The right dose and never more than

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 18 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 ✗

headache's not gone after 1 dose, chuck another in early?

1. No, take your friend's pills instead — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, a double dose helps it kick in faster — no support
3. No, wait the time on the packet; extra is not safe — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, take three — 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 little sister's medicine is 5 ml and yours is 10 ml. Is one a mistake?

1. No, but swap them anyway to be fair — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Not necessarily; doses depend on age and weight — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, all kids take exactly the same dose, whatever their size — no support
4. Yes, sisters always take more — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

In a cartoon, a boy eats a whole bottle of gummy vitamins and grows huge muscles. What's true?

1. Too many vitamins can make you ill; it's an emergency — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Gummy vitamins are just sweets — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Vitamins really make you super strong if you eat enough — no support
4. More vitamins are always better — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 5: «Shop medicines and vitamins are not sweets: swallowing too many is an emergency, so a grown-up calls 111 or 999 and brings the packet.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «shop medicines» (+3); the same thing acted on «sweets» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (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 4 · ★★ · right ✓

Mum gave me cold syrup and then paracetamol. What should she check first?

1. Whether the syrup is the red or the yellow kind — no support
2. Whether I'm hungry — no support
3. Whether the syrup already has paracetamol in it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Nothing, mixing any medicines together is fine — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 17, line 2: «Calpol is children's paracetamol: it blocks pain signals and lowers fever, but it doesn't cure the cause; your body does the healing.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on «paracetamol» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

The cough mixture is a year out of date. Dad says it's fine. What's the advice?

1. Give it to the dog — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Pour it down the sink — no support
3. Drink it all quickly before it gets worse — no support
4. Return it to a pharmacy; old medicine can lose strength or change — ✓ 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 6 · ★★ · right ✓

Lily swallowed some pills and Mum wants to make her sick. What's right?

1. Yes, make her sick — score 4
2. Give her more pills — no support
3. Don't make her sick; call 111 or 999 and bring the packet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Give her a glass of milk and wait a few hours — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 18, line 11: «If a child swallows pills by mistake, a grown-up calls NHS 111, the health advice phone line, or a poisons service, or 999 if the child is unwell, and brings t…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bring» (+3); the same thing acted on «packet» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if Grandma took her Monday pills twice by mistake?

1. Her two lots of pills would cancel each other out in her blood — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She could get too much medicine, so call a pharmacist or 111 — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She'd just skip Tuesday's pills — no support
4. Nothing, more pills are healthier — 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 8 · ★★ · right ✓

Why does Dad read the syringe line at eye level?

1. It looks nicer — no support
2. The line moves up and down if you look down at it — no support
3. Looking from above or below can make you misread it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. It's an old family habit his own dad taught him — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 12: «Liquid medicines come in different strengths, so the strength is checked and the line read at eye level, because looking from above or below makes you misread…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «looking» (+2); the same action «make» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

My friend says it's fine to share his antibiotics because he got better. Right?

1. Yes, half each, so you both get some — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, it worked for him, so it'll work for you — no support
3. No, his medicine was chosen for him — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. No, only ever share painkillers, not those — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

Forgot my morning medicine and the evening dose is in an hour. What should I do?

1. Take three tonight — score 6
2. Check the leaflet or ask; usually don't take two close together — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Throw the rest of the medicine away and start again tomorrow — no support
4. Take both now — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 18, line 9: «Medicine prescribed for one person is chosen for their illness, age, weight and other medicines, so never take someone else's.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «take» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Grandma takes eight pills a day. More pills means healthier?

1. No, she should stop them all herself and see how she feels — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, a pharmacist can review whether she needs them all — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, more is better — no support
4. Yes, double them — 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 ✗

Identify the principal hazard associated with an excessive dose of paracetamol.

1. An immediate and harmless drowsiness, passing within the hour — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No hazard whatsoever — no support
3. An improvement in the efficacy of the medicine — no support
4. Serious damage to the liver, which may initially be without symptoms — ✓ 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the determination of a child's dose?

1. The dose is identical for all children — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Half an adult tablet is invariably appropriate — score 3
3. The dose is determined by the child's preference — no support
4. The dose is determined by the child's age and weight — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 18, line 1: «Every medicine has a right dose: too little does nothing, too much can harm, and "never more than four doses in 24 hours" on the box is a real safety line.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «four doses» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that a dose of medicine has been omitted. Select the response consistent with established guidance.

1. Two doses are never to be taken together to compensate — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Three doses are to be taken at bedtime — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. The entire course is to be abandoned — no support
4. The omitted dose is to be doubled at the next interval — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 17, line 11: «Some medicines are spaced through the day to keep a steady level in the blood; taking all the doses at once is dangerous.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «doses» (+4); the same action «take» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

State the recommended disposal of medicines whose date of expiry has passed.

1. Return to a pharmacy for safe disposal — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Disposal by flushing into the public sewer — no support
3. Disposal into a watercourse — no support
4. Consumption without delay — 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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