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Wild animals, zoos and kindness to animals

Tests: 12 of 22 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 17 of 26 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 71 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 at a zoo in San Diego wants to get closer to the tigers. What should she do?

  • 1. Wave some food at them through the bars of the cage — no support
  • 2. Lean right over the wall to call out to the tigers — no support
  • 3. Stay behind the barrier and watch from there — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
  • 4. Climb the low fence while the keeper is not looking — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score -1, the only option with support. 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 remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which is true about owls?

  • 1. They can turn their heads all the way round in a full circle, and more — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 2. They turn their heads about three quarters of the way round — ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. They cannot turn their heads at all — score 5
  • 4. They move their eyes instead of their heads — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 71, line 10: «An owl cannot move its eyes, so it turns its head, but only about three quarters of the way round.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+2); the same thing acted on «head» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

In the dark bat house a boy's camera flash keeps going off. What should he do?

  • 1. Use a brighter torch instead — no support
  • 2. Keep taking photos, as the bats are blind anyway and cannot see it — ← Mova's choice · score 11
  • 3. Turn the flash off, because it frightens the animals — ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 4. Bang on the glass to wake the bats first — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 11, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 71, line 23: «Zoo barriers keep people far enough away that an animal cannot reach them; climbing over one has led to serious injuries.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «lead» (+5). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

A friend says swimming at the beach is crazy because sharks hunt people. What is true?

  • 1. Sharks attack anyone who splashes — ← Mova's choice · score 3
  • 2. Shark attacks are rare, people are not their food — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Sharks hunt people near every beach in the world — no support
  • 4. Sharks only attack children — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 71, line 14: «Sharks rarely attack people, because people are not their normal food.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «attack» (+2); a different thing acted on (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 5 · ★ · right ✓

What could happen to a party balloon let go in Texas?

  • 1. It will turn into rain — no support
  • 2. It will land back where it started — no support
  • 3. It may come down far away and harm a bird or turtle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
  • 4. It will float high in the sky for ever and never come down at all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 71, line 4: «Kindness also means thinking about what we leave behind: a released balloon, a lost fishing hook or an uncut plastic drink ring can trap or kill an animal far…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

What do bats use besides their eyes to find their way at night?

  • 1. The light of the Moon and the stars only — no support
  • 2. The smell of the trees and flowers — no support
  • 3. Echoes of the sounds they make — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 4. The warmth rising from the ground below — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 71, line 9: «Bats can see, and many bats also find their way by echoes, which is called echolocation.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «echoes» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why is the touch pool rule «two fingers, gently» important?

  • 1. The water is too cold for whole hands — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The staff count fingers to see exactly who has touched each animal — no support
  • 3. Sea creatures are delicate and rough hands can hurt them — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. The creatures will bite a whole hand — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

A boy on the beach in Wales sees a seal lying still and bleeding a little. What is best?

  • 1. Throw his towel over it and lift it — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Poke it with a stick to see if it is alive — no support
  • 3. Carry it back into the water himself as quickly as he can — no support
  • 4. Keep back and tell an adult, who can call for help — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which action is unkind to animals even if you do not mean harm?

  • 1. Cutting drink rings before binning them — no support
  • 2. Telling an adult about a hungry stray dog — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 3. Watching ducks quietly from a park bench — score 6
  • 4. Leaving fishing line lying by a pond — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 69, line 9: «A few Australian spiders, such as the redback and funnel-web, have strong venom; you check shoes and gloves, and if bitten, tell an adult and call 000.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same receiver «adult» (+2); 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 10 · ★ · right ✓

seal on the beach!! can we go up close for a selfie

  • 1. No, stay at least 10 metres away, it can bite — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 2. Yes, if the dog stays with you — no support
  • 3. Yes, if you move very slowly — no support
  • 4. Yes, seals are friendly and tame, they love people — 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 71, line 8: «Seals rest on beaches and can bite, so people stay at least 10 metres away and keep dogs on a lead.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «stay» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

monkeys asleep, gonna bang on the glass n wake em up

  • 1. Yes, if you use the camera flash too — no support
  • 2. Yes, they like to see visitors n wave at them — no support
  • 3. No, banging frightens and stresses them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 4. Yes, a little tap does no harm — 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 71, line 12: «Banging on glass, shouting and camera flashes frighten and stress animals.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «frighten» (+4); the same doer «banging» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

ben reckons owls can spin their head right round. true?

