Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours

Tests: 9 of 19 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 16 of 23 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 69 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 boy in Leeds finds a big spider in his room and wants to squash it. What could he do instead?

1. Catch it under a glass with a card and put it outside — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Leave the window shut so it cannot get food and dies — score 5
3. Vacuum it up with the lid off — no support
4. Ask the spider to leave — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 29, line 8: «A boy in California picked up a bat lying on the ground; it bit him, and he needed a series of injections to protect him from rabies.», 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 «pick up» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓

A girl in Brisbane is bitten on the ankle by a snake while walking. Her friend wants to carry her running to the road. What is better?

1. Let her run to the road herself, as she will get help faster that way — score 3
2. Wait an hour to see if it hurts — no support
3. Cut the bite to let the venom out — no support
4. Keep her still and calm, call 000, and an adult applies a pressure bandage — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 57, line 3: «Surprises and secrets are different: a surprise, like a birthday present, is happy and is told soon, while a secret that makes you feel worried or uncomfortabl…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same thing acted on «secret» (+4). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓

In a TV film someone sucks venom out of a snake bite. Why should you not copy this?

1. It works, but only in films — no support
2. It only works on small snakes with little venom — no support
3. It does not work and causes harm — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. It only works if you spit fast — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. 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 thing acted on «harm» (+2); the same action «cause» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓

A child in Texas wants to pull firewood from the bottom of the woodpile with bare hands. What is the danger?

1. A venomous spider such as a black widow may be hiding there — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The pile might be home to fish — no support
3. The wood may be too cold — no support
4. The child may get some splinters, but nothing more than that — 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 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Why might a fox or raccoon that seems tame and walks up to people be dangerous?

1. Wild animals are friendliest when they are ill — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Tame animals always want food — no support
3. It may be sick, and some animals carry rabies — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It is lost and wants to be somebody's pet — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 29, line 1: «Animals can carry germs and tiny parasites that do them little harm but can make people ill: salmonella on turtles, lizards and baby chicks, worms in dog poo,…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A family finds a hedgehog in their Dublin garden and puts out a saucer of milk. Why is this a mistake?

1. Milk is too cold for hedgehogs — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Hedgehogs only drink juice — no support
3. Milk makes hedgehogs ill — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Hedgehogs cannot reach saucers — 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 boy on a camping trip sees a bear and his little brother starts to run. Why is running dangerous?

1. Bears cannot see people who walk — no support
2. Running makes the bear fall asleep — score 5
3. Running can make a bear chase you — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Bears are frightened of children — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 69, line 23: «Running can make a bear chase you, so you stay with adults, speak calmly and back away slowly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «bear» (+4); the same action «make» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A girl says snakes are slimy, so she does not want to touch the class corn snake. What is true?

1. Snakes are wet only in winter — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Snakes have dry, smooth skin that looks shiny because of scales — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Snakes are covered in a thick slime that helps them to swim fast — no support
4. Snakes are sticky like frogs — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A bat is found on the floor of a classroom in Vermont. What should the teacher and children do?

1. Feed it some fruit — no support
2. Keep away and let an expert with gloves deal with it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Pick it up in a tissue and put it outside on the grass — ← Mova's choice · score 11
4. Keep it in a box for a class pet — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 11, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 29, line 8: «A boy in California picked up a bat lying on the ground; it bit him, and he needed a series of injections to protect him from rabies.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «pick up» (+4); the same thing acted on «bat» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-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 ✗

spider in my room, gonna squish it

1. Spray water on it till it leaves — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Squish it, all spiders are dangerous n bite — no support
3. Catch it under a cup with a card, put it outside — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Leave it, it will crawl in your mouth at night — 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 ✗

theres a snake by the shed!! we're in Queensland

1. Poke it so it slithers away — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Go closer to see what kind it is — no support
3. Keep away, keep pets in, call an adult or snake catcher — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Catch it with a stick and throw 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

snake bit my brother, tv says suck the poison out

1. Cut the bite so the poison drains out — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Make him run to the nearest house for help, quick as he can — no support
3. No, call the emergency number and keep him calm and still — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, suck it out as fast as you can — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

hedgehog in the garden, can i give it some milk

1. Only give it milk with bread — no support
2. Yes, hedgehogs love a bowl of milk, it's their fave — no support
3. No, milk makes them ill, give water or cat food — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Yes, but warm the milk a bit — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. 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 action «make» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★★ · wrong ✗

