The hospital ward, operations and anaesthetic
Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 7 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 28 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 ✗
"Sneak a biscuit before your op, nobody'll know" — what could happen?
- 1. Nothing, a small biscuit doesn't count as food — no support
- 2. It's dangerous and the operation may be cancelled — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. You'll heal faster with some sugar inside — no support
- 4. It makes the anaesthetic work stronger and faster — ← Mova's choice · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 19, line 15: «Some medicines interact, making each other stronger or weaker, so doctors and pharmacists need to know about every medicine and herbal remedy a person takes.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same property (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); 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 · ★ · right ✓
Ruby fears waking up in the middle of her operation. Best answer?
- 1. She must stay awake anyway — no support
- 2. Everyone wakes up halfway — no support
- 3. The anaesthetist watches her the whole time to keep her asleep — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 4. She will, but only briefly — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 28, line 3: «It isn't ordinary sleep: you feel nothing and remember nothing, and the anaesthetist watches your heart, breathing and oxygen the whole time, then you wake up…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «watch» (+3); the same doer «anaesthetist» (+3); the same property (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Five doctors stand round your bed in the morning. Means?
- 1. It's the normal ward round — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. You're very ill and about to die — no support
- 3. They're lost and looking for the way out — no support
- 4. You've done something wrong and are in trouble — 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 cartoon a surgeon knocks a patient out with a mallet. What's real?
- 1. Surgeons really do that, but with a soft rubber hammer — no support
- 2. They sing a lullaby until the patient drops off — no support
- 3. An anaesthetist uses medicine and watches the patient — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11
- 4. Patients just hold their breath until they faint — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 28, line 8: «An anaesthetist gives the anaesthetic by mask or through a cannula, a thin plastic tube in a vein, and watches the patient throughout the operation.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «patient» (+5); the same action «watch» (+3); the same doer «anaesthetist» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Your drip beeps all night and you panic. What's true?
- 1. It usually means it needs a nurse to check it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It means the medicine is going in the wrong way — no support
- 3. You must pull it out yourself straight away — no support
- 4. It's a danger alarm and you must shout for help — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Josh had keyhole surgery for his appendix and says "it was a tiny op". Fair?
- 1. Yes, it was done through his mouth — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, keyhole means no cuts — no support
- 3. The cuts were small but the work inside was a real operation — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yes, they did almost nothing — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
What would happen without play specialists?
- 1. Children might be more scared and understand less — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Nurses would be happier with less to do — no support
- 3. Nothing at all, they only play games — ← Mova's choice · score 9
- 4. Operations would be faster and much cheaper for everyone — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 28, line 12: «Play specialists use dolls, pictures and games to show children what will happen and to distract them during procedures.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «dolls» (+5); the same doer «play specialists» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
"can I ask questions before I sign or is that rude?"
- 1. Only grown-ups are allowed to ask questions — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. You may ask anything before agreeing — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It's rude, just sign and trust the doctor — no support
- 4. Ask after the op, when it's all over — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 9: «Pharmacy-only medicines are kept behind the counter because the pharmacist needs to ask a few questions first, not because they are poison.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «few questions» (+5); the same action «ask» (+3). Against it: a different doer (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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
Kayla is in hospital for 3 months. Will she miss all her school?
- 1. Yes, there's no school in any hospital — no support
- 2. Yes, school is banned in hospital to let children rest — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Only if she asks the doctor to stop it — no support
- 4. No, a hospital school can teach her — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 10, line 7: «Children can pass on a tummy bug for about 48 hours after the last vomit or diarrhoea, so they stay off school for that long.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stay» (+3); the same doer «children» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
You wake from the op feeling sick and confused. What now?
- 1. Eat a big meal fast to settle your stomach — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Tell the recovery nurse, it's normal and can be treated — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Hide it from everyone so you're let out of hospital sooner — no support
- 4. Get up quickly and walk home to your own bed — 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 ✓
Why is the numbing cream put on an hour before the cannula, not just before?
- 1. The cream only works on cold skin — score 5
- 2. The cannula must go in first to guide it — no support
- 3. The cream needs time to numb the skin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
- 4. The cream is really for healing the hole afterwards — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 28, line 9: «Numbing cream put on about an hour before makes the skin numb so a needle or cannula hurts less.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «numbing cream» (+3); the same thing acted on «skin» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal reason for which patients are required to abstain from food prior to a general anaesthetic.
- 1. To render the anaesthetic more palatable — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To prevent the contents of the stomach from entering the lungs — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. To accelerate the healing of the wound — no support
- 4. To reduce the cost of hospital catering — 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 ✓
Ascertain the medical practitioner responsible for the administration of a general anaesthetic and the monitoring of the patient throughout the operation.
- 1. The anaesthetist — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The radiographer in the X-ray department — no support
- 3. The surgeon — no support
- 4. The play specialist — 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 ✗
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning keyhole surgery.
- 1. It is performed without incision of any kind, the instruments entering through the natural openings of the body — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is performed without anaesthesia in every instance — no support
- 3. It is performed through small incisions with a camera and ordinarily permits swifter healing — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It is performed only upon adults — 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
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
Whereas the infusion pump of an intravenous drip emits an audible alarm, determine the most accurate characterisation of such alarm.
- 1. A signal that attention is required, not ordinarily indicative of danger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A certain indication of grave danger to the life of the patient — no support
- 3. A malfunction requiring the patient to remove the drip without delay — no support
- 4. A signal that the operation is about to commence in the theatre — 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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