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title: Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, rescue and helper dogs — how Mova does on the tests · Biology
description: Lesson 196 of the biology course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 12 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, rescue and helper dogs

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**Tests:** 5 of 12 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 196 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/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/).

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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/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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«the guide dog won't go even tho the man said forward, bad dog innit» What is right?

- **1.** No, it saw danger and refused on purpose, which is good — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** No, guide dogs never move until the man pulls them along hard — score 0
- **3.** Yes, it is lazy — no support
- **4.** Yes, it is badly trained and should be sent back — **← Mova's choice** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 196, line 12: «Police dogs are trained to follow a scent trail and to find and hold people; when they retire they often live with their handler.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «train» (+2); the same thing acted on «police dogs» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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«aww a doggy in a vest, lemme pet him» but the jacket says do not distract. What should you do?

- **1.** Give him some crisps — no support
- **2.** Pet him quickly — no support
- **3.** Leave him alone so he can keep his owner safe — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **4.** Call his name — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 166, line 3: «Think of a dog that growls behind a fence: it is dangerous only if you climb in, and venomous animals are the same, so leaving them alone keeps you safe.», 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 (+4); the same action «keep» (+3); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+3); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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In a cartoon a police dog drives the police car and reads people their rights. What do real police dogs do?

- **1.** Follow scent trails and find people for their handler — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** Drive police cars — no support
- **3.** Give out parking tickets to people who park badly in the street — no support
- **4.** Arrest people alone and lock them in the cells — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 196, line 12: «Police dogs are trained to follow a scent trail and to find and hold people; when they retire they often live with their handler.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «follow» (+2); the same thing acted on «scent trail» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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«why'd the airport dog sit by MY bag, i'm not a criminal» What is the likely answer?

- **1.** It always sits by random bags, just to keep the people at the airport busy — score 3
- **2.** It smelled something it was trained to find, maybe fruit or a sandwich — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** It was tired — score 2
- **4.** It liked the colour of the bag — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 140, line 3: «Picture an airport: a dog walks calmly past a row of suitcases, then sits beside one, because it smelled the thing it was trained to find and knows its favouri…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); the same doer «dog» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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What would happen if a border collie had no shepherd's whistles to follow on a big hill?

- **1.** It would eat the sheep — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **2.** It would still know exactly where to go, because collies read the shepherd's mind — no support
- **3.** It would herd cows instead — score -1
- **4.** It would find it much harder to know where to bring the sheep — **✓ the right answer** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score -1, tied with another option at -1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 196, line 7: «A border collie herds sheep by running around them and bringing them to the shepherd, who guides the dog with whistles that carry far across a hillside.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «sheep» (+1). Against it: the same doer «border collie» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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«snow came down the mountain and a man's under it» Which helper could find him quickest?

- **1.** A sheepdog with whistles — no support
- **2.** A line of people looking with their eyes — no support
- **3.** A cat — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **4.** A rescue dog sniffing over the snow — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 121, line 15: «Cats climb up trees easily but find coming down hard, because all their claws point the wrong way for going down head-first.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «cats» (+2). The right option, 4, 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/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Count them: a sled has 6 huskies pulling it. How many legs are pulling?

- **1.** 6 — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** 18 — no support
- **3.** 24 — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** 12 — no support

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**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/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Count them: 8 huskies and one driver at the finish line. How many ears are there, dogs and driver together?

- **1.** 36 — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** 16 — no support
- **3.** 9 — no support
- **4.** 18 — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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«guard dog's barking all night at the sheep field, shut it up!» What is it probably doing?

- **1.** Asking for its dinner — **← Mova's choice** · score 10
- **2.** Barking at nothing for fun — score 10
- **3.** Warning off a fox to protect the sheep — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Calling other dogs to a party — score 10

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 195, line 14: «A dog can learn a way to ask for things, such as ringing a bell at the door to go out for a wee, and some dogs are being taught to press buttons that play reco…», 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 (+4); the same action «ask» (+3); the same doer «dog» (+3). 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/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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«why's there a dog in the school library lol» What is a likely reason?

- **1.** It is lost — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It is a police dog looking for stolen books on the shelves — no support
- **3.** It is a reading dog that children read aloud to — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** It is a sniffer dog for chocolate and sweets in the lunch boxes — no support

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**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/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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«my deaf uncle's dog keeps pawing him every time the alarm goes» What is the dog doing?

- **1.** It is a hearing dog telling him about the sound — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **2.** It wants to play a game — score 3
- **3.** It is hungry — no support
- **4.** It is scared of the alarm and wants your uncle to pick it up and hold it — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 194, line 14: «Dogs sniff each other's bottoms to say hello, because special scent glands there tell who the other dog is, a bit like reading an identity card.», 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 (+4); the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «dogs» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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Which job matches a dog that refuses to cross the road when a car is coming?

- **1.** Guide dog — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **2.** Sled dog — score 9
- **3.** Sniffer dog — score 9
- **4.** Herding dog — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 193, line 1: «On a walk your dog stops at a lamp post and sniffs for ages while you tug the lead. For the dog this is reading the news: who passed by, how long ago, and whet…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «male» (+3); the same doer «dog» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/t12/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct described as intelligent disobedience in the guide dog?

- **1.** The habitual disregard of all commands — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The refusal of a command whose execution would endanger the handler — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The barking at unfamiliar persons — no support
- **4.** The performance of tricks without instruction — no support

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**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/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Identify the principal reason for which beagles are frequently deployed at airports.

- **1.** Their freedom from any requirement for exercise — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Their unusually great size — no support
- **3.** Their amiable temperament combined with an exceptionally acute sense of smell — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Their capacity to read luggage labels and to understand the names of countries — no support

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**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/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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It is given that a dog wearing a jacket bearing the words «do not distract» is encountered in a shop. Ascertain the appropriate conduct.

- **1.** The animal is to be photographed at close range — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The animal is to be offered food — no support
- **3.** The animal is to be left undisturbed, since it is working — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The animal is to be summoned and stroked — no support

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**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/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the location of a person buried beneath snow.

- **1.** Herding dogs are exclusively employed for this purpose — no support
- **2.** Dogs are unable to detect scent through snow — **← Mova's choice** · score 9
- **3.** A trained rescue dog may detect the person by scent more rapidly than a line of searchers — **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **4.** Only a line of searchers using sight alone can locate such a person beneath the snow — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 140, line 13: «Avalanche dogs find people buried in snow by smell rising through gaps in the snow, searching in minutes an area that would take a team of people hours.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+5); the same doer «avalanche dogs» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 9. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/e4/)

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