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Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party (no room, riddles and Time)

Tests: 9 of 20 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 19 of 24 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 13 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 ✗

Mo says: «she sat down cos they invited her, innit.» (innit = isn't it) Put it right.

  • 1. Nobody invited her: they shouted «No room!» and she sat anyway — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. They did invite her, and she was very polite about it — no support
  • 3. Nobody invited her: they shouted «No room!» and she sat anyway, then asked for wine and got tea — no support
  • 4. She was invited by the Hatter, who said it kindly — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 11: «The riddle is «Why is a raven like a writing-desk?»; later the Hatter says «I haven't the slightest idea» and the March Hare says «Nor I».», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «hatter» (+3); the same action «say» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

«Hatter knew the raven answer, he just wouldn't tell, no cap.» (no cap = honestly) Is that true?

  • 1. Yes, he said the answer was a secret — score 5
  • 2. Yes: he gave the answer, that a raven has wings — no support
  • 3. Yes, he gave the answer, which was that a writing-desk has a raven on it, honestly — no support
  • 4. No: he said «I haven't the slightest idea» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 13, line 11: «The riddle is «Why is a raven like a writing-desk?»; later the Hatter says «I haven't the slightest idea» and the March Hare says «Nor I».», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «hatter» (+4); the same thing acted on «slightest idea» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

The table «was a large one», but the three were «crowded together at one corner». What does this tell us?

  • 1. «No room!» was not true; there was plenty of room, and the Dormouse had been sitting in the middle all along — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 2. «No room!» was not true; there was plenty of room, so they crowded together by choice — no support
  • 3. «No room!» was not true; there was plenty of room — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. They had plenty of room, but chose to sit close — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 7: «At the table sit the March Hare, the Hatter and the Dormouse, who is fast asleep and used as a cushion.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit» (+3); the same doer «march hare» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Why is «I breathe when I sleep» the same as «I sleep when I breathe» for the Dormouse?

  • 1. He is asleep nearly all the time, so whenever he breathes he is sleeping — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. He is asleep nearly all the time, so whenever he breathes he is sleeping, and he never wakes up properly for tea — no support
  • 3. He breathes while he sleeps, so both are the same thing — no support
  • 4. He is asleep nearly all the time, so whenever he breathes he is sleeping, and he snores through every single meal — 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 ✓

What would happen at a school if a child were friends with Time, as the Hatter explains it?

  • 1. The clock would jump to dinner-time at once — no support
  • 2. Time could whizz the clock from lessons to dinner — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. Lessons would last all day long — no support
  • 4. Time could whizz the clock from lessons to dinner, and the school would close for ever — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 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 13, line 17: «The Hatter talks of Time as a person: «It's him.» If you kept on good terms with him, he says, Time would jump the clock from nine o'clock lessons to half-past…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «time» (+2); the same thing acted on «clock» (+2); the same place «nine o'clock lessons» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Alice says she would not be hungry at half-past one if Time jumped forward. What does the Hatter answer?

  • 1. You could keep it at half-past one as long as you liked — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
  • 2. You would be late for every class — no support
  • 3. Yes, at once — score 6
  • 4. You could be as hungry as you liked, always — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 13, line 17: «The Hatter talks of Time as a person: «It's him.» If you kept on good terms with him, he says, Time would jump the clock from nine o'clock lessons to half-past…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same circumstance (+3); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Leah from Pittsburgh: «yinz all know the Hatter's watch tells the time, like o'clock.» (yinz = you lot) Put it right.

  • 1. It tells the day of the month, not what o'clock it is — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 2. It tells what o'clock it is, not the date at all — score 7
  • 3. It tells the hour — score 7
  • 4. It tells the year and the month, not what o'clock it is — score 7

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 13, line 15: «The Hatter's watch tells the day of the month, not the hour; he says Alice's watch does not tell the year either; she says that is because the year «stays the…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «hatter» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Alice's watch does not tell the year «because it stays the same year for such a long time». Why does the Hatter say «Which is just the case with mine»?

