Allergies, horses and farm animals

Tests: 8 of 19 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 17 of 23 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 67 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 ✓

A girl in Colorado is told a certain fluffy dog breed is safe for her allergy. What should she know?

1. That breed can never cause sneezing or itchy eyes in anyone, ever — no support
2. Allergies only come from cats — no support
3. Fluffy dogs never have proteins — no support
4. Some breeds shed less, but no dog is completely allergy-free — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 67, line 9: «No dog is completely allergy-free; some breeds shed less, but all dogs make the proteins people react to.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shed» (+5); the same doer «breeds» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

At a picnic a boy stung by a bee has a swelling face and trouble breathing. Why must someone call the emergency number at once?

1. A bee sting always hurts for a short time — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. It may be anaphylaxis, a dangerous allergic reaction — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Bees are protected and every sting must be reported to the police — no support
4. He needs a plaster for the sting — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 51, line 20: «Unkind words can hurt someone for a long time, much longer than a scratch.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+3); the same property (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓

Why should you hold your hand flat when feeding a horse?

1. So the horse does not bite your fingers by mistake — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. Horses only eat from flat things like plates and trays — no support
3. So the horse sees the food better — score 6
4. So the food does not fall — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 9, against 6 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 thing acted on «fingers» (+4); the same action «bite» (+3); the same doer «horses» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A family on a walk in Yorkshire sees a big bull standing in the field they want to cross. Which is the safe choice?

1. Find another way round and stay out of the field — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Shout and wave so the bull moves away — no support
3. Cross fast while it is looking away — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Walk straight through the middle, holding the dog close — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 61, line 8: «A cat that swishes, lashes or thumps its tail while being stroked is annoyed and may soon scratch or bite, so you stop and let it walk away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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 ✓

A boy feeds lawn clippings to horses over a fence because he thinks it is just grass. Why is this a problem?

1. It is too much food for one day — no support
2. Horses only eat carrots and apples — no support
3. The wrong food can make horses very ill — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Lawn grass is too short for horses to bite and chew — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 67, line 4: «Farm animals have their own diet, and the wrong food given over a fence can make them very ill.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «wrong food» (+2); the same action «make» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓

A cyclist zooms past a horse without warning and the horse jumps sideways. Why did this happen?

1. The horse was falling asleep on its feet — no support
2. Horses do not like the bright colour of bikes — no support
3. The horse wanted to race against the bike — no support
4. Sudden noise and movement scare horses — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 67, line 3: «Big farm animals are strong and easily frightened. Horses startle at sudden noise, cows protect their calves from dogs, and a bull can be very dangerous, so in…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «horses» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Someone says pigs are dirty because they love mud. Which is true?

1. Pigs need mud to grow their teeth — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Pigs are clean and clever; mud cools them because they cannot sweat — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Pigs roll in mud because they enjoy being dirty and smelly all the time — score 2
4. Mud makes pigs smell nice — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 63, line 8: «Guinea pigs cannot make their own vitamin C, so they need fresh vegetables such as pepper or leafy greens every day.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same action «need» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓

A girl at a petting farm wants to walk around holding a chick. What is the safer way?

1. Hold it high up so it can see everything around — no support
2. Hold it by its wing — no support
3. Sit down and hold it gently in cupped hands — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Carry it in her pocket — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 67, line 22: «At a petting farm you hold a chick gently in cupped hands while sitting down, because a fall can hurt it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓

Cows run at a woman walking her dog on a lead. Why is letting go of the lead safer for her?

1. Dogs scare cows away by barking — score 4
2. Letting go of the lead makes the cows lie down — no support
3. The cows will always stop running if they see a lead — score 4
4. The cows want the dog, and the dog can outrun them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 67, line 5: «A family from London is walking across a field with their dog when the cows start to run at them. The dad lets go of the lead: the cows were after the dog, the…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «cows» (+4); the same action «outrun» (+3); the same doer «dog» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗

aunty says her poodle is allergy free so i'll be fine. right?

