--- title: Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers — how Mova does on the tests · Biology description: Lesson 109 of the biology course of Mova's primary school: 7 of 11 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/) / 109 # Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers **Tests:** 7 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 9 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 109 of the biology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/). Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/). ### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1} The keeper starts at 7 and the zoo opens at 10. How many hours of work before visitors come? - **1.** 17 — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** 3 — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** 4 — no support - **4.** 2 — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/t1/) ### Test 2 · right ✓ {#t2} «zoo keepers just feed the cute ones and chill, easy job» What is true? - **1.** No, keepers only sell tickets — no support - **2.** They clean, feed, check health and write notes every day — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **3.** Yes, feeding is the only job — no support - **4.** Yes, the animals clean their own homes, so keepers just relax — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 105, line 7: «Keepers give polar bears ice blocks with fish, meat or fruit frozen inside, so breaking the ice keeps them busy, a bit like hunting; a wild bear can smell a se…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same doer «keepers» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/t2/) ### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3} The keeper counts 12 meerkats in the morning. How many ears and tails is that altogether? - **1.** 12 — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** 36 — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** 48 — no support - **4.** 24 — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/t3/) ### Test 4 · right ✓ {#t4} In Madagascar the animals walk out of the zoo at night. What is true of real zoos? - **1.** Escapes are rare, and zoos practise drills for them — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11 - **2.** Real zoos have no locks at all — no support - **3.** Zoos leave the gates open at night — score 3 - **4.** Animals escape every night and quietly come back by morning — score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 11, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 109, line 4: «In Madagascar the zoo animals slip out at night and ride the subway to the city; real escapes are rare, and zoos practise for them like a school fire drill, wi…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «practise» (+4); the same doer «zoos» (+4); the same circumstance (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/t4/) ### Test 5 · right ✓ {#t5} What would happen if a keeper forgot to check the slide door before going into the tiger's den? - **1.** The tiger would just want to play — no support - **2.** The tiger would run away scared — no support - **3.** Nothing, because zoo tigers are as tame as cats and never attack keepers — no support - **4.** The keeper could be badly hurt, which is why there are two-step checks — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 95, line 4: «Shine a torch and eyes glow back at you, because many night animals have a mirror layer at the back of the eye; that is why the keeper asks you to switch it of…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «keeper» (+2); the same doer «keeper» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/t5/) ### Test 6 · right ✓ {#t6} «went to see the red pandas and there was nothing there, rubbish zoo» Why might that happen? - **1.** The animals were all away at the vet for the whole day — no support - **2.** The zoo sold all the red pandas — score 4 - **3.** Good zoos let animals choose to hide off-show — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** Red pandas only come out for keepers — no support **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 109, line 12: «Many animals have quiet off-show areas where they can rest and hide; good zoos let animals choose whether to be seen, which is why you sometimes see an empty e…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «let» (+3); the same doer «good zoos» (+2); the same thing acted on «animals» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/t6/) ### Test 7 · right ✓ {#t7} «keeper's got a giraffe licking her hand, I wanna try» What is right? - **1.** Fine, giraffes are such gentle animals that they cannot hurt people — score 6 - **2.** Fine, if you bring some leaves — no support - **3.** Keepers built that trust over months; visitors must stay back — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **4.** Fine, any giraffe likes any person — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 109, line 15: «Keepers build trust with animals over months and years through calm, regular routines, which makes health checks easier, and many keepers find it hard to say g…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «build» (+2); the same thing acted on «trust» (+2); the same doer «keepers» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/t7/) ### Test 8 · right ✓ {#t8} A lizard's lamp breaks over the weekend. What problem could follow? - **1.** Without UV it cannot make vitamin D, and its bones get weak — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** It will turn into a frog — no support - **3.** It will grow too fast — no support - **4.** Nothing, because lizards do not need any light at all to stay well — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/t8/) ### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9} «my nan says zoo keepers are just cleaners» What is right? - **1.** Cleaning is a big part, but they also check health, feed and train — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Yes, that is all they do — no support - **3.** No, keepers never clean anything, because the zoo pays other cleaners — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** No, robots do the cleaning — 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 105, line 7: «Keepers give polar bears ice blocks with fish, meat or fruit frozen inside, so breaking the ice keeps them busy, a bit like hunting; a wild bear can smell a se…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same doer «keepers» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/t9/) ### Test 10 · right ✓ {#t10} A keeper notices one meerkat is eating less for three days running. Why does her diary help? - **1.** It shows a small change early, so the vet can check — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** It means the food is wrong for all the meerkats in the group — no support - **3.** Nothing, eating less is always fine — no support - **4.** It proves the meerkat is greedy — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/t10/) ### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11} «why's the zoo selling poo??» What is the answer? - **1.** It is a joke for visitors — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** It is used to paint signs — score 4 - **3.** Plant-eaters' dung makes good garden compost — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It is sold as tasty food for the other zoo animals — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 93, line 16: «Zoos ask visitors not to pick up feathers, for hygiene and because feathers of some protected birds may not be kept without a permit; birds replace feathers in…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «zoos» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the first duty of a zoo keeper at the commencement of the working day? - **1.** The inspection and enumeration of every animal to ascertain that all are present and well — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The opening of the gates to members of the public — no support - **3.** The sale of admission tickets — no support - **4.** The preparation of the evening meal for every animal in the collection before the gates open — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Identify the principal reason for which keepers maintain written records of the conduct and diet of each animal. - **1.** Small changes observed over several days may reveal illness at an early stage — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Records are kept only for animals of great value — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **3.** Records are required solely for publication to visitors — no support - **4.** Records serve chiefly to establish which of the animals the keeper personally prefers — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 1: «Antarctica is a continent at the bottom of the world, buried under ice more than 4 km thick in places, so high, dry and dark in winter that it holds the record…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «record» (+5); the same action «hold» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Select the response consistent with the established procedures governing entry into the den of a dangerous animal. - **1.** The keeper enters alone, armed with a stick — no support - **2.** The keeper enters only at night, when the animal is calm and drowsy after its evening meal — no support - **3.** The animal is first removed through sliding doors, the locks being checked in two stages — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** The keeper enters while the animal sleeps — 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 109, line 8: «A keeper never goes into the den of a dangerous animal like a tiger while it is there; the animal is first moved through slide doors, with two-step locks, chec…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «animal» (+2); the same place «slide doors» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} State the reason for which reptiles kept in captivity require ultraviolet lamps. - **1.** To render their skin visible in darkness — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** To maintain the temperature of their water — no support - **3.** To prevent the shedding of the skin — no support - **4.** To enable the synthesis of vitamin D for the maintenance of sound bones — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers/e4/) - ← previous: [108. The South American area: sloths, anteaters, pira…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters/) - next →: [110. Behind the scenes: the zoo vet and the animal ho…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/110-behind-the-scenes-the-zoo-vet-and-the-animal-hospital/) - ↑ back to [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/)