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title: Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine — how Mova does on the tests · Politics
description: Lesson 24 of the politics course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 11 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

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**Tests:** 6 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 8 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 24 of the politics 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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A boy in Boston says: «wicked confusing, my grandpa says Kiev and my teacher writes Kyiv, who's wrong?» What is the best answer?

- **1.** Kyiv is a spelling mistake that the teacher keeps making, and Grandpa's spelling is the only right one — no support
- **2.** Kyiv comes from Ukrainian and is now standard; Kiev is the older spelling from Russian — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** They are two different cities a long way apart — no support
- **4.** Kiev is the only correct spelling — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 24, line 13: «Kyiv is the spelling that comes from Ukrainian and Kiev the older one from Russian; most big news organisations now use Kyiv.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «come» (+3); the same place «ukrainian» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Hannah's grandad from the Black Country says: «that Kalush lot were bostin', but they only won 'cause of the war, ar.» Which is fair?

- **1.** People may have voted for more than one reason: support for Ukraine and the song itself — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Eurovision has no public vote, so only judges choose the winner, and they always pick the saddest song — no support
- **3.** Russia won that year — no support
- **4.** The song got no votes at all — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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A girl in Cardiff says: «Mum's tamping, the gas bill's doubled. How can a war that far away do that?» What is the link?

- **1.** The war switched off the Sun over Europe for a whole winter, so everyone had to burn more gas to keep warm — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Russia sold much of Europe's gas, supplies were cut, and prices jumped — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The bill went up because Wales joined the war — no support
- **4.** Wales gets all its gas from Kharkiv — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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In the playground a boy sneers: «shut up, they're both as bad as each other, always scrapping.» What fact comes first?

- **1.** There is no war at all — no support
- **2.** Russia's army invaded Ukraine in 2022; people argue about how the war should end — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Nobody knows who crossed the border — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** Ukraine invaded Russia first in 2022 — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 24, line 3: «Think of a playground: whatever else two children argue about, who crossed into the other's space is a fact you can check. Here the widely reported fact is tha…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cross» (+2); the same doer «fact» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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A game map shows Crimea coloured as Russia; Ethan's map shows it in stripes. Why?

- **1.** Crimea moves between countries every year — no support
- **2.** Map makers just guess the colours — no support
- **3.** Crimea is a small island in the Pacific Ocean, far from both countries, so nobody knows whose it is — no support
- **4.** Russia says Crimea is Russian since 2014; most countries and a UN vote say it is Ukraine — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 24, line 9: «In 2014 Russian forces took control of Crimea and Russia said it had joined Russia after a vote; most countries and a UN General Assembly vote said Crimea is s…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same doer «russia» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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What would happen to the red shaded area on the map if one army pushed the other back?

- **1.** Its shape would change, because it shows land each side controls — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** It would show only sunflower fields — no support
- **3.** Nothing, because it shows rainfall — no support
- **4.** It would turn blue for the summer and red again in winter, whatever the armies did on the ground — **← Mova's choice** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 1: «In the UK you do not vote for the prime minister directly. The country is split into about 650 areas, each area picks one MP, and the leader of the party with…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «become» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Why do families in Ukraine use air-raid alarm apps?

- **1.** They count the sunflowers growing in the fields — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** They play soft music at bedtime so that children fall asleep faster — no support
- **3.** They warn of missiles or drones so people can take shelter — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** They remind people to go shopping before the shops close — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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A friend says: «the war started in 2022, nothing happened before that.» How do you correct it?

- **1.** Russian forces took Crimea in 2014; the full-scale invasion came in 2022 — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **2.** The war started in 1066 — no support
- **3.** Ukraine started it in 2010 by invading Crimea — no support
- **4.** Nothing has happened at all — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 24, line 9: «In 2014 Russian forces took control of Crimea and Russia said it had joined Russia after a vote; most countries and a UN General Assembly vote said Crimea is s…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same doer «russian forces» (+4); the same place «2014» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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A boy in Toronto asks: «peace talks again, eh? so the war's done?» What is the careful answer?

- **1.** Yes, the war ended in 2022 — score 3
- **2.** The UN ended the war with one vote in New York, so it is completely over and the soldiers have gone home — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** Talks were reported, but the latest news said the fighting had not stopped — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** No talks have ever happened — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 18: «Real wars last years and hurt families; soldiers who come home often say war is nothing like games or films.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «soldiers» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Why did some of the 35 countries abstain in the 2 March 2022 vote, by their own account?

- **1.** They said they wanted to stay neutral or friendly with both sides — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** They were not allowed to vote — score -2
- **3.** They all forgot to come to the meeting that day — score 0
- **4.** They were not UN members — score 0

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 1, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 24, line 9: «In 2014 Russian forces took control of Crimea and Russia said it had joined Russia after a vote; most countries and a UN General Assembly vote said Crimea is s…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Which statement fairly shows the main views on how to end the war?

- **1.** Some say make a deal fast even if land is lost; others say land taken by force must not be rewarded — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **2.** Everyone agrees on how to end it — score 4
- **3.** Nobody on either side wants the war to end — score 4
- **4.** Both governments want to give all land away — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 24, line 18: «People argue about how to end the war: some say make a deal quickly even if Ukraine loses land; others say land taken by force must not be rewarded.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «some» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the events of 24 February 2022.

- **1.** Ukraine commenced a full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The two states concluded a treaty of perpetual peace — no support
- **3.** The Russian Federation commenced a full-scale invasion of Ukraine — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Both states acceded to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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State the outcome of the vote of the General Assembly of the United Nations on 2 March 2022.

- **1.** One hundred and ninety-three in favour and none against — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** One hundred and forty-one in favour, five against and thirty-five abstentions — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Five in favour, one hundred and forty-one against and thirty-five abstentions — no support
- **4.** Thirty-five in favour, five against and one hundred and forty-one abstentions — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the status of Crimea as regarded by most states?

- **1.** Crimea, over which Russian forces assumed control in 2014, remains part of Ukraine — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Crimea was transferred voluntarily by Ukraine to Turkey — no support
- **3.** Crimea has constituted part of the French Republic since 1945 — no support
- **4.** Crimea is an independent state recognised by all members of the United Nations — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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Identify the spelling of the capital of Ukraine that is derived from the Ukrainian language.

- **1.** Kyiv — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Kief — no support
- **3.** Kiew — no support
- **4.** Kiev — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/24-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/e4/)

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