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title: Myth check: are elephants scared of mice? — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 149 «Myth check: are elephants scared of mice?» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Myth check: are elephants scared of mice?

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The 15 questions of lesson 149 «Myth check: are elephants scared of mice?» of the biology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 78 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/t1/) — «3 elephants at the waterhole, how many ears and trunks altogether» — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/t2/) — In Dumbo, the elephant ladies shriek and climb on each other when Timothy the mouse appears. What is real? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/t3/) — «saw it on telly, elephant backed off from a mouse, so it's proven» What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/t4/) — What would happen if a farmer replaced her beehive fence with a fence of pet mice? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/t5/) — «why'd the herd suddenly turn and leave, there was just some buzzing» What is the most likely reason? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/t6/) — «elephant's charging, ears out, we're dead, run!!» What is useful to know? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/t7/) — «4 elephant families, 2 babies each, babies hide under mums, how many babies hiding» — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/t8/) — A mouse crawls into a sleeping elephant's trunk in a cartoon and the elephant goes mad. What would really happen? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/t9/) — «just a stupid bag, why'd the elephant freak out» Why might any big animal shy at a bag? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/t10/) — «that baby elephant sucks its trunk like my little bro sucks his thumb» Is that real? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/t11/) — Why do elephants leave some acacia trees alone even when they are hungry? — right ✓ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/e1/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the alleged fear of mice in elephants. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/e2/) — Identify the principal reason for which elephants avoid the swarming of bees. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the charge of an elephant with ears extended? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/e4/) — Ascertain the means by which certain acacia trees are protected against browsing elephants. — right ✓ · exam

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