The big cats house: lions and tigers up close

Tests: 6 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 11 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 81 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 ✗

3 lions on the rock and 2 tigers in the pool. how many legs is that

1. 16 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 24 — no support
3. 12 — no support
4. 20 — ✓ 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 2 · right ✓

In Tom and Jerry a cat chases a mouse every day. «so a lion would chase Jerry too right?»

1. Yes, lions mostly eat mice in the wild — score 3
2. No, lions are scared of mice — no support
3. Yes, every cat chases mice all day, big or small — score 2
4. No, a lion hunts big prey, a mouse is not worth it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 81, line 5: «A big cat does not chase mice like Tom chases Jerry; a mouse is far too small to be worth the effort for a hunter that needs kilograms of meat a day.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mouse» (+5); the same property (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · right ✓

«that lion's useless, hasn't moved in an hour, is it ill or what» What is right?

1. It must be ill, because healthy lions never stop moving around — score 4
2. Resting up to 20 hours a day is normal for a lion — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Zoo lions are given sleeping pills — no support
4. It is stuffed and not a real lion — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 81, line 1: «In the big cats house a lion may lie on a warm rock for your whole visit, and that is not laziness: a lion hunts in short, hard bursts, so it saves its strengt…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «rest up» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · wrong ✗

Count the ears: 4 lions and 1 tiger are lying in the sun. How many ears altogether?

1. 8 — ← 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 · right ✓

A friend says the male lion with the big mane is the best hunter of the pride. What would you say?

1. Right, the mane helps him hide in the grass — no support
2. Right, only males hunt in a pride while the females mind the cubs — no support
3. The lionesses do most of the hunting; he guards the land — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. The cubs do all the hunting — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 81, line 8: «In a wild pride the lionesses do most of the hunting, often together, while the maned male guards the land and the cubs.», 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) (+3). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «most» (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · wrong ✗

What would happen if a keeper shaved a patch of a tiger's fur?

1. The tiger would lose all its stripes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The fur would grow back with no stripes — no support
3. The stripes would still show on the skin — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The skin would be plain pink underneath — 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 ✗

«how can a bright orange tiger hide, it sticks out a mile» What is right?

1. To deer, orange looks like the green and brown leaves — ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. Tigers only hunt at night, so their colour does not matter at all — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. Deer can smell but not see at all — score 0
4. Tigers are really green in the wild — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 19, line 9: «Tigers live and hunt alone, except mothers with cubs, and each tiger needs a big area of its own because its prey is spread out thinly; cubs stay with their mo…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hunt» (+5); the same doer «tigers» (+4). The right option, 1, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · right ✓

A cartoon cat is always sitting in the bath, hating every second. Which big cat would actually enjoy the bath?

1. A snow leopard — no support
2. A wild lynx — no support
3. A cheetah — no support
4. A tiger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 81, line 9: «Tigers swim well and cool off in pools and rivers; most cats dislike water, but tigers, jaguars and fishing cats are happy swimmers.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «tigers» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · wrong ✗

A pet shop says its white tiger cub is «a rare kind from the Arctic». What is true?

1. It is an ordinary Bengal tiger with a rare pale gene — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, white tigers live wild in the Arctic and hunt seals on the ice — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. It is a separate species found only in zoos — no support
4. It is a polar bear cub in disguise — 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 35, line 7: «Polar bears live only in the Arctic and penguins live in the southern half of the world, so in the wild they never meet.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «arctic» (+3); the same action «live» (+2). 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 10 · right ✓

Why would a keeper hide meat in different places each day instead of always in one bowl?

1. So the visitors cannot see the food — no support
2. So the lion eats less meat — no support
3. It makes the meat taste better and fresher after a day in the grass — no support
4. It gives the cat something to search for and cuts down pacing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 42, line 15: «At Izu Shaboten Zoo in Japan, keepers have given capybaras warm baths in winter since the 1980s, and yuzu fruits are often floated in the water; capybaras come…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «keepers» (+2); the same action «give» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · right ✓

2 lions and 3 tigers. how many tails, and no it's not 20 lol

1. 5 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. 10 — no support
3. 4 — no support
4. 20 — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which the lion rests for the greater part of each day.

1. It is afflicted by grave illness whenever it is kept in captivity — no support
2. It is nocturnal and incapable of any activity during the hours of daylight — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. It hunts in brief, strenuous bursts and must conserve energy — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. It lacks entirely the muscles required for sustained movement — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 18, line 15: «Lions rest or sleep up to about 20 hours a day to save energy for hunting, and a lion can eat 30 kilograms or more at one meal and then not eat for days.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «lions» (+5); the same property (+3). The right option, 3, scored 7. · 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 white tiger.

1. It is the offspring of a tiger and a snow leopard — no support
2. It constitutes a distinct species native to Arctic regions — no support
3. It is a tiger whose coat has faded with advanced age — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. It is a Bengal tiger bearing a rare gene that renders the fur pale — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 81, line 13: «White tigers are ordinary Bengal tigers with a rare gene; breeding close relatives to get them causes health problems, so good zoos no longer do it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «ordinary bengal tigers» (+5); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: the same doer «white tigers» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · 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 division of labour within a wild lion pride?

1. Hunting is undertaken solely by the cubs — no support
2. The male conducts all hunting whilst the lionesses remain with the cubs — ← Mova's choice · score 11
3. Each member hunts exclusively for itself — no support
4. The lionesses conduct most hunting; the male defends the territory — ✓ the right answer · score 11

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 11, tied with another option at 11 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 81, line 8: «In a wild pride the lionesses do most of the hunting, often together, while the maned male guards the land and the cubs.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «maned male» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 11. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that a lion requires between five and seven kilograms of meat daily. Determine the most accurate explanation of why it does not pursue mice.

1. Lions are incapable of perceiving animals of so small a size — score 2
2. Lions are known to be afraid of mice — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. A mouse yields far too little food to repay the chase — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Mice are toxic to all members of the cat family — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 21, line 16: «Elephants may jump at small sudden things, but the story that they are specially afraid of mice is a myth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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