--- title: Cats as hunters: presents on the doormat and why Tom never catches J… — how Mova does on the tests · Biology description: Lesson 198 of the biology course of Mova's primary school: 7 of 12 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/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/) [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/) / 198 # Cats as hunters: presents on the doormat and why Tom never catches Jerry **Tests:** 7 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 11 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 198 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/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/). 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/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/). ### Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} «Tom never gets Jerry so real cats are rubbish at catching mice» What is right? - **1.** Yes, mice always win — **← Mova's choice** · score 11 - **2.** No, real cats catch only rats — score 2 - **3.** Yes, cats only eat cat food from a tin and have forgotten how to hunt — score 5 - **4.** No, real cats often catch mice; the cartoon is just for fun — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 11, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 198, line 7: «Real cats often catch mice, and people kept cats on farms and ships for thousands of years for this job; the Tom and Jerry story where the mouse always wins is…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «win» (+5); the same doer «mouse» (+3); the same property (+3). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} «eww Smudge left a dead mouse on the mat, she's saying thank you innit» What is closer to the truth? - **1.** She wants you to bury it — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yes, it is a thank-you present — no support - **3.** She is punishing you — no support - **4.** She is bringing food home on instinct — **✓ 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/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} In the cartoon Tom races through every room after Jerry. How would a real cat hunt the mouse? - **1.** Call other cats to help — no support - **2.** Race through every room, knocking over lamps and vases — no support - **3.** Wait silently near the mouse's path and pounce in one jump — **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** Chase it all day without stopping, until the mouse is too tired to run — **← Mova's choice** · score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 198, line 6: «A cat may bring in a live mouse and let it go, patting and chasing it; this looks cruel, but the cat is acting on instinct and does not understand cruelty.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «chase» (+4); the same thing acted on «mouse» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t4} In the cartoon Tom gets flattened by a frying pan and is fine a second later. What would a vet say about a real cat? - **1.** It would bounce back like rubber — no support - **2.** Cats have no bones so it is safe — score 3 - **3.** It would be fine after a nap — no support - **4.** It would be badly hurt and need help at once — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 118, line 11: «A real cat would be badly hurt by a small part of what happens to Tom; animators squash and stretch bodies because it looks lively and funny, a rule they learn…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hurt» (+3); the same property (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); 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/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t5} What would happen if you played laser games with your cat and never let it catch anything? - **1.** The cat would learn to fly — score 3 - **2.** The cat could get frustrated because it never makes a catch — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** The cat would catch the light — score 3 - **4.** The cat would get bored of all toys forever and never play with anything again — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 157, line 4: «In cartoons cats hate water, like Tom shaking his wet fur; the jaguar loves rivers and swims to catch caimans, a kind of crocodile, and fish.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4); the same doer «jaguar» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t6} «why's the cat making that weird clicky noise at the pigeons» What is right? - **1.** It is talking pigeon, which cats learn from the birds in the garden — score 5 - **2.** It is choking — score 3 - **3.** Cats often chatter at birds, and scientists are not sure why — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** It is cold — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 119, line 12: «Cats often chatter their teeth at a bird they cannot reach; scientists think it shows excitement or frustration, though no one is sure.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «chatter» (+3); the same doer «cats» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t7} «our cat keeps bringing in baby birds, what can we do» Which is a helpful step? - **1.** Nothing, cats never harm birds, they only watch them from the grass all day — score 6 - **2.** Feed the birds to the cat — score 8 - **3.** A bell or bright collar cover, and keeping the cat in at dawn and dusk — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 - **4.** Shave the cat — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 119, line 15: «Pet cats hunt birds, mice, voles, lizards and insects, and in places like Australia and on islands cats have badly harmed small wild animals; a bright collar o…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «cats» (+4); the same place «dawn» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «keep in» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t8} «how did he sneak up behind me, didn't hear a thing» Why? - **1.** Soft paw pads and careful steps make cats almost silent — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** You were deaf for a second — no support - **3.** Cats have tiny soft wheels under their paws that roll without a sound — no support - **4.** He was floating — 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/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Count them: Tom chases Jerry and two other mice. How many tails are running? - **1.** 6 — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** 2 — no support - **3.** 3 — no support - **4.** 4 — **✓ 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/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t10} Count them: two cats watch three mice. How many legs in the room? - **1.** 20 — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** 16 — no support - **3.** 12 — no support - **4.** 10 — 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/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t11} «a mouse squeaks behind the wall and I can't hear nothing» How does the cat know it's there? - **1.** The mouse waved — no support - **2.** The cat can see through walls — score 7 - **3.** Cats hear high squeaks too high for us — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 - **4.** The cat guessed — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 198, line 9: «Sitting still and watching a mouse hole, like Tom does, is the true part of the cartoon; cats can hear the high squeaks of mice that are too high for us to hea…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hear» (+4); the same thing acted on «high squeaks» (+4); the same doer «cats» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} A cat sits as still as a statue by a mouse hole for ten minutes, then pounces. Is this like the cartoon or like real life? - **1.** Both, this part of the cartoon is true — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Neither, cats do not hunt mice — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** Only the cartoon, real cats never wait — score 5 - **4.** Only real life, Tom never waits — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 118, line 2: «Real cats do hunt mice, and people have kept cats for thousands of years partly for that job, but a real hunting cat is silent: it creeps, waits and pounces, b…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hunt» (+5); the same doer «real cats» (+3); the same thing acted on «mice» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). 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/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hunting method of the domestic cat? - **1.** It relies chiefly upon barking to flush out prey — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It hunts exclusively by daylight in open fields — no support - **3.** It pursues its prey continuously throughout the dwelling until the prey is exhausted — no support - **4.** It waits motionless, approaches by stealth and strikes in a single short burst — **✓ 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/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Identify the principal reason for which a domestic cat deposits dead prey upon the doormat. - **1.** It seeks to teach the owner to read — score 5 - **2.** It expresses gratitude to its owner — score 1 - **3.** It carries food to a place of safety by instinct — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **4.** It intends to punish the household — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 198, line 5: «Many cats bring prey home and leave it on the doormat or floor; the cat is carrying food back to a safe place, not thanking or rewarding you.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «carry» (+3); the same doer «cat» (+3); the same thing acted on «food» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} It is given that a cartoon cat is struck with a frying pan, flattened, and immediately restored. Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a living cat. - **1.** A living cat would merely require sleep — score 1 - **2.** A living cat would likewise be restored at once — no support - **3.** A living cat so struck would sustain serious injury — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** A living cat possesses no bones and is therefore unharmed — score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 198, line 13: «Cats judge distance very well and notice moving things much more easily than still ones, so they can land a pounce exactly on a moving toy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «move» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Ascertain which of the following measures is recognised as reducing the predation of garden birds by pet cats. - **1.** Permitting the cat outdoors solely at dawn — score 3 - **2.** Feeding the cat exclusively upon milk — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** Painting the birds in bright colours — no support - **4.** Fitting a bell or brightly coloured collar cover — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 111, line 7: «Many zoos give big cats one or two fast days a week, because wild cats do not eat every day and fast days stop zoo cats getting fat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same receiver «big 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/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/e4/) - ← previous: [197. Cats: purring, whiskers, night eyes and grooming](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/197-cats-purring-whiskers-night-eyes-and-grooming/) - next →: [199. Cat body language and cat myths: milk, nine live…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/199-cat-body-language-and-cat-myths-milk-nine-lives-and-landing-on-their-feet/) - ↑ back to [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/)