  • 1. Yes, they can turn it all the way — score 2
  • 2. Yes, they turn it twice round — score 2
  • 3. No, they cannot turn their head at all — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 4. No, only about three quarters of the way — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 71, line 3: «Many things people believe about animals are myths: bats are not blind, owls cannot turn their heads all the way round, and sharks very rarely attack people.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «heads» (+3); the same action «turn» (+1); the same doer «owls» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · right ✓

let's burn ants with the magnifying glass, its science

  • 1. No, that burns and hurts living things — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Yes, it is fine because it is science — no support
  • 3. Yes, ants are too small to feel the heat — no support
  • 4. Yes, if you only do a few — 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 ✗

baby bunny in the long grass all alone, can i take it home

  • 1. Yes, just give it some warm milk — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Only if you keep it in a shoebox — no support
  • 3. Yes, it was left behind by its mum and it really needs you now — no support
  • 4. No, leave it, its mum comes back and it dies away from her — ✓ 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 15 · ★ · right ✓

kid climbed over the zoo railing to get closer to the tiger, what can happen

  • 1. The keepers give him a free ticket — no support
  • 2. Nothing, zoo animals are tame — no support
  • 3. The animal can reach and badly hurt him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 4. The tiger is too sleepy to care — 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 71, line 11: «Zoo animals are wild animals and can be dangerous, so visitors stay behind barriers and never climb fences.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «zoo animals» (+4); the same thing acted on «wild animals» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★ · right ✓

zoo sign says dont feed the animals, my brother says a few chips is fine

  • 1. Yes, chips are good for monkeys, they love salt — no support
  • 2. No, people food can make zoo animals ill — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 3. Only feed them if they look hungry — score 5
  • 4. Yes, if you give only a handful — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 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: the same action «make» (+4); the same thing acted on «animals» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 17 · ★ · right ✓

some guy climbed into the tiger bit at the zoo and the tiger ripped his arm proper, what's the actual lesson

  • 1. Zoo animals are tame, he must have teased it — no support
  • 2. Stay behind zoo barriers, zoo animals are still wild — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
  • 3. Climbing is fine if a keeper is nearby — no support
  • 4. Tigers only attack people wearing bright colours — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, 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 property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 18 · ★ · right ✓

my mate says sharks hunt people at every beach and like 1000 kids get eaten a year, true?

  • 1. True, but only at beaches in the summer — no support
  • 2. True, sharks like eating people much more than eating fish — no support
  • 3. Hugely exaggerated; sharks rarely attack people at all — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 4. True, so nobody should ever swim in the sea — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 71, line 14: «Sharks rarely attack people, because people are not their normal food.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «attack» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 19 · ★ · wrong ✗

everyone's sayin Mia's a monster cos she took a baby rabbit and it died, should i spread it

  • 1. Yes, but only tell the people in your class — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. No, it's unkind; she probably did not know, kindly tell her — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Yes, everyone must know she is cruel — no support
  • 4. Yes, and add that she did it on purpose to be mean to it — 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 20 · ★ · right ✓

zookeeper said the two swans are "together for life", kids went ewww lol

  • 1. Swans stay as a pair, like a married couple; it is nature, no need to tease — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. It means they are glued together — no support
  • 3. It means one is a baby — no support
  • 4. It means they fight all the time — 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 21 · ★ · right ✓

Jack said "the penguins are in love" n everyone teased Lily cos she smiled

  • 1. Lily must be in love with Jack — no support
  • 2. Tease Lily more — score -1
  • 3. Penguins can't love anything — no support
  • 4. Penguins pair up as couples; Lily smiling is fine, so do not tease her — ← 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, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 27, line 5: «Kindness means handling animals gently, never teasing them, letting them rest, and remembering that a pet is a promise for its whole life, not a toy for a few…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «lilies» (+3); the same action «tease» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 22 · ★ · wrong ✗

teacher said the lion "has his pride" n Ben goes "he's got loads of girlfriends lol"

  • 1. It means the lion is very proud — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. It means Ben is in love — no support
  • 3. It means lions get married — no support
  • 4. A pride is a lion family group; it is a joke, so laugh kindly but do not tease anyone — ✓ 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 ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the vision of bats.

  • 1. Bats are blind by day and see only by night — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Bats are able to see, and many also navigate by echolocation — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Bats see solely by means of light reflected from the moon — no support
  • 4. Bats are wholly blind and rely on smell alone — 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 · right ✓

Identify the minimum distance which members of the public are advised to maintain from a seal resting upon a beach.

  • 1. At least ten metres, with dogs retained on a lead — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
  • 2. At least ten metres, though dogs may approach freely — no support
  • 3. No distance, since seals are wholly harmless — no support
  • 4. At least one metre, with dogs permitted to run free — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 71, line 5: «A girl on a beach in Cornwall sees a seal resting on the sand; she keeps her dog on its lead, stays well back and watches quietly, and the seal sleeps on in pe…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same thing acted on «dog» (+4); the same place «lead» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following most accurately characterises the rotational capacity of an owl's head?

  • 1. It turns only a quarter of the way to each side — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. It turns fully round in a complete circle — no support
  • 3. It turns approximately three quarters of the way round — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. It does not turn, as the owl moves its eyes instead — 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 4 · formal language · right ✓

Determine the most appropriate course of action for a child who witnesses the deliberate infliction of harm upon an animal.

  • 1. Remove the animal to one's own home without informing anyone — no support
  • 2. Confront the person responsible and threaten them — no support
  • 3. Disregard the matter, as animals feel no pain — no support
  • 4. Inform a trusted adult, who may report it to a welfare organisation — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 57, line 20: «An adult who asks a child to keep a secret about touching is doing something wrong, and it is never the child's fault.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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