--- title: Keeping garden wildlife safe — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 72 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 18 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/everyday/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/) [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/) / 72 # Keeping garden wildlife safe **Tests:** 4 of 18 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 16 of 22 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 72 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/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/). 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/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/). ### Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} A girl in Yorkshire is helping build a bonfire for Bonfire Night. What should the family do before lighting it? - **1.** Check the pile carefully for hedgehogs, or move it first — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Bang the pile with a spade only once — no support - **3.** Pour petrol on it to make it burn fast — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **4.** Light it quickly before any animals can move in and make a home — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 70, line 7: «A girl in Florida held out a sandwich to a goose by a lake; the goose bit her hand hard and flapped at her, and she fell backwards onto the path and cut her he…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «bite» (+3). 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/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} A boy in Dublin leaves a bucket of rainwater by the shed. What is the kindest small change? - **1.** Put a few stones on the bottom — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Put a stick in it as a ladder or cover it — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Paint the bucket a bright colour — no support - **4.** Move it closer to the bushes so animals can find it — 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/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t3} Which is true about slug pellets? - **1.** They can poison pets and wild animals — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** They are a kind of food for birds — no support - **3.** They only harm slugs and nothing else — no support - **4.** They are safe for children to hold — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 72, line 18: «Slug pellets and garden poisons can poison pets and wild animals that eat them or eat the slugs.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «pets» (+3); the same action «poison» (+1); the same doer «slug pellets» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} What would probably happen if you ran at a robin to see it closer? - **1.** It would let you hold it — **← Mova's choice** · score 0 - **2.** It would fly away and you would see nothing — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** It would freeze and not notice you — score -6 - **4.** It would hop closer to you to see who you are — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 0, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 71, line 5: «A girl on a beach in Cornwall sees a seal resting on the sand; she keeps her dog on its lead, stays well back and watches quietly, and the seal sleeps on in pe…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-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/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} A father puts netting over the strawberries. How should he put it up so it does not harm animals? - **1.** Loose and floppy so it is soft if animals land on it — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** Pulled tight so no bird or hedgehog can get tangled — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** With big holes torn in it for birds — no support - **4.** Lying on the ground around the plants — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 26, line 2: «The two golden rules are keep your distance and never feed wild animals: an animal that gets used to human food loses its fear of people, comes looking for mor…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «put down» (+3); the same doer «animal» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). 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/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t6} Why might a hedgehog be inside a pile of garden rubbish in November? - **1.** It is there to keep the pile dry — no support - **2.** It is a sheltered place to rest and sleep — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** Hedgehogs eat dry sticks — no support - **4.** It is looking for the bonfire to keep warm by it — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 72, line 10: «Hedgehogs like to hide and sleep in piles of sticks and leaves.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sleep» (+3); the same doer «hedgehogs» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Your cat likes to sniff around the shed where rat poison is kept. What is wise? - **1.** Keep the cat away and tell an adult the poison is reachable — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Move the poison into the garden — no support - **3.** Hide the poison under the cat's bed — no support - **4.** Let the cat sniff, because cats always know what is poison and what is food — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 61, line 4: «Some old beliefs are wrong and can hurt pets: cats do not always land safely on their feet, most grown cats get tummy upsets from cow's milk, and cooked bones…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+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/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} Which garden thing is a hidden trap for small animals? - **1.** A bird bath with a shallow edge for drinking — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A pile of leaves in a quiet corner — no support - **3.** A bush with berries — no support - **4.** A deep bucket of water with smooth sides — **✓ 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/everyday/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} left the bucket of water out in the garden overnight, so what - **1.** It is fine, any animal that falls in can just swim out again — no support - **2.** Small animals can fall in and drown, cover it or add a stick — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** It helps them, they need a drink — no support - **4.** Nothing, animals never go near buckets — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 72, line 8: «Small animals can fall into a bucket of water and drown because they cannot climb the smooth sides.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «bucket» (+1). 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/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t10} dad's lighting the bonfire pile we made last week 🔥 - **1.** Only check it if it is raining — score 4 - **2.** Check it for hedgehogs first, or move it to a new spot — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **3.** Just shout really loud first so all the animals run out — no support - **4.** Light it fast before animals come — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 72, line 11: «A bonfire pile should be checked for hedgehogs just before it is lit, or moved to a new spot.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same thing acted on «bonfire pile» (+3); the same action «check» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t11} can i throw some slug pellets round the veg, mum's out - **1.** Yes, if the dog is asleep — no support - **2.** Yes, they only hurt slugs, nothing else in the garden — no support - **3.** No, children never touch poisons, they can kill pets too — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1 - **4.** Yes, if you throw just a few — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 72, line 13: «Slug pellets and rat poison can kill pets and wildlife, not only slugs and rats.