Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not your friends

Tests: 5 of 10 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 9 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 458 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 ✗

«that magpie's got a personal vendetta, it only goes for me». What's really happening?

1. It's after her shiny hairclip — no support
2. Magpies pick one victim a year — no support
3. It's defending its nest from anyone on that path — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. It remembers she called it ugly and wants revenge — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 458, line 6: «Magpies can remember human faces, and people who throw things at them often get swooped more.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «remember» (+2). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

In Brisbane, a kid says «just chuck rocks at it, it'll learn». What would most likely happen?

1. It would bring him presents — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It would swoop him even more — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It would move away that day — no support
4. It would leave him alone forever — 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 · right ✓

Jake tells everyone: «that goose was psycho, attacked me for nothing». Is that fair?

1. No, it was protecting its young from him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. Yes, geese often attack people for no reason — no support
3. Yes, bread makes geese angry — no support
4. No, it wanted a selfie — 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 70, line 7: «A girl in Florida held out a sandwich to a goose by a lake; the goose bit her hand hard and flapped at her, and she fell backwards onto the path and cut her he…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · right ✓

The sign says «I bite». Your mate says «nah he won't, look at his face». What's smart?

1. Feed him with your fingers spread — no support
2. Feed him quickly before he notices — no support
3. Obey the sign and don't feed him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Only feed him if he's smiling at you — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 458, line 9: «If you are allowed to feed a horse or pony, keep your hand flat with your fingers together; read and obey signs that say not to.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «obey» (+3); the same thing acted on «signs» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · right ✓

What would happen if Sam had let his dog off the lead near the swans?

1. Nothing, swans never fight — no support
2. The swan could hurt the dog badly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. The swan would fly away scared — no support
4. The dog would make friends — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 458, line 2: «At the park pond Jake tries to feed the geese. A huge goose hisses, stretches out its neck and charges, wings wide. Jake drops the bread and legs it while ever…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same action «hurt» (+1); the same thing acted on «small dog» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · right ✓

In a cartoon a girl cuddles a wild hedgehog and gives it a saucer of milk. What's wrong?

1. Cuddling makes them grow faster — no support
2. Nothing, that's how you look after them properly — no support
3. Hedgehogs only drink tea — no support
4. Hedgehogs are wild and milk is bad for them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 458, line 4: «Mia's grandma in Georgia has a cockerel called Colonel who chases anyone in shorts. «He's fixin' to get you, sugar,» Grandma laughs — «fixin' to» is Southern U…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · right ✓

«crabs only pinch if u let go, so grab hard innit». What's the truth?

1. Crabs pinch to defend themselves, so leave them be — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
2. Crabs never pinch children — score 9
3. Holding a crab tighter stops it pinching your fingers — no support
4. Crabs only pinch on Sundays — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 11, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 458, line 15: «Crabs and other rock-pool creatures pinch to defend themselves; look and let them be.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «crabs» (+5); the same action «pinch» (+4); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

Kieran bangs the zoo glass: «wake up, you lazy monkey». What's the most likely result?

1. The monkey wakes up and waves back at him happily — no support
2. The keeper gives him a prize — score 4
3. The monkey falls asleep again — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. The monkey gets stressed and may throw stuff — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 317, line 2: «Sleep needs the right place and the right time. A dark, quiet, cool bedroom and no screens for about an hour before bed help you fall asleep and sleep deeply.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall» (+4); the same property (+1); 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 · wrong ✗

Maddie: «the goat literally ate my coat toggle, that's theft». What's the real lesson?

1. Goats only eat red things — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Goats chew anything, so hold onto your stuff — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Goats steal on purpose to annoy you — no support
4. You should feed goats your coat — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 265, line 5: «A girl in Ohio goes trick-or-treating with her dad, knocks only where the porch light is on, and lets him check her sweets before she eats any.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «sweets» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

Which of these animals is safe to treat like a pet?

1. The swan, once it knows you — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The magpie, if you whistle — no support
3. The goose, if you bring it a bag of bread every single day — no support
4. None of them: magpie, goose, swan and hedgehog are all wild — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which certain birds descend upon pedestrians during the spring months.

1. A seasonal hostility towards all humans — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. An attempt to obtain food from the pedestrian — no support
3. The defence of nests containing their young — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A preference for the hair of children — 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Given that feeding a pony is permitted, ascertain the manner of feeding most likely to avert injury.

1. Holding the food between the fingertips — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Offering the food from the feeder's mouth — no support
3. Presenting the food upon a flat open palm — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Casting the food towards the animal's face — 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 ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct appropriate towards a wild hedgehog found in a garden?

1. It should be given milk and cuddled — no support
2. It should be removed to the nearest pond — no support
3. It should be confined in a box and kept as a household pet — no support
4. It should be observed and not captured, and given no milk — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 458, line 14: «Wild animals like hedgehogs are visitors, not pets: watch, don't catch, and never give hedgehogs milk.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2). Against it: the same thing acted on «milk» (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a pedestrian who strikes a magpie with stones.

1. The bird will thereafter avoid that pedestrian entirely — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The bird will relocate its nest the same day — no support
3. The bird will forget the matter at once — no support
4. The bird may remember the pedestrian and swoop more often — ✓ 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

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