--- title: Cricket and rugby, baseball and American football — how Mova does on the tests · Medicine description: Lesson 45 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 12 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/medicine/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/) [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/) / 45 # Cricket and rugby, baseball and American football **Tests:** 3 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★★ · **Understood:** 4 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 45 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/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/). 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/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/). ### Test 1 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Harry: "Proper Test match, this." It's 5 overs each. If a real over were 8 balls, how many would each bowl? - **1.** 30 — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** 85 — no support - **3.** 40 — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** 13 — 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/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Thabo: "Lekker shot, that's a six!" It bounced once before the rope. What would make it a real six? - **1.** Hitting the rope post — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Clearing the rope without bouncing — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Bouncing exactly twice — no support - **4.** Rolling slowly over the rope — 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/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} Ishaan: "It's grand, I'll just duck." What's the hard-ball rule for him? - **1.** A cap is as good as a helmet — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Helmet with face guard, every time — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Helmets only in matches — no support - **4.** Ducking is enough at the nets — 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/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Rhys's team leads 10–8 and scores a try but misses the conversion. New score? - **1.** 17–8 — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** 13–8 — no support - **3.** 15–8 — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** 12–8 — 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/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t5} Ruby: "Sweet as, try time!" She threw it forward, like in American football. Why is a forward pass wrong in rugby? - **1.** Forward passes are only for kickers — no support - **2.** Rugby passes go only sideways or back — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **3.** Only kicks may go backwards in rugby — no support - **4.** Rugby has no passing at all — no support **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 45, line 2: «Each game also has its own safety rule. A hard cricket ball means a helmet with a face guard; rugby passes go only sideways or backwards, and tackles never at…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same doer «rugby passes» (+1); 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/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} Darragh: "Ah, I'll grab him round the head, it's grand." What would happen in a real tackle at the head? - **1.** A clean tackle and a free kick to his side — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** A penalty try for Darragh's team — no support - **3.** A risk of concussion, and it's a foul — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Nothing, heads are tough — 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/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} Lucas wasn't knocked out but feels odd and sees double. His mate says "you're grand, get back on." What's right? - **1.** If in doubt, sit them out — **✓ the right answer** · score 3 - **2.** No knockout means no concussion, so he's fine — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** Play on but stay out of all the tackles — no support - **4.** Go back on after a drink of water — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 45, line 3: «The most important rule is the same in every sport: after a knock to the head, if in doubt, sit them out. Seeing two balls, a headache, dizziness or just feeli…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3); the same thing acted on «concussion» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} A player had a concussion on 1 March. Earliest return to competitive sport, counting 21 days on? - **1.** 1 April — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** 2 March — no support - **3.** 8 March — no support - **4.** 22 March — **✓ 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/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t9} Tyler: "Ain't no way, ump!" A batter gets four balls outside the zone. What happens? - **1.** He walks to first base — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** He gets a home run — no support - **3.** He gets three more strikes — no support - **4.** He's out — 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/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t10} Brayden's team scores 2 touchdowns and both kicks are good. He says that's 14 "cos touchdowns are seven". Is the total right, and why? - **1.** No, it's 16, kicks are 2 — score 4 - **2.** No, it's 12, kicks don't count — no support - **3.** Yes, 14, but it's 6 for the touchdown plus 1 for each kick — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **4.** Yes, 14, because touchdowns are 7 on their own — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 45, line 15: «In American football a touchdown is 6; the kick after adds 1 or a two-point conversion adds 2; a field goal is 3 and a safety 2; the attack has 4 downs to gain…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «6» (+3); the same circumstance (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). 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/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11} Kayla: "Flag till I'm older, that's so mid." What's a true fact for her? - **1.** Flag football isn't a real sport, just a game for little kids — no support - **2.** Flag football has more tackles — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** Flag football is played 11 a side — no support - **4.** Flag football is set to be in the Olympics in 2028 — **✓ the right answer** · 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 45, line 16: «Flag football, with flags pulled from a belt instead of tackles, means far fewer head knocks; it was reported it will be in the Olympics for the first time at…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «flag football» (+3); the same thing acted on «fewer head knocks» (+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/medicine/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/t11/) ### Test 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t12} 3 teammates are on base, then the hitter whacks it so far that all 3 and the hitter get round to home. How many runs? - **1.** 3 — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** 6 — no support - **3.** 4 — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** 1 — 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/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/t12/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} It is given that a batter strikes the ball such that it crosses the boundary without first making contact with the ground. Determine the number of runs awarded. - **1.** Six — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Two — no support - **3.** One — no support - **4.** Four — 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/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Pursuant to the laws of rugby, identify the directions in which the ball may lawfully be passed. - **1.** Forwards only, towards the try line — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** In any direction whatsoever — no support - **3.** Backwards only, and solely by kicking — no support - **4.** Sideways or backwards — **✓ 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/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3} Select the response consistent with the guidance applicable in the United Kingdom concerning a suspected concussion. - **1.** The player is withdrawn and returns to competition after no fewer than twenty-one days — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** The player returns at the subsequent match — no support - **3.** The player continues unless rendered unconscious upon the field — no support - **4.** The player returns after a rest of five minutes — 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/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} It is given that a team records two touchdowns, two successful extra-point kicks and one field goal. Ascertain the aggregate score. - **1.** Fourteen points — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Seventeen points — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Twenty-one points — no support - **4.** Nineteen points — 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/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/e4/) - ← previous: [44. Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and ice skating](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating/) - next →: [46. Hurt on the pitch: rolled ankles, dead legs, win…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/46-hurt-on-the-pitch-rolled-ankles-dead-legs-winded/) - ↑ back to [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/)