1. Yes, small dogs are always safe — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, poodles never cause allergies — no support
3. Yes, if it has been bathed today — no support
4. No dog is fully allergy free, so be careful — ✓ 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 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

friend ate a peanut, her face is swelling n she cant breathe proper

1. Call the emergency number now and help with her adrenaline pen — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Give her a glass of water and wait for it to go down by itself — no support
3. Let her lie down and have a nap — no support
4. Tell her to cough it up herself — ← Mova's choice · 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 59, line 3: «Words online hurt just as much as words said aloud, and a post or photo can be copied and kept forever, so before you send something, ask: «Would I say this to…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «face» (+2); the same action «say» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★ · right ✓

horse in the field looks hungry, can i give him my apple

1. Yes, throw it over the fence to him — no support
2. Only with the owner's permission, on a flat hand — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Yes, hold it in your fingers for him to nibble — no support
4. Yes, horses can eat anything you have — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 67, line 13: «You feed a horse only with the owner's permission, holding your hand flat with the food on your palm.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «permit» (+4); the same doer «owner» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★★ · wrong ✗

cows comin at us cos of the dog!! what do i do

1. Shout and wave your arms at all the cows — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Hold the dog tight and stand very still — no support
3. Let go of the lead and get to safety — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Pick the dog up and run straight at them — 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 14 · ★★ · wrong ✗

friend's got cats, i'm allergic, staying over anyway

1. Just stay away from one cat — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Do not mention it to anyone, it will be fine — no support
3. Take your medicine and tell the adults first — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Pet them so you get used to it — 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 66, line 7: «A boy in Dublin was told his cat had just gone away when it died; he waited at the window for weeks, and he felt worse when he learnt the truth later.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★★ · wrong ✗

gonna give the horse a carrot with my fingers

1. Hold it by the tip with your fingers — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Throw it at the horse's face — no support
3. Hold it on a flat hand, fingers together — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Hold it high above its head — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 61, line 10: «You let a strange cat sniff a finger held low and stroke it only if it rubs against you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★★ · wrong ✗

chest's tight and wheezy after patting the dog

1. Run round the garden fast to clear your lungs — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Pat the dog more to get used to it — no support
3. Hold your breath until it goes — no support
4. Use your inhaler if you have one and tell an adult — ✓ 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 17 · ★★ · wrong ✗

heard the class hamster made a girl's face swell up and she couldn't breathe, they called an ambulance

1. It proves hamsters are poisonous — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Real lesson: anaphylaxis is an emergency; call the emergency number at once and help with the adrenaline pen — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Real lesson: every class pet should be got rid of straight away, because all pets make children ill — no support
4. It is gossip, so allergies are never serious — 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 ✓

my aunty says their poodle's 100% allergy-free so nobody can react to it

1. She is right, if it is washed weekly — no support
2. Not true; no dog is completely allergy-free, though some breeds shed less — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. She is right, small dogs are always safe — no support
4. She is right, poodles never cause allergies in anybody, whatever their breed or age — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 67, line 9: «No dog is completely allergy-free; some breeds shed less, but all dogs make the proteins people react to.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dog» (+4); 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 19 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Leo sneezes round dogs and the kids say he's faking to get attention, pass it on

1. Pass it on, so he stops — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Do not pass it on; pet allergies are real and the rumour is unkind — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Pass it on, because everybody knows sneezing round dogs is fake — no support
4. Pass it on, and add he cried — 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 ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cause of allergy to pets?

1. The pet's diet of meat — no support
2. The colour of the pet's fur — no support
3. The noise made by the pet — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Proteins present in pet skin flakes and saliva — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 64, line 18: «Onions, garlic, chocolate, grapes, salt and xylitol sweetener can make pets very ill.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). 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 · right ✓

It being given that a person suffers anaphylaxis, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

1. To give the person a glass of water and to wait until the swelling subsides — no support
2. To give the person a cold shower — no support
3. To call the emergency number at once and to assist with the adrenaline pen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. To let the person lie down and sleep — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 67, line 12: «Anaphylaxis is a dangerous allergic reaction, for example to a sting or to a food such as peanuts; you call the emergency number at once and help the person us…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «call» (+4); the same thing acted on «emergency number» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the manner of feeding a horse when permitted by the owner.

1. With the hand held flat, the food resting upon the palm — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
2. With the food held firmly between the fingertips — no support
3. By placing the food directly into the horse's ear — no support
4. By throwing the food over the fence — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 67, line 13: «You feed a horse only with the owner's permission, holding your hand flat with the food on your palm.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hold» (+4); the same thing acted on «hand» (+4); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Select the response that is consistent with established guidance when passing a horse and rider.

1. To slow down, give ample room and greet the rider — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. To shout to make the horse move — no support
3. To run past as fast as possible — no support
4. To approach from behind silently — 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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