Please, thank you, sorry, okay
Tests: 2 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 5 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 3 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 ✗
«BUD laska only means please, you can't say it after thanks» Which is right?
- 1. Right: you must say proBAch — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Right: after thanks you stay silent — no support
- 3. Wrong: after thanks you say BUvai — no support
- 4. Wrong: BUD laska also answers DYAkuyu, as «you're welcome» — ✓ 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
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
You trod on Sashko's brand-new Lego tower and he's really upset, still angry an hour later. Which sorry fits?
- 1. NIchoho — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. proBAch — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. DYAka — no support
- 4. vybaCHte — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
«vybachai sounds like chai so it's what you say at teatime» Which is right?
- 1. No, it means good morning — score 6
- 2. Yes, it means «tea, please» at the table — score 6
- 3. No, vybaCHAI is a sorry to a friend — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. Yes, it is the thanks for tea — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 3, line 10: «vybaCHAI means sorry to one friend, for example after bumping into him; the «chai» in it has nothing to do with tea.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «vybachai» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
You ask Sashko to swap cards; he says «LAdno…» with a long sigh. What does he mean?
- 1. He didn't hear you — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Brilliant, he loves the idea and can't wait — no support
- 3. Fine, whatever — he's not happy — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. No way, never — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗
Sashko's mum asks, «we'll eat at two, DObre?». Which reply fits?
- 1. nE-a, nikoli — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. DObre — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. proBAch, pani — no support
- 4. zdorOv, BUvai — 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 · ★ · right ✓
«saying neMA za shcho means there's nothing to eat» Which is right?
- 1. Yes, it is about an empty fridge at home — no support
- 2. Yes, it means I'm hungry — no support
- 3. No, it means don't mention it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. No, it means I'm full and can't eat any more — no support
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 3, line 9: «neMA za shcho means don't mention it, literally «there is nothing to thank for».», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2); the same doer «za shcho» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
What would happen if you said DYAka, not DYAkuyu, to the friend's grandad for a present?
- 1. He would take the present back — score 0
- 2. Nothing terrible, but the full DYAkuyu sounds nicer to him — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It would be a swear word to him — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 4. He would think you said sorry — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 2, line 8: «solOdkykh snIv means sweet dreams; mums say it to kids and friends say it at sleepovers, and the answer is DYAkuyu, i tobI! (thanks, you too).», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «friends» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
«just say sorry to a stranger with vybaCHAI, it's the same» What is right?
- 1. vybaCHAI is the only sorry there is — no support
- 2. Strangers should get proBAch — no support
- 3. You never say sorry to strangers, only to your friends — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 4. To an adult or stranger vybaCHte is the polite one — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 2: «To a friend your own age you say pryVIT (prih-VEET), or the very street zdorOv (zdo-ROV), often with a fist bump.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same receiver «friend» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
«ugh, vybaCHte, NIchoho, whatever, just give me the ball» What is the grumpy kid brushing off?
- 1. A long goodbye at the front door — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Thanks for the food — no support
- 3. The polite sorry and its answer — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A question about his age — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
In a game the hero says «pevno!» when the king asks for help. What does he say?
- 1. Probably not — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Of course! — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. I'm sorry, sire — no support
- 4. Maybe later — 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 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
«DYAkuyu — BUD laska — DYAkuyu — BUD laska…» Two kids keep going. Why does it work?
- 1. BUD laska is both please and the answer to thanks — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. They are saying hello and goodbye over and over again — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. They are arguing — no support
- 4. They are counting — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 6: «pryVIT means hi or hello; it is the informal hello for friends, brothers, sisters and kids your age; a grown-up may say it to a kid, but a guest kid greets gro…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same thing acted on «friend» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · 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 expression BUD laska?
- 1. It is an apology of considerable gravity — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It is a valediction reserved for the evening — no support
- 3. It signifies please and is equally employed as a reply to thanks and when handing an object — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It signifies thank you exclusively — 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 ✗
Identify the apology appropriate to be addressed to an adult stranger, or to precede a question put to such a person.
- 1. DYAka — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. vybaCHAI — no support
- 3. vybaCHte — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. LAdno — 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 ✓
Ascertain the circumstances in which proBAch is properly employed.
- 1. Following a genuine quarrel in which another person has been hurt — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. When soliciting the attention of a shopkeeper — no support
- 3. When expressing gratitude for a meal — no support
- 4. Upon a trivial collision with a stranger in a public thoroughfare — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Select the response consistent with the established usage of LAdno pronounced with a pronounced sigh.
- 1. It is a greeting upon arrival — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It conveys enthusiastic agreement and evident delight at the proposal — no support
- 3. It conveys reluctant consent, approximately «fine, whatever» — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It constitutes a firm refusal — 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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