Ill on match day: play or stay home?

Tests: 1 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 5 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 60 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 ✗

Mia from Christchurch: «I'm sweet as now!» the morning after being sick. What's the rule?

1. Play as soon as you feel OK, even that day — no support
2. Wait just 4 hours — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Play but drink nothing — no support
4. Wait 48 hours after the last sick — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 37, line 15: «The old rule of waiting an hour after eating before swimming, or you'll get cramp, has no good evidence behind it.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wait» (+3); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Amelia's friend: «Pushing through illness makes you tougher». What would actually happen?

1. She'd get over it within an hour of running — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She'd likely stay ill for longer — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Her cough would vanish — no support
4. She'd run her best time — 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 ✗

Jake's mate: «Once the fever's gone with medicine, you're fit». What's the flaw?

1. The infection is still there — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The fever was never real — no support
3. The medicine makes you stronger — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. Medicine lasts all week — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same doer «medicines» (+3); the same property (+1); a different thing acted on (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 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if Jake had stayed home on match day?

1. Nothing would be different — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He'd be ill for longer — no support
3. He'd likely recover faster and not spread it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The whole team would get ill — 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 ✗

Kiara's coach texts «We need you!». What's the smartest reply?

1. I'll take medicine and come — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. I'll come and hide it — no support
3. I'll play in a scarf — no support
4. I'm ill, I'd only spread it — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 18, line 15: «After a missed dose you usually take it when you remember, unless it's nearly time for the next one, and you never take two to catch up.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «medicine» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓

Sanjay: «Fam, it's just a cold, I'll be fine without my inhaler». Why is that risky?

1. Asthma stops in winter when the air is cold — no support
2. Colds often trigger asthma attacks — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Colds cure asthma for a few days at a time — score 7
4. Inhalers make colds worse and last longer — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 60, line 16: «Colds often trigger asthma, so a child with asthma and a cold keeps the reliever inhaler close and tells the coach.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trigger» (+3); the same doer «colds» (+2); the same property (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Ollie: «I'm better, so I'm 100%, yeah?» Coach's answer?

1. Better means fitter than before, because flu trains you — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Better isn't the same as back to full fitness — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Flu makes muscles stronger — no support
4. He should run a marathon first — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Tom: «I'm fine, Dad, it's the final!» Why is Dad right to say no?

1. Finals are bad for headaches — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Headache and sickness after a knock can be concussion — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Headers are always against the rules — no support
4. Tom is too young for finals — 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 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A cartoon hero with spots all over says «just a rash» and plays on. What would really happen with chickenpox?

1. Spots fall off when you sweat hard enough — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It clears by running — no support
3. Lots of teammates could catch it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nobody can catch it outdoors — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Ruairi's sniffle gets worse at training and he feels shaky. What now?

1. Take fever medicine and continue — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Ask for a full match — no support
3. Stop and rest — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Sprint to shake it off — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Which one means definitely no sport today?

1. Feeling a little nervous — no support
2. A slightly runny nose — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. A small graze on the knee — score 6
4. A fever of 38°C — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 36, line 13: «A red face and sweat are the body letting heat out, as blood vessels near the skin widen; dizziness, feeling sick or feeling confused mean stop and tell an adu…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+4); the same thing acted on «body» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the temperature at or above which a child is considered to have a fever.

1. Thirty-eight degrees Celsius — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Thirty-six degrees Celsius — no support
3. Forty-five degrees Celsius — no support
4. Thirty-five and a half degrees Celsius — 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 effect of fever-reducing medication taken prior to sport?

1. It eradicates the infection entirely — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It prevents transmission to teammates — no support
3. It renders participation entirely safe — no support
4. It conceals the sign whilst the infection persists — ✓ 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 child last vomited at six o'clock on Friday evening. Determine the earliest time at which the forty-eight-hour period expires.

1. Six o'clock on Monday evening — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Six o'clock on Saturday evening — no support
3. Six o'clock on Saturday morning — no support
4. Six o'clock on Sunday evening — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established guidance concerning a return to sport following influenza.

1. An immediate return to full competition — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A gradual return over several sessions — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Permanent withdrawal from sport — no support
4. Double training to recover lost fitness — 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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