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title: Plastic bags, medicines and chemicals — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday
description: Lesson 114 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 18 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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# Plastic bags, medicines and chemicals

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**Tests:** 6 of 18 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 12 of 22 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 114 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/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/).

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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/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Which is true about children and grown-ups' medicines?

- **1.** Medicines work the same for every age — score 1
- **2.** A child can safely take half of any adult tablet without a problem — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** Adult medicines can harm children, because doses are different — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** Only liquid medicines are dangerous to children — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 114, line 18: «Children ask a grown-up before taking any medicine, because children's medicines have special doses.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same doer «children» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). 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/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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A boy in Manchester has the same cough as his sister. Can he take her cough medicine?

- **1.** Yes, the same cough means he needs exactly the same medicine as her — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** No, he asks a grown-up, because medicine is chosen for each person — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** Yes, if the bottle is nearly empty — no support
- **4.** Yes, if he takes a smaller spoon — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 79, line 11: «A cough that lasts for weeks or makes breathing hard needs a doctor, because it can be asthma or an infection.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+4); the same doer «cough» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Why do people get poisoned by chemicals kept in old drink bottles?

- **1.** Chemicals always smell like juice — score 5
- **2.** Drink bottles make chemicals stronger — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** Someone thinks it is a drink and swallows it — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The old bottle turns whatever drink is in it poisonous — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 33, line 3: «Cleaning products are strong chemicals made to kill germs and dissolve dirt. They can burn your mouth, eyes and skin, and some give off harmful fumes when they…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same thing acted on «strong chemicals» (+2); the same property (+1). 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/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Which is the safest way to store bleach?

- **1.** In a jam jar on the windowsill — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** In its own labelled bottle, high up or locked — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** In an old water bottle at the back of the fridge — no support
- **4.** In a bucket on the floor — 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/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Why is running water used for chemicals in the eyes?

- **1.** It washes the chemical away — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** It makes the eye stop crying — score 6
- **3.** It warms the eye up — score 6
- **4.** It mixes with the chemical and makes it stronger — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 76, line 13: «Electrical things like hair dryers are never used near water, because water and electricity together can kill.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «water» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Why are plastic bags knotted before being put away?

- **1.** A knotted bag cannot easily be pulled over a child's head — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A knot makes the bag smaller to carry shopping — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** Knotted bags are easier to recycle at the supermarket — score 6
- **4.** A knot keeps the bag clean — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 114, line 5: «Thin plastic bags are dangerous too: they cling to a baby's face and can stop it breathing, so they are knotted and kept high or thrown away.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «bags» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 1, 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/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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A toddler is found with an open bottle of pills and some are missing. What is the first thing?

- **1.** Count the pills slowly and wait — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Put him to bed to sleep it off — no support
- **3.** Tell a grown-up at once to call poison help or the emergency number — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Ask the toddler how many he ate and believe whatever he tells you — 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/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Why is liquid nicotine dangerous to a small child?

- **1.** It is safe because it smells sweet — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** It is only dangerous if it is set on fire — score 3
- **3.** It only stains the fingers — no support
- **4.** Even a small amount is poisonous — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 95, line 4: «Every child has the right to be safe at home; if a parent hurts you or you feel unsafe, a teacher, school nurse or children's helpline can help.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «child» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, 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/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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there's a drink bottle in the shed, dunno what's in it

- **1.** Don't drink it, ask a grown-up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Drink a little to test — no support
- **3.** Smell it first, then take a tiny sip — no support
- **4.** Fine if it looks like water — 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/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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my mates got headache tablets, can i have one of hers

- **1.** Yes, half a tablet is safe — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** No, never take someone else's medicine — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yes, if they worked for her — no support
- **4.** Yes, medicine is the same for everyone — 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/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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sprayed cleaner in my eye ow

- **1.** Put a drop of milk in it and keep it shut for a while — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Keep it shut and wait — no support
- **3.** Rub it hard with your sleeve until it stops stinging — no support
- **4.** Rinse it with clean running water for several minutes and tell a grown-up — **✓ 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/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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lil sis thinks the vitamins are sweets lol, play along?

