Animals outdoors, on the farm and at the zoo

Tests: 13 of 19 right · Exam: 4 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 17 of 23 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 206 of the everyday 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 ✓

Which is true about horses and fingers?

1. Horses only ever bite on purpose — score 4
2. A horse can bite fingers by mistake if food is held in them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Horses never bite anything at all except grass and hay — score 1
4. Horses like being fed by strangers without anyone asking first — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 67, line 23: «Horses cannot see well right in front of their noses, so they can bite fingers by mistake.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bite» (+3); the same doer «horses» (+1); the same thing acted on «fingers» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Why is giving a hedgehog a saucer of milk a bad idea?

1. Milk makes their spines fall out — score 4
2. Hedgehogs drink only rain water — no support
3. Milk makes hedgehogs ill — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 14
4. Hedgehogs cannot drink at all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 14, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 206, line 4: «A girl in Yorkshire sees a hedgehog in her garden at night; she puts out a shallow dish of water and some meaty cat food, not milk or bread, because milk makes…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «milk» (+4); the same thing acted on «hedgehogs» (+4); the same property (+4); the same action «make» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

A Canadian family hears a bear near their camp. Which choice could make the bear chase them?

1. Staying together as a group — no support
2. Running away — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Speaking calmly — score 5
4. Backing away slowly — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 69, line 5: «A girl in Montana on a family hike sees a black bear across a meadow. She stays close to her parents, does not run, and they talk calmly while backing away slo…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «back away» (+5); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Why do seagulls at some beaches grab food from people's hands?

1. They are angry that people swim in their sea — no support
2. Seagulls are trained by beach staff — no support
3. Seagulls have no other food anywhere — score 5
4. People fed them and taught them to — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 10, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 206, line 5: «Sharks rarely attack people, because we are not their normal food; seagulls grab food only because people taught them to by feeding them.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «teach» (+6); the same receiver «seagulls» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

A raccoon walks up to a boy in New Jersey in the daytime. What should he do?

1. Follow it to its nest — no support
2. Pick it up, since it seems tame — no support
3. Move away and tell an adult, because raccoons can bite and carry rabies — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. Offer it a snack from his hand — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 63, line 6: «A boy in Texas woke his hamster in the daytime by poking it; the startled hamster bit his finger hard.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «bite» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

A dad in Sydney is bitten by a snake. His son should...

1. Put ice on it and do nothing else — no support
2. Help him walk quickly to go and find the snake — no support
3. Call 000 and keep his dad calm and still — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Cut the bite and suck it out — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 206, line 3: «Many Australian snakes are venomous; if anyone is bitten by any snake you call the emergency number (000 in Australia) and keep the person calm and still, neve…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

At the zoo, a child wants to climb over a low wall to get closer to the lions. Why not?

1. Zoo animals are wild and can kill or hurt people — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Lions are only dangerous in Africa, not in zoos at home — no support
3. The keepers would only be a bit cross — no support
4. The lions are asleep in the sun, so it is perfectly fine — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 71, line 2: «At a zoo or an aquarium the animals are still wild, so we follow the signs, stay behind the barriers, keep quiet and switch off the camera flash.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «animals» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Why do most sharks leave swimmers alone?

1. People are not their normal food — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Sharks can never see people — no support
3. Sharks only live in deep tanks — no support
4. Sharks are afraid of all colours — 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 · ★ · right ✓

A rooster on a farm flaps and charges at a visitor. What does the visitor do?

1. Grab the rooster by its tail — no support
2. Shout and stamp at it to scare it off — no support
3. Walk away calmly and tell the owner — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. Run off and hide inside the hen house till dark — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 206, line 9: «Some roosters attack people to protect their hens, so you walk away calmly and tell the owner.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «walk away» (+4); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

can i give the horse my apple

1. Push it right into his mouth, he'll love it — no support
2. Hold it in your fingertips so he can see it — score 4
3. Throw it over into the field — no support
4. Ask the owner, then hold it on a flat palm — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 206, line 8: «To feed a horse a carrot or apple, you ask the owner, then hold the food on a flat palm so fingers are not mistaken for food.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hold» (+4); the same place «flat palm» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

theres a snake in the garden! (Brisbane)

1. Catch it in a bucket — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Keep away, keep pets in and call an adult or snake catcher — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Poke it with a stick — no support
4. Throw a shoe at it — 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 12 · ★ · right ✓

my uncle says suck the poison out of a snake bite, right?

