Asthma and inhalers

Tests: 5 of 10 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 8 of 14 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 14 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 · wrong ✗

mate's wheezing in PE, someone says lie him down. yeah?

1. Yeah, lying flat on the mat helps him breathe — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. No, sit him upright and get his blue inhaler — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, and give him a drink — no support
4. No, make him run another lap to open it up — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 14: «Shock and bad pain can make you faint for a moment; lying down with the legs raised helps the blood get back to the head.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «help» (+2); the same doer «lying» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

Sam says people with asthma are just unfit. What's true?

1. He's right, they just need to train harder — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Only unfit people ever get it — no support
3. Asthma means you're lazy — no support
4. Asthma is about sensitive airways; many top athletes have it — ✓ 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 ✓

Dad smokes out of the kitchen window so my asthma won't mind. Safe?

1. No, smoke still gets in; homes should be smoke-free — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Yes, if it's open wide — no support
3. Yes, an open window stops all the smoke getting in — no support
4. No, only cigars count — 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 14, line 13: «Smoke irritates the airways; homes and cars should be smoke-free, and smoking out of the window is not enough.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «homes» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · wrong ✗

I feel fine so I'll skip my brown inhaler this week. What happens?

1. It turns into a blue one — no support
2. The preventer won't work properly — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It works better if you skip a week — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Nothing, it's only meant for the bad days — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 3: «The brown preventer inhaler calms the swelling slowly, so it only works if taken every day, even when you feel fine.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «work» (+2); the same doer «inhaler» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · right ✓

In a cartoon, a boy takes one puff and is cured of asthma for life. What's wrong?

1. Inhalers only make asthma worse over time — score 9
2. Nothing, one puff cures it for ever — no support
3. Inhalers control asthma, they don't cure it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. Asthma isn't real — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 7: «The blue reliever inhaler relaxes the airway muscles within minutes; inhalers control asthma but do not cure it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «inhalers» (+4); the same thing acted on «asthma» (+4); the same action «control» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · right ✓

What would happen if Leo didn't use a spacer?

1. The inhaler would explode — no support
2. More medicine might stick in his mouth instead of reaching his lungs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
3. He'd catch a cold from the inhaler — no support
4. Nothing would reach his mouth — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 12, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 10: «A spacer holds the puff so it can be breathed in slowly, so more medicine reaches the lungs.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «reach» (+4); the same doer «more medicine» (+4); the same thing acted on «lungs» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · right ✓

My cold's started and my asthma's getting worse. Is that weird?

1. No, colds are the commonest trigger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. Yes, it means a new illness is starting — no support
3. Yes, colds usually help asthma — no support
4. No, it means you're nearly cured — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 17: «Colds and other viral infections are the most common trigger of asthma attacks in children.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «colds» (+4); the same thing acted on «common trigger» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · right ✓

Ollie forgot his inhaler on the trip and has an attack. School has an emergency one. Can he use it?

1. Yes, if he's known to have asthma — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Only if he pays for it — no support
3. Only after a week — no support
4. No, never, it belongs to the school — 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 ✗

Why does the nurse make you blow into a tube at your check?

1. To test how well you can sing and whistle — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. To see how open your airways are — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. To clean the dust out of your lungs — no support
4. To measure how tall you've grown — 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 10 · wrong ✗

Grandma says don't do PE with asthma. What do doctors say?

1. Exercise every day cures asthma completely in the end — score 3
2. Exercise is good; use your reliever before if needed and warm up — ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Never exercise at all, it can bring on an attack — no support
4. Only exercise on Sundays — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 5, line 4: «Grandma's old rule says stay awake after a bump, but doctors now say sleeping is fine once a grown-up has checked you and can wake you easily.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «doctors» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the action of a reliever inhaler.

1. It reduces airway inflammation gradually over several weeks — no support
2. It relaxes the muscles of the airways within minutes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. It induces sleep and thereby slows the breathing — no support
4. It eliminates asthma permanently — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 14, line 7: «The blue reliever inhaler relaxes the airway muscles within minutes; inhalers control asthma but do not cure it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «airway muscles» (+4); the same action «relax» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the use of a preventer inhaler?

1. It must be taken daily, irrespective of symptoms — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It is to be taken only during an attack — no support
3. It is identical to the anabolic steroids misused by athletes — no support
4. It is to be discontinued when the child feels well — 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 given that a child is experiencing an asthma attack. Select the appropriate posture.

1. Lying flat upon the back — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Standing, with the arms raised — no support
3. Seated upright — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Lying upon the front — 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 · right ✓

State the most common precipitant of asthma attacks in children.

1. Viral infections such as the common cold — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Prolonged reading — no support
3. Consumption of vegetables at mealtimes — no support
4. Drinking cold water rapidly — 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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