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title: Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel plugs, ba… — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday
description: Lesson 322 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 8 of 15 tests right, exam 4 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Home safety: blenders, loose sleeves, frozen metal, travel plugs, balconies, toddlers, medicines, fire and fireworks

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**Tests:** 8 of 15 right · **Exam:** 4 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 18 of 19 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 322 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/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/).

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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/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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A boy reaches into a food processor to free a stuck carrot. The machine is off but still plugged in. What is true?

- **1.** It is safe if he uses his left hand — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** It could start again; he must unplug it first — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** It is safe because the switch is off and the blades are still — no support
- **4.** It is safe if he is quick — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 289, line 6: «A boy in Arizona used a pin to pick food from his teeth; he cut his gum, it got infected and his face swelled up.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+5); the same doer «boy» (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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A girl in Toronto puts on a fluffy dressing gown with wide sleeves and goes to make soup on the gas stove. What is the danger?

- **1.** There is no danger in the kitchen — no support
- **2.** The dressing gown would make her too hot — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** The soup would get too thick — no support
- **4.** The sleeve could catch fire — **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 244, line 7: «A girl in England called Ruby built a den roof from old planks and stood on it; it gave way, she fell two metres and broke her wrist.», 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 thing acted on «way» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). 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/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Why is it a bad idea to touch frozen metal with your tongue on a very cold day?

- **1.** Metal tastes bad when it is frozen and makes your tongue go numb for a day — score 3
- **2.** The wet skin freezes to the metal and tears when you pull away — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** You would get a cold from the metal — no support
- **4.** Your tongue would melt the metal — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 8, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 322, line 2: «Cold can stick: wet skin freezes to very cold metal or a lolly straight from the freezer, and it tears when you pull away, so let frozen things warm a little a…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pull away» (+4); the same property (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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An Irish family goes camping in Australia and finds the sockets have slanted pins. Their plugs have three square pins. What should they do?

- **1.** Plug in only the earth pin — no support
- **2.** Use a wet cloth to make it fit — no support
- **3.** Force the plug in at an angle until the pins bend to fit — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** Use a travel adaptor made for Australian sockets — **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 217, line 4: «Plugs are different around the world, so travellers use a proper travel adaptor instead of forcing a plug in.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «plug» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Children on a tenth-floor balcony drop a tiny stone «just for fun». What is true?

- **1.** It only matters if they aim at someone — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** It will slow down and float down gently — no support
- **3.** It is far too small to hurt anyone, even from that height — no support
- **4.** Falling from that height it can badly hurt someone below — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 295, line 13: «Children should take medicine only from a grown-up; children's medicines have special doses, and adult medicines can harm children.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+5); the same doer «children» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-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/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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A mum calls a toddler's syrup «sweets» so he takes it. The next day he climbs up to the medicine shelf. What went wrong?

- **1.** He thought medicine was sweets and wanted more — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **2.** The syrup was too nice to stop — no support
- **3.** Toddlers can read medicine labels — score 5
- **4.** He was just being naughty for no reason — score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 31, line 6: «A toddler in Ohio pulled on a saucepan handle sticking out over the edge of the cooker; the hot water poured over him and he needed hospital treatment for burn…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «need» (+3); the same doer «toddler» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Which is true about medicines?

- **1.** A child can choose their own dose — score 7
- **2.** Adult medicines work better on children because they are stronger — score 3
- **3.** Half an adult tablet is always safe for a child — score 4
- **4.** Children's medicines have special doses and adult medicines can harm children — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 322, line 17: «Only a grown-up should give medicine; children's medicines have special doses, and adult medicines can harm children.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «harm» (+5); the same thing acted on «children» (+2); the same doer «adult medicines» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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A boy escapes a house fire and remembers his phone is inside. What should he do?

- **1.** Stay outside; nothing inside is worth his life — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Go in through the back door instead — no support
- **3.** Ask a friend to fetch it — score 7
- **4.** Run back in quickly to fetch it, before the fire reaches his room — **← Mova's choice** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 18, line 6: «A boy in New Jersey saw a car hit a bike and drive away, but he could not remember the colour or the plate; the police had little to go on.», 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 «hit» (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (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/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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At a New Year fireworks show, which is the safest way to watch?

