--- title: Teeth, nails, baths and toilets — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday description: Lesson 208 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 10 of 19 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/) / 208 # Teeth, nails, baths and toilets **Tests:** 10 of 19 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 17 of 23 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 208 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/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/). 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/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} A girl in Leeds brushes, spits, then gulps lots of water to rinse. What advice would her dentist give? - **1.** Never spit, just swallow — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Rinse three times with warm water to be extra clean — no support - **3.** Brush with water and no toothpaste — no support - **4.** Spit, but skip the big rinse so the fluoride stays on — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} A boy's friends say his breath smells even though he brushes his teeth. What might he be forgetting? - **1.** To brush his hair every morning — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** To wash his hands — no support - **3.** To drink a glass of milk at bedtime — no support - **4.** To brush his tongue gently — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 74, line 17: «Breath smells in the morning because germs grow in the mouth overnight when there is less spit.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «breath» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} Which tool is safe for cleaning between your teeth? - **1.** Floss — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** A needle — no support - **3.** A toothpick-sharp knife — no support - **4.** A paper clip — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} After the dentist, a girl in Ottawa cannot feel her lip. What should she do while eating? - **1.** Bite her lip now and then to test if it still feels nothing — score 2 - **2.** Eat carefully so she does not bite her numb lip — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **3.** Chew really hard to wake the lip up again — score 3 - **4.** Eat only crunchy food — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 97, line 7: «A girl in Texas moved to a new town and did not tell anyone at the new school she was struggling; she ate lunch alone for months until a teacher noticed and se…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+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/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} A baby sister is splashing in a shallow bath when the doorbell rings. What is true? - **1.** Only deep baths are dangerous for babies — no support - **2.** She must not be left alone even for a moment — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** Babies float, so it is fine — no support - **4.** Shallow water is safe to leave her in for a minute — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 208, line 13: «A small child must never be left alone in a bath, because small children can drown in a few centimetres of water in seconds.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+4); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same property (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} Which helps save water and energy at home? - **1.** Long showers to get yourself really clean — no support - **2.** Leaving the tap running while you brush — no support - **3.** Short showers of about five minutes — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** Filling the bath to the top every day — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 208, line 14: «Short showers of about five minutes save water and energy.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «short showers» (+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/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} Which is true about cutting nails? - **1.** Nails never need cutting — no support - **2.** Fingernails follow the curve, toenails go straight across — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** Both are cut as short and as round as you can possibly get them — no support - **4.** Toenails are cut in a deep curve — score 1 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 208, line 5: «Fingernails are cut following their curve, toenails straight across, so the corners do not grow into the skin.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «follow» (+4); the same thing acted on «curve» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} A boy at a science club does not want to wear safety glasses because they look silly. Why should he? - **1.** The teacher just likes everyone to look the same in class — no support - **2.** They are only needed for adults — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** A splash of chemicals could damage his eyes for life — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** Safety glasses help him see colours — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 200, line 6: «A boy in Leeds cheated in a class game by peeking; when the others found out, nobody wanted him on their team for weeks.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «want» (+4); the same circumstance (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+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/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} At a friend's house you leave the toilet messy. Why should you clean it? - **1.** It is someone else's job, like the cleaner's — no support - **2.** Only adults use that toilet — no support - **3.** The next person should find a clean toilet — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** Toilets clean themselves anyway each time you flush — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 208, line 20: «If you miss the toilet or leave it messy, you clean it up or tell an adult, so the next person finds it clean.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «next person» (+4); the same action «find» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} done brushing, rinse w water now? - **1.** Just spit, don't rinse straight away — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** Swallow the toothpaste instead — no support - **3.** Yes, with hot water — score 3 - **4.** Yes, rinse three times to get it all out — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 208, line 8: «After brushing, spit out the toothpaste but do not rinse your mouth with water straight away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «rinse» (+4). Against it: the same property (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} bit of chicken stuck in my teeth, gonna use a fork - **1.** Leave it there for a week — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Use a pin, it's thinner — no support - **3.** Yes, the fork's fine if you're careful — no support - **4.** Use floss, never a fork or pin — **✓ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} dentist numbed my mouth, lip feels huge lol, can i have crisps - **1.** Bite your lip to test it — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Yes, chew on the numb side, it's easier — no support - **3.** Wait, you might bite your lip or cheek — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yes, you won't feel it so it's fine — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t12/) ### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13} lil sis in the bath, just popping out 4 a sec - **1.** Fine if it's only a minute — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Fine if she's singing — no support - **3.