--- title: Being in hospital, and a sick parent or grandparent — how Mova does on the tests · Medicine description: Lesson 33 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 11 tests right, exam 3 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/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/) [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/) / 33 # Being in hospital, and a sick parent or grandparent **Tests:** 6 of 11 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 33 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/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/). 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/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} "grandma's bald so the chemo isn't working" — right? - **1.** Yes, bald means it has failed and stopped — no support - **2.** No, hair loss doesn't mean it's failing — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** No, she was always bald — no support - **4.** Yes, hair shows how well it works — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 **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 22, line 4: «Adverts love words like «boost your immune system», but boost is a selling word, not science: a healthy immune system works well with good food, sleep and exer…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «work» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). 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/medicine/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Dad's in bed all day with depression. Your cousin says "he's just lazy". Truth? - **1.** He'll be fine if you shout to wake him up — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It's because of you — no support - **3.** Depression is an illness, not laziness — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Your cousin is right, he should get up — 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/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} You argued with Mum and next day she went into hospital. Did you cause it? - **1.** Yes, worry makes others ill — **← Mova's choice** · score 2 - **2.** Yes, it was your fault for upsetting her — no support - **3.** No, an argument can't cause illness — **✓ the right answer** · score -4 - **4.** Maybe, if you shouted really loudly at her — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 20, line 15: «Pharmacists ask about past reactions to medicines so they never hand over one that has made you ill before.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored -4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4} Machines round Grandad beep constantly. What should you do if worried? - **1.** Ask a nurse what the machines do — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10 - **2.** Unplug them so he can rest — no support - **3.** Run out of the hospital — no support - **4.** Shout for a doctor every single time one beeps — score -1 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 10, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 33, line 15: «Hospital machines monitor heart rate, oxygen and breathing and beep when something needs checking, which is often not urgent.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «need» (+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/medicine/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} Grandad is dying and you don't know what to say. What helps? - **1.** Stay away so you don't upset him — no support - **2.** Say nothing, he can't hear anything now — no support - **3.** Pretend nothing's happening — no support - **4.** Say what you want, hold his hand, and it's fine to cry — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 32, line 15: «Little children screaming at jabs aren't being naughty, and a calm older brother or sister holding their hand can really help.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «hand» (+4); the same action «hold» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6} You look after your mum, do shopping and help her wash. Who could help you? - **1.** Only the police — no support - **2.** Your teacher and the school can support young carers — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **3.** Nobody, you must cope with it all by yourself — no support - **4.** Only your friends' parents — score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 33, line 13: «Children who help look after an ill or disabled family member are called young carers, and schools and councils can support them.», 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 «support» (+3); the same doer «schools» (+3). Against it: 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/medicine/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} "Brother gets all the attention since he got ill, I hate it" — what's the best step? - **1.** Tell your parents how you feel — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Pretend to be ill too, to get some attention — no support - **3.** Break his toys — no support - **4.** Keep it secret forever — 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/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} What would happen if a scared child in hospital had nobody to explain things? - **1.** Nothing changes, children don't need explaining to — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **2.** She'd feel braver — score 4 - **3.** She'd likely feel more frightened and alone — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **4.** She'd heal faster and more quietly without all the chatter — score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 32, line 14: «Stickers and praise help children remember the good part of a hard experience, and they deserve praise even if they were scared.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «children» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9} In a soap opera a kid catches cancer from his best mate. What's wrong? - **1.** Only between best friends who share everything — no support - **2.** Only in hot countries, where it spreads more — no support - **3.** Nothing, it spreads like flu does — no support - **4.** Cancer can't be caught from someone — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 33, line 2: «Illness is never a child's fault: not a quarrel, not a bad thought, not something you forgot to do caused it, and you cannot catch cancer or depression from so…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «cancer» (+4); the same action «catch» (+3); the same place «someone» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} Mum has an illness and you fear you'll get it too. What's sensible? - **1.** Ask your doctor or parent, most illnesses aren't passed on — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **2.** Stop eating — no support - **3.** Assume you'll get it one day too — no support - **4.** Never talk about it — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 33, line 16: «Most illnesses aren't passed from parent to child, and doctors can answer questions about family risk.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «most illnesses» (+4); the same action «pass» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Max is in hospital and his class forgets to write. What could they do? - **1.** Send cards or video messages — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Visit with a cold — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 - **3.** Nothing, hospitals don't allow post — no support - **4.** Wait until he's back and say hello then — score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 25, line 15: «In the USA and many other countries children often see a paediatrician, a children's doctor, for everyday care; in the UK children usually see a GP and meet pa…», 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 «see» (+3). 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/medicine/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the transmission of cancer between persons. - **1.** Cancer is not transmitted from one person to another — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Cancer is transmitted by close physical contact — no support - **3.** Cancer is transmitted through coughing or sneezing — no support - **4.** Cancer is transmitted by the sharing of cups and cutlery — 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/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Identify the principal reason for which chemotherapy frequently occasions the loss of hair. - **1.** It is administered by injection through the scalp — no support - **2.** It indicates the failure of the treatment — no support - **3.** It destroys rapidly dividing cells, including those of the hair — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 - **4.** The disease itself consumes the roots of the hair — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 33, line 9: «Chemotherapy kills fast-growing cells, including cancer cells and hair cells, so hair often falls out and usually grows back after treatment.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «growing cells» (+4); the same doer «chemotherapy» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Ascertain the most accurate characterisation of depression. - **1.** An infection transmitted by contact — no support - **2.** An illness affecting mood, energy and thought — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8 - **3.** A transient sadness of an afternoon — no support - **4.** A form of idleness and lack of will — no support **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 33, line 10: «Depression is an illness that affects mood, energy and thinking; it is not laziness or just being sad, and doctors treat it with talking therapy and sometimes…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «affect» (+4); the same doer «illness» (+3); the same thing acted on «mood» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Determine the designation customarily given to a child who assists in the care of an ill or disabled member of the family. - **1.** A junior nurse — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A young carer — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** A ward assistant — no support - **4.** A palliative specialist — 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/33-being-in-hospital-and-a-sick-parent-or-grandparent/e4/) - ← previous: [32. Needles and brave faces](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/32-needles-and-brave-faces/) - next →: [34. Exercise and posture](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/34-exercise-and-posture/) - ↑ back to [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/)