--- title: Meeting a dog safely — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 22 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 9 of 19 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/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/) / 22 # Meeting a dog safely **Tests:** 9 of 19 right · **Exam:** 4 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 20 of 23 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 22 of the everyday 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/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/). 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/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} Sam in Denver sees a puppy on a lead outside a café. Its owner is with it. What is the right first step? - **1.** Ask the owner if he may pat it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **2.** Pat it before the owner notices — no support - **3.** Kneel down and hug the puppy — no support - **4.** Pick the puppy up to cuddle it — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 9: «Always ask the owner before you pat a dog, and wait for them to say yes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «ask» (+2); the same thing acted on «owner» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} A big dog with no owner trots towards Mia in a park in Dublin. Which plan is safest? - **1.** Shout and throw her shoe at the dog — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Stare hard at the dog to show it who is the boss here — no support - **3.** Stand still, arms in, look at her feet and wait — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Run to the swings as fast as she can — 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/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Which of these is the safest way to stroke a friendly dog after the owner says yes? - **1.** With your face pressed close to its face — **← Mova's choice** · score 10 - **2.** By pulling its ears to make it play — no support - **3.** Quickly on top of its head from above — no support - **4.** Gently on its chest after it has sniffed you — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 3: «If it stays relaxed and leans in, stroke it gently on the chest or the side of the neck, not on the top of its head, and never hug it or put your face close to…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «face» (+5); the same property (+2); the same circumstance (+2); a different action (counts against) (+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/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} Why is «be a tree» a clever trick? - **1.** A still, quiet person is boring to a dog, so it loses interest — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** Trees scare dogs away — no support - **3.** Dogs think trees are their friends, so they will not bite a tree — no support - **4.** Standing still makes you invisible — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 4: «If a strange dog runs at you, do not run or scream: «be a tree» — stand still, fold your arms in close, look down at your feet and stay quiet until it loses in…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lose» (+2); the same thing acted on «interest» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} Leo is knocked over by a jumping dog in Auckland. What protects him best? - **1.** Pushing the dog's face away hard with both his hands — no support - **2.** Rolling around and shouting — no support - **3.** Curling into a ball and covering his head and neck — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** Lying on his back with his arms out — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 5: «If a dog knocks you over, «be a rock»: curl into a ball on the ground, tuck your knees in and cover your head and neck with your hands and arms.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «curl» (+3); the same place «ball» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Which is true? - **1.** Every dog loves to be woken up for a pat — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A dog that is asleep or eating is best left alone — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** It is fine to pat a dog without asking if it looks friendly — no support - **4.** Dogs never mind being hugged by strangers — no support **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/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} The strange dog sniffs Ava and walks away. What should she do next? - **1.** Follow the dog to see where it lives — no support - **2.** Run off quickly before it comes back — no support - **3.** Call the dog back to pat it — no support - **4.** Move away slowly and tell an adult — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 18: «After a strange dog walks away, move away slowly and tell an adult.», 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 «tell» (+4); the same receiver «adult» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} A boy in Manchester holds his hand out high and waves it at a dog he does not know. Why is this not a good idea? - **1.** Fast, waving hands can scare or excite a dog — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Dogs cannot smell hands held high — score 3 - **3.** Dogs only like hands held in pockets — no support - **4.** Dogs like it, so it will follow him home and be his pet — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 22, line 8: «A boy in Dublin ran away screaming from a loose dog; the dog chased him, jumped up and knocked him down, but he was not badly hurt when he finally stood still…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «boy» (+4); the same doer «dog» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). 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/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} What should happen after a dog bite that breaks the skin? - **1.** Cover it and tell nobody about it — no support - **2.** Rub it with butter to soothe it — no support - **3.** Wash it with soap and water and see a doctor — **✓ the right answer** · score -2 - **4.** Nothing, dog bites always heal by themselves — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 22, line 19: «Any dog bite that breaks the skin needs washing with soap and water and should be shown to a doctor.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dog bite» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} cute dog tied outside the shop, can i pat it - **1.** Yes, if it wags — no support - **2.** No, not without the owner saying yes — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Yes, quickly before it moves — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **4.** Yes, on the top of its head — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 21, line 4: «A wagging tail does not always mean a happy dog; a stiff, high tail that flicks fast can mean the dog is tense and ready to act.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «act» (+2); the same doer «dog» (+2). 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/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} big dog running at me what do i do - **1.** Stare it in the eyes — no support - **2.** Shout and wave your arms — no support - **3.** Run away as fast as you can, dogs are slow — **← Mova's choice** · score 3 - **4.** Be a tree, still, arms in, look down — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 14: «Running away from a dog can make it chase you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run away» (+2); the same property (+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/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12} knocked over by a dog - **1.** Kick at the dog — no support - **2.** Be a rock, curl up, cover your head and neck — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** Lie flat with arms out — no support - **4.** Roll around and scream — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 5: «If a dog knocks you over, «be a rock»: curl into a ball on the ground, tuck your knees in and cover your head and neck with your hands and arms.