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title: Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories and what is… — how Mova does on the tests · Biology
description: Lesson 395 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.
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# Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories and what is real

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**Tests:** 7 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★★ · **Understood:** 14 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 395 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/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/).

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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/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/).

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### Test 1 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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«that ant crunching in the doc, mad how loud ants are» What is most likely true?

- **1.** Ants really are that loud up close, we just never get near enough to hear them — score 6
- **2.** Ants wear tiny shoes — no support
- **3.** The microphone was inside the ant — no support
- **4.** The sound was added later; real ant footsteps are far too quiet to hear — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 11, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 395, line 1: «In a nature film a tiny ant marches across a leaf with loud crunchy footsteps, and an eagle swoops down with a fierce scream. Both sounds were probably added l…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «add» (+4); the same thing acted on «sounds» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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In The Lion King the lions talk and sing. Which is true of real lions?

- **1.** They roar, grunt, use smells and body movements, not words — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** They sing to their cubs at night — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** They have no way to communicate at all — score 6
- **4.** They talk in words, but only to other lions when people are not near — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 4, line 5: «On a hot afternoon at a safari park the lions lie flat in the shade like big sleepy cats: they hunt mostly at dusk, at night and at dawn, and resting in the he…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lions» (+2); the same property (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). 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/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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«Tom's got four fingers, so real cats have 16 toes, right» What is the best correction?

- **1.** Real cats have 5 toes on each front paw and 4 on each back paw, 18 in all — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **2.** Real cats have no toes, only soft pads — score 5
- **3.** Real cats have 20 toes, like people — score 5
- **4.** Right, real cats have 4 toes on every paw, just like Tom, so 16 in all — score 9

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 395, line 16: «Cartoonists often draw four fingers because it is quicker and looks neater, while a real cat has five toes on each front paw and four on each back paw, eightee…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «front paw» (+4); the same doer «real cat» (+2); the same thing acted on «five toes» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Count them: if Tom and the alley cat Butch were real cats, how many toes would they have together?

- **1.** 32 — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** 36 — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** 18 — no support
- **4.** 40 — 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/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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You watch a crocodile scene with silly circus music instead of scary music. What would change?

- **1.** How you feel about it, though the crocodile does exactly the same — **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **2.** The crocodile would stop hunting — no support
- **3.** Nothing, music has no effect on people — no support
- **4.** The crocodile would hear the music and start behaving in a sillier way — **← Mova's choice** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 191, line 18: «Snakes cannot hypnotise animals; they have no eyelids, so they stare without blinking, and a snake charmer's snake follows the moving pipe, not the music, beca…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same thing acted on «moving pipe» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). 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/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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In a cartoon a bear walks upright in a hat for a whole day. What would a real bear do?

- **1.** Walk on four legs and stand up only now and then to look or sniff — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **2.** Walk upright all day long like a person, only without the hat on its head — score 7
- **3.** Crawl on its belly like a snake — score 6
- **4.** Hop along on one leg — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 395, line 14: «Real bears stand on two legs only to look or sniff; they can walk a few steps upright, but it is slow and awkward, and they walk on four legs.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «walk» (+4); the same place «four legs» (+3). 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/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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«the polar bear cubs were in a zoo?? total scam» What is a fair view?

- **1.** Filming in a zoo can be kinder than disturbing a wild den, but people argue it should be said — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Yes, the whole film was invented — no support
- **3.** No, there are no zoos anywhere in the world that keep polar bears — score 4
- **4.** Zoo animals are not real animals — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 395, line 11: «Some scenes are filmed in zoos or wildlife parks, such as polar bear cubs in a den, because filming inside a wild den would harm the animals; people argued whe…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «zoos» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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A film follows «one lion» for a whole year. What might really have happened?

- **1.** One lion wore a camera for a whole year without a single break, even asleep — no support
- **2.** Shots of several similar lions may have been joined, and good films say so — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** The lion was painted on paper — no support
- **4.** The lion was a robot — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 395, line 9: «Some films join shots of several similar animals to tell the story of one, because it is hard to follow one wild animal everywhere for a year; good films tell…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «join» (+3); the same thing acted on «shots» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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A clip online shows a parrot singing a whole pop song perfectly and chatting about its day. What makes you doubt it?