- **1.** Only call them candy at bedtime — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yes, it's cute and totally harmless anyway — no support
- **3.** Yes, it helps her take them — no support
- **4.** No, call them medicine so she doesn't go looking — **✓ 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/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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lil sis has a laundry pod, thinks it's a sweet

- **1.** Take it gently away and tell an adult at once — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Tell her it's yucky and just leave her to it — no support
- **3.** Let her play with it — no support
- **4.** Give her water and wait — 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/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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drink in the shed in a cola bottle, prob just cola

- **1.** Drink a tiny bit first just to check it's cola — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Don't drink it, it could be a chemical — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Drink it, it's cola — no support
- **4.** Smell it first then drink — 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/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/t14/)

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### Test 15 · ★ · right ✓ {#t15}

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plastic bag over head, cool alien look

- **1.** No, plastic bags can stop you breathing — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** Yes, if it has holes — no support
- **3.** Only for a photo — no support
- **4.** Yes, if you're really quick about it — no support

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**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 114, line 5: «Thin plastic bags are dangerous too: they cling to a baby's face and can stop it breathing, so they are knotted and kept high or thrown away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stop» (+4); the same doer «bags» (+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/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/t15/)

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### Test 16 · ★ · right ✓ {#t16}

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apparently the twins drank "magic blue juice" from a bottle in the garage n now they glow in the dark lol. real lesson?

- **1.** Never drink from a bottle unless you know what is in it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** Drinks are safe if they smell nice — no support
- **3.** Blue drinks in the garage are usually just sports drinks — no support
- **4.** It is fine to have one sip to check — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 114, line 16: «You should never drink from a bottle if you are not sure what is inside.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drink» (+4); the same place «bottle» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/t16/)

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### Test 17 · ★ · right ✓ {#t17}

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my mum's mate reckons a toddler ate ONE laundry pod n "his whole insides melted". what's probs exaggerated

- **1.** The insides melting; pods really can make a child very ill — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** That pods should be kept locked away or up high where toddlers cannot reach — no support
- **3.** That laundry pods look like sweets to toddlers — no support
- **4.** That a toddler who eats one goes to hospital — 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/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/t17/)

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### Test 18 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t18}

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Mia's dad keeps weedkiller in a juice bottle, kids say her family is "poison people". spread it?

- **1.** Yes, everyone should stay away from her house in case they get poisoned — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yes, it is true so it is not gossip — no support
- **3.** No, it is unkind; just tell a grown-up chemicals need own bottles — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yes, but only to friends who visit her — 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/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/t18/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Identify the principal reason for which a child ought not to consume medicine prescribed for another person.

- **1.** It was chosen for that person's body and illness — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** All medicine loses its effect when it is shared — no support
- **3.** It will taste worse to a person who is not ill — score 3
- **4.** Medicine is only effective once it has been paid for — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1, line 18: «Falls are the most common reason children are taken to hospital with an injury.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same thing acted on «children» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/e1/)

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

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the storage of household cleaning products.

- **1.** In clean drinks bottles, in order to save space in the cupboard — no support
- **2.** In their original bottles, locked away or up high — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** In open bowls under the sink, for ease of access — no support
- **4.** Mixed together in one bottle, to save waste — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 114, line 13: «Cleaning products are kept in their original bottles, locked away or up high.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «original bottles» (+3); the same property (+3); the same action «lock away» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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It is given that a chemical spray has entered a child's eyes. Determine the appropriate first aid.

- **1.** Rub the eyes firmly with a dry cloth until clear — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** Apply some milk to the eyes, then cover them up — score 4
- **3.** Rinse with clean running water for some minutes, tell an adult — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** Keep the eyes shut tightly and await a few hours before telling anyone — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 78, line 21: «Rubbing an eye with dirty hands can scratch it or carry germs into it, causing a painful infection.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «rub» (+4); the same thing acted on «eye» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/e3/)

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

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Ascertain why medicine ought always to be referred to as medicine, and never as sweets or candy.

- **1.** So that the medicine has a more pleasant taste — no support
- **2.** Because it is unlawful to describe it as candy — no support
- **3.** Because sweets are more harmful than medicine — no support
- **4.** So children do not seek it out to eat more — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 114, line 18: «Children ask a grown-up before taking any medicine, because children's medicines have special doses.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «medicine» (+2); the same doer «children» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/e4/)

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