Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show

Tests: 8 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 10 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 94 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 ✓

6 flamingos asleep each on one leg. how many feet touching the water

1. 6 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. 3 — no support
3. 12 — no support
4. 18 — 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 ✓

My little brother says parrots know everything they say. Best answer?

1. Yes, parrots understand every single word they say — score 3
2. They copy sounds; some, like Alex, learned simple meanings — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Yes, parrots learn English at school — score 3
4. No, parrots cannot make any sounds — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 94, line 6: «Parrots copy sounds, including words, to fit in with their flock; an African grey parrot called Alex learned to name colours, shapes and numbers up to six.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «copy» (+2); the same thing acted on «sounds» (+2); the same doer «parrots» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

the flamingos have gone all pale, keeper whats wrong with em

1. Their food is missing the pink pigments — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. They are cold and frightened of all the visitors — no support
3. They are very old — no support
4. They have been in the sun too long — 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 ✗

Your friend says an owl can spin its head right round like in a cartoon. What is true?

1. It turns about three quarters of the way, not a full circle — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. No, owls cannot turn their heads at all, only their eyes — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Yes, it spins round and round — score 2
4. It turns only a little, like a person — score 2

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 34, line 5: «Pictures get them wrong: an owl cannot turn its head all the way round, owls are not the cleverest birds, and a bald eagle is not bald at all.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «head» (+5); the same action «turn» (+2). Against it: the same doer «owl» (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

In Harry Potter, owls carry letters to people's homes. What is true of real owls?

1. They will deliver your letters if you give them a stamp — score 3
2. They hunt at night and cannot be trained as postmen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
3. They carry parcels heavier than themselves — no support
4. They fly only in daylight — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 11, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 94, line 13: «Owls fly almost silently thanks to soft fringed feather edges, and an owl can turn its head about three quarters of the way round, but not a full circle; most…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hunt» (+4); the same doer «most owls» (+4); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Road Runner always gets away from Wile E. Coyote. What would happen in a real race?

1. The coyote, about twice as fast, would usually win — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The roadrunner would win easily every time — no support
3. The roadrunner would fly far away — no support
4. They could never meet, as they live on different continents — 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 · ★ · right ✓

A peregrine nests on a cathedral roof in the city. Why might it like it there?

1. It is warm inside, and it likes listening to the organ — no support
2. People feed it every day — no support
3. It is high like a cliff, and city pigeons are food — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. It hides from the rain in the bells — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 94, line 14: «In a dive the peregrine falcon is the fastest animal, reaching more than 300 km per hour, and peregrines nest on tall city buildings, which are high like their…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if the trainer stopped giving the hawk meat?

1. It would keep coming back anyway, out of love for the trainer — no support
2. It would learn to talk — no support
3. It would start eating seeds — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. It would probably stop coming back to the glove — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 84, line 2: «When he beats his chest he uses cupped hands, not fists, and the pop carries through the forest to say «I am big, stay away», often stopping a fight before it…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «start» (+5). 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 9 · ★ · right ✓

A sign in Brazil says Spix's macaws were declared extinct in the wild in 2019. Why are some flying there again?

1. Birds bred in captivity were released from 2022 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Scientists cloned them from feathers — no support
3. They had just been hiding deep in the rainforest all along — no support
4. They flew back from another continent — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 94, line 17: «Blu in the film Rio is a Spix's macaw; that bird was declared extinct in the wild in 2019, and birds bred in captivity were reported released in Brazil from 20…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «captivity» (+4); the same action «breed» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

A parrot climbs up the cage bars. How many toes point forward on each foot?

1. Two — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Only one — score 6
3. Four — score 6
4. Three — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 93, line 18: «Parrots and toucans have two toes pointing forward and two pointing back, while most perching birds have three forward and one back.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «point» (+5); the same doer «two toes» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why is a vulture useful even if people think it is ugly?

1. It eats the rats and beetles that ruin farmers' crops — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. It guards the herds from lions — no support
3. It cleans up dead animals and stops disease spreading — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. It pollinates flowers — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 94, line 4: «A vulture lands last, bald and scruffy, but it is one of nature's cleaners, eating dead animals before their germs can spread.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «vulture» (+3); the same action «eat» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which flamingos maintained in captivity are provided with supplementary pigment.

1. The pigment strengthens the long, thin legs upon which they stand — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. The pigment accelerates the hatching of eggs — no support
3. The pigment prevents them from flying — no support
4. Their pink colouring derives from pigments obtained in the diet — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 94, line 2: «Flamingos look as if they are doing everything wrong: they stand on one leg, eat with their heads upside down and are only pink because of what they eat, yet e…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stand» (+4); the same place «one leg» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · 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 flight of the owl?

1. It is possible only in daylight — no support
2. It is accompanied by a loud whistling produced by the stiff wing feathers — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. It is nearly silent, owing to the soft fringed edges of its feathers — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It is conducted solely at great altitude — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 3: «Owls are the night shift: soft fringed feathers make their flight silent, and the heart-shaped face of a barn owl is a dish that funnels sound into its ears.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+6); the same circumstance (+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 · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the training of hawks.

1. The bird is incapable of flight beyond the field — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The bird returns out of genuine affection for the trainer, as a dog does — no support
3. The bird returns because it has learned the glove signifies a food reward — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The bird returns owing to fatigue — 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 ✓

It is given that four flamingos stand upon one leg apiece whilst two further flamingos stand upon both legs. Ascertain the aggregate number of feet in contact with the ground.

1. Eight — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Twelve — no support
3. Six — no support
4. Ten — 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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