mate picked up a snake on the trail to show off and it bit him, what now

1. Catch the snake to see if it bit hard — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Tell him to walk it off on the way home, it'll wear off — no support
3. Keep him still and calm and call the emergency number — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Put ice on it and go on with the hike — 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 69, line 24: «Most snake bites happen when people try to catch, kill or pick up a snake, not when they leave it alone.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «snake» (+3); the same action «pick up» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★★ · right ✓

why do most ppl get bitten by snakes anyway

1. Snakes chase anyone who walks past them on a path — no support
2. They try to grab, kill or move the snake — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Snakes hunt people on purpose — no support
4. Snakes bite whenever they get hungry — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 14, line 14: «Body language includes how people stand, how they move their hands and where they look.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «move» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★★ · wrong ✗

forgot to shake my boots out, somethin bit my toe, we're in Sydney

1. Pop the boots back on and keep going — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Squeeze the bite to push it out — no support
3. Wait till tomorrow and see how it feels — no support
4. Tell an adult now and call 000 — ✓ 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 · ★★ · right ✓

did u hear, a kid at camp got bit by a snake and they reckon his whole leg went black and fell off?? what's the real lesson

1. Snakes chase kids, so never go camping at all — no support
2. Suck the bite hard before the poison spreads — no support
3. Leave snakes alone, and after a bite keep still and call for help — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Always kill any snake you see near a camp, just to be safe — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 69, line 25: «Antivenom given quickly in hospital saves almost everyone bitten by a dangerous snake or spider, which is why calling for help at once matters.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «call» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 18 · ★★ · wrong ✗

my cousin swears there's like a million funnel-webs in every shoe in Sydney, true?

1. No, funnel-webs live only in zoos — no support
2. Yes, every shoe in Sydney has spiders in it — no support
3. Yes, so nobody in Sydney wears shoes — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. Probably exaggerated, but shaking out shoes is still a good habit — ✓ the right answer · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 25, line 4: «Prevention is simple: stay on paths, wear shoes and long trousers in the bush or desert, look before you put hands under rocks and logs, and shake out shoes an…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wear» (+1); the same thing acted on «shoes» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 19 · ★★ · right ✓

everyone's saying Sam got bit by a spider cos he's dirty and gross, should i pass it on

1. Yes, if you add that it served him right — no support
2. Yes, but only to your close friends — no support
3. Yes, everyone should know he is dirty — score 1
4. No, it's unkind gossip; spiders bite anyone by chance — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 69, line 6: «A boy in New South Wales put on his trainers without shaking them out; a funnel-web spider inside bit his foot, and he needed an ambulance and antivenom in hos…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bite» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal reason for which a person who has sustained a snake bite ought to remain motionless pending the arrival of assistance.

1. Immobility renders the bite entirely painless at once — no support
2. Immobility causes the venom to leave through the skin — no support
3. Immobility retards the dissemination of venom through the body — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Immobility deters the serpent from striking a second time upon the person — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 49, line 9: «A person who stays still is easier to find than a person who keeps moving.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «move» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · 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 practice of sucking or incising a snake bite?

1. It is recommended where no adult is in attendance — score 5
2. It is effective provided that it is performed without any delay — no support
3. It is effective solely in respect of small serpents — no support
4. It is ineffective and is liable to cause additional harm — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · 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 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 «cause» (+4); the same thing acted on «harm» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · 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 assertion that persons swallow spiders whilst asleep.

1. It is accurate solely in respect of young children — no support
2. It is accurate, at a rate of eight spiders annually — no support
3. It is a myth, since spiders avoid sleeping persons — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. It is accurate solely during the summer months — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 69, line 11: «The idea that we swallow spiders in our sleep is a myth; spiders avoid sleeping people, who vibrate and breathe.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «avoid» (+4); the same doer «spiders» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Whereas a black bear is observed in the course of a family excursion on foot, determine the conduct most appropriate for a child.

1. Ascend the nearest small tree without delay — no support
2. Run away from the animal as swiftly as possible — no support
3. Approach the animal so as to obtain a photograph — no support
4. Remain with the adults, speak calmly and withdraw slowly — ← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 69, line 23: «Running can make a bear chase you, so you stay with adults, speak calmly and back away slowly.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stay» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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