1. Yes, then wash with milk — no support
2. No, call the emergency number and keep the person calm and still — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. Yes, suck fast — no support
4. Yes, and cut the bite first — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 69, line 3: «For any snake bite you call the emergency number and keep the person calm and still, because moving spreads the venom faster; sucking or cutting the bite does…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same thing acted on «person» (+3); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

hedgehog in the garden, give it milk?

1. Yes, lots of milk — no support
2. No, milk makes them ill; water or meaty cat food — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. Yes, milk and bread — no support
4. Yes, warm milk — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 206, line 13: «Hedgehogs in the UK and Ireland can have a shallow dish of water or meaty cat food, but never milk or bread, as milk makes them ill.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same doer «milk» (+3); the same property (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

cows in the field, can we cut through, they look chill

1. Only if you wave to them — no support
2. Yes, if you run — no support
3. Yes, cows are gentle — no support
4. No, cows with calves can charge, go round the field — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 206, line 6: «A girl in Colorado climbed into a field to stroke a calf; the mother cow charged, knocked her down and she was badly bruised before a farmer pulled her out.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «charge» (+3); the same doer «mother cow» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗

Leo strokes the lambs at a farm and then wants his crisps. What first?

1. Nothing, lambs are clean — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Use the same hands, then wash later — no support
3. Wipe them on his trousers — no support
4. Wash his hands with soap and water — ✓ 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 16 · ★ · wrong ✗

zoo fence is low, can i climb it for a selfie with the bear

1. Yes, if you're quick — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Only if your dad holds you — no support
3. No, keep behind the fence, wild animals can kill — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, the bear's asleep — 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 17 · ★ · right ✓

did u hear a guy climbed into the lion bit at the zoo for a selfie and got mauled, it's all over tiktok. real lesson?

1. Stay behind zoo barriers; the animals are wild — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Lions are safe if they've just eaten — no support
3. Selfies are fine if you're quick about it — no support
4. Only climb in when the keeper's standing right there — no support

Test 18 · ★ · wrong ✗

my mum's mate said her uncle got bit by a snake and they cut it open and sucked the poison out and he lived. true lesson?

1. Yes, sucking out venom saves lives — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, but only if done within a minute — no support
3. No, cutting and sucking harms; call emergency and keep still — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, then walk quickly to a hospital — 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 19 · ★ · wrong ✗

apparently sharks attack like loads of people at our beach every summer, my brother's mate saw one bite a kid's leg off. what's probably exaggerated?

1. That some sharks are large — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The numbers; shark attacks are rare — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. That beaches have lifeguards on duty — no support
4. That sharks live out there in the sea — 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 correct manner in which a carrot is offered to a horse, the owner having consented.

1. Thrown upon the ground before it — score 2
2. Upon a flat open palm — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Held in the mouth of the person — no support
4. Held between the fingertips — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 206, line 8: «To feed a horse a carrot or apple, you ask the owner, then hold the food on a flat palm so fingers are not mistaken for food.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same place «flat palm» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate conduct upon encountering a bear?

1. Shout and approach the animal — no support
2. Run away as swiftly as possible — no support
3. Remain with adults, speak calmly and retreat slowly without running — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. Climb the nearest small tree at once — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 206, line 15: «If you meet a bear, you stay with adults, do not run, speak calmly and back away slowly, because running can make it chase you.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stay» (+5); the same circumstance (+3). · 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 giving of milk to hedgehogs.

1. Milk makes hedgehogs ill and is not to be given — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Milk is suitable if mixed with bread — no support
3. Milk is the most suitable food for hedgehogs in gardens — score 3
4. Milk may be given only in the winter months — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 206, line 4: «A girl in Yorkshire sees a hedgehog in her garden at night; she puts out a shallow dish of water and some meaty cat food, not milk or bread, because milk makes…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same doer «milk» (+1); the same thing acted on «hedgehogs» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Ascertain the principal reason for which hands are to be washed with soap following contact with farm animals.

1. Soap prevents the animals from biting one later — no support
2. Farm animals dislike the smell of children's unwashed hands — no support
3. It is required only if the animal was visibly dirty — score 0
4. Farm animals may carry germs such as E. coli — ← 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 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 206, line 20: «Farm animals carry germs such as E. coli that can make children very ill, so you wash hands with soap and water after touching them.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «farm animals» (+2); the same thing acted on «germs» (+2); the same action «carry» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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