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title: Sharp things, small objects and little ones — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday
description: Lesson 112 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 8 of 19 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Sharp things, small objects and little ones

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**Tests:** 8 of 19 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 19 of 23 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 112 of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Which way of carrying scissors is safest if you trip?

- **1.** Open and pointing up — no support
- **2.** Closed and pointing forward — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **3.** Closed and pointing down — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** Open and held by one blade — score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 91, line 15: «A tummy ache every morning before school can be the body's way of showing worry, so tell your parents and teacher.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «show» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «way» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Why do pins on the floor matter more in a house with a toddler or a puppy?

- **1.** Pins are only dangerous to grown-ups — no support
- **2.** Toddlers and puppies like the shiny colour and want to play with them — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** They might swallow them as well as step on them — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** Pins grow sharper on carpets — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 112, line 6: «A toddler in Ohio found a razor left on the edge of the bath and cut his hand; he needed stitches.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+3); the same doer «toddler» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Why should you not touch a needle you find in the street?

- **1.** It can carry dangerous infections — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12
- **2.** It could be magnetic — no support
- **3.** Needles are too light to pick up — no support
- **4.** It might be someone's lost property — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 112, line 12: «A used needle found outside must never be touched, because it can carry dangerous infections.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «carry» (+7); the same thing acted on «dangerous infections» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Which of these is a choking risk for a two-year-old?

- **1.** A wooden puzzle board with large chunky pieces — no support
- **2.** A big soft teddy bear with sewn-on eyes — no support
- **3.** A small rubber ball that fits through a toilet roll tube — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** A large picture book — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 112, line 14: «Anything that fits through a toilet roll tube is a choking risk for children under three.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fit» (+2); the same place «roll tube» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Ava's mum cuts grapes in four lengthways for her toddler. Why lengthways?

- **1.** Grapes are easier to grow and pick that way, so they are cheaper in the shops — no support
- **2.** It makes the grapes taste sweeter and juicier for little children — no support
- **3.** It stops the juice spilling — no support
- **4.** Round firm pieces can block a small airway, long thin ones are safer — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**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 81, line 10: «Grapes should be cut lengthways for small children, because small round food can block a small airway.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «block» (+2); the same thing acted on «small airway» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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A boy in Ottawa hears his baby cousin go silent with a toy in her mouth, unable to breathe. What comes first?

- **1.** Ask her to spit it out later — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Give her a biscuit to swallow — no support
- **3.** Look for the box the toy came in to read it — no support
- **4.** Shout for a grown-up and call 911 — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Why are box cutters dangerous for children?

- **1.** They are too blunt to be useful — no support
- **2.** They only ever cut cardboard and nothing else at all — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** Their thin blades slip easily and cut deeply — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** They break if pushed too hard — no support

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**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 60, line 14: «When one person cuts and the other chooses, the cutter has a reason to cut fairly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cut» (+3); the same doer «cutter» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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A toddler is playing quietly under the kitchen sink. What could be happening?

- **1.** He is sleeping and should be left — no support
- **2.** Quiet toddlers never touch anything — no support
- **3.** He is certainly safe in there because he is quiet — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** He may be getting into something dangerous, so check — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 112, line 18: «A toddler who is very quiet in another room is often getting into something dangerous.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «toddler» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Your brother grabs your favourite toy car. Which choice solves the problem best?

- **1.** Push him over to get it — no support
- **2.** Scream until he cries — no support
- **3.** Ask him to give it back and offer to take turns — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **4.** Break his toy as well so that he knows how it feels to lose one — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 112, line 20: «When a sibling takes your toys, use words, take turns or ask a grown-up, because hitting does not solve the problem.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same thing acted on «turns» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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found a needle on the path at the park, pick it up?

- **1.** Yes, with your fingertips only — no support
- **2.** Kick it into the grass — no support
- **3.** Yes, pick it up and put it in the bin carefully — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** No, never touch it, tell an adult — **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 112, line 9: «A needle or pin found on the floor should be put in a pincushion or given to a grown-up.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «put» (+4); the same thing acted on «needle» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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grapes ok for the toddler?

