Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Hole (the fall)

Tests: 8 of 16 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 13 of 20 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1 of the books 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 ✗

Mia goes: "Alice saw a talking rabbit and was like, whoa, that's mad, and ran after it." Put her right.

1. The talking seemed natural; the watch amazed her — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. The rabbit's talk shocked her; the watch did not — no support
3. She was amazed by the talking rabbit and then by the watch, which she thought was rather ordinary and sensible for the Rabbit to own — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. The talking amazed her at once, but she thought the watch was perfectly natural for a rabbit to carry about — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 1, line 9: «Alice did not find a talking rabbit strange at the time; what made her start to her feet was the Rabbit taking "a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket"; a waistco…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «alice» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Tayo, Gen Alpha: "Alice jumped in the hole with zero plan, that's so delulu." ("delulu" = living in a dream, not facing facts.) Which line from the book backs him up?

1. "considering how in the world she was to find her sister again" — no support
2. "never once considering how in the world she was to get out again, and thinking only of the cat and the jar she carried" — score 3
3. "she fell with great care, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again or where she was going" — score 3
4. "never once considering how in the world she was to get out again" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1, line 11: «She followed it into a large rabbit-hole under the hedge, "never once considering how in the world she was to get out again".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «world» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Why does the book say Alice's joke about falling off the top of the house was "very likely true"?

1. Because the top of the house was very, very high in the air — no support
2. Because she would be too frightened to speak at all later — no support
3. After such a fall she would be too hurt to say anything — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
4. She was too brave — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 15: «She joked that after such a fall she would think nothing of tumbling downstairs, and would not say anything about it "even if I fell off the top of the house"…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same thing acted on «anything» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

What would have happened if Alice had dropped the jar?

1. It might have hit and hurt somebody underneath — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. It might have hit and hurt somebody underneath, and the jar would also have broken into a hundred little pieces — score 8
3. It would have splashed the walls of the well — score 0
4. It might have landed on the cat, Dinah — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1, line 14: «Alice took a jar labelled "ORANGE MARMALADE" from a shelf; it was empty, and she put it into a cupboard because she did not want to kill somebody underneath by…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «alice» (+4); the same thing acted on «somebody» (+4); the same property (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Nan, a bit cross: "Fancy curtseying while you're falling! Ridiculous." Why is it funny?

1. Curtseying is hard to do while falling — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is silly — no support
3. You cannot bow politely while tumbling through the air — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She is rude — 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 ✓

Kieran from Dublin: "Ah she's an eejit, she thought she'd land in Australia, so she did." ("eejit" = idiot.) What did Alice actually wonder?

1. If she would land in the middle of the ocean — no support
2. Whether she would fall right through the earth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Where Australia was — no support
4. Whether she would reach the sea below — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1, line 17: «She wondered if she would fall right through the earth and come out among people walking upside down and called them "the Antipathies"; she meant the Antipodes…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fall» (+2); the same doer «alice» (+2); the same place «earth» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Why did Alice decide not to ask the lady which country it was?

1. She was embarrassed that the lady would say she was rude — score 2
2. She feared the lady would think her an ignorant little girl — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
3. She was afraid the lady would tell her off, and send her to bed without any supper for asking such a foolish question — score 4
4. She was worried the lady would think her silly and rude — score 12

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 12, tied with another option at 12 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1, line 18: «She planned to ask a lady "Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?" but decided not to ask, because the lady would think her "an ignorant little girl"…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+4); the same doer «lady» (+4); the same thing acted on «alice» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

True or false: Alice knew exactly what Latitude and Longitude meant.

1. True — no support
2. True: she knew what they meant, and liked them — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. False: she had no idea, but liked the grand words — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. False — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 16: «Alice guessed she was near the centre of the earth, "four thousand miles down", and said "Latitude" and "Longitude" without knowing what they meant, because th…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «know» (+4); the same doer «alice» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

"Do cats eat bats? Do bats eat cats?" Why did the order of the words not matter to Alice?

1. Because the two questions were asked by the same person and she did not wish to answer anything at all now — no support
2. She thought both answers were the same — no support
3. Because she did not care about either — no support
4. She could not answer either question — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 20: «Sleepy, Alice kept asking "Do cats eat bats?" and sometimes "Do bats eat cats?", because she could not answer either question, so the order did not matter; the…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «answer» (+3); the same thing acted on «question» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Callum, rough: "Shut up about your stupid cat, we're falling down a hole here!" Who in the story talks about Dinah while falling?

