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title: Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first — how Mova does on the tests · Biology
description: Lesson 325 of the biology course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 11 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first

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**Tests:** 4 of 11 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 12 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 325 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/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/).

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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/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/).

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### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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«it's my birthday, just want a puppy for like a year» What is the best reply?

- **1.** Puppies only live for a year anyway — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** Fine, puppies stay small for one year — score 4
- **3.** A dog usually lives 10 to 13 years, so it is a promise for many years — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Fine, after a year you can just take it back to the shop you got it from — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 225, line 17: «A pet is for life: a puppy given as a Christmas present grows up and needs many years of care.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «puppy» (+3); the same property (+1). 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/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/t1/)

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### Test 2 · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Count them: a family has 2 dogs, 1 cat and 3 guinea pigs. How many legs and tails in all?

- **1.** 18 legs and 3 tails — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** 24 legs and 6 tails — no support
- **3.** 24 legs and 3 tails — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** 12 legs and 6 tails — 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/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/t2/)

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### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Count them: 2 budgies and 2 rabbits live together. How many legs and how many long ears?

- **1.** 8 legs and 4 long ears — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** 12 legs and 4 long ears — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** 16 legs and 8 long ears — no support
- **4.** 12 legs and 8 long ears — 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/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/t3/)

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### Test 4 · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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«whole family's out from 8 till 6, still want a dog tho» Which pet would suit better?

- **1.** A big husky that needs hours of running — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A monkey that needs a whole group — no support
- **3.** A puppy that needs a wee break every few hours — no support
- **4.** Fish or a pair of guinea pigs that cope with the day alone — **✓ 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/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/t4/)

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### Test 5 · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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«my cousin's dog is hypoallergenic so I won't sneeze, right» What is the truth?

- **1.** Right, those dogs have no skin — score 2
- **2.** No breed is truly allergy-free; spend time with it first to test — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Right, but only if it is a puppy — score 2
- **4.** Right, allergies come only from cats, so any dog at all is completely safe — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 121, line 7: «A study found that cats and dogs often get on best when the cat comes into the home before the dog.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, 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/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/t5/)

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### Test 6 · right ✓ {#t6}

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In a cartoon a girl wins a puppy at a fair and that is the whole story. What is missing?

- **1.** A bigger prize — no support
- **2.** The fair ticket — no support
- **3.** Who feeds, walks and pays for it for many years — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** The puppy's name tag and a shiny new collar — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 320, line 3: «Cartoons give bears a honey pot, but real bears raid bees' nests as much for the fat juicy grubs as for the honey, and most bears eat far more berries and root…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/t6/)

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### Test 7 · right ✓ {#t7}

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«just one guinea pig, it'll have me» What is the best reply?

- **1.** One is best, because two guinea pigs in a cage always fight — score 2
- **2.** One is fine, they hate company — no support
- **3.** Guinea pigs need one of their own kind to play and talk with — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Guinea pigs only need a mirror — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 210, line 9: «Pigs are among the most intelligent farm animals: they solve puzzles, learn names, and in a study reported in 2021 pigs used a joystick with their snouts to pl…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «play» (+4); the same doer «pigs» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/t7/)

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### Test 8 · right ✓ {#t8}

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«puppy's only 50 quid online, sorted» Why be careful?

- **1.** Cheap puppies are always the healthiest, because they eat the least food — no support
- **2.** Online puppies never need vaccines — score 1
- **3.** Cheap puppies may come from puppy farms and be ill or scared — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **4.** Price shows how clever a puppy is — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 9, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 325, line 15: «Some cheap puppies come from puppy farms where mothers are kept in poor conditions, and such puppies are more often ill or scared; good breeders and rescues le…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+3); the same doer «cheap puppies» (+3); the same place «puppy farms» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/t8/)

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### Test 9 · right ✓ {#t9}

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A boy sees a cute video of a pet monkey in a nappy. What is the video not showing?

- **1.** Monkeys become calmer every year at home — score 9
- **2.** Monkeys love nappies more than trees — no support
- **3.** Monkeys need nothing but bananas — score 9
- **4.** Monkeys often become unhappy, bite and need groups and space — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 12, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 325, line 14: «Monkeys and other wild animals need groups, space and food a home cannot give, often become unhappy and bite, and in many countries keeping them as pets is ban…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «need» (+6); the same doer «monkeys» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «groups» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/t9/)

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### Test 10 · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Why might a hairless cat still make someone sneeze?

- **1.** Hairless cats are made of fur inside — **← Mova's choice** · score -1
- **2.** Allergies come from skin and spit, which it still has — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** It cannot; hairless cats are always safe — score -1
- **4.** Hairless cats sneeze on people, and the sneeze spreads to them — score -2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 198, line 11: «Cats sometimes make a fast chattering or clicking sound at birds through a window; nobody knows for sure why, and ideas include frustration, a practice killing…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2). Against it: the same doer «cats» (-3). The right option, 2, 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/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/t10/)

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### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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What would happen if families never asked the questions before getting a pet?

- **1.** Vets would become free — no support
- **2.** More animals would end up given away to rescue centres — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Pets would choose their own families — no support
- **4.** Every pet would be perfectly cared for — **← Mova's choice** · score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 93, line 10: «Many pheasants come from Asia; the males are colourful to impress, while the brown females sit on the nest and need to hide.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «brown females» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, 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/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Identify the principal consideration that ought to precede the acquisition of a domestic animal.

- **1.** The popularity of the chosen breed upon the various social media — no support
- **2.** The selection of an appropriate name, collar and bed before its arrival — no support
- **3.** The maximum speed at which the animal is able to run across open ground — no support
- **4.** Responsibility for its feeding, care and expense over many years — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**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 312, line 3: «The blue whale may be the biggest animal that ever lived, up to about 30 metres long, with a heart as heavy as two grown-ups. Yet it feeds on animals smaller t…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «feed» (+4); the same doer «animal» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/e1/)

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

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning allergy to domestic animals.

- **1.** It is caused principally by the food and treats which the animal consumes — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** It is prevented entirely by the selection of a short-haired breed of animal — no support
- **3.** It is caused chiefly by the leather collar worn about the animal's neck — score 5
- **4.** It arises from skin and saliva, and no breed is entirely free of it — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 230, line 7: «Sperm whales hunt squid more than a kilometre down in total darkness with clicks that are among the loudest sounds any animal makes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same circumstance (+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/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the keeping of guinea pigs in Switzerland?

- **1.** The law requires that a guinea pig be walked daily — score -1
- **2.** The law prohibits the keeping of guinea pigs — score 3
- **3.** The law requires that a guinea pig be kept alone — score 3
- **4.** The law requires that a guinea pig be kept with a companion — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 325, line 11: «Guinea pigs, rabbits, rats and budgies are social and get lonely alone; guinea pigs have no tail you can see, and Switzerland has a law saying guinea pigs must…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same action «keep» (+1); the same thing acted on «guinea pigs» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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Ascertain which of the following constitutes a favourable indication when acquiring a puppy.

- **1.** The seller declines to disclose the premises — no support
- **2.** The puppy is delivered to a car park without inspection — no support
- **3.** The puppy is offered at the lowest available price on the internet — no support
- **4.** The prospective owner is permitted to observe the puppy together with its mother — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**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 194, line 13: «Always ask the owner before stroking a dog, let it sniff your hand, and stroke its side or chest rather than reaching over its head, because a hand coming down…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «let» (+4); the same thing acted on «owner» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/e4/)

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