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title: Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lakes and quarries — how Mova does on the tests · Medicine
description: Lesson 71 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 2 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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# Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lakes and quarries

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**Tests:** 2 of 11 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 5 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 71 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/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/).

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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/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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«them flags are for babies, the good waves are over here». What would happen to Kai outside the flags?

- **1.** Nothing, flags are just for decoration — no support
- **2.** Lifeguards watch every part of the beach equally — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **3.** He could be in a rip with no lifeguard watching — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The waves would be safer there — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 71, line 6: «Lifeguards watch the water between the red-and-yellow flags; outside them nobody may be watching.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «watch» (+4); the same doer «lifeguards» (+3). The right option, 3, 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/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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«rips drag you under, everyone knows». Right?

- **1.** Yes, they pull you to the seabed — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** No, they pull you out, and tiredness and cold drown people — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** No, they push you onto rocks — no support
- **4.** Yes, but only 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/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Jayden: «it's giving Maldives, no cap» («no cap» = no lie) at the blue quarry. What's the truth?

- **1.** Quarries are warm like holiday seas in the summer — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Blue water means clean and safe — no support
- **3.** The blue hides deep, cold, dangerous water — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Quarries are shallow at the edges — 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/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Mia: «if Ollie was drowning he'd be screaming, wouldn't he?» What should she do?

- **1.** Swim out and check on him — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** Shout for an adult now; drowning is often silent — **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **3.** Wait until he starts screaming — score 4
- **4.** Film it in case he's messing — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 65, line 2: «Darnell screams «VAR, check EVERYTHING!» at the telly, but VAR only looks at four things, goals, penalties, straight red cards and mistaken identity, and only…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «check» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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«I'm a strong swimmer, I'll just jump in for him, sorted». What would likely happen?

- **1.** The cold water wouldn't affect a good swimmer — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The friend would climb out on his own back — no support
- **3.** Two people in trouble instead of one — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The rescue would be quick and easy — 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/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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«It's lush and sunny, the lake'll be like a bath». What's true in the UK?

- **1.** Lakes are hottest of all on bright sunny days — no support
- **2.** Lake water is always above 20 °C in summer — no support
- **3.** Sunny air doesn't warm deep water much — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** The sun heats a deep lake in a few minutes — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 71, line 9: «UK seas, lakes, rivers and quarries stay cold all year, and sunny air does not mean warm water.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «sunny air» (+3); the same thing acted on «warm water» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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In a cartoon the hero swims out to sea, punches a wave and swims back easily. What's the real rule?

- **1.** Strong kids can swim anywhere at sea if they're brave — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Waves only hurt cartoon characters — no support
- **3.** Swim between the flags; never fight a rip — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Punching waves makes them smaller — 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/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Seán: «ah, it's grand, only up to me knees». What can fast water do?

- **1.** Push him gently back to the bank — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Carry the ball back to him — no support
- **3.** Nothing below the knee is dangerous — no support
- **4.** Knock him over even below the knee — **✓ the right answer** · 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/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Zara: «the lifeguards have gone home, who do I even ring?»

- **1.** The council office in the morning — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nobody, it's too late to do anything — no support
- **3.** The lifeguards' home phone number — no support
- **4.** 999, and ask for the Coastguard — **✓ the right answer** · 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/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Ethan: «tide's miles away, chill». Why can that change fast?

- **1.** Tide fills flat sand faster than you walk — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Sandbanks rise with the tide — no support
- **3.** The tide always comes in from the front — no support
- **4.** Tides only move once a week, so there's lots of time — 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/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Priya: «bruv, I can't touch the bottom!» and thrashes. What would floating do?

- **1.** Pull her into a rip — no support
- **2.** Make her sink faster — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **3.** Keep her face up while the gasping passes — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** Make the cold water shock even worse and longer — score 7

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**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 71, line 3: «UK open water stays cold even in summer, and sudden cold makes you gasp and breathe wildly (cold water shock); the RLSS (Royal Life Saving Society) advice «Flo…», 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 «make» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Identify the principal hazard associated with entering the sea outside the area demarcated by red and yellow flags.

- **1.** The presence of excessively warm water — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Rip currents in water not supervised by lifeguards — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** An increased risk of sunburn alone — no support
- **4.** The risk of losing personal belongings — 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/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/e1/)

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

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the behaviour of a person who is drowning?

- **1.** The person is frequently silent and unable to call for assistance — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** The person is readily identifiable by splashing — score 5
- **3.** The person swims rapidly towards the shore — score 5
- **4.** The person invariably screams and waves — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 16, line 14: «During a seizure, adults keep the person safe by moving hard things away, time it, put them on their side afterwards, and call 999 if it lasts over five minute…», 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 doer «person» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/e2/)

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

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It is given that a companion has entered a canal and is in difficulty. State the conduct recommended by the Royal Life Saving Society.

- **1.** Await the arrival of the companion at the bank — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Enter the water forthwith to effect a rescue — no support
- **3.** Call the emergency services, instruct them to float and throw a buoyant object — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Depart the scene and inform no person — 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/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/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 cold water shock.

- **1.** A condition prevented by a substantial lunch — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A pleasant sensation of warmth upon entry — no support
- **3.** A condition occurring only in water below freezing — no support
- **4.** Uncontrolled gasping which subsides within approximately ninety seconds — **✓ the right answer** · 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/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/e4/)

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