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title: Shchedryk, New Year, Easter eggs and birthdays — how Mova does on the tests · Ukrainian street
description: Lesson 28 of the ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 10 tests right, exam 3 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Shchedryk, New Year, Easter eggs and birthdays

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**Tests:** 4 of 10 right · **Exam:** 3 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 5 of 14 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 28 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays/).

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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/ukrainian-street/28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays/).

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### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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my mate says Carol of the Bells is an old English song. right?

- **1.** Yes, it was written in London for a church choir — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** No, its tune comes from the Ukrainian ShchedrYk — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yes, by a church choir in York — no support
- **4.** No, it is from Germany — 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/ukrainian-street/28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays/t1/)

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### Test 2 · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Your little brother grabs Sashko's granny's pYsanka to play bytky. What's the problem?

- **1.** bytky is played only with chocolate eggs — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** pYsanky are raw eggs — no support
- **3.** pYsanky are art, not for knocking — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Nothing, that's what they're for — 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/ukrainian-street/28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays/t2/)

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### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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In a game you knock krAshanky: yours cracks, Sashko's doesn't. Who wins?

- **1.** Sashko — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** You, the cracked one — no support
- **3.** Whoever's egg is bigger — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** Nobody, it's a draw — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 28, line 14: «"krAshanky" are plain dyed eggs, and "bytky" is the game of knocking them together: the egg that does not crack wins.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «krashanky» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). 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/ukrainian-street/28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays/t3/)

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### Test 4 · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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Sashko's granny says "KhrystOs voskrEs!" and you answer "SlAvimo Yoho!". What went wrong?

- **1.** Nothing, it's right — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** You should say "z NOvym rOkom!" — no support
- **3.** That's the Christmas answer; Easter needs "VoIstynu voskrEs!" — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** You should say "DYAkuyu" — 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/ukrainian-street/28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays/t4/)

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### Test 5 · right ✓ {#t5}

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Your mate thinks Ukrainian Easter is always on the same day as English Easter. What's true?

- **1.** The date often differs — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** It is always on 24 August — no support
- **3.** It is always in winter — no support
- **4.** It is always the same day — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 28, line 11: «"Velykden" means Easter, literally "the Great Day"; families take baskets to church, and its date often differs from Easter in England.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «differ» (+2); the same doer «date» (+2); the same property (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays/t5/)

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### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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The family sings "mnohaya lita" at grandad's birthday. Why?

- **1.** To start dinner at the table — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** To wish everyone a happy Easter — no support
- **3.** To wish him many years — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** To say goodbye to the guests — 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/ukrainian-street/28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays/t6/)

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### Test 7 · right ✓ {#t7}

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Sashko says "z NOvym rOkom!" to you. What's a natural reply?

- **1.** i vas! — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** ne lai! — no support
- **3.** VoIstynu voskrEs! — no support
- **4.** proBAch! — 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/ukrainian-street/28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays/t7/)

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### Test 8 · right ✓ {#t8}

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On 24 August Sashko's family wears embroidered shirts and waves flags. What day is it?

- **1.** Rizdvo, Christmas — no support
- **2.** Den Nezalezhnosti, Independence Day — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **3.** Velykden, Easter — no support
- **4.** Novyi rik, New Year — no support

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**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 28, line 17: «"Den Nezalezhnosti" means Independence Day, on 24 August, marking Ukraine's independence in 1991; families wear vyshyvanky, embroidered shirts, and wave blue-a…», 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 thing acted on «independence day» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays/t8/)

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### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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What would happen if you said "z dnem narodzhennya!" on Sashko's birthday?

- **1.** He'd think you said Happy Easter — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He'd be offended — no support
- **3.** He'd ask for his presents back at once — no support
- **4.** He'd be pleased and say "DYAkuyu!" — **✓ the right answer** · 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/ukrainian-street/28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays/t9/)

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### Test 10 · right ✓ {#t10}

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In which year did Ukraine become independent, which Den Nezalezhnosti marks?

- **1.** 1917 — no support
- **2.** 1991 — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **3.** 2014 — no support
- **4.** 1945 — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 28, line 17: «"Den Nezalezhnosti" means Independence Day, on 24 August, marking Ukraine's independence in 1991; families wear vyshyvanky, embroidered shirts, and wave blue-a…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays/t10/)

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

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Identify the Ukrainian composition whose melody is known in the English-speaking world as "Carol of the Bells".

- **1.** kolyadky in general — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** ShchedrYk — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the national anthem — no support
- **4.** mnohaya lita — 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/ukrainian-street/28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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It is given that the greeting "KhrystOs voskrEs!" has been addressed to a guest on Easter Day. Select the fixed response prescribed by custom.

- **1.** VoIstynu voskrEs! — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** z NOvym rOkom! — no support
- **3.** SlAvimo Yoho! — no support
- **4.** HeroYam slAva! — 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/ukrainian-street/28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays/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 distinction between "pYsanky" and "krAshanky"?

- **1.** The former are used in the knocking game; the latter are works of art — no support
- **2.** Both are uncooked eggs reserved for baking — no support
- **3.** The former are patterned works of art; the latter are plainly dyed eggs used in the knocking game — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **4.** Both are chocolate confections — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 28, line 4: «Easter eggs come in two kinds: pYsanky, works of art drawn with wax and dye, which you admire and never smash, and krAshanky, plain dyed eggs, which kids knock…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «work» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «art» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays/e3/)

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

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Ascertain the date upon which Ukraine observes its Independence Day.

- **1.** The twenty-fourth of August — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The first of January — no support
- **3.** The sixth of December — no support
- **4.** The twenty-fifth of December — 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/ukrainian-street/28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays/e4/)

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