1. The Rabbit — no support
2. Alice, speaking aloud to the Rabbit who was falling down beside her in the dark well — no support
3. The Rabbit, who was hurrying along the passage and talking to himself about his Duchess and ears — no support
4. Alice, to herself — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 20: «Sleepy, Alice kept asking "Do cats eat bats?" and sometimes "Do bats eat cats?", because she could not answer either question, so the order did not matter; the…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «alice» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gran from Glasgow: "Wee Alice was dreamin' the whole way doon, aye?" ("wee" = little, "doon" = down.) Which is true?

1. She decided to stop and climb back up — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She began to doze off, and then began to dream about her cat Dinah and the milk she loved so much at tea-time — no support
3. She began to doze and dream about Dinah — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She began to wake and think about the Rabbit — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

What would a real person probably do if they fell four thousand miles?

1. Call out loudly and wait for someone to come — no support
2. Fall much more slowly and then land very softly on a heap of soft pillows, which is what really happens in dreams — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Get badly hurt, so the gentle fall shows it is dreamlike — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Be very badly hurt, perhaps even killed, so the gentle fall, which Alice does not suffer from, shows it is a dream — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 4: «The hole turns into a very deep well, and she falls so slowly that she can look at shelves and cupboards, grab a jar, chatter about the centre of the Earth and…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «fall» (+3); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why does the narrator say there was "nothing so very remarkable" in seeing the Rabbit at first?

1. Rabbits run about gardens, and she was not alarmed by it — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Rabbits are common, and she thought little of it then — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Rabbits are very rare — no support
4. A rabbit with a waistcoat was not so unusual then — 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

★★★ Read carefully: "it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this". When did Alice think the talking rabbit strange?

1. Not until she was falling down the hole and had a chance to think about the matter in detail — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. As soon as the Rabbit had said the words, and before it ran off towards the hedge and out of sight — score 6
3. Afterwards, when she thought it over — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. While she was still sitting by the bank — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 1, line 3: «Burning with curiosity, Alice dashes after him and jumps down a rabbit-hole without once thinking how she will get out again.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+4); the same doer «alice» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★ · right ✓

★★★ Alice says the centre of the earth is "four thousand miles down". If she has fallen all the way to the middle, how much farther to come out on the other side?

1. About four thousand miles more — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. About four thousand miles back — no support
3. Few miles — no support
4. None at all — 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 16 · ★ · wrong ✗

★★★ Alice says "Down, down, down" and the narrator says it twice. How many separate times does the phrase "Down, down, down" begin a paragraph in this part?

1. 0 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 1 — no support
3. Four — no support
4. Two — ✓ 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the occurrence which induced the protagonist to rise to her feet and pursue the White Rabbit.

1. The sudden appearance of a talking rabbit near the bank — no support
2. The Rabbit's loud complaint about being late for the Duchess — no support
3. The moment when the Rabbit, looking at its own waistcoat, took out a timepiece and held it up to see the hour — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. The removal by the Rabbit of a watch from its waistcoat-pocket — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1, line 10: «Only later "it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this"; at the time a talking rabbit seemed quite natural.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «seem» (+2); the same doer «talking rabbit» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the reason for which the protagonist declined to release the jar during her descent.

1. Apprehension that it might cause the death of a person below — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Apprehension that it might strike and kill a person standing on the floor at the bottom of the well, which would be dreadful — no support
3. Fear that the jar would be lost, since she intended to bring it back to the kitchen and put it safely on the shelf — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Worry that it might break and spill a sticky mess below — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 14: «Alice took a jar labelled "ORANGE MARMALADE" from a shelf; it was empty, and she put it into a cupboard because she did not want to kill somebody underneath by…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «put» (+4); the same thing acted on «jar» (+3). 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

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that the protagonist intended to refer to the Antipodes. Determine the term she in fact employed.

1. The Antipodes, which is the word she meant to say about the opposite side of the world — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The Antipathies — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The Antiquities — no support
4. The Antipathetic — 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 ✓

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the protagonist's condition upon reaching the bottom.

1. She sustained no injury whatsoever — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She was slightly bruised and sore — no support
3. She was unhurt and cheerful, and immediately ran to see whether the White Rabbit was still in the passage ahead — no support
4. She was not hurt at all, although she was shaken and somewhat dizzy from the long, slow descent into the well — 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

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