--- title: At the pharmacy — how Mova does on the tests · Medicine description: Lesson 20 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 11 tests right, exam 1 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/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/) / 20 # At the pharmacy **Tests:** 5 of 11 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 4 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 20 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/). 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/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/). ### Test 1 · right ✓ {#t1} "its just a shop, the guy behind the counter is a cashier" — fair? - **1.** No, the pharmacist is a trained medicines expert — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** No, he's a doctor in disguise — no support - **3.** Yes, but these cashiers do train for a week or two — no support - **4.** Yes, anyone can do the job — 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/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/t1/) ### Test 2 · right ✓ {#t2} Ollie, 4, has a cough and Dad grabs an adult cough syrup. What would the pharmacist say? - **1.** Fine if it's honey flavour — no support - **2.** Give him half the bottle — no support - **3.** Fine, just give him a big spoon, it can't do any harm — no support - **4.** Most cough medicines aren't for under-6s, ask first — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 11: «Some medicines are not licensed (approved) for younger children, for example most cough and cold medicines are not for children under 6 in the UK, so pharmacis…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «cough» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/t2/) ### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3} Mum asks for a medicine and the pharmacist asks "who's it for, any other meds?" Why? - **1.** Because the law says pharmacists have to be nosy — no support - **2.** To make sure it's right and safe for that person — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** To guess Mum's age — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **4.** To slow down the queue — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 11: «Some medicines are not licensed (approved) for younger children, for example most cough and cold medicines are not for children under 6 in the UK, so pharmacis…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «pharmacists» (+2); the same thing acted on «age» (+2). Against it: a different action (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/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/t3/) ### Test 4 · right ✓ {#t4} Aunt says herbal pills can't hurt cos they're natural. Right? - **1.** No, natural remedies can harm or interact with medicines — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Yes, if they're from a health shop — no support - **3.** Yes, plants are always safe — no support - **4.** No, but only if you eat them with milk — 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/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/t4/) ### Test 5 · wrong ✗ {#t5} A Scottish kid and his dad both get prescriptions. Who pays? - **1.** Only the dad, as an adult — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Neither of them — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Both of them pay half each — no support - **4.** Only the kid, at a child's price — 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/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/t5/) ### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6} what happens if you flush old pills down the loo? - **1.** They melt and vanish safely — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Nothing, the water at the works cleans them all away — no support - **3.** The water company sells them — no support - **4.** Medicines can get into rivers and harm wildlife — **✓ 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/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/t6/) ### Test 7 · wrong ✗ {#t7} Which problem should go to a doctor, not just the pharmacist? - **1.** A bit of dry skin — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A rash with high fever that doesn't fade under a glass — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** A small graze — no support - **4.** Mild hay fever — 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/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/t7/) ### Test 8 · right ✓ {#t8} In a game the potion shop sells "Cure-All" for every illness. What's the real-life truth? - **1.** No single medicine cures everything; each works on certain problems — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Natural potions cure all — no support - **3.** Expensive medicines cure everything — no support - **4.** Real pharmacies sell Cure-All too — 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/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/t8/) ### Test 9 · right ✓ {#t9} "Why's that one locked behind the counter, is it drugs?" Best answer? - **1.** It's too strong for anyone — no support - **2.** It's illegal stuff — no support - **3.** It's pharmacy-only, so the pharmacist asks a few questions first — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **4.** It's sweets for staff — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 20, line 9: «Pharmacy-only medicines are kept behind the counter because the pharmacist needs to ask a few questions first, not because they are poison.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «need» (+4); the same doer «pharmacist» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/t9/) ### Test 10 · wrong ✗ {#t10} What would happen if pharmacists didn't check prescriptions? - **1.** Doctors would never make any mistakes, so it wouldn't matter — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Mistakes in doses or mixes could reach patients — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Medicines would work faster — no support - **4.** Nothing at all — 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/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/t10/) ### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11} You once came out in a rash from a medicine. What do you tell the pharmacist? - **1.** Only if it was an expensive one, not a cheap one — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** That you hate all medicine — no support - **3.** Nothing, it's private — no support - **4.** Its name, so they never give it again — **✓ 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/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the provision of prescriptions to persons under the age of sixteen in England. - **1.** Such prescriptions are charged at half the adult rate — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Such prescriptions are not dispensed at all — no support - **3.** Such prescriptions are dispensed free of charge — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Such prescriptions are charged at the adult rate — 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/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Identify the principal reason for which certain medicaments are retained behind the pharmacy counter. - **1.** Their supply requires prior consultation with the pharmacist — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** Their possession by the public is prohibited by statute in all cases — no support - **3.** Their efficacy deteriorates in daylight — no support - **4.** Their price precludes open display — no support **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 20, line 9: «Pharmacy-only medicines are kept behind the counter because the pharmacist needs to ask a few questions first, not because they are poison.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «need» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). 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/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises homeopathic preparations? - **1.** They are subjected to more rigorous trials than conventional medicaments — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** They are diluted to such a degree that essentially none of the original substance remains — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** They may be supplied only upon prescription — no support - **4.** They are invariably more potent than conventional medicaments — 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/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Determine the appropriate means of disposal of unused or expired medicaments. - **1.** Retention at home for future administration — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Discharge into the public sewerage system — no support - **3.** Return to a pharmacy for safe disposal — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Deposition in the ordinary household refuse — 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/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/e4/) - ← previous: [19. Antibiotics, viruses and side effects](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/19-antibiotics-viruses-and-side-effects/) - next →: [21. What vitamins do](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/21-what-vitamins-do/) - ↑ back to [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/)