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title: Foods that are dangerous for pets: chocolate, grapes, onions and lil… — how Mova does on the tests · Biology
description: Lesson 331 of the biology course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 11 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Foods that are dangerous for pets: chocolate, grapes, onions and lilies

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**Tests:** 3 of 11 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 331 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/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/).

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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/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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«dog nicked half a box of raisins, he's totally fine, chill» What is right?

- **1.** Give him lots of water and forget about it, raisins just pass through — no support
- **2.** He looks fine, so he is safe — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** Raisins are only dangerous to cats — no support
- **4.** Call the vet now; raisins can hurt the kidneys before he looks ill — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 240, line 13: «African wild dogs, also called painted wolves, seem to vote by sneezing on whether to go hunting, and they share food with pups and the sick.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «seem» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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«just a lil bit of gravy on the cat's biscuits, it's only meat juice innit» What is the problem?

- **1.** Cats cannot drink anything brown — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Gravy makes a cat's whiskers fall out — no support
- **3.** Gravy often hides onion powder, which harms cats' blood — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** There is no problem at all, gravy is just meat juice and water — 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/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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In a cartoon a dog trots off happily with a huge cooked bone and buries it. What is wrong with this as advice?

- **1.** Cooked bones splinter and can hurt a dog's throat and gut — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** Nothing, a big cooked bone is the best treat a dog can have — no support
- **3.** Dogs cannot carry bones in their mouths — score 0
- **4.** Dogs never bury anything — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 331, line 12: «Cooked bones splinter into sharp pieces that can hurt a dog's throat and gut; chews made for dogs are safer, whatever the cartoons show.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «splinter» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Mum puts lilies on the kitchen table where the cat walks. What would happen if the cat brushed past and then washed itself?

- **1.** The pollen would dye its fur yellow for good — no support
- **2.** The cat would sneeze once and be fine — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** Nothing, because cats only eat meat — score 0
- **4.** It could swallow pollen and need a vet at once — **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 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 275, line 11: «Trace fossils are marks animals left behind, such as footprints, burrows, tooth marks, nests, eggs and fossil poo; they show how animals walked, hid and lived.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «animals» (+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/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Why can a food be safe for you and dangerous for a dog?

- **1.** Animals' bodies break down chemicals in different ways — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** Dogs have more teeth than people — score 3
- **3.** Dogs eat faster than people — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** Food changes its taste and turns bad inside a dog's mouth — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 255, line 7: «Cooked nettles lose their sting and are safe to eat in soup; rubbing with a dock leaf may soothe a sting, partly just because rubbing helps.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+6). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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«shut up about the gum, it's SUGAR-FREE, it's healthy» What is right about sugar-free gum and dogs?

- **1.** Dogs cannot swallow gum, so even a whole packet is safe for them — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Its xylitol can make a dog's blood sugar crash, so it is dangerous — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Only gum with sugar can hurt dogs — no support
- **4.** Sugar-free means it is safe for every animal — 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/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Why is the chocolate danger biggest at Easter?

- **1.** Easter chocolate is made with onion and raisins for the holiday — no support
- **2.** Eggs and bars lie about the house where dogs can reach them — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** Chocolate is stronger in spring — no support
- **4.** Dogs are hungrier at Easter — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 331, line 6: «Vets treat many dogs for eating chocolate at Christmas and Easter, when there is lots of chocolate lying around the house.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lie» (+3); the same circumstance (+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/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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«gave the budgie a bit of my guacamole lol he loved it» Why is that worrying?

- **1.** Guacamole is too cold for birds — no support
- **2.** Budgies only drink water — no support
- **3.** Budgies cannot eat anything green — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** Avocado can be very dangerous for pet birds — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 205, line 6: «All wild budgies are green and yellow; the blue, white and other colours were bred in pet budgies.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3). 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/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Count them: two dogs and a cat crowd round the Christmas table hoping for scraps. How many tails and how many legs are under the table?

- **1.** 3 tails and 12 legs — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** 3 tails and 9 legs — score 4
- **3.** 2 tails and 12 legs — score 4
- **4.** 3 tails and 6 legs — score 4

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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 326, line 15: «Most dogs have 18 toes: four on each paw plus a thumb-like dewclaw high on each front leg that does not touch the ground.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «front leg» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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«where do i put the macadamias, there's a dog» Where is best?

- **1.** High in a closed cupboard the dog cannot reach — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **2.** In a bowl on the floor — no support
- **3.** In the dog's bed so he can guard them — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **4.** On the low coffee table — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 192, line 8: «Dogs still carry wolf behaviours such as howling, digging and guarding food, and some howl along with sirens because the long wail sounds a bit like a howl.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «dogs» (+2); the same action «guard» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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The dog ate something from the bin and you do not know what. What should you take to the vet?

- **1.** A bowl of salt water — no support
- **2.** Nothing, the vet can guess — score 4
- **3.** The packet or wrapper, so the vet knows what and how much — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** A bag of the dog's favourite chocolate to keep it calm at the vet's — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 322, line 14: «If someone is bitten, sucking, cutting, ice and tight bands do not help; keep the person calm and still, take off rings and watches, and get help at once, beca…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same action «keep» (+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/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/t11/)

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

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hazard posed by chocolate to domestic dogs?

- **1.** A constituent of chocolate is eliminated very slowly by the canine body and accumulates to harmful levels — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** Chocolate is harmless to dogs provided it is of the dark variety — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **3.** Chocolate presents a hazard exclusively when consumed in a frozen state — score 6
- **4.** Chocolate is hazardous to dogs solely on account of its sugar content, which causes immediate damage to the teeth — score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 331, line 5: «Chocolate contains a chemical that dogs break down very slowly, so it builds up in the body and makes them ill; dark chocolate and cocoa powder are the most da…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «dark chocolate» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/e1/)

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

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Identify the course of action prescribed in the event that a dog is known to have ingested raisins.

- **1.** The administration of an emetic by the owner without professional advice — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Postponement of any action until symptoms of illness become manifest — no support
- **3.** The provision of additional dried fruit to dilute the effect — no support
- **4.** Immediate consultation with a veterinary surgeon, irrespective of the animal's apparent condition — **✓ 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/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/e2/)

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

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Ascertain the principal hazard to a domestic cat arising from the presence of lilies within the dwelling.

- **1.** The permanent discolouration of the cat's coat — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The obstruction of the cat's airways by the fragrance of the flowers, which may prove fatal within hours — no support
- **3.** The entanglement of the cat's limbs in the stems — no support
- **4.** The ingestion of pollen or vase water, which may cause grave injury to the kidneys — **✓ 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/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/e3/)

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

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning onions in the diet of cats and dogs.

- **1.** Onions remain harmful to the blood of such animals whether raw, cooked or dried — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Onions are harmful only when consumed raw — no support
- **3.** Onions are beneficial to the blood of such animals — no support
- **4.** Onions are harmful exclusively to animals of advanced age — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/e4/)

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