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title: Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: the bargain… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 94 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 18 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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# Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: the bargain, the Bat and the Baby

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**Tests:** 4 of 18 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 22 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 94 of the books 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/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/).

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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/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Isla from Edinburgh: «aye, the Woman praised the Cat on purpose, she liked him.» (aye = yes) Put it right.

- **1.** She praised him without knowing it was him — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** She praised him on purpose, knowing it was him — no support
- **3.** She scolded him, knowing it was him — no support
- **4.** She praised the Cat on purpose, because she liked him very much and wanted him to come in — **← 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, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 94, line 1: «Wild Cow comes next and promises her milk every day for the wonderful grass; she becomes the Giver of Good Food. Then no one else comes, so the Cat walks up by…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cat» (+4); the same action «come» (+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/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Why does the Cat ask what the Baby is fond of, not what the Woman is fond of?

- **1.** To win the Man through the Baby — no support
- **2.** To win the Woman through the Baby — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** Because the Baby is the one who will ask the Woman for the bargain later — score 3
- **4.** Because the Woman is fond of nothing — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 94, line 4: «One busy morning the Baby cries outside the Cave. The Cat pats his cheek and tickles him with his tail, and the Baby laughs. The Woman, not seeing who it is, s…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «cheek» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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«A blessing on that Wild Thing whoever he may be.» Why does this count as praise?

- **1.** A blessing is a word in his praise — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** A blessing is a word of thanks — no support
- **3.** The Woman was happy about him — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **4.** It is a curse — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 94, line 13: «When the Cat plays with the Baby, the Bat says «a Wild Thing from the Wild Woods is most beautifully playing with your Baby», and the Woman answers «A blessing…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 1, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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What would happen if the Woman had seen it was the Cat?

- **1.** She might not have blessed him — **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** She would have thrown him out of the Cave and never blessed him at all — score 3
- **3.** She would have shut the curtain — score 3
- **4.** The Baby would have cried more — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 94, line 4: «One busy morning the Baby cries outside the Cave. The Cat pats his cheek and tickles him with his tail, and the Baby laughs. The Woman, not seeing who it is, s…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cry» (+2); the same doer «baby» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Which is TRUE in this part?

- **1.** The Baby has already had the milk — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The Woman keeps the bargain secret — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The Man knows the bargain — no support
- **4.** The Man knows about the bargain and has agreed to it all along — 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/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Real life: is cow's milk good for grown-up cats?

- **1.** Not really; water is best — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** Yes, it is good for them — score 6
- **3.** Yes, always — no support
- **4.** Mostly, but not for kittens — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 94, line 18: «Real life: most grown-up cats cannot digest cow's milk well, and it can upset their tummies; water is the best drink for a cat.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «water» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Real life: how do bats find their way in the dark?

- **1.** By the stars overhead — **← Mova's choice** · score 10
- **2.** With wings that glow green — no support
- **3.** By echoes of their squeaks — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** By listening to echoes of their own high squeaks bouncing off things — score 9

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 94, line 19: «Real life: bats really do hang upside down and find their way in the dark by listening to the echoes of their own squeaks; cats really purr, and kittens play-h…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «dark» (+4); the same action «find» (+2); the same doer «bats» (+2); the same thing acted on «way» (+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/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Real life: which came much later than the spindle whorl?

- **1.** The spindle, about five thousand years ago — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The wheel, about two thousand years ago — no support
- **3.** The needle — no support
- **4.** The spinning-wheel, about a thousand years ago — **✓ 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/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Real life: why do kittens chase string?

- **1.** It is play-hunting practice — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** They want to catch the string — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** It is a game for old cats — no support
- **4.** It is play-hunting practice for the time when they must catch real mice — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 94, line 19: «Real life: bats really do hang upside down and find their way in the dark by listening to the echoes of their own squeaks; cats really purr, and kittens play-h…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «kittens» (+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/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Poppy: «just now the Cat'll walk in, the curtain's still up.» (just now = in a while, South Africa) When does the curtain fall?

- **1.** When the Woman speaks the first word in his praise — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** When the Baby wakes — no support
- **3.** When the Bat flies into the Cave tonight — no support
- **4.** When the Man speaks the first word of his thanks — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 94, line 14: «The curtain falls «whoosh!» because «it remembered the bargain»; the Cat says «for you have spoken a word in my praise, and now I can sit within the Cave for a…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «speak» (+4); the same thing acted on «word» (+2); the same place «praise» (+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/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Looking back: in part 1, what was the Dog's bargain?