- **1.** Holding a lit firework in your hand — **← Mova's choice** · score 10
- **2.** From a safe distance behind the line the adults set — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** Picking up used fireworks as souvenirs — score 6
- **4.** Right up next to the fireworks, so you get the very best view of them — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 322, line 7: «A teenager in Australia held a lit firework in his hand; it went off too soon and he lost part of a finger.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+5); the same place «hand» (+3); the same thing acted on «lit firework» (+2). 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/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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wanna drop a water balloon off the balcony onto ppl

- **1.** Never drop anything from a balcony — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **2.** It's just water, it's fine — no support
- **3.** Only from the first floor — no support
- **4.** Only drop it on friends — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 322, line 14: «Never throw or drop anything from a balcony; even a small object falling from high up can badly hurt someone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «drop» (+5); the same place «balcony» (+3); the same thing acted on «anything» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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firework didnt go off, gonna check it

- **1.** Kick it to see — no support
- **2.** Stay away; an adult soaks it in water later — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** Light it again — no support
- **4.** Go and check it straight away while it's cool — no support

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**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 322, line 19: «Fireworks and sparklers burn very hot: watch from a safe distance, never pick up a used firework (an adult soaks one that did not go off in water), and put fin…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «soak» (+3); the same doer «adult» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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plug doesnt fit the hotel socket, push harder?

- **1.** Bend the pins — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Use a fork to help — no support
- **3.** Use the right adapter; forcing it can shock you — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Push harder — 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/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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did u hear a kid picked up a used firework on bonfire night and "it went off in his hand". lesson?

- **1.** Pick them up with one finger — no support
- **2.** Kick them away instead — no support
- **3.** Never pick up a used firework; they can still burn very hot — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **4.** Used fireworks are always safe to touch once the sparks have stopped — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 322, line 19: «Fireworks and sparklers burn very hot: watch from a safe distance, never pick up a used firework (an adult soaks one that did not go off in water), and put fin…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pick up» (+5); the same thing acted on «used firework» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★ · right ✓ {#t14}

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my cousin says she forced a UK plug into an American socket and "the whole hotel blacked out". what's the true bit

- **1.** Forcing a plug can cause a shock; use a proper travel adaptor — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **2.** Adaptors are only for phones — no support
- **3.** Plugs fit every socket — no support
- **4.** Forcing it is fine if you push hard and fast so it can't spark — score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 322, line 13: «Forcing a plug into the wrong socket can damage it and cause an electric shock; use a proper travel adaptor.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «force» (+5); the same thing acted on «plug» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/t14/)

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### Test 15 · ★ · right ✓ {#t15}

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kids say the boy whose sleeve caught fire cooking "is a pyro" (someone who loves setting fires). pass it on?

- **1.** No, that's unkind; just roll up sleeves before cooking — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Yes, it's a funny story — no support
- **3.** Yes, and tell the teacher he likes fire — no support
- **4.** Yes, he's a pyro — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 322, line 10: «Roll up long sleeves and tie back long hair before cooking, because they can catch fire or drag a pan.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «roll up» (+4); the same thing acted on «long sleeves» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/t15/)

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

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the plugs used in the United Kingdom and Ireland?

- **1.** Three square pins — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** Two flat pins, side by side — no support
- **3.** Two slanted flat pins — no support
- **4.** Two round pins only — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 217, line 17: «The UK and Ireland use plugs with three square pins, the USA and Canada two flat pins, and Australia and New Zealand slanted pins.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same thing acted on «plugs» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/e1/)

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

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Identify the principal reason for which a toddler who has become quiet should be checked.

- **1.** Quiet toddlers are often getting into something dangerous — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **2.** Quiet toddlers are invariably asleep, and should be woken for their meals — no support
- **3.** Silence indicates illness in every case — no support
- **4.** Toddlers must be woken regularly — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 112, line 18: «A toddler who is very quiet in another room is often getting into something dangerous.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same place «something» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same doer «toddler» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/e2/)

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

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It is given that a fire has started in a dwelling where a pet lives. Select the response consistent with established guidance.

- **1.** The pet is searched for before leaving — no support
- **2.** A person returns inside to fetch the pet — no support
- **3.** Everyone gets out, and the firefighters are told about the pet — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **4.** The family remains inside with the pet — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 322, line 18: «In a fire, leave everything behind and get out; never go back in, and tell firefighters about any pets inside.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+5); the same thing acted on «firefighters» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/e3/)

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

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State the reason for which wet skin must not touch very cold metal.

- **1.** It may freeze, stick and tear when pulled away — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** It causes the skin to sweat — score 6
- **3.** It causes the metal to rust — no support
- **4.** It makes the metal warmer — no support

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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 322, line 11: «Wet skin can freeze and stick to very cold metal or ice, and it tears when you pull away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «freeze» (+5); the same doer «wet skin» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/322-blenders-sleeves-frozen-metal-plugs-balconies-medicine-and-fireworks/e4/)

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