Wild animals: keep away, never feed
Tests: 8 of 19 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 9 of 23 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 26 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Lucas camps with his family in Banff, Canada. He wants to keep his crisps in the tent overnight. Why is this unwise?
- 1. Squirrels eat tents — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The smell can bring a bear to the tent — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Crisps are not allowed in Canada — no support
- 4. Crisps go soggy in the cold mountain air overnight — 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 ✓
A girl in Florida sees an alligator lying still on a canal bank. Which is safest?
- 1. Stay far back and tell an adult — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Throw it some bread to keep it happy — no support
- 3. Poke it with a stick to see if it is alive — no support
- 4. Walk past it closely, it is 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 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Which is true?
- 1. Only big animals can hurt people — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Wild animals are just like pets — no support
- 3. A fed wild animal can become dangerous to people — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Feeding wild animals always helps them get through winter — 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 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗
A family in Alaska meets a bear close up on a trail. What should they do?
- 1. Split up and run in different directions so it gets confused — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Climb the nearest small tree at once — no support
- 3. Stay together, back away slowly and talk calmly — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Shout and charge straight at the bear — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 12: «Before going somewhere busy, a family can agree on a meeting place in case they get separated.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «separate» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗
A boy in Perth gets swooped by a magpie on his way to school each spring. Which plan is cleverest?
- 1. Climb the tree to take the nest down so it goes away for good — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Take another way round the nest for a few weeks — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Throw stones at the bird every day — no support
- 4. Wave his arms wildly when it comes — 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 ✗
A badger is trapped in a garden fence in Yorkshire. What should Ella do?
- 1. Pull it out carefully with her bare hands — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Try to pick it up in a towel and carry it home to look after — no support
- 3. Feed it until it is calm — no support
- 4. Stay away and ask an adult to call a wildlife rescue — ✓ 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 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Why should a dog be kept away from the water's edge in Florida?
- 1. Dogs cannot swim in fresh water — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. An alligator could grab it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Fish might nip at its paws in the water — no support
- 4. The water is bad for their fur — 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 8 · ★★ · right ✓
A wild kangaroo hops into a campsite looking for food. A child holds out some bread. What could go wrong?
- 1. The kangaroo could kick or scratch, and it learns to beg — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. The kangaroo will take the child home — score 4
- 3. Nothing, kangaroos at campsites are tame and like children — no support
- 4. The bread will make it fly — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 26, line 17: «Male kangaroos can kick and scratch very hard, so they should be watched from a distance.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kick» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «male kangaroos» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Why is it wrong to walk between a mother moose and her calf?
- 1. Moose are scared of children — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The mother will defend her calf and may charge — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The calf will follow you home and lose its mother — no support
- 4. The mother will lose her way — 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 10 · ★★ · right ✓
deer's so cute, can i give it my sandwich
- 1. No, never feed wild animals — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Only the crusts — no support
- 3. Yes, if it comes close — no support
- 4. Yes, a little bit is fine, it's hungry — 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 ✓
there's a bear!! run??
- 1. No, back away slowly and talk calmly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Climb the nearest tree — no support
- 3. Throw food at it — no support
- 4. Yes, run as fast as you can, bears are slow — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 26, line 3: «In bear country such as Alaska, Canada and Colorado, hikers stay in groups, talk or make noise so bears hear them coming, keep food locked away, and never run…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «talk» (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗
duck pond in florida, pond's fine to play by right
- 1. Yes, feed them if you see one — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Careful, gators can live in small ponds — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yes, ponds are too small for them — no support
- 4. Yes, gators only live 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
Test 13 · ★★ · wrong ✗
moose with a baby by the road, get closer for a pic?
