohibited in public places — no support
- 4. Dogs invariably flee from those who run — 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 2 · formal language · right ✓
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning rabies.
- 1. Once symptoms appear it is almost invariably fatal, but prompt vaccination after a bite prevents it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It is a mild illness that resolves without treatment — no support
- 3. Vaccination is effective only after the symptoms of the disease have become apparent in the patient — no support
- 4. It is transmitted solely through the air — 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 a clipped ear observed upon a street cat?
- 1. It indicates that the animal has been neutered, vaccinated and returned — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. It is characteristic of a particular breed — no support
- 3. It indicates injury sustained in combat with a dog or another cat — score 4
- 4. It denotes ownership by a particular household — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 371, line 15: «Many cities catch street cats and dogs, have a vet do a small operation so they cannot have babies, vaccinate them and let them go back; a clipped ear or ear t…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «show» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the cardinality of the dentition of an adult domestic dog.
- 1. Thirty teeth — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Thirty-two teeth — no support
- 3. Forty-two teeth — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Twenty-eight teeth — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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