Going to the doctor and the chemist

Tests: 7 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 20 of the adult life 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.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · ★★ · right ✓

Overheard at 8.03: "Forty-third in the queue? You're joking. All gone already?" What happened?

1. The GP's appointments for today went quickly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The football tickets have sold out — no support
3. The shop has run out of bread — no support
4. The bus was full and drove past — 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

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Your brother says, "Just take some of Dad's pills for your headache, same thing." Put him right.

1. He's right if you take a small one — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He's right because you're family — no support
3. He's right, all pills are the same inside — no support
4. Medicine prescribed for Dad is only for Dad — ✓ 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

Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓

Nan in Brisbane rings: "Love, can you grab my scripts from the chemist, they're ready." What is she asking?

1. To post her letters at the post office — no support
2. To collect her prescription medicines — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. To pick up her new glasses from the shop — no support
4. To buy her some nice writing paper in town — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 4: «Not every illness needs medicine: a cold gets better on its own. Jabs and check-ups keep people well before they get ill. In an emergency you ring 999, not the…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «medicine» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓

Grandad, grumbling: "Eight months for a new hip! Might as well go private." What is going on?

1. He is on a long waiting list for an operation — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He is waiting for a new hip to be posted to him — no support
3. He has already had his new hip — no support
4. The hospital has lost his hip X-ray — 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

Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓

Your mate goes, "I've got a cold, my mum's getting me antibiotics, they fix everything." Put him right.

1. He's right, antibiotics cure colds fast — no support
2. Antibiotics do nothing against cold viruses — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. Only expensive antibiotics work on colds — score 8
4. He's right, they work on any illness — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 17: «Antibiotics kill bacteria but do nothing against colds, which are caused by viruses.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «antibiotics» (+4); the same thing acted on «nothing» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓

Your little cousin is about to eat a pink tablet from Gran's handbag: "It's a sweetie!" What should happen?

1. Let her, it is only one small tablet and can't hurt — no support
2. Eat it yourself so she cannot — no support
3. Let her, if it is a pink one — no support
4. Take it away and tell a grown-up at once — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 18: «A pill box with the days of the week helps someone see whether today's tablets have been taken and avoid a double dose.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same thing acted on «tablets» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓

A Canadian boy sees his friend collapse and stop breathing. What should he do?

1. Go to the pharmacy to buy medicine — no support
2. Call 911 and shout for a grown-up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. Book an appointment with the doctor — no support
4. Wait quietly until his friend wakes up — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 20, line 6: «For an emergency, such as someone not breathing or badly hurt, you call 999 (911 in the US and Canada), not the GP.», 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 «call» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Mum, a bit embarrassed: "It's just my tablets, love, I take them every day." What is best?

1. Accept it; daily medicine is common and private — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Tell everyone at school about it — no support
3. Take one to see what it does — no support
4. Hide the tablets so she cannot take them — ← 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 20, line 18: «A pill box with the days of the week helps someone see whether today's tablets have been taken and avoid a double dose.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same thing acted on «tablets» (+4). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Gran on the news: "Over-sixty-fives can now book their free flu jab." Why the free offer?

1. Young people never catch the flu — no support
2. Older people keep forgetting to pay — no support
3. Flu is more dangerous for older people — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The jab only works on older people — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 4: «Not every illness needs medicine: a cold gets better on its own. Jabs and check-ups keep people well before they get ill. In an emergency you ring 999, not the…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «jabs» (+1). 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

Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓

Dad, putting it off again: "I feel fine, why'd I need a check-up?" What is the right answer?

1. He's right, check-ups find nothing useful — score 2
2. Check-ups catch problems early, before you feel ill — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. He's right, check-ups are only for people who already feel ill — no support
4. Check-ups are only needed once in a lifetime — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 8, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 14: «An annual check-up is a routine visit to catch problems early, even when you feel fine.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «catch» (+3); the same thing acted on «problems» (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Your sister moans, "The booster's pointless, I already had that jab when I was little." Put her right.

1. She's right, boosters are only for adults — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A booster is for a different disease entirely, not the old one — no support
3. She's right, one jab lasts forever — no support
4. A booster tops up the protection from the first jab — ✓ 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

Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Grandma's pill box: Wednesday's lid is still shut at dinner time. What does it show?

1. She has taken a double dose today — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The box is broken and needs fixing — no support
3. She may have forgotten Wednesday's tablets — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Wednesday's tablets are not needed — 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

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a prescription?

1. A certificate of absence from school — no support
2. A record of a patient's height and weight — no support
3. A doctor's written authorisation for the supply of a medicine — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. A bill for the cost of a consultation — 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 20, line 2: «The doctor may write a prescription, the written permission for a medicine you cannot just buy, and the pharmacist at the chemist hands it over.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «doctor» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal reason for which antibiotics are not issued in respect of the common cold.

1. The common cold is caused by a virus, upon which antibiotics have no effect — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
2. The common cold is caused by bacteria resistant to all known forms of medicine — score 8
3. Antibiotics are prohibited for persons under eighteen — no support
4. Antibiotics are reserved exclusively for persons over sixty-five — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 12, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 17: «Antibiotics kill bacteria but do nothing against colds, which are caused by viruses.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cause» (+4); the same doer «viruses» (+4); the same thing acted on «colds» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

In the event that a person has ceased breathing, which of the following courses of action is required?

1. The booking of an appointment with the general practitioner for the following week — no support
2. The immediate summoning of the emergency services by telephone — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The awaiting of the person's spontaneous recovery — ← Mova's choice · score 13
4. The collection of a repeat prescription from the pharmacy — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 13, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 16: «An older person who finds a new partner after losing a husband or wife has not forgotten the one who died.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «older person» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a booster vaccination.

1. It is administered exclusively to the elderly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It renders all earlier vaccinations unnecessary — no support
3. It augments the protection conferred by an earlier vaccination — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It cures an infection already present — 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

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