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title: Small creatures and creepy-crawlies — how Mova does on the tests · Myths
description: Lesson 9 of the myths course of Mova's primary school: 7 of 10 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Small creatures and creepy-crawlies

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**Tests:** 7 of 10 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 7 of 14 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 9 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/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/).

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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/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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"Saw a daddy longlegs in the bath. MOST POISONOUS SPIDER, get out!!" What do you say?

- **1.** Spray it, it bites everyone — no support
- **2.** It can't bite but it can sting — no support
- **3.** Run away fast, because just one bite from it is deadly to people — no support
- **4.** It's harmless to us; just leave it, it eats other spiders — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 9, line 7: «None of the creatures called "daddy longlegs" is dangerous to people; cellar spiders' venom is weak for us, they very rarely bite, and they even eat other spid…», 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 «eat» (+2); the same thing acted on «other spiders» (+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/myths/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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A wasp keeps buzzing near your lunch. Your friend says, "Relax, it'll die if it stings." What's wrong?

- **1.** Wasps can't sting at all, they only buzz to scare people — score -5
- **2.** Wasps can sting more than once; walk away calmly — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** Wasps only ever sting people in the cold winter months — score -1
- **4.** Nothing, because wasps always die after they sting you — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 9, line 9: «Only honeybees usually die after stinging people, because their barbed sting sticks in our skin; bumblebees and wasps can sting more than once.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «sting» (+1); the same thing acted on «more» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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You find a creature with six legs, three body parts and antennae. What is it?

- **1.** A snail — no support
- **2.** A spider — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **3.** A worm — no support
- **4.** An insect — **✓ the right answer** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 9, line 7: «None of the creatures called "daddy longlegs" is dangerous to people; cellar spiders' venom is weak for us, they very rarely bite, and they even eat other spid…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «other spiders» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+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/myths/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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A seven-spot ladybird lands on you in June and another in September. How many spots do they have?

- **1.** Seven each, the spots don't grow with age — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Fewer in September, because their spots fall off — no support
- **3.** It depends on how warm the summer has been — no support
- **4.** Seven in June, and then more of them by September — 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/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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In a superhero film, a man shrinks to ant size and keeps his strength... no wait, an ant grows to human size and lifts a bus. What's the science problem?

- **1.** Buses are too smooth for ants — no support
- **2.** No problem at all, because a giant ant would be exactly as strong — no support
- **3.** Ants are too lazy to lift buses — score 3
- **4.** Bigger bodies get much heavier, so the giant ant would collapse — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 9, line 15: «Ants can lift many times their own weight, but a giant ant would collapse, because when a body gets bigger its weight grows much faster than the strength of it…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «collapse» (+4); the same doer «giant ant» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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"Grandad's got a wart. Bet he touched a toad!" What's the better explanation?

- **1.** Toads give warts only to grandads — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** Warts come from a human virus — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Warts come from cold weather — no support
- **4.** He must have eaten a frog — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 9, line 8: «Warts are caused by a human virus, so toads can't give you warts; some toads have skin that irritates, so wash your hands after touching one.», 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 «give» (+2); the same doer «toads» (+2); the same thing acted on «warts» (+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/myths/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Your mum buys moth balls and swats every flying moth to save her jumpers. What would help more?

- **1.** Looking for and dealing with the caterpillars in the wool — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Swatting more flying moths — no support
- **3.** Wearing the jumpers in the rain — no support
- **4.** Putting the jumpers out in the bright sun for just one minute — 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/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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An earwig is on your pillow. Your little brother is screaming. What do you tell him?

- **1.** Hide your ears, it's coming for your brain — score 3
- **2.** Put cotton wool in your ears forever — no support
- **3.** Earwigs only eat the brains of children who sleep on their side — score 6
- **4.** Earwigs don't go for ears; it's just a spooky name — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 9, line 3: «Most of the stories fall apart when you look closely: a cut worm usually loses its tail end, earwigs got their spooky name from old folk beliefs, and daddy lon…», 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 doer «earwigs» (+2); the same thing acted on «spooky name» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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A snail stuck to a dry wall all summer suddenly moves after rain. What happened?

- **1.** It was glued there by a bird — no support
- **2.** It was dormant, waiting for damp weather — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** It had been sleeping for three years exactly — no support
- **4.** It was dead and came back to life — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 9, line 16: «Some snails go dormant (shut up still, as if in a deep sleep) for long periods in dry weather, in rare cases even years, waiting for damp conditions.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «snails» (+3); the same action «wait» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Freddie and Kit argue: Freddie says flies live a day, Kit says weeks. How could they settle it?

- **1.** Toss a coin — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Look up house flies and mayflies separately in an encyclopaedia — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Whoever shouts loudest wins — no support
- **4.** Catch a fly and keep it in a jar — 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/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/t10/)

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

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the anatomy of a spider?

- **1.** It possesses eight legs, three body regions and wings — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It possesses six legs and no distinct body regions — no support
- **3.** It possesses six legs, three body regions, a pair of antennae and wings — no support
- **4.** It possesses eight legs, two body regions and no antennae — **✓ the right answer** · 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/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/e1/)

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

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Identify the principal cause of warts upon human skin.

- **1.** Consumption of amphibians — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Prolonged exposure to damp conditions — no support
- **3.** Contact with the skin of a toad — no support
- **4.** A virus transmitted between persons — **✓ 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/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/e2/)

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

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It is given that an earthworm has been divided into two parts. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

- **1.** Both parts invariably survive without regeneration — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** At most the head end may survive and regenerate a tail — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Both parts invariably develop into complete worms — no support
- **4.** The tail end invariably develops a new head — 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/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/e3/)

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

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Ascertain which stage of the clothes moth is responsible for damage to woollen garments.

- **1.** The egg prior to hatching — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The adult winged moth — no support
- **3.** The larval stage, commonly termed the caterpillar — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The pupal stage, while it is still within its silken cocoon — 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/9-small-creatures-and-creepy-crawlies/e4/)

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