- **1.** All parrot videos online are real, so there is nothing to doubt at all — no support
- **2.** Parrots cannot make any sounds — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** No named makers or scientists, and it does not fit what parrots are known to do — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** Parrots only ever sing classical music — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 206, line 3: «Parrots make their sounds with a voice organ deep in the chest, and their brains have a special area for learning new sounds, which most birds do not have.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same thing acted on «sounds» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «parrots» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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«real foxes smile when they're happy, cartoons are right» What is the best answer?

- **1.** Foxes raise their eyebrows — score 4
- **2.** Foxes smile just like people, with their lips turned up at the corners — score 7
- **3.** Foxes have no feelings at all — no support
- **4.** Real foxes show feelings with ears, tail and body, and their faces look calm — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 395, line 3: «Cartoons go much further. Tom and Jerry talk, a cartoon bear wears a hat and walks upright, and a cartoon fox raises its eyebrows and smiles, so we can read it…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «show» (+3); the same circumstance (+3); the same thing acted on «feelings» (+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/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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A real lion sleeps most of the day. Why might a lion film still look full of action?

- **1.** Lions are much busier when they know a camera is filming them — no support
- **2.** Lions only sleep in zoos — score 3
- **3.** The film is shown backwards — no support
- **4.** The film shows only the most exciting moments — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 265, line 4: «Films like to show a T. rex racing a jeep and missing you if you stand still, but its heavy legs could not sprint, and its big forward-facing eyes and keen nos…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «show» (+2); the same doer «films» (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Does an added sound make a nature film a lie?

- **1.** Not if what the animal does is real; good films still show real behaviour — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** Yes, the animal was not there at all — no support
- **3.** Yes, every film with added sound is fake from beginning to end, so it cannot be trusted — no support
- **4.** No, because animals make no sounds — **← Mova's choice** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 301, line 6: «A barn owl's heart-shaped face works like a satellite dish, gathering sound towards its ears; barn owls hunt mostly by ear, and in experiments they caught mice…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «shaped face» (+2); the same thing acted on «sound» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). 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/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/t12/)

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

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Identify the principal reason for which numerous sounds in nature films are added subsequent to filming.

- **1.** The broadcasting of genuine animal sounds is prohibited — no support
- **2.** Cameras are incapable of recording sound under any conditions — no support
- **3.** The animals declined to produce sounds in the presence of cameras — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** The genuine sounds were too faint or too distant to be recorded by the camera — **✓ the right answer** · 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 301, line 6: «A barn owl's heart-shaped face works like a satellite dish, gathering sound towards its ears; barn owls hunt mostly by ear, and in experiments they caught mice…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «shaped face» (+2); the same thing acted on «sound» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+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/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the call of the bald eagle?

- **1.** It is a weak, high chattering call, frequently replaced in films by the scream of the red-tailed hawk — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** The bald eagle produces no call whatsoever — score 6
- **3.** It is a deep roar resembling that of a lion — score 3
- **4.** It is a fierce prolonged scream identical in every respect to that heard in films and broadcasts — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 241, line 12: «Prairie dogs have alarm calls that seem to describe a predator, even a person's size and the colour of their clothes, as experiments by Con Slobodchikoff sugge…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «alarm calls» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «alarm calls» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/e2/)

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

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning communication among animals.

- **1.** Domestic cats and mice converse in words — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** Parrots compose original sentences in human languages and employ them to describe past events and future intentions — no support
- **3.** Animals communicate by sounds, smells and movements, but none has been shown to employ a language comparable to human language — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Animals possess no means of communication — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 395, line 13: «Animals communicate with sounds, smells and body movements, but not with words; scientists are studying whale clicks and other sounds with computers, but no an…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «animals» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/e3/)

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

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It is given that a domestic cat possesses five toes on each fore paw and four toes on each hind paw. Ascertain the aggregate number of toes.

- **1.** Eighteen — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Twenty — no support
- **3.** Sixteen — no support
- **4.** Nine — 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/395-documentaries-vs-cartoons-added-sounds-edited-stories-and-what-is-real/e4/)

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