- **1.** Only frozen whole ones — no support
- **2.** Never, toddlers cannot eat fruit — no support
- **3.** Yes, whole ones are fine if they chew properly — no support
- **4.** Yes, cut into quarters lengthways — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**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 112, line 17: «Grapes should be cut into quarters lengthways for toddlers, and whole nuts and popcorn should not be given to small children.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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babys gone super quiet in the other room lol

- **1.** Quiet means he's asleep for sure, so leave him alone — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Wait an hour and then look — no support
- **3.** Go and check now, he may be into something dangerous — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Great, leave him, he's happy — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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pass me the scissors

- **1.** Slide them over with the blades out — score 0
- **2.** Pass them open, points first — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** Hand them over closed, handle first — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Throw them over gently — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 112, line 8: «Scissors are carried closed and pointing down and passed handle first.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · right ✓ {#t14}

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left scissors on the floor, baby's crawling about

- **1.** Put them away up high now — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Put them under the rug — no support
- **3.** Leave them, she can't open them — no support
- **4.** Just close them — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/t14/)

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### Test 15 · ★ · right ✓ {#t15}

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lil bro grabbed the razor, should i snatch it

- **1.** Let him keep it — no support
- **2.** Calmly ask an adult or swap it for a toy, don't grab the blade — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** Snatch it off him quickly by the blade before he cuts himself — score -6
- **4.** Chase him round the house — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 112, line 22: «If a little child grabs something sharp, do not snatch it by the blade; calmly swap it for a toy and get an adult.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «swap» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/t15/)

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### Test 16 · ★ · right ✓ {#t16}

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walking with scissors pointing up, all good

- **1.** Pointing up is safer — no support
- **2.** Carry them pointing down and closed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** Wave them to show you have them — no support
- **4.** Run with them so you get there faster — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 112, line 8: «Scissors are carried closed and pointing down and passed handle first.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry» (+4); the same thing acted on «scissors» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/t16/)

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### Test 17 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t17}

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omg my aunt said her neighbour's baby swallowed a WHOLE lego man and it came out fine so lego's totally safe. real lesson?

- **1.** Babies are safe if a grown-up is in the house — no support
- **2.** Lego is safe for babies to play with, because that one came out fine in the end — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** Small toys can choke under-threes, so keep them out of reach — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Only sharp things are a danger to a baby — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 24, line 8: «A girl in Kent swatted at a wasp nest with a stick; dozens of wasps came out and stung her many times before she got indoors.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3). 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/t17/)

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### Test 18 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t18}

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kids at the bus stop reckon a boy found a needle in the park, picked it up, n "turned into a zombie". what's just a rumour

- **1.** That a used needle should never be touched — no support
- **2.** The zombie bit; the real point is never touch a needle — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** That you should tell a grown-up straight away about a needle in the park — no support
- **4.** That needles found outside can carry infections — **← Mova's choice** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 112, line 12: «A used needle found outside must never be touched, because it can carry dangerous infections.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same thing acted on «used needle» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/t18/)

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### Test 19 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t19}

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Jack's mum left scissors out n his baby sis cut her lip, everyone says his mum's useless. pass it on?

- **1.** Yes, people should know she is a bad mum who does not look after her kids — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** No, it is unkind; just keep sharp things out of reach — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yes, it is true so it is fine to tell — no support
- **4.** Yes, but only in the class group chat — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 66, line 5: «When her old dog died, a girl in Texas thought it was her fault for not noticing sooner. She told her mum, who explained the dog had simply grown old, and toge…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «mum» (+2); the same doer «mum» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/t19/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Identify the principal reason for which anything capable of passing through a toilet roll tube is to be kept from children under three years of age.

- **1.** Such objects are invariably sharp-edged and dangerous — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Such objects are certain to be lost — no support
- **3.** Such objects are always made of glass — no support
- **4.** Such objects are small enough to choke them — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Whereas scissors are to be conveyed from one person to another, state the manner prescribed for so doing.

- **1.** Open, pointing upward, and passed blade first — no support
- **2.** Closed, pointing at the recipient, and thrown gently across to them — no support
- **3.** Open, held by the blades, passed point first — score 5
- **4.** Closed, pointing downward, and passed handle first — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 112, line 8: «Scissors are carried closed and pointing down and passed handle first.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same action «pass» (+2); the same thing acted on «handle» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the preparation of grapes for consumption by a toddler.

- **1.** They are frozen solid before being served — no support
- **2.** They are served whole, since they are soft — no support
- **3.** They are halved crossways across the middle — no support
- **4.** They are cut into quarters lengthways — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 112, line 17: «Grapes should be cut into quarters lengthways for toddlers, and whole nuts and popcorn should not be given to small children.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cut» (+4); the same place «quarters» (+1); the same property (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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It is given that a small child is choking and is unable to cough or cry. Determine the appropriate course of action for an older child present.

- **1.** Place the child in bed and allow it to sleep — score 5
- **2.** Shout for an adult and call the emergency number — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** Offer the child a large glass of water to drink slowly — no support
- **4.** Wait several minutes to see whether it passes — score 5

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**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 86, line 23: «If a person or a pet falls through ice, you never go onto the ice after them; you shout for an adult and call the emergency number.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+4); the same thing acted on «emergency number» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/e4/)

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