Animals

Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 6 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 46 of the religion ethics 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 ✓

Your little brother says: "Animals can't feel anything, so it's fine to pull the cat's tail." What should you tell him?

1. Animals can feel pain and fear, so pulling her tail hurts her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
2. He is right, because cats have nine lives — no support
3. He is right, but only if the cat is asleep — no support
4. He is right, because the cat is ours and we can do what we like — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 46, line 6: «Animals can feel pain and fear, and cruelty to animals is wrong.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «animals» (+4); the same action «feel» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «pain» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Classmate: "my mum's vegan, she says ur all evil for eating burgers lol." Which reply is best?

1. Vegans are always right, so I must stop today — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Burgers are good, so vegans are wrong, end of — no support
3. Your mum is mad and so are you — no support
4. People have good reasons on both sides; we can respect each other's choices — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sister: "Can we get a hamster? I'll look after it — well, for a week anyway." What is the most honest answer?

1. Fine, and after a week we can just take it back to the pet shop for a refund — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A hamster needs care every day for its whole life, not just a week — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Fine, hamsters can look after themselves anyway — no support
4. Fine, we can keep it in a box under the bed — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

"zoos r just animal prisons, shut em all down" — what would a judge most want added?

1. A story about a classmate who loves going to zoos far too much — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Reasons on the other side, like saving endangered species — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nothing, because a short answer is always the best kind of answer — no support
4. A louder voice and an even stronger word than "prison" for zoos — 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 · ★ · right ✓

A girl in Manchester finds a baby bird on the pavement and wants to keep it in her sock drawer. What should she do?

1. Ask an adult or an animal rescue what is best for the bird — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Keep it in the drawer with her socks and feed it crisps every day — no support
3. Take it to school to show her class — no support
4. Put it in the freezer to keep it fresh — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Your friend says, "St Francis said animals don't matter, only people." How would you put it right?

1. St Francis said animals must obey people in everything — no support
2. St Francis said people should not talk about animals — no support
3. St Francis said only birds matter, not other animals — no support
4. St Francis called animals his brothers and sisters — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 46, line 13: «St Francis of Assisi called animals his brothers and sisters and, the story says, preached to the birds.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «st francis» (+3); the same action «call» (+2); the same receiver «animals» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

"Testing medicine on animals is wrong cos the scientists are horrible people." What is weak about this argument?

1. It is weak because it agrees with the teacher — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It attacks people instead of giving reasons about the question — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It is too long and has too many reasons — no support
4. It mentions medicine, which is completely off the topic of animals — 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 judge asks: "Is it ever right to kill an insect?" Which answer is best-reasoned?

1. Always, because insects are tiny and don't count — no support
2. Never, because every single insect matters exactly as much as a person — no support
3. I don't know, because it's an insect question — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Sometimes, for safety or health, but killing just for fun is wrong — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 43, line 1: «Sharing means letting others use or have part of what you have, and it builds friendship; but fairness asks a harder question: who should get what, and why?», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «harder question» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

"shut up about the frogs, we want the bloody skate park" — what is this speaker ignoring?

1. The rules of skateboarding at the park — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nothing, because they are just in a bad mood — no support
3. The cost of the skate ramps, the fences and the paint for the new park — no support
4. The animals' needs and the chance of a fair solution for both — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which statement about eating meat is true?

1. It is a disputed question that thoughtful people answer differently — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Every scientist agrees meat is wrong to eat — no support
3. Every religion in the world forbids eating any kind of meat completely — no support
4. No one has ever chosen not to eat meat — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 46, line 9: «Some people eat meat; vegetarians and vegans (who eat no animal foods at all, not even milk or eggs) do not, for reasons of animal welfare, health, the environ…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «meat» (+4); the same action «eat» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

A Christian girl and a Hindu boy both care for animals. What might they share?

1. A belief that wild animals don't matter at all to anyone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A belief that animals deserve kindness and respect — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A belief that only pets have feelings, not farm animals — no support
4. A belief that pets should always be kept locked in cages — 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 · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the grounds upon which duties towards animals are commonly held to rest?

1. Animals are capable of experiencing pain and fear, and are therefore owed humane treatment — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Animals are possessed of the faculty of speech and may assert their own entitlements — no support
3. Animals are owed nothing whatsoever save that which statute expressly requires — no support
4. Animals are of greater worth than human beings in every respect — 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 ✓

It being given that the keeping of animals in zoological gardens is a disputed matter, select the response that is most consistent with a well-reasoned position.

1. The conservation of endangered species is to be weighed against the restriction of the animals' liberty — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Zoological gardens are beyond criticism, the animals being incapable of suffering — no support
3. Zoological gardens are to be abolished forthwith, the matter admitting of no other view — no support
4. The question is to be determined by the personal preference of the most vocal party — 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 · wrong ✗

Identify the course of action most appropriate where a child discovers an injured wild bird upon the premises.

1. The bird is to be retained indoors and nourished upon bread by the child who found it — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. The bird is to be disregarded, wild creatures being no concern of the finder — no support
3. The matter is to be referred to a responsible adult or to an animal rescue service — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The bird is to be launched into the air in order that it may resume flight — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 24, line 19: «Catholic children often receive First Communion at about seven or eight.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «receive» (+4); the same doer «catholic children» (+3). Against it: 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Whereas a proposed recreational facility would occasion the destruction of a pond inhabited by frogs, determine the response that best exemplifies sound ethical reasoning.

1. The facility is to be constructed without delay, animals being of no account whatsoever in the matter — no support
2. The decision is to be made by whichever party raises its voice the loudest — no support
3. All construction whatsoever is to be prohibited in perpetuity — no support
4. The needs of both children and animals are to be considered and a solution serving both sought — ← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 34, line 15: «Jesus taught the Golden Rule: do to others what you would want them to do to you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+4); the same thing acted on «others» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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