I know! The head — and happy, angry, bored, scared
Tests: 3 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 5 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 18 of the ukrainian street 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 ✗
my bro says "ya radyi" means "I'm on the radio" lol. right?
- 1. No, it means I'm angry — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yes, it's about the radio — no support
- 3. No, it means I'm glad — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yes, it means I'm loud — 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 ✓
A girl in a story says "ya vtomYvsya". What should she say?
- 1. meni vtomYvsya — score 8
- 2. ya vtomylasya — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 3. ya vtomYvsya is right for girls too — no support
- 4. ya rada — score 10
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 18, line 7: «"ya radyi" means "I'm glad, I'm happy" when a boy says it; a girl says "ya rada", and the word has nothing to do with "radio".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on «ya rada» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · right ✓
Sashko is crying behind the shed. Which question is kindest?
- 1. shcho stAlosya? — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. de ty zhyvEsh? — no support
- 3. ty shcho, durnyi? — no support
- 4. SKILky tobI rokIv? — 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 4 · wrong ✗
Teacher says "vyklykaly batkiv" about a kid. How serious is that?
- 1. Not at all, he won a prize — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A small joke, nobody minds — no support
- 3. Real trouble: the parents were called in — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He just forgot his pen — 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 5 · right ✓
Why is "meni nUdno" a strange shape to an English ear?
- 1. It is only used by teachers — no support
- 2. It is a question, not a sentence — no support
- 3. It literally says "I am a boredom" — score 4
- 4. It literally says "to me it's boring" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 18, line 12: «"meni nUdno" means "I'm bored", literally "to me it's boring", and a friend may answer "daVAI hrAty!", let's play!», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «nudno» (+3); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · wrong ✗
A sign on a farm says "zlyi pes". Your mate says "aww, the dog's just a bit grumpy, go stroke it". Should you?
- 1. Yes, zlyi only means sad — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, it means the dog is asleep — no support
- 3. No, it means a vicious dog: keep away — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yes, it means a friendly dog — 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 ✗
shut up, i'm not scared, says Sashko's cousin, then whispers "meni strAshno". What does he really feel?
- 1. Angry, furious — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Scared — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Happy and calm — no support
- 4. Bored stiff — 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 8 · wrong ✗
Sashko is not scared at all, just furious that you won. Which is the right thing to say?
- 1. ne bIisya — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. ne plAch — no support
- 3. ne zlYsya — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. molodEts! — 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 9 · wrong ✗
In a cartoon, a kid shouts "ya znAyu!" when he doesn't know the answer. What is he claiming?
- 1. That he is bored — no support
- 2. That he doesn't know — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 3. That he knows the answer — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. That he needs the toilet — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 4: «Then come the moans every kid knows: "zavtra kontrOlna" (a test tomorrow), "nudno na urOtsi" (the lesson's boring), "ya ne zrobyv" (I didn't do it) and "daI sp…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «know» (+3); the same doer «kid» (+3); one says «not», the other does not (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 10 · wrong ✗
Sashko got a 12 and won a match on the same day. Which word fits best?
- 1. ya zlyi — ← Mova's choice · score 10
- 2. shchaslYvyi — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. ya vtomYvsya — score 10
- 4. meni sumno — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 14, line 6: «ya vyhRAv! means I won!, said by a boy; a girl says ya vyhRAla, and the answer can be molodEts (well done) or neCHEsno!», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «ya» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · wrong ✗
Your friend snaps "ya zlyi!" and slams his bag down. What is the best next step?
- 1. Say "ya znAyu!" — no support
- 2. Ask "chomu?" and give him a minute — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Laugh and call him a baby — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. Tell him "molodEts!" — score 5
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 4, line 17: «Calling a friend by his full name, like Oleksandr, can sound as if his mum is cross with him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+3); the same receiver «friend» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the utterance whereby a Ukrainian pupil customarily signifies, with raised hand, possession of the correct answer.
- 1. ne znAyu — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. shcho stAlosya? — no support
- 3. meni nUdno — no support
- 4. ya znAyu! — ✓ 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
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the meaning of the construction "meni strAshno" when rendered literally and in its customary sense.
- 1. Literally "I frighten", meaning "I am frightening" — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Literally "I am glad", meaning "I am happy" — no support
- 3. Literally "to me it is boring", meaning "I am bored" — no support
- 4. Literally "to me it is frightening", meaning "I am scared" — ✓ 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
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
It is given that a female speaker wishes to declare herself glad. Select the form appropriate to her.
- 1. ya rada — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. ya vtomYvsya — no support
- 3. ya zlyi — no support
- 4. ya radyi — 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 ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phrase "shcho stAlosya?"
- 1. It is a solicitous enquiry as to what has occurred — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It is a reprimand for misconduct — no support
- 3. It is a valediction upon departure — no support
- 4. It is an enquiry as to the hour — 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
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