Changing-room germs
Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 5 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 59 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 ✗
Aoife: «Mam says I can't go to swimming, but sure it's grand, isn't it?» Who's closer to right?
- 1. Mam, the pool will close — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Aoife, if she covers the verruca — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Neither, she must cut it out — no support
- 4. Mam, because verrucas mean no pool ever — 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 ✗
Lucas's friend says: «Just dig the roots out with a pin». What would happen?
- 1. It would cure it at once — no support
- 2. It could hurt and spread the verruca — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Nothing, verrucas feel no pain — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. It would pull out the roots and cure it — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 11, line 11: «A verruca is a wart on the foot caused by a virus, often picked up from wet floors; it has no roots to dig out; in the UK children can usually swim with it cov…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «verruca» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · right ✓
Josh from Adelaide: «Itchy as, mate» («itchy as» means very itchy). What should his mum suggest?
- 1. Dry between the toes and use pharmacy cream — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Keep the wet socks on longer — no support
- 3. Rub mud on the toes — no support
- 4. Share socks with his brother — 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 · wrong ✗
Half of Aiden's team drinks from one bottle. What would happen if one player had a stomach bug?
- 1. Only the very last player to drink gets ill — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 2. Several teammates could catch it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Wiping the top on a shirt stops it spreading — score 2
- 4. The bug would die as soon as it hit the bottle — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 56, line 12: «In a study reported from Stanford, college basketball players who slept longer for several weeks shot free throws more accurately.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «basketball players» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · wrong ✗
Lwazi: «It's just a small one, it'll be lekker». What does the doctor's advice say?
- 1. Cover it with mud and play — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Play, but only in the second half — no support
- 3. No contact sport while the sore is open — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Small sores are fine in the scrum if you're careful — 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 ✗
Kyle's sister teases: «Ringworm means you're manky». What's the truth?
- 1. Only dirty people who never wash get ringworm — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. It means he has a parasite — no support
- 3. It's caught from earthworms — no support
- 4. It's a common fungus from shared mats — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 59, line 12: «Ringworm is a fungus, not a worm, that makes a ring-shaped rash and spreads by skin contact, shared mats and towels; antifungal cream usually treats it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «ringworm» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · wrong ✗
Leo's sister screams «That's rank! Bin it!» What does «rank» mean?
- 1. Expensive — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Wet — no support
- 3. Disgusting — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Brilliant — 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 ✓
Hannah: «It's only a towel, what's the big deal?» Best reply?
- 1. Damp shared towels carry skin germs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Only new towels carry germs — no support
- 3. Towels can't hold any germs once they're dry — no support
- 4. Molly's towel is cleaner than hers — 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 9 · right ✓
Bongani: «Now now it's clean, lekker», after rinsing in his fizzy cooldrink. What's wrong?
- 1. Nothing, it's perfectly clean — no support
- 2. He should use orange juice instead — no support
- 3. Sugar feeds germs, and sharing spreads them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. Fizzy drinks kill all germs — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 59, line 15: «A gum shield should be rinsed in cold water and kept in its case; sugary drinks feed germs, and hot water can bend it out of shape.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feed» (+3); the same thing acted on «germs» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · wrong ✗
A cartoon gym has a sign: «Sweat stinks, so never sweat». Correct it.
- 1. Bacteria on old sweat make the smell — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Only adults' sweat smells, children's never does — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 3. Sweat itself always stinks the moment it appears — no support
- 4. Sweating is bad for you and should be stopped — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 59, line 13: «Fresh sweat barely smells; the stink comes from bacteria feeding on sweat in a warm closed bag.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «smell» (+3); the same doer «fresh sweat» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · right ✓
What would happen if Leo took his kit out and washed it after every session?
- 1. His bag wouldn't stink by Friday — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Bacteria would grow faster on the clean damp kit — no support
- 3. It would shrink to nothing in a couple of weeks — no support
- 4. It would smell even worse from all the washing — 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 · right ✓
Identify the organism responsible for the condition commonly termed ringworm.
- 1. A fungus — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A virus of the foot — no support
- 3. A worm — no support
- 4. An insect — 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 guidance pertaining to swimming with a verruca?
- 1. Swimming is prohibited until the verruca is excised — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Swimming is prohibited for a period of one year — no support
- 3. Swimming is permitted provided the verruca is covered — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Swimming is permitted only with the verruca exposed — 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 ✗
Ascertain the principal source of the odour of kit retained unwashed for several days.
- 1. The fabric of the bag, which decays over time — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Excessive washing of the garments — no support
- 3. Bacteria feeding upon perspiration — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Perspiration in its fresh state — 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 · wrong ✗
It is given that a participant has an open cold sore. Select the appropriate course of action in respect of contact sport.
- 1. Participation in the second half only — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Concealment of the sore with mud — no support
- 3. Participation in the scrum without restriction — no support
- 4. Abstention until the sore has healed — ✓ 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
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