** Don't leave her alone, she can drown in seconds — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Fine if the water is shallow — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t13/) ### Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t14} too tired to brush teeth tonight, it's fine once yeah - **1.** Only brush in the morning — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Rinse with juice instead — no support - **3.** Brush anyway, sugar on teeth all night causes decay — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Yes, skipping is fine — 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t14/) ### Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t15} Why did half the class get sick after a boy skipped washing his hands? - **1.** It was just the cold, rainy weather that week — no support - **2.** Germs from his hands spread on shared things — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** Soap spreads germs — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **4.** Classes always get sick all at once in winter — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 206, line 20: «Farm animals carry germs such as E. coli that can make children very ill, so you wash hands with soap and water after touching them.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «germs» (+5); a different action (counts against) (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t15/) ### Test 16 · ★ · right ✓ {#t16} my brother bites his nails till they bleed - **1.** Tell a grown-up, the bleeding bits can get infected — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **2.** Put tape on his mouth — score 5 - **3.** It's fine, nails grow back — no support - **4.** Bite yours too — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 208, line 18: «Biting nails puts germs from under them into the mouth, and torn, bleeding skin round a nail can get infected, so tell a grown-up if it bleeds.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same thing acted on «grown» (+3). Against it: 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/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t16/) ### Test 17 · ★ · right ✓ {#t17} did u hear a toddler drowned in the bath when his mum went to get a towel for like a second?? what's the real lesson? - **1.** Never leave a small child alone in a bath, even briefly — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **2.** It only happens if the child cannot sit up yet — no support - **3.** Babies can only drown in deep baths, so keep the water low — score 6 - **4.** Fill the bath higher so they float — no support **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 208, line 13: «A small child must never be left alone in a bath, because small children can drown in a few centimetres of water in seconds.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+4); the same thing acted on «small child» (+2); the same place «bath» (+1). Against it: the same property (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t17/) ### Test 18 · ★ · right ✓ {#t18} my cousin said she picked her teeth with a pin and it went right through her gum and she had to have surgery. probably blown up? - **1.** That food gets stuck in teeth — no support - **2.** The surgery part; but sharp things really cut gums, so use floss — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 - **3.** That pins are sharp — no support - **4.** That floss removes food from teeth — score 2 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 74, line 9: «Sharp things like forks and pins cut the gums and can chip teeth, so they are never used to pick the teeth.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cut» (+4); the same doer «sharp things» (+3); the same thing acted on «gums» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t18/) ### Test 19 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t19} apparently that kid in our class has really bad breath cos he never brushes, everyone's saying it. pass it on? - **1.** Yes, if you say it as a joke — no support - **2.** Yes, so he finally brushes his teeth — **← Mova's choice** · score 1 - **3.** Yes, it's just the truth — no support - **4.** No, that's hurtful gossip about him — **✓ the right answer** · no support **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 73, line 5: «A boy in Toronto, tired after a long day, still brushes for two minutes at bedtime, because he knows night is when teeth are most at risk.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+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/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/t19/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Identify the correct practice immediately following the brushing of the teeth. - **1.** The toothpaste is spat out without rinsing with water — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** The mouth is rinsed thoroughly with cold water at once — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** The mouth is rinsed with fruit juice — score 2 - **4.** Toothpaste is swallowed for further protection — no support **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 206, line 20: «Farm animals carry germs such as E. coli that can make children very ill, so you wash hands with soap and water after touching them.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wash» (+4); the same circumstance (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cutting of toenails? - **1.** They are torn by hand to avoid tools — no support - **2.** They are cut straight across, lest they grow into the skin — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **3.** They are cut in a deep curve, as close to the skin as can be managed — no support - **4.** They are cut as short as is possible — score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 208, line 17: «Toenails cut too short or curved can grow into the skin.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grow» (+5); the same place «skin» (+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/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the supervision of small children in the bath. - **1.** A small child cannot drown in shallow water — score 2 - **2.** A small child may be left alone briefly — score 5 - **3.** A small child may drown in a few centimetres of water within seconds — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **4.** Supervision is required only in swimming pools — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 208, line 13: «A small child must never be left alone in a bath, because small children can drown in a few centimetres of water in seconds.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same doer «small children» (+2); the same place «few centimetres» (+2); the same action «drown» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Ascertain the principal reason for which the hands are washed with soap after use of the toilet. - **1.** It is required only in schools — score 2 - **2.** It removes the need to wash before meals — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** It prevents the spread of germs causing stomach illnesses — **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** It is a custom of long standing without any benefit to health — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 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 doer «common reason» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). 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/208-teeth-nails-baths-and-toilets/e4/) - ← previous: [207. Kindness to animals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/) - next →: [209. Sharing, sleep and safe food](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/)