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title: Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters — how Mova does on the tests · Medicine
description: Lesson 4 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.
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# Cuts, grazes, stitches and splinters

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**Tests:** 5 of 11 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 4 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 4 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/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/).

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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/medicine/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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blood everywhere, I keep lifting the tissue to check if it stopped. fine?

- **1.** Yes, lift it every second to let air in — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** No, keep pressing without peeping for about 10 minutes — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** No, wipe it with a dry leaf from outside — no support
- **4.** Yes, checking loads helps it stop quicker — 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/medicine/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Josh says it's only rusty nails that give you tetanus. Right?

- **1.** No, tetanus comes from bee stings mostly — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** No, the danger is germs from soil in dirty wounds — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yes, and only the orange rust — no support
- **4.** Yes, only rust is the problem, clean nails are fine — 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/medicine/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Your scab is so itchy! Is the itch a bad sign?

- **1.** No, itching is part of normal healing — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** No, it means the scab is ready to pick off — no support
- **3.** Yes, it means the cut is getting deeper underneath — no support
- **4.** Yes, it means a bad infection is starting — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 4, line 16: «A scab is a dried blood clot protecting the new skin; picking it reopens the wound and can leave a bigger scar; an itchy scab is a normal part of healing.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «normal part» (+4); the same circumstance (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+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/medicine/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Mum wants to pour stinging antiseptic on my little graze. What's the advice?

- **1.** Grazes need a splash of vinegar — no support
- **2.** Grazes should never get wet while they heal — no support
- **3.** Antiseptic must always sting or it isn't working — no support
- **4.** Clean running water usually does the main job — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 4, line 2: «When you graze your knee in the playground, clean running water washing out the grit does the main job; stinging antiseptic is not needed for most grazes.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «clean running water» (+2); the same thing acted on «main job» (+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/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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In a cartoon, a hero sticks his cut together with tape from the shed and carries on. What's wrong?

- **1.** He should have used superglue from the shed — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Deep cuts need proper medical care to close and stay clean — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Nothing, cuts never need any care — no support
- **4.** Nothing, tape from the shed is better than stitches — 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/medicine/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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My splinter's deep under the nail. Can I dig it out with Mum's sewing needle?

- **1.** Better not; a nurse may need to remove it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** No, just leave it in there for a year — no support
- **3.** Yes, but heat the needle red hot first to kill germs — no support
- **4.** Yes, dig as deep as you like till it's out — 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/medicine/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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What would happen if a deep dirty wound were never cleaned?

- **1.** The dirt would slowly turn into new skin — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It would heal faster than a clean one — no support
- **3.** Germs could cause an infection — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Nothing, a bit of dirt is good for wounds — 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/medicine/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Ella fainted when she saw blood, and Tom called her a wimp. Who is wrong?

- **1.** Tom; fainting at blood is a common reflex — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Tom, because only doctors are allowed to faint — no support
- **3.** Neither, fainting means you are weak — no support
- **4.** Ella; she was faking it to get out of class — 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/medicine/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Which of these shows a cut is getting infected?

- **1.** It gets redder, hotter and puffier with pus — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** It slowly turns pink and smooth over a week — no support
- **3.** It forms a dry brown scab on top — no support
- **4.** It itches a little at night — 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/medicine/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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The red line is creeping up my arm from my cut and I feel hot. Wait a week?

- **1.** No, just pick the scab off to let it out — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** No, see a doctor quickly — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yes, it will pass on its own — no support
- **4.** Yes, red lines are a healthy sign — 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/medicine/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Why do they numb the skin before stitches?

- **1.** So putting in stitches does not hurt much — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** To make the cut close up by itself — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** So you fall asleep while they sew — no support
- **4.** To kill all the germs inside the cut — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 4, line 9: «Deep or gaping cuts are closed with stitches, medical skin glue or paper strips, after the area is numbed; edges held together heal better and leave a smaller…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «close» (+2); the same circumstance (+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/medicine/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/t11/)

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

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Identify the principal measure for the arrest of bleeding from a cut.

- **1.** Unimpeded bleeding until spontaneous cessation — no support
- **2.** Repeated removal of the dressing to inspect the wound — no support
- **3.** Application of hot water to the wound for some minutes — no support
- **4.** Firm and sustained pressure applied with a clean cloth — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 4, line 3: «A cut that bleeds a lot needs firm pressure with a clean cloth for about 10 minutes without peeping, so the blood can clot and plug the hole.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «firm pressure» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). 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/medicine/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the risk of tetanus?

- **1.** It arises from the sight of blood — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It arises exclusively from contact with rust upon old metal — no support
- **3.** It arises from soil-borne organisms entering deep or contaminated wounds — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** It arises from the removal of stitches before the wound has closed — no support

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**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/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/e2/)

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

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It is given that a wound has become red, hot and swollen and is discharging pus. State the most probable explanation.

- **1.** Excess skin is being formed at the margins — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The wound is healing in the ordinary manner — no support
- **3.** The wound has become infected — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The scab has been reabsorbed into the skin — 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/medicine/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the cleansing of a superficial graze.

- **1.** The wound is to be kept entirely dry and unwashed — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Grit is to be left in situ as protection against infection — no support
- **3.** Irrigation with clean running water is the principal measure — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Antiseptic causing stinging is indispensable to cleansing — 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/medicine/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/e4/)

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- ← previous: [3. Sprains, strains and bruises](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/3-sprains-strains-and-bruises/)
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