Hay fever, allergies and EpiPens
Tests: 7 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 5 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 13 of the medicine 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 ✓
teacher wasn't sure if it was a bad reaction, so she waited. good call?
- 1. No, using the pen when unsure is safer than waiting — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. Yes, always wait until you're totally sure it's bad — no support
- 3. No, she should give him a peanut to check — no support
- 4. Yes, wait an hour — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 14: «Swelling of the face or tongue, wheezing or fainting after a sting is anaphylaxis and an emergency: call 999 and use an adrenaline pen, a pen-shaped injection,…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «use» (+2); the same thing acted on «adrenaline pen» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓
Max says Ruby's nut allergy is just being picky. What's the truth?
- 1. He's right, it's just fussiness about food she doesn't fancy — score 5
- 2. Allergies are made up — no support
- 3. Nut allergies only make you sneeze a bit — no support
- 4. An allergy is the immune system overreacting, not a dislike — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 12, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 13, line 1: «An allergy is your immune system making a mistake: it treats something harmless, like pollen or peanuts, as an enemy and releases histamine, which makes you sn…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on «immune system» (+3); the same doer «allergy» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Your friend left his EpiPen at home "just this once". Any problem?
- 1. Yes, it will run out faster at home — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, one day without it doesn't matter — no support
- 3. Yes, a reaction could happen anytime — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. No, reactions only happen at home — 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 4 · ★★ · right ✓
In a film, a hero cures someone's swelling face with a glass of milk. What's better?
- 1. Call 999 and use their adrenaline pen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Splash cold water on their face — no support
- 3. Give them two big glasses of cold milk — no support
- 4. Let them lie down and sleep it off quietly — 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 ✓
Aunt says her new poodle is hypoallergenic so my allergy will be fine. Right?
- 1. Yes, poodles cause no allergies at all — score 5
- 2. No dog is truly hypoallergenic, though some cause fewer problems — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 3. Yes, all small dogs are safe for allergies — no support
- 4. No, poodles cause more allergies than any other dog — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 13, line 16: «Pet allergies come from proteins in skin flakes and saliva, not just fur; no cat or dog is truly hypoallergenic (free of allergy-causing proteins), though some…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cause» (+2); the same doer «some» (+2); the same thing acted on «fewer problems» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓
Hives all over after strawberries, so I'm definitely allergic?
- 1. Not definitely; hives can have other causes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yes, to all fruit — no support
- 3. No, hives are from hot weather only — no support
- 4. Yes, always, hives only come from allergies — 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
Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓
Will my allergy test give me new allergies?
- 1. No, the test doesn't give you an allergy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Yes, you get one new allergy for each drop — no support
- 3. Yes, if it goes red — no support
- 4. Only to the drops that sting the most — 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 13, line 14: «In a skin prick test, tiny drops of possible allergens (things that may cause an allergy) are put on the arm and the skin is gently pricked; it does not give y…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «allergy» (+4); the same action «give» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗
What would happen if the school kitchen didn't list the allergens in its food?
- 1. The food would taste better — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The cook would get an allergy herself — no support
- 3. Nothing at all, because cooking kills all allergens — no support
- 4. Allergic children could eat something dangerous — ✓ 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 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Tom outgrew his milk allergy. Will his peanut allergy go too?
- 1. Maybe not; peanut allergies more often last — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yes, all allergies go away together at once — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. No, and the milk allergy will come back too — no support
- 4. Yes, next week — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 5: «Eczema, food allergy, hay fever and asthma often come together in the same child, because the immune system is extra sensitive.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «eczema» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗
Why does hay fever get worse on dry, windy days in summer?
- 1. The sun burns the inside of the nose — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Wind carries cold viruses about — no support
- 3. Summer air has less oxygen in it — no support
- 4. More pollen is blown around — ✓ 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 11 · ★★ · right ✓
Your mate's lips swell after a sandwich and he wheezes. What first?
- 1. Call an adult, 999, and use his adrenaline pen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Give him a glass of water and wait to see — no support
- 3. Make him eat more to test it — no support
- 4. Tell him to lie on his back and sleep it off — 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 · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an allergy?
- 1. A form of food poisoning — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. An erroneous immune response to a substance which is ordinarily harmless — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. A mere dislike of a particular food — no support
- 4. A contagious infection transmitted by sneezing between persons — 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 2 · formal language · right ✓
Identify the recommended site for the administration of an adrenaline auto-injector.
- 1. The outer aspect of the thigh, through clothing if necessary — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The surface of the tongue — no support
- 3. The scalp — no support
- 4. The abdomen beneath the navel, upon bare skin only — 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
It is uncertain whether a child is experiencing anaphylaxis. Select the response consistent with current advice.
- 1. Treatment is to be withheld pending certainty as to the diagnosis — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Adrenaline is to be administered, this being safer than delay — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The child is to be left to sleep undisturbed — no support
- 4. The child is to be offered food — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
State the reason for which persons with severe allergies are advised to carry two auto-injectors.
- 1. One device is to be kept as a souvenir — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The second is intended for a companion — no support
- 3. A single dose may prove insufficient or a device may fail — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Two devices are required by the regulations governing school uniform — 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
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