--- title: The butterfly house — how Mova does on the tests · Biology description: Lesson 98 of the biology course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 11 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/98-the-butterfly-house/) [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/) / 98 # The butterfly house **Tests:** 4 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 6 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 98 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/98-the-butterfly-house/). 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/98-the-butterfly-house/). ### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1} 3 butterflies on the orange dish. how many wings, quick - **1.** 6 — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** 18 — no support - **3.** 12 — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** 9 — 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/98-the-butterfly-house/t1/) ### Test 2 · wrong ✗ {#t2} How many legs does a monarch butterfly really have? - **1.** Four, like a cat — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **2.** Six, though the front two are tiny — **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** Two, like a bird — score 7 - **4.** Eight long legs, like a spider — score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 30, line 1: «Snakes and lizards are reptiles with dry scaly skin; a lizard usually has four legs, while a snake has none and slides by pushing the sides of its body against…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the number the lesson gave for it (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/98-the-butterfly-house/t2/) ### Test 3 · right ✓ {#t3} In The Very Hungry Caterpillar, the caterpillar eats cake, pickles and sausage. What would you fix? - **1.** Real caterpillars eat the leaves of their own food plants — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **2.** Nothing, caterpillars really can eat everything people eat — no support - **3.** Caterpillars eat only fruit — score 8 - **4.** Caterpillars eat only meat — score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 48, line 9: «A butterfly has four stages, egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and adult; peacock and red admiral butterflies lay eggs on nettles, the food their caterpillars eat, a…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+6); the same doer «caterpillars» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/98-the-butterfly-house/t3/) ### Test 4 · right ✓ {#t4} The same book says the caterpillar builds a cocoon. What is the truth for a butterfly? - **1.** It makes a chrysalis; cocoons are spun by moths — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** It builds a nest of twigs — no support - **3.** It digs a deep hole in the ground and sleeps there — no support - **4.** It hides inside an egg again — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 98, line 5: «In The Very Hungry Caterpillar the caterpillar eats cake and sausage and builds a cocoon, but real caterpillars eat only their own food plants, and butterflies…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «chrysalis» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/98-the-butterfly-house/t4/) ### Test 5 · wrong ✗ {#t5} A butterfly lands on your sleeve near the exit. What should you do? - **1.** Grab it gently by its wings and lift it off yourself — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Leave it be and ask a keeper to help it off — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Blow on it until it flies — no support - **4.** Shake your arm hard — 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/98-the-butterfly-house/t5/) ### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6} What would it be like to taste with your feet? - **1.** You would never need to eat with your mouth again — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** You could only taste when barefoot — no support - **3.** Your shoes would always taste of food — no support - **4.** You would know if a leaf was right just by standing on it — **✓ 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/98-the-butterfly-house/t6/) ### Test 7 · wrong ✗ {#t7} lol this moth is massive, how long does it live for? - **1.** About a year — **← Mova's choice** · score 9 - **2.** Only a week or two, as it cannot eat — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Just one hour — score 9 - **4.** About ten years, just like a pet cat — score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 45, line 6: «Algae grow in grooves in sloth fur, giving it a greenish tint that may help it hide from harpy eagles, and sloth moths and beetles live in the fur.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «sloth moths» (+5); the same action «live» (+4). 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/98-the-butterfly-house/t7/) ### Test 8 · wrong ✗ {#t8} Why does a glasswing hide so well? - **1.** It changes colour like a chameleon — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It hides inside flowers all day — no support - **3.** Leaves and flowers show through its wings — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It flies only at night — 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/98-the-butterfly-house/t8/) ### Test 9 · right ✓ {#t9} Grandad says one brave monarch flies to Mexico and back every year. Right? - **1.** Yes, every single monarch does the whole round trip itself — no support - **2.** No, monarchs never leave Canada — no support - **3.** Yes, and it does it three times a year — no support - **4.** No, it takes several generations to fly north again — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 98, line 14: «Monarch butterflies fly thousands of kilometres from Canada and the USA to mountains in Mexico for winter, and it takes several generations to fly north again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «several generations» (+5); the same action «fly» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/98-the-butterfly-house/t9/) ### Test 10 · right ✓ {#t10} How could a butterfly farm help protect a rainforest? - **1.** Local people earn money by keeping the forest standing — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The farm scares away the loggers with clouds of butterflies — no support - **3.** The butterflies plant new trees — no support - **4.** Butterflies eat the weeds that kill trees — 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/98-the-butterfly-house/t10/) ### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11} Your class wants to help red admirals at school. What could you leave in a corner? - **1.** A pile of plastic — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A heap of sand — no support - **3.** A bowl of salt — no support - **4.** A patch of nettles — **✓ 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/98-the-butterfly-house/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Identify the principal reason for which the butterfly house is maintained at a high temperature. - **1.** Butterflies, being cold-blooded, require warmth in order to fly — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Warmth prevents the scales from falling — no support - **3.** Butterflies are incapable of perceiving cold — no support - **4.** Warmth deters the predatory birds which would otherwise eat them — 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/98-the-butterfly-house/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the colouring of the blue morpho? - **1.** The blue covers both surfaces of the wings — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** The blue derives from a pigment obtained from the flowers upon which it feeds — no support - **3.** The blue derives from microscopic structures that reflect blue light — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** The blue is visible only by moonlight — 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/98-the-butterfly-house/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the adult atlas moth. - **1.** It possesses no mouth and survives upon reserves laid down as a caterpillar — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** It consumes nectar in great quantity — no support - **3.** It lives for a period of several years — score 3 - **4.** It feeds exclusively upon rotting fruit — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 45, line 6: «Algae grow in grooves in sloth fur, giving it a greenish tint that may help it hide from harpy eagles, and sloth moths and beetles live in the fur.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+2); the same doer «sloth moths» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/98-the-butterfly-house/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} It is given that five butterflies alight upon a dish. Ascertain the aggregate number of wings. - **1.** Thirty — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Twenty — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Ten — no support - **4.** Fifteen — 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/98-the-butterfly-house/e4/) - ← previous: [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/) - next →: [99. The penguin pool](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/99-the-penguin-pool/) - ↑ back to [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/)