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title: Pets and farm animals — how Mova does on the tests · Myths
description: Lesson 7 of the myths course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 10 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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# Pets and farm animals

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**Tests:** 5 of 10 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 7 of 14 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 7 of the myths 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/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/).

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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/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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"my nan always put milk out for the hedgehogs, they love it lol" How do you tell her kindly?

- **1.** "Hedgehogs need milk every night, keep going." — no support
- **2.** "That's so kind! The hedgehog charity says water and cat food are better, milk upsets them." — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **3.** Say nothing, it doesn't matter — no support
- **4.** "You've been poisoning hedgehogs for years, Nan!" — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 3: «The trouble is that a kind idea with a wrong fact can make an animal ill: milk upsets most grown-up cats and makes hedgehogs sick, and too many carrots are lik…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «upset» (+2); the same doer «milk» (+2). Against it: 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/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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In a film, a bullfighter swaps the red cape for a blue one and the bull stands still, bored. What's wrong?

- **1.** The bull would charge harder at blue — score 5
- **2.** Bulls run away from blue — no support
- **3.** Nothing would happen, because bulls only ever hate the colour red — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **4.** The bull would still charge, because it reacts to movement — **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 4: «Other myths are just funny, like the cow that lies down because rain is coming, or the bull that "hates red", when really bulls hardly tell red from green and…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bull» (+3); the same action «hate» (+2); the same thing acted on «red» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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You want to buy your dog Max a ball that's easy to spot on green grass. Which colour is best for him?

- **1.** Red — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Orange — no support
- **3.** Green — no support
- **4.** Blue — **✓ 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/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Your friend's Great Dane and your Chihuahua are both eight. Which is probably "older" in body terms?

- **1.** They're exactly the same age inside — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Neither, dogs don't age after five — no support
- **3.** The Great Dane, big dogs age faster — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The Chihuahua, small dogs age faster — no support

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**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/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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"Won a goldfish at the fair, gonna keep it in this little round bowl forever, it'll stay cute and tiny." What's wrong?

- **1.** It will keep on growing until it is too big and bursts the bowl — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** Goldfish prefer tiny bowls to ponds — no support
- **3.** Nothing, goldfish never grow anyway — score 3
- **4.** A tiny bowl stunts and stresses it; it needs a proper tank — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 12: «Goldfish kept in small bowls stay stunted (small and badly grown) and stressed; in a big pond they can grow longer than 30 centimetres.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+4); the same doer «goldfish» (+2). 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/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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How could you test the farmer's "cows lying down means rain" saying?

- **1.** Ask the cows by mooing at them — no support
- **2.** Keep a chart of cows lying down and rain for a few weeks — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12
- **3.** Check whether cows like umbrellas — no support
- **4.** Watch one cow in the field for one minute and write it down — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 4: «Other myths are just funny, like the cow that lies down because rain is coming, or the bull that "hates red", when really bulls hardly tell red from green and…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lie down» (+4); the same doer «cow» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Josh wrinkles his nose: "Pigs are gross." What's a wise answer?

- **1.** "Only pink pigs are dirty." — no support
- **2.** "You're right, pigs love being filthy." — no support
- **3.** "They roll in mud to stay cool; they're actually tidy in their beds." — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **4.** "Pigs are gross because they eat mud." — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 14: «Pigs can't sweat much, so they roll in mud to cool off and protect their skin from the sun; given space, they keep their toilet area away from where they sleep.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4); the same place «mud» (+3); the same action «roll» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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A cartoon cat laps a big saucer of milk and purrs. Why shouldn't you copy it?

- **1.** Real cats need milk only at night, when they get thirsty — no support
- **2.** Most cats get tummy upsets from milk; water is best — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** Milk is fine, but only cold milk — no support
- **4.** Cartoon cats are a different species — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 11: «Most grown-up cats cannot digest the sugar in milk well and get tummy upsets; water is the best drink for cats.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «most grown cats» (+2); the same thing acted on «tummy upsets» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Sophie is upset and says her hamster is "a monster" for eating babies. What helps her understand?

- **1.** Her hamster is simply evil and should be punished for what it did — score 10
- **2.** She should have given all the babies away on the day they were born — **← Mova's choice** · score 12
- **3.** It's sad, but it's instinct when a mother is scared or hungry — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** All hamster mothers do this every single time they have babies — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 12, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 15: «A mother hamster may eat her babies when she is stressed, disturbed or short of food; it is instinct, not evil, so a new litter should be left in peace.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «mother hamster» (+4); the same thing acted on «babies» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-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/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Why do people keep believing pet myths even when they love their animals?

- **1.** Old habits and pictures make the wrong idea look normal — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Animals tell them the myths are true — no support
- **3.** Pets like the wrong food better — no support
- **4.** Vets agree with all the old sayings — 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/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/t10/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the diet appropriate to a domestic rabbit?

- **1.** It consists principally of hay and grass, supplemented by leafy greens — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** It consists principally of carrots administered daily — no support
- **3.** It consists principally of fruit and cereals — no support
- **4.** It consists exclusively of bread and milk — no support

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**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/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/e1/)

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

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Identify the principal stimulus by which a bull is provoked to charge at a matador's cape.

- **1.** The applause of the spectators — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The scent of the material — no support
- **3.** The movement of the cape — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The red colour of the cape — 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/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the provision of cow's milk to hedgehogs.

- **1.** It is harmful only when administered warm — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It is the most suitable nourishment for wild hedgehogs, especially when warmed — no support
- **3.** It is harmful to them; water and meat-based pet food are to be preferred — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** It is beneficial if provided in small quantities daily — 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/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/e3/)

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

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It is given that a pig rolls in mud on a warm day. Ascertain the principal reason for this conduct.

- **1.** It is concealing itself from the farmer — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It derives pleasure from uncleanliness and seeks to repel its enemies by smell — no support
- **3.** It is seeking food buried within the mud — no support
- **4.** It is unable to sweat sufficiently and is thereby cooled and protected — **✓ 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/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/e4/)

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