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kill» (+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/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} wanna see the bird up close so i ran at it n it flew off - **1.** Throw bread at it to make it stay, birds always stop for bread — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Move slowly and speak softly so animals feel safe — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Shout first so it looks at you — no support - **4.** Run faster next time to catch it — 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/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} footy net still up in the garden overnight, does it matter - **1.** Only matters if it rains — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yes, hedgehogs can get stuck and hurt in it, roll it up — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** No, hedgehogs sleep all night — no support - **4.** No, animals always see nets in the dark and go round 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/everyday/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t14} dad wants slug pellets on the veg, we got a dog and hedgehogs - **1.** Only dogs get sick, never hedgehogs — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **2.** Put extra pellets to be sure — no support - **3.** Use a safe way instead, pellets can poison pets and wildlife — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** Pellets are fine, animals hate the smell — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 72, line 7: «A family in New Zealand left slug pellets on the vegetable bed; their dog ate some and had to be rushed to the vet, very sick.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dog» (+4); the same property (+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/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/t14/) ### Test 15 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t15} why does a pond need a sloping bit or a plank - **1.** So the pond fills faster when it rains — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** So the water stays warm — no support - **3.** So fish can jump out onto the grass to eat bugs — no support - **4.** So animals that fall in can climb out and not drown — **✓ 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/everyday/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/t15/) ### Test 16 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t16} nan's neighbour lit a bonfire and apparently like 20 hedgehogs ran out on fire, what's the real lesson - **1.** Light bonfires fast so hedgehogs cannot get in — no support - **2.** Hedgehogs love fire, so they hide in bonfires — **← Mova's choice** · score -1 - **3.** Check or move a bonfire pile just before it is lit — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Never have a garden at all in hedgehog areas — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 72, line 10: «Hedgehogs like to hide and sleep in piles of sticks and leaves.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). 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/everyday/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/t16/) ### Test 17 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t17} someone said if ur dog even sniffs a slug pellet it dies instantly, true?? - **1.** False, slug pellets are safe for all pets — score 0 - **2.** True, but only if the dog is a puppy — no support - **3.** True, it dies the very second it sniffs one — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **4.** Probably exaggerated, but slug pellets can make dogs very sick — **✓ the right answer** · score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 66, line 5: «When her old dog died, a girl in Texas thought it was her fault for not noticing sooner. She told her mum, who explained the dog had simply grown old, and toge…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «die» (+1); the same doer «old dog» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/t17/) ### Test 18 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t18} kids are saying the Browns are animal killers cos a hedgehog got stuck in their football net, should i say it too - **1.** No, it's unkind; it was an accident, and nets can be fixed — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Yes, but only to people who own hedgehogs — no support - **3.** Yes, and tell them to get rid of the family and stop being friends — no support - **4.** Yes, everyone should know they kill animals — **← Mova's choice** · 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 72, line 4: «Loose garden netting tangles birds and hedgehogs, and slug pellets and rat poison can kill pets and wild animals, so children never touch them.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «kill» (+4); the same thing acted on «pets» (+4). Against it: a different doer (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/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/t18/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Identify the principal reason for which a bucket of water left in a garden may be hazardous to small animals. - **1.** Small animals mistake it for food and choke on it — score 0 - **2.** Small animals are poisoned by the water within it — no support - **3.** Small animals that fall in cannot ascend the smooth sides — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **4.** Small animals are frightened by its reflection — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 72, line 2: «A bucket of water is a pond with steep slippery walls: a small animal that falls in cannot climb out, unless there is a cover or a stick to climb up.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall in» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Select the measure most consistent with the established facts for rendering such a bucket safe to small animals. - **1.** Adding salt so that animals are deterred from it — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Covering it or placing a stick inside so they may climb out — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Painting it a bright colour so animals can see it — no support - **4.** Filling it to the brim so that animals can float — 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/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Which of the following most accurately characterises slug pellets and rat poison in respect of other creatures? - **1.** They are harmful solely to slugs and rats — no support - **2.** They are harmful only when consumed by birds — no support - **3.** They may kill pets and wildlife, not only slugs and rats — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 - **4.** They are harmless to any animal larger than a rat — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 72, line 13: «Slug pellets and rat poison can kill pets and wildlife, not only slugs and rats.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kill» (+4); the same thing acted on «pets» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «slug pellets» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Determine the conduct most likely to permit a child to observe garden wildlife at close quarters. - **1.** Calling loudly so the animals know one is present — no support - **2.** Moving slowly and speaking softly — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Clapping so that the animals remain still — no support - **4.** Running towards the animals with arms raised — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 44, line 4: «If a rip carries you out, stay calm and float, raise an arm and call for help, or swim parallel to the shore until you are out of the rip, and then swim back i…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «raise» (+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/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/e4/) - ← previous: [71. Wild animals, zoos and kindness to animals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness/) - next →: [73. Brushing your teeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/73-brushing-your-teeth/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)