Burns, sunburn and stings

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 10 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 6 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 ✗

burnt me hand on the oven, nan says stick toothpaste on it. smart?

1. Yes, toothpaste cools burns down quick — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, minty is best for burns — no support
3. No, use butter instead, that's what works — no support
4. No, cool it under running water for 20 minutes — ✓ 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 2 · wrong ✗

Dad rubbed a dock leaf on my nettle sting and it felt better. Why might it?

1. Dock leaves contain a proven cure for stings — no support
2. The leaf sucks the sting out of the skin — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Something cool and wet can soothe and distract — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It is magic and nobody knows why — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 4: «A honeybee leaves its barbed sting in your skin, so scrape it out sideways quickly; a wasp keeps its sting and can sting again.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «barbed sting» (+2); the same place «skin» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · right ✓

In a film, a man pees on a jellyfish sting to cure it. What's the truth?

1. It works but only in the sea — no support
2. It does not help and can make some stings worse — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. It is the best cure, every lifeguard says so — no support
4. It works if done quickly enough — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 16: «Jellyfish stings are rinsed with seawater, tentacles removed with tweezers or gloves, and hot water or a hot pack eases the pain; weeing on them does not help…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «stings» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · right ✓

My mate says getting a tan means healthy skin. Right?

1. No, a tan is a sign of skin damage — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. Yes, brown skin can't burn — score 1
3. No, a tan comes from the food you eat — no support
4. Yes, a tan protects you fully from burning — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 6, line 3: «Sunburn is a burn too, from invisible ultraviolet rays, and you can get it on a cloudy day; a tan is not healthy skin, it is damage.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «tan» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

Why is a cup of tea dangerous for a toddler even if it's not boiling?

1. Tea is poisonous to toddlers if they drink it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It makes them hyperactive and they fall — no support
3. It can still scald thin skin badly — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It isn't, tea that has stopped boiling is always safe — 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 6 · right ✓

Your friend was stung, his lips are swelling and he's wheezing. What would a good grown-up do?

1. Put a dock leaf on it and keep him calm — score 6
2. Give him a biscuit and wait to see what happens — no support
3. Tell him to stop being silly — score 6
4. Call 999 and use his adrenaline pen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 6, line 14: «Swelling of the face or tongue, wheezing or fainting after a sting is anaphylaxis and an emergency: call 999 and use an adrenaline pen, a pen-shaped injection,…», 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 action «call» (+3); the same thing acted on «999» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · wrong ✗

Why scrape a bee sting out quickly instead of waiting?

1. It grows longer and deeper each minute — no support
2. The bee comes back for it and stings again — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. The venom sac keeps pumping while it stays — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It will fly away by itself — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 4: «A honeybee leaves its barbed sting in your skin, so scrape it out sideways quickly; a wasp keeps its sting and can sting again.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

Which of these is the best way to have sparklers at a party?

1. Anyone can hold one bare-handed if they hold it at the very end — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. Throw the used ones in the bin straight away — no support
3. Only for older children, with gloves, and a bucket of water for the used ones — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Toddlers can hold them if they are careful — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 17: «Sparklers burn at over a thousand degrees, many times hotter than a cooking oven, so they are only for older children, held with gloves, and used ones go into…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+2); the same doer «sparklers» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · wrong ✗

Ant sting abroad, got some cream at A&E. Are foreign bites always dangerous?

1. Yes, all foreign bites are deadly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, foreign bites never hurt or swell at all — no support
3. No, most are not, but some need checking — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, you must fly home that same day — 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 ✓

What would happen if you put ice straight on a burn?

1. Nothing at all, ice is just very cold water — no support
2. It could damage the skin more — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. It would make the blister vanish — no support
4. It would heal the burn in a minute — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 6, line 2: «The rule is cool running water for 20 minutes, never butter, toothpaste or ice: butter holds the heat in and ice hurts the skin more.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ice» (+2); the same thing acted on «skin» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · wrong ✗

Which day can you get sunburnt?

1. Only on a hot clear day in summer — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Only in the afternoon — no support
3. Never in England, it's too far north — no support
4. Even a cloudy day at the beach — ✓ the right answer · 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 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the recommended initial treatment of a minor thermal burn.

1. Application of ice directly to the skin — no support
2. Application of butter or other fats to retain moisture — no support
3. Cooling beneath cool running water for twenty minutes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. Application of toothpaste to the affected area — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 6: «Burns are cooled under cool running water for 20 minutes, then covered loosely with cling film or a clean dressing.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cool» (+4); the same circumstance (+4); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises sunburn?

1. Damage caused solely by heat reflected from sand — no support
2. Damage occurring exclusively on cloudless days of high temperature — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Damage to skin cells by ultraviolet radiation, possible beneath cloud — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A harmless darkening of the skin — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 3: «Sunburn is a burn too, from invisible ultraviolet rays, and you can get it on a cloudy day; a tan is not healthy skin, it is damage.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «skin» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that a child's face and tongue have swollen and breathing has become laboured following an insect sting. State the appropriate course of action.

1. A dock leaf is to be applied to the site of the sting — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The child is to be left to recover without assistance — no support
3. Emergency services are to be summoned and adrenaline administered if available — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The sting is to be squeezed out slowly and the child observed for an hour — 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 ✓

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning blisters arising from a burn.

1. They are to be covered with butter — no support
2. They ought to be punctured at once to release the heat — no support
3. They are best left intact, as they protect the healing skin — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
4. They indicate that the burn is wholly superficial and harmless — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 8: «A blister protects damaged skin while new skin grows, so it is best left alone; popping it can let in germs.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «protect» (+4); the same doer «blister» (+4); the same thing acted on «damaged skin» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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