The Orange Revolution, the Maidan and the war

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 10 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 49 of the history 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.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · wrong ✗

Danylo says the Orange Revolution was the biggest protest on Earth. Better way to put it?

1. A protest that changed nothing — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The biggest war in history, with millions of soldiers — no support
3. A big, peaceful protest that won a fair re-vote — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A tiny protest of ten people — 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

Test 2 · right ✓

Danylo says the Maidan was about the EU and nothing else. What's the fuller story?

1. It began over the EU, then grew into a fight for dignity and honest government — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Only about football — no support
3. Only about bread prices — no support
4. It was never about the EU at all, but only about the high price of bread in the shops — 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

Test 3 · right ✓

«govt shot thousands on the maidan», Danylo says. What's the respectful fix?

1. About a hundred protesters were killed; the true number honours them — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. Nobody was hurt — no support
3. Only police died — no support
4. Exactly ten thousand people died in a single afternoon in the square — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 49, line 8: «In February 2014 about a hundred protesters were killed on and near the Maidan, many by snipers (hidden shooters), and police officers also died; the dead prot…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «kill» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «hundred protesters» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · wrong ✗

Danylo says Russia grabbed Crimea in one night. What's more exact?

1. It took a hundred years — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Crimea voted freely and fairly with UN observers watching every polling station — no support
3. It took weeks, with unmarked Russian soldiers — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Crimea was never taken — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 42, line 1: «Around 988 Prince Volodymyr of Kyiv took Christianity from Byzantium; Danylo says he dunked everyone in the Dnipro in one day, but a whole land took generation…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · wrong ✗

«donbas rebels were ALL russian soldiers lol». What's fairer?

1. All of them were Ukrainian army — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A Russian-backed war with both local and Russian fighters — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. All of them were tourists — no support
4. There was no fighting in Donbas — 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

Test 6 · wrong ✗

Danylo says a Russian missile shot down a plane full of people in 2014. Is he right?

1. No, it was brought down by a sudden storm over the steppe — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, nobody was on board — no support
3. Yes, that matches the international investigation of MH17 — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. No, it crashed in Brazil — 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

Test 7 · wrong ✗

Danylo says Russia attacked all of Ukraine in 2022 and Ukraine stood. What's fair to add?

1. Russia never attacked — no support
2. Ukraine lost every city — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. Kyiv held, but much of the south and east is still occupied — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The war ended in a week, when Russia turned around and went home — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 46, line 13: «In 1932–1933 millions died in Soviet Ukraine in a famine caused by Soviet policy: forced collectivisation (making farmers give their land and animals to big st…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «ukraine» (+2); the same thing acted on «people» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · wrong ✗

«Everyone said Kyiv falls in 3 days». What's the lesson from 2022?

1. Experts can be wrong; facts on the ground decide — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Kyiv did fall in 3 days — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Experts are always right — no support
4. Nobody ever made predictions — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 49, line 13: «Many analysts expected Kyiv to fall within days in 2022; President Zelensky stayed in the capital and Ukrainian forces stopped the attack north of the city.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fall» (+3); the same doer «kyiv» (+3); the same property (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · right ✓

A younger kid asks what happened in Bucha. What's a good, calm answer?

1. Many civilians were killed there, and courts are investigating — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. Tell every terrible detail you saw online, so they know everything — no support
3. Make a joke about it — no support
4. Say nothing ever happened — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 49, line 14: «After Russian troops withdrew from Bucha near Kyiv in spring 2022, investigators found many civilians killed; the UN and international courts are investigating…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «kill» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «many civilians» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · wrong ✗

Danylo says Ukraine took back everything in 2022. teacher shows a map. What's on it?

1. Kharkiv region and Kherson freed, large areas still occupied — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nothing freed at all — no support
3. Ukraine took Moscow — no support
4. All of Ukraine and Crimea freed — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 49, line 15: «In autumn 2022 Ukraine liberated much of the Kharkiv region and, in November, the city of Kherson on the Dnipro; large areas in the east and south, and Crimea,…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «liberate» (+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

Test 11 · wrong ✗

Danylo says Ukraine feeds the world. What's more exact?

1. It grows every meal on Earth — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It only grows sunflowers for decoration — no support
3. It is one of the world's biggest grain and oil exporters — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It imports all its food — 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

Test 12 · right ✓

If Ukraine's grain ports stayed blocked for years, what would most likely happen?

1. Bread and oil would cost more in many countries — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
2. Only Ukraine would notice — no support
3. Nothing would change anywhere — no support
4. Food would get cheaper everywhere — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 49, line 16: «Ukraine is one of the world's biggest exporters of wheat, corn and sunflower oil; when its Black Sea ports were blocked in 2022, food prices rose in many count…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «many countries» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2); a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the events on the Maidan in February two thousand and fourteen?

1. Several thousand protesters were killed in a single hour by soldiers of the regular army — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. No person was harmed and the president was re-elected — score 5
3. The protests concerned exclusively the price of bread — score 4
4. Approximately one hundred protesters were killed and the president subsequently fled to Russia — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 49, line 2: «In late 2013 President Yanukovych dropped an agreement with the EU, students protested, police beat them, and the protest grew into the Revolution of Dignity;…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «kill» (+4); the same thing acted on «hundred protesters» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the conclusion of the international investigation concerning the destruction of flight MH17 on the seventeenth of July, two thousand and fourteen.

1. The aircraft was struck by a Buk missile brought from Russia — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. The aircraft was destroyed by a storm — no support
3. The aircraft landed safely in Kuala Lumpur — no support
4. The aircraft was struck by a meteorite — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 49, line 11: «On 17 July 2014 Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine and all 298 people died; a Dutch-led (led by the Netherlands) international in…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bring» (+2); the same thing acted on «buk missile» (+2); the same place «russia» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the position of the United Nations General Assembly in respect of the referendum held in Crimea in two thousand and fourteen.

1. The referendum was declared fair and binding — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The referendum was declared invalid — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. No position was ever taken by any body — no support
4. The referendum was conducted by the Assembly itself — 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

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Ascertain which statement concerning the full-scale invasion commenced on the twenty-fourth of February, two thousand and twenty-two, is consistent with widely reported facts.

1. No refugees left Ukraine — no support
2. The capital Kyiv was captured within three days and the lawful government was removed from office — no support
3. Russian forces withdrew from the north of Kyiv by early April, while the war continued — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. The conflict concluded within one week — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 49, line 12: «On 24 February 2022 Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine; its forces reached Kyiv's outskirts but withdrew from the north by early April, and the w…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «withdraw» (+2); the same doer «forces» (+2); the same place «north» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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