Free Form Text Entry Question

I changed slide 1.1 to have the triggers you are asking for, but in my opinion, that is far from the biggest problem.

The biggest problem is that "respiratory status" is not equal to "respiratory status ", nor is "control of diabetes" equal to "diabetic control". That's why short answer questions (even with answers as short as these), are problematic if they lack human eyes to evaluate them. My personal preference is a word bank, with a list of options to choose from, whether by dragging, selecting, dropping down, or whatever.

The sample I recommended above can give you more flexibility, allowing you to easily choose a variety of answers that are close enough. It still requires a good deal of expertise to anticipate at least a majority of the forms a correct answer might take. I certainly would only use it for low-stakes assessment.