Broken bones in sport: fingers, wrists and collarbones

Tests: 7 of 11 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 9 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 48 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 ✗

Ruby's netball finger looks bent. Mate: «Wise up, just pull it straight». Should she?

1. No, she should bend it the other way — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, but only by the coach — no support
3. No, keep it still and get an adult — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, a quick pull fixes it — 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 · right ✓

Dev: «only an ache, I'm batting next» after landing on his hand. What's best?

1. Tell an adult; a wrist break can feel like an ache — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Ignore it until next season — no support
3. Ice it for a minute then bat — no support
4. Bat with the other hand and see — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 48, line 2: «Dev dives for a catch at cricket in Leicester and lands on his hand, «It's only an ache, I'm batting next», but landing on an outstretched hand is the most com…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feel» (+3); the same doer «small break» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · right ✓

Jayden's got a lump on his collarbone and holds his arm tight to his body. What should happen?

1. Back into the scrum after a drink — no support
2. Pull the shoulder to pop it in — no support
3. Swing the arm round to test it — no support
4. Support the arm and an adult takes him to A&E — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2, line 16: «A sling holds the arm up against the body so it can rest and the swelling goes down.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «arm» (+4); the same action «hold up» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · right ✓

Mia has 3 of the coach's 5 signs: crack, odd shape, pain on the bone. What now?

1. A doctor checks it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She plays on, 3 is not many — no support
3. Her mum rubs it better — no support
4. She waits for all 5 signs — 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 · wrong ✗

Kai in Perth: «kids' bones don't break, they just bend, sweet as». Right?

1. No, kids' bones break more easily than glass does — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Yes, until they turn ten — score 5
3. Yes, kids' bones are rubber — no support
4. No, they bend and crack and need treating — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 48, line 6: «Children's bones can crack on one side and bend, called a greenstick break, but they can still break fully and need treatment like adults' bones.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bones» (+3); the same action «break» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · right ✓

A dad says «pop Ewan's ankle back in, seen it on telly». Ewan wants crisps. What's right?

1. Pull it gently and give him a fizzy drink — no support
2. Let Ewan walk it off with crisps — no support
3. Pop it in and give him crisps — no support
4. Keep it still, no food or drink, an adult gets help — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 48, line 4: «Never pull, pop or push a bone back like on telly: keep it still the way you found it, support it, and let an adult get help.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «adult» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same thing acted on «help» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · wrong ✗

A bone shows through a boy's skin. A parent says «I'll drive him, quicker». What's better?

1. Drive fast with the windows down — no support
2. Call 911 or 999 for an ambulance — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Let him sit on the bench first — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Wait for half-time to decide — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 33, line 5: «Children's wards let a parent stay and have play areas and friendly staff, so a child in hospital is not left alone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «parent» (+4); the same action «let» (+2). 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 8 · right ✓

Priya at A&E: «Will the X-ray hurt? I'm bricking it». What's true?

1. It doesn't hurt; she just keeps still — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. It hurts a bit, like an injection does — score 2
3. It burns the skin for a moment — no support
4. It only hurts if she moves about — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 48, line 14: «An X-ray doesn't hurt; you just keep still while the picture is taken.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «x ray» (+3); the same action «hurt» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · right ✓

Chloe: «just mid pain, happened yesterday anyway». Too late for a doctor?

1. Yes, after 12 hours it's much too late to check it — no support
2. No, but only if it's still bleeding a lot — no support
3. Yes, broken bones fix themselves — no support
4. No, a break can still be checked the next day — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 18: «Most insect bites and stings are not dangerous, even abroad, but a doctor or pharmacist can check one that swells up.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «one» (+4); the same action «check» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · right ✓

Thabo in Cape Town: «Ag, nothing you can do for a broken toe». His big toe got stamped on. True?

1. Yes, nothing at all can ever be done for toes — no support
2. No, a broken big toe should be checked — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. No, he must have it removed — no support
4. Yes, toes have no proper bones in them — 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 48, line 17: «Many broken little toes heal at home, but a broken big toe, a toe out of shape or one that won't stop hurting should be checked.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «broken big toe» (+4); the same action «check» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · wrong ✗

Theo: «Cast's off, I'm tackling Saturday!» What would happen if he did?

1. His cast would grow back — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nothing, a healed bone can't break again — no support
3. The weak bone and muscles could be hurt again — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The bone would get stronger faster from the tackles — 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 most frequent mechanism by which a child sustains a fracture of the wrist.

1. Catching a ball with both hands — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Sleeping upon the affected limb — no support
3. Prolonged writing with a pencil at school — no support
4. A fall upon an outstretched hand — ✓ 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 ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the bones of children.

1. They are wholly incapable of fracture — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They contain no living tissue whatsoever — no support
3. They are more brittle than those of adults — no support
4. They are more pliable but remain susceptible to fracture — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that a bone protrudes through the skin of a child's leg. State the appropriate course of action.

1. The child is to be conveyed by private car — no support
2. An ambulance is to be summoned by an adult — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The bone is to be pushed back into place — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. The child is to be assisted to walk to the bench — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 48, line 4: «Never pull, pop or push a bone back like on telly: keep it still the way you found it, support it, and let an adult get help.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «bone» (+4); the same action «push back» (+2). 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 ✗

Ascertain the treatment most commonly employed for a fracture of the collarbone.

1. No support of any kind is provided — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The arm is supported in a sling — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The bone is manipulated by a teammate — no support
4. The entire torso is encased in plaster — 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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