- 1. Yes, moose are gentle, they only eat plants — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yes, give the calf some bread — no support
- 3. Yes, if you're quiet — no support
- 4. No, mums with calves are dangerous — ✓ 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 14 · ★★ · wrong ✗
there's a deer with a baby fawn right by the trail, can i go close
- 1. Yes, if you go slowly — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yes, deer are always gentle and never hurt anyone — no support
- 3. Yes, if you bring food — no support
- 4. No, mothers protect their babies and can attack — ✓ the right answer · 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 15 · ★★ · right ✓
we've got leftover sandwiches, chuck em to the bear?
- 1. Never, a fed bear becomes dangerous and gets put down — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. Yes, it will be grateful — no support
- 3. Yes, if you throw them far — no support
- 4. Yes, then it will leave you and the tents alone — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 26, line 7: «Campers in Canada left food in their tent; a bear came in the night to get it, and the park rangers later had to put the bear down because it had learnt to loo…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «put down» (+2); the same doer «bear» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 16 · ★★ · right ✓
Josh says gators on land are slow and harmless. true?
- 1. No, they can lunge very fast over short distances — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yes, they never come out on land — no support
- 3. Yes, they are only fast in water, never on land — no support
- 4. Yes, unless they are hungry — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗
my mum's mate said a bear came into the campsite and ate everyone's food cos someone left toothpaste in the tent
- 1. Real lesson: bears only like toothpaste — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It proves camping is never safe anywhere — no support
- 3. Real lesson: store food and even toothpaste away from bears; the detail may be exaggerated — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It means bears are scared of tents — 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 18 · ★★ · right ✓
someone at school reckons alligators only live in swamps, so ponds in Florida are fine to swim in
- 1. He is right, alligators avoid places with houses — no support
- 2. Wrong; alligators live in fresh water all over Florida, even small ponds and canals — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
- 3. He is right, ponds are too small for them — no support
- 4. He is right, they only live in the Everglades — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 26, line 14: «Alligators live in fresh water all over Florida, even in small ponds and canals.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same place «fresh water» (+3); the same action «live» (+2); the same doer «alligators» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 19 · ★★ · right ✓
Kai got swooped by a magpie and cried, the year 6s keep calling him Bird Boy
- 1. Spread it, so he toughens up — no support
- 2. Join in, the nickname is only a joke and he'll laugh about it later — no support
- 3. Do not join in; magpies swoop in spring and anyone can get scared — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. Spread it, and say the bird chased him home — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 26, line 18: «Australian magpies swoop people in spring to protect their nests.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «swoop» (+2); the same doer «australian magpies» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consequence of feeding wild animals?
- 1. The animals become permanently tame and safe — score 8
- 2. The animals cease to require any other food — score 7
- 3. The animals are rendered healthier by human food — score 4
- 4. The animals lose their fear of people and may become dangerous — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 12, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 26, line 9: «Never feed wild animals; food from people makes them lose their fear and can make them dangerous.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «lose» (+3); the same doer «animals» (+3); the same thing acted on «fear» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
It being given that a bear is encountered at close quarters, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.
- 1. To run as quickly as possible downhill — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To approach the bear and offer it food — no support
- 3. To climb the nearest small tree at once — no support
- 4. Not to run, but to withdraw slowly whilst speaking calmly — ✓ 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
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Identify the principal reason for which hikers in bear country are advised to make noise.
- 1. So that bears hear their approach and move away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. So that other hikers may locate the bears — no support
- 3. So that bears become accustomed to people — no support
- 4. So that bears are attracted to observe them — 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 26, line 12: «Making noise on a hike helps bears hear you coming and move away.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «bears» (+4); the same action «hear» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning mother animals.
- 1. A mother animal never defends her young — ← Mova's choice · score 0
- 2. A mother animal will abandon her young if approached — no support
- 3. A mother with young is invariably calm and harmless — no support
- 4. A mother protecting her young is especially dangerous — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 25, line 2: «These animals do not want to fight a person; most bites happen when someone steps on one, puts a hand where they cannot see, or tries to catch, poke or kill it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fight» (+2); the same doer «animals» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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