Sorry, it is incorrect to assume that you should not attempt to find applications on your own. In fact it is standard practice in many traditional teaching formats to allow discovery to the student so that the process of achieving kungfu is real as opposed to spoon fed.

teachers offer keys, you open the door yourself.

Every ma teacher I've had has encourage me to find applications besides those which have been shown. Occaisionally, the teacher will provide guidance on some of the applications that perhaps you didn't think of. There are definitely multiple applications to any given motion in martial art because it is dependent upon your position in a confrontation.