The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and enrichment
Tests: 6 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 82 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 ✓
«my cat goes mad for a cardboard box, would a tiger care?» What is right?
- 1. Yes, big cats love boxes, and zoos give them as enrichment — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Tigers eat the box and nothing else — no support
- 3. No, only kittens play with boxes — no support
- 4. No, tigers are scared of cardboard because it rustles and smells odd — 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 a cartoon a huge black panther is «a different animal from leopards». What would you fix?
- 1. It is right, panthers are their own species — no support
- 2. It is a puma that rolled in mud — no support
- 3. It is a black lion from the mountains — no support
- 4. It is a dark leopard or jaguar, with spots in bright light — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 9: «A black panther is a leopard or jaguar with extra dark pigment, and its spots can still be seen in bright light.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «black panther» (+5); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗
You are a keeper. A tiger keeps pacing. Which idea would help most?
- 1. Give it the same bowl at the same time — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Keep visitors away and keep the lights off all day long — no support
- 3. Make the enclosure smaller — no support
- 4. Hide food in boxes and change the enclosure — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
2 snow leopards, a jaguar and 3 cheetahs. how many tails
- 1. 3 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 6 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. 24 — no support
- 4. 4 — 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 ✗
«jaguar and leopard, same thing innit» What is right?
- 1. Yes, they live together in the same forests of Africa and Asia, side by side — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, jaguars have dots in their rosettes and live in the Americas — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. No, jaguars have stripes — no support
- 4. Yes, jaguar is just the American word for leopard, mate — 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
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
What would happen if a cheetah tried to chase a gazelle for a whole kilometre at top speed?
- 1. It would just keep getting faster — score 4
- 2. It would overheat and have to stop — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 3. Nothing, cheetahs never tire — score 2
- 4. It would turn into a leopard — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 10: «The cheetah is the fastest land animal, reaching about 100 kilometres per hour in a sprint with long legs, a light body, a bendy spine and a steering tail, but…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «overheat» (+5); the same doer «cheetah» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
A friend says the puma is a small lion because it is called a mountain lion. What is right?
- 1. It is a puma, a cat that purrs and cannot roar — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It is a big kind of house cat that roars — no support
- 3. Yes, it is a lion from American mountains — no support
- 4. Yes, it is a young female lion that has left its pride — ← Mova's choice · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 7: «A lion's roar can be heard about 8 kilometres away; lions roar to mark their territory and call their pride, mostly at night and dawn, when the air is cool and…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lions» (+2); the same thing acted on «pride» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · right ✓
A cartoon has a cat that whistles and chirps like a bird. Which real cat comes closest?
- 1. The puma — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
- 2. The African lion — score 11
- 3. The jaguar — score 6
- 4. The tiger — score 11
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 82, line 14: «Pumas, also called cougars or mountain lions, chirp, hiss, purr and scream but cannot roar; a mountain lion is not a lion.», 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 «pumas» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Why would a fishing cat have slightly webbed feet?
- 1. It lives on hot desert sand — no support
- 2. It hunts in swamps and water — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. It walks on deep snow — no support
- 4. It climbs tall trees in the forest — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 81, line 16: «A lion needs about 5 to 7 kilograms of meat a day, which would be hundreds of mice, so big cats hunt zebras, antelopes and other large animals.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «big cats» (+2); the same action «hunt» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · right ✓
«why does a turtle eater need such a strong bite» Which answer fits?
- 1. Turtles bite back very hard, so it must bite first — no support
- 2. Turtles are very fast and must be grabbed — no support
- 3. Turtle meat is tougher than any bone — no support
- 4. It has to crack a hard shell to reach the meat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 82, line 2: «The jaguar has the strongest bite of any big cat for its size, strong enough to crack a turtle's shell, and the clouded leopard can walk down a tree trunk head…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «crack» (+5); the same thing acted on «shell» (+5); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
4 sand cats and 1 fishing cat in the small cats corner. how many paws
- 1. 10 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 20 — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. 25 — no support
- 4. 16 — 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 · right ✓
Identify the principal function of the broad, fur-covered paws of the snow leopard.
- 1. To enable it to descend trees head first in pursuit of prey — no support
- 2. To distribute its weight upon the snow as snowshoes do — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. To amplify the sound of its roar — no support
- 4. To permit rapid swimming in mountain rivers — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 82, line 6: «A snow leopard's wide, fur-covered paws spread its weight like snowshoes so it does not sink; it cannot roar and makes a puffing sound instead.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «spread» (+4); the same thing acted on «weight» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice of enrichment in zoological collections?
- 1. The instruction of animals in tricks for public display — no support
- 2. The reduction of enclosure size in the interest of safety — no support
- 3. The provision of objects to search, smell and solve — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The provision of supplementary food on public holidays — ← Mova's choice · 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 36, line 9: «A scout ant leaves a smell trail from food to the nest; others follow and strengthen it while the food lasts, then the trail fades.», 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 «food» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the animal commonly designated a «black panther».
- 1. It is a dark leopard or jaguar whose rosettes remain visible — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It constitutes a separate species native to South Asia — no support
- 3. It is a lion lacking a mane — no support
- 4. It is the offspring of a puma and a jaguar, bred in captivity for its colour — 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 · wrong ✗
Ascertain the approximate number of species of wild cat presently recognised.
- 1. About four in all — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. About forty — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. About four hundred — no support
- 4. About four thousand — 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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