- **1.** Hunt the mice, for fish — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Hunt and guard the Cave all night, for bones and a warm place by the fire — no support
- **3.** Hunt and guard, for bones — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Carry wood, for milk — 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/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Looking back: in part 1, what did the Cat say each time after the Dog and Horse made bargains?

- **1.** That each was very foolish — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** That each was very foolish and that the Woman would never keep her word — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **3.** That they were both lazy — no support
- **4.** That each was very clever — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 94, line 2: «The Cat flatters her: she is wise and beautiful and should not be cruel. The Woman makes a bargain: one word in his praise and he may come into the Cave; two w…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «woman» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «bargain» (+2). Against it: a different action (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/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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Looking back: Pau Amma the Crab also refused to be obedient at the start. What did he say?

- **1.** He would never obey the son of Adam — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** He would never serve the Woman — no support
- **3.** I will not — no support
- **4.** He would obey the son of Adam — 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/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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Looking back: in the Taffy stories, who was told off for slang words?

- **1.** Mam, for saying «bother» — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Taffy, for saying «awful» at the table in front of the whole chapel — no support
- **3.** Jack, for saying «awful» — no support
- **4.** Taffy, for saying «awful» — **✓ 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/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t14/)

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### Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t15}

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Jake from Cornwall: «proper job, Cat got by the fire with ONE word.» (proper job = well done) Put it right.

- **1.** It took three words — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It took one — no support
- **3.** Two — no support
- **4.** It took two words — **✓ 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/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t15/)

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### Test 16 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t16}

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★★★ The Cat has «a lot of rizz» (charm). Which moment shows his charm working MOST cleverly?

- **1.** Eating the Woman's bread without asking — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Getting a blessing without the Woman knowing it was him — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Winning the Baby's first laugh by tickling — no support
- **4.** Getting a blessing without the Woman knowing it was him, and so keeping his bargain pure — 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/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t16/)

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### Test 17 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t17}

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★★★ Careful: the Bat calls the Woman «my Hostess and Wife of my Host and Mother of my Host's Son». Who is the Host's Son?

- **1.** The Man — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The Dog — no support
- **3.** The Baby — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The Bat — 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/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t17/)

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### Test 18 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t18}

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★★★ After this part, how many of the three things in the bargain does the Cat have, and which is still to come?

- **1.** Two; the fire is still to come — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Two; the Cave and fire done, and the milk is still to come later — no support
- **3.** Two; the milk is still to come — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** One; the milk — 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/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/t18/)

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

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Identify the terms of the bargain concluded between the Woman and the Cat.

- **1.** One word for the fire, two for the milk — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Two for the fire — no support
- **3.** One for the Cave — no support
- **4.** One word of praise for the Cave, two for the fire, three for the milk — **✓ 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/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/e1/)

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

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Ascertain the informant who conveyed to the Cat news of the Baby's birth.

- **1.** The Woman who spins in the Cave — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The Horse — no support
- **3.** The Bat — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Dog — 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/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/e2/)

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

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It is given that the curtain fell of its own accord. Select the response most consistent with the narrative's explanation.

- **1.** The Woman forgot to close it — score 2
- **2.** It was the Baby's doing — no support
- **3.** It remembered the bargain — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** It fell because the Cat was clever and the bargain made it remember the Woman's word — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 94, line 14: «The curtain falls «whoosh!» because «it remembered the bargain»; the Cat says «for you have spoken a word in my praise, and now I can sit within the Cave for a…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «remember» (+3); the same thing acted on «bargain» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the suitability of cow's milk for adult cats?

- **1.** Many adult cats digest it poorly, and water is the proper drink — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** Kittens need it but adults should drink only water — score 7
- **3.** It is a fine food for every cat, young and old alike — no support
- **4.** Milk is harmful for every adult cat, which is why vets now recommend only dry food and water — **← Mova's choice** · score 9

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 94, line 18: «Real life: most grown-up cats cannot digest cow's milk well, and it can upset their tummies; water is the best drink for a cat.», 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 doer «milk» (+4). 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/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/e4/)

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