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «head» (+5); the same action «cover» (+3). 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/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13} dog's eating, can i give him a cuddle - **1.** Yes, take the bowl first — no support - **2.** Yes, he will like it, dogs love cuddles — no support - **3.** Yes, if you're quick — no support - **4.** No, leave a dog alone while it eats — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · 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 21, line 6: «For example, a dog lying under a table with its ears back, licking its lips and showing the whites of its eyes is telling you: «Leave me alone.»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+2); the same thing acted on «dog» (+2); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★ · right ✓ {#t14} dog bit my hand a bit, skin is broken, it's fine tho - **1.** Wait and see if it swells — no support - **2.** Wash it and tell an adult, you may need a doctor — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **3.** Lick it clean — no support - **4.** Put a plaster on it and forget all about it, it's fine — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 7: «A girl in Sydney ran up to a dog tied outside a shop and reached over its head; the frightened dog bit her arm, and she needed a doctor.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «need» (+2); the same thing acted on «doctor» (+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/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/t14/) ### Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t15} big dog running at me, no owner in sight!! - **1.** Run as fast as you can to get away from it — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** Scream and wave your arms — no support - **3.** Stare at it and shout — no support - **4.** Stand still like a tree, arms in, look away — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 14: «Running away from a dog can make it chase you.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/t15/) ### Test 16 · ★ · right ✓ {#t16} can i pat ur dog?? (owner says no) - **1.** Ask the dog instead — no support - **2.** Pat it when the owner looks away — no support - **3.** Pat it quickly anyway — no support - **4.** Leave the dog alone, the owner knows best — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · 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 21, line 6: «For example, a dog lying under a table with its ears back, licking its lips and showing the whites of its eyes is telling you: «Leave me alone.»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+2); the same thing acted on «dog» (+2); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/t16/) ### Test 17 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t17} my aunty said a girl hugged a dog at the park and it bit her face and she needed loads of stitches - **1.** It means dogs are fine to hug if they are small — no support - **2.** It proves only girls get bitten by dogs — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** Real lesson: all park dogs bite on sight — no support - **4.** Real lesson: many dogs hate hugs, so ask the owner and never hug a dog you do not know — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 14, line 8: «Faces show basic feelings such as happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise and disgust.», 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 «faces» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/t17/) ### Test 18 · ★ · right ✓ {#t18} kid in my class reckons if a dog chases u, run as fast as u can, dogs can't catch kids - **1.** He is right, if you scream while running — no support - **2.** He is right, dogs give up after a few steps — no support - **3.** Wrong; running can make a dog chase you, so stand still like a tree — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** He is right, children are faster than dogs over a short distance — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 8: «A boy in Dublin ran away screaming from a loose dog; the dog chased him, jumped up and knocked him down, but he was not badly hurt when he finally stood still…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stand» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/t18/) ### Test 19 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t19} Ben's scared of dogs and screamed at a puppy lol, everyone's copying him at break - **1.** Spread it, so he gets over his fear — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Copy him, because it is funny and harmless — no support - **3.** Do not copy or spread it; being scared of dogs is real and teasing makes it worse — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Spread it, and say he cried as well — 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/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/t19/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} It being given that a child wishes to pat a dog accompanied by its owner, select the course of action consistent with established guidance. - **1.** To hug the dog so as to show friendliness — no support - **2.** To pat the dog firmly upon the top of its head at once — score 5 - **3.** To ask the owner first and to wait for permission — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **4.** To approach the dog from behind without any warning — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 22, line 9: «Always ask the owner before you pat a dog, and wait for them to say yes.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «owner» (+5); the same action «ask» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the posture termed «be a tree»? - **1.** Climbing a tree until the dog departs — no support - **2.** Waving the arms above the head like branches — no support - **3.** Standing still, the arms folded in, the eyes directed at the feet, and remaining quiet — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** Running in a straight line towards the nearest tree — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 4: «If a strange dog runs at you, do not run or scream: «be a tree» — stand still, fold your arms in close, look down at your feet and stay quiet until it loses in…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fold» (+3); the same thing acted on «arms» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Identify the circumstance in which a dog ought not to be disturbed. - **1.** Whilst it is eating, sleeping, chewing a toy or tending its puppies — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12 - **2.** Whilst it is wagging its tail loosely — score 4 - **3.** Whilst it is walking calmly beside its owner — no support - **4.** Whilst it is sitting upon command — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 12, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 22, line 13: «Never disturb a dog that is eating, sleeping, chewing a toy or looking after puppies.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «toy» (+5); the same doer «dog» (+4); the same action «chew» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4} Select the response that is consistent with established guidance where a child has been knocked to the ground by a dog. - **1.** To curl into a ball and cover the head and neck with the hands and arms — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 - **2.** To shout loudly and strike the dog — no support - **3.** To lie flat upon the back and kick — no support - **4.** To grasp the dog by the collar — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 5: «If a dog knocks you over, «be a rock»: curl into a ball on the ground, tuck your knees in and cover your head and neck with your hands and arms.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «head» (+5); the same action «cover» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/e4/) - ← previous: [21. Reading a dog's body language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/21-reading-a-dog/) - next →: [23. Understanding cats](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/23-understanding-cats/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)