--- title: The petting farm: goats, sheep, pigs, rabbits and washing hands — how Mova does on the tests · Biology description: Lesson 96 of the biology course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 11 tests right, exam 4 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/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/) [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/) / 96 # The petting farm: goats, sheep, pigs, rabbits and washing hands **Tests:** 3 of 11 right · **Exam:** 4 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 9 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 96 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/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/). 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/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/). ### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1} we fed 3 goats and 2 sheep, no hang on, 3 sheep. how many legs at the fence - **1.** 28 — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** 12 — no support - **3.** 24 — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** 20 — 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/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/t1/) ### Test 2 · wrong ✗ {#t2} 4 cows in the barn, how many stomach parts altogether - **1.** 8 — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** 16 — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** 4 — no support - **4.** 12 — 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/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/t2/) ### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3} 2 chickens and a goat, how many legs is that - **1.** 12 — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** 8 — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** 10 — no support - **4.** 6 — 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/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/t3/) ### Test 4 · right ✓ {#t4} In Bugs Bunny the rabbit munches carrots all day. What would a vet say? - **1.** Rabbits cannot eat carrots at all — score 1 - **2.** Carrots are all a rabbit ever needs — no support - **3.** Rabbits need a little meat every day as well as carrots — no support - **4.** Too many carrots are sugary; rabbits need mostly hay — **← 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 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 96, line 10: «Too many carrots are sugary and bad for rabbits, whose food should be mostly hay and grass; Bugs Bunny chewing carrots all day is a cartoon idea.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «many carrots» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/t4/) ### Test 5 · right ✓ {#t5} In Peppa Pig the family loves jumping in muddy puddles. Why do real pigs love mud? - **1.** It cools them and protects their skin — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **2.** They are dirty animals by nature — no support - **3.** They want to look funny — no support - **4.** They are hunting for juicy worms in the mud — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 96, line 11: «Pigs have very few sweat glands, so they roll in mud to cool down and protect their skin, and given space they keep a separate spot for their toilet.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «protect» (+2). 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/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/t5/) ### Test 6 · right ✓ {#t6} In a cartoon a goat chews up a whole tin can. What would you fix? - **1.** Goats only eat glass — score 3 - **2.** Goats nibble the paper label, not the metal — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** Nothing, goats digest metal — no support - **4.** Goats eat the cans but always spit out the paper label — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 96, line 5: «Goats are curious browsers that nibble a bit of everything, but they do not really eat tin cans; they nibble paper labels and test things with their lips.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «nibble» (+6); the same doer «goats» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «paper labels» (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/t6/) ### Test 7 · wrong ✗ {#t7} What would happen to a rabbit that ate only soft food? - **1.** It would grow very fast — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Its teeth would grow too long — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Nothing at all — no support - **4.** Its fur would turn white — 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/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/t7/) ### Test 8 · wrong ✗ {#t8} What could happen to a farm sheep that is never shorn? - **1.** Its wool would grow huge and heavy — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** It would grow horns instead — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **3.** Its wool would fall off by itself in spring — no support - **4.** Its wool would turn into hair — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 96, line 7: «Farm sheep grow wool all the time and must be shorn every year, because people bred them to keep their wool; a sheep called Shrek in New Zealand escaped sheari…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+4); the same doer «farm sheep» (+4). 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/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/t8/) ### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9} just ate my crisps in the goat pen, its fine right? - **1.** No, wash hands with soap first and eat away from the animals — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Yes, if you use hand gel only — no support - **3.** Yes, goat germs can never hurt people, only other goats — no support - **4.** Yes, the goats will eat the crumbs — **← Mova's choice** · score -5 **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 96, line 3: «Many cartoon ideas about farm animals are wrong: goats do not eat tin cans, pigs are not dirty, donkeys are not stupidly stubborn, and Bugs Bunny's carrots are…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+2). Against it: the same doer «goats» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). 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/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/t9/) ### Test 10 · wrong ✗ {#t10} Your uncle says donkeys are stupid and stubborn. What is fairer? - **1.** Yes, they are the least clever farm animal — no support - **2.** They refuse to move because they are lazy — no support - **3.** They are stubborn because they cannot hear you well — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **4.** They stop to think when unsure, a careful habit — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 25, line 5: «And Eeyore is gloomy and cartoon donkeys are stubborn and stupid, but real donkeys are careful: they stop when they judge something unsafe.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same doer «cartoon donkeys» (+1). 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/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/t10/) ### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11} Why are guinea pigs called guinea pigs? - **1.** They come from Guinea in Africa and are a kind of small pig — score 6 - **2.** Nobody is sure, as they are neither pigs nor from Guinea — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **3.** They oink like pigs in Guinea — score 6 - **4.** They were sold for one guinea coin as pigs — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 96, line 9: «The front teeth, or incisors, of rabbits and guinea pigs grow all their lives and are worn down by chewing tough grass and hay.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «front teeth» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Identify the principal reason for which the pig is observed to wallow in mud in warm weather. - **1.** It derives its food principally from mud — score 2 - **2.** It thereby removes parasites from its teeth — no support - **3.** It possesses few sweat glands and mud serves to cool the skin — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** It is by nature disposed towards uncleanliness and enjoys dirt — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 96, line 11: «Pigs have very few sweat glands, so they roll in mud to cool down and protect their skin, and given space they keep a separate spot for their toilet.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «pigs» (+2); the same thing acted on «few sweat glands» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the incisors of the rabbit? - **1.** They continue to grow throughout life and are worn by tough fodder — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** They are shed each spring and are replaced by a fresh new set annually — no support - **3.** They are composed of soft cartilage — no support - **4.** They cease growing at maturity — 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/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} It is given that three cows and two goats are housed together. Ascertain the aggregate number of legs. - **1.** Twenty — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Twelve — no support - **3.** Ten — no support - **4.** Sixteen — 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/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning visitors to a petting farm. - **1.** Washing is required only if one of the animals appears to be unwell — no support - **2.** Food may safely be consumed amongst the animals — no support - **3.** Hand gel alone is invariably sufficient — no support - **4.** Hands ought to be washed with soap and water upon departure — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 72, line 2: «Singing Happy Birthday twice while you wash with soap is not a silly rule: it gives the soap about 20 seconds to grab the grease where germs hide and let the w…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wash» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/e4/) - ← previous: [95. The nocturnal house: night animals by red light](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light/) - next →: [97. The insect house: ants, stick insects, tarantula…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/97-the-insect-house-ants-stick-insects-tarantulas-and-scorpions/) - ↑ back to [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/)