  • 1. His watch shows the date, but never the hour now — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 2. It is a broken watch — no support
  • 3. His watch shows the minutes and not the hours at all — score 7
  • 4. His watch shows no hours, as if the hour were always the same — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 13, line 3: «The Hatter's watch shows the day of the month, not the hour, and it is two days wrong, because the March Hare put butter in it, «the best butter». The March Ha…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «show» (+4); the same doer «watch» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Tom, a bit mardy (sulky): «March Hare put cheese in the watch, that's why it's wrong.» Put it right.

  • 1. It was butter, «the best butter», and crumbs got in with it — ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 2. It was butter from the cow, and tea got in with it — no support
  • 3. It was butter, «the best butter», and crumbs got in with it, then the Hare dipped it in tea — ← Mova's choice · score 8
  • 4. It was bread, and the Dormouse ate it all up — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 13, line 3: «The Hatter's watch shows the day of the month, not the hour, and it is two days wrong, because the March Hare put butter in it, «the best butter». The March Ha…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «dip» (+4); the same doer «march hare» (+3); the same place «tea» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which is TRUE about the tea-party so far?

  • 1. The Dormouse has been awake since the start — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The March Hare pours Alice a cup of wine — no support
  • 3. Tea was served — no support
  • 4. The Hatter asks a riddle that nobody can answer — ✓ 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 11 · ★ · right ✓

The Hatter says Time «won't stand beating». What joke does he make?

  • 1. «Beat time» means tap the beat in music, but he pretends it means hit Time — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 2. He means Time is a tune, which is easy to hear — no support
  • 3. «Beat time» means tap the beat in music, but he pretends it means hit Time, and the Dormouse laughs at it — score 6
  • 4. «Beat time» means tap the beat in music, but he pretends it means hit Time with a stick, which is rude — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 13, line 18: ««Beat time» in music means tapping the beat; the Hatter pretends it means hitting Time, who «won't stand beating».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3); the same doer «beat time» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: which creature first told Alice where the Hatter and the March Hare live?

  • 1. The Mock Turtle, sighing at the sea shore — no support
  • 2. The Cheshire Cat, waving one paw and then the other, grinning from the branch of a tree — ← Mova's choice · score 11
  • 3. The Cheshire Cat, waving one paw and then the other — ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 4. The Duchess, shaking her baby in the kitchen — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 11, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 12, line 3: «The Cheshire Cat is grinning on a branch; Alice asks it which way to go, and it says that depends on where she wants to get to, then tells her that everyone ro…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grin» (+3); the same place «branch» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «cheshire cat» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter VI Alice went to the March Hare's thinking «as this is May» he would be what?

  • 1. Not quite so mad as he was in March — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Just as mad as he always was — no support
  • 3. Not quite so mad as he was in March, but still quite mad as a hatter in the afternoon — no support
  • 4. Less mad, and more like a rabbit — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 17: «Alice is now "about a thousand times as large as the Rabbit", yet she "trembled till she shook the house" when she hears him coming, forgetting she has no reas…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «alice» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

Looking back: who else in the book has a watch, and how is it different?

  • 1. The Caterpillar, who had a pipe and a watch of brass — no support
  • 2. The Hatter, whose watch shows the day but no hours at all — score 5
  • 3. The Hatter, whose watch was wrong — score 9
  • 4. The White Rabbit, who took his from his waistcoat-pocket to check if he was late — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 14

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 14, against 9 for the next best. 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 action «take» (+5); the same doer «rabbit» (+5); the same place «waistcoat pocket» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: «Twinkle, twinkle, little bat» comes out wrong, like poems earlier in the book. Which one did Alice get wrong for the Caterpillar?

  • 1. «How doth» — no support
  • 2. «Twinkle» — ← Mova's choice · score 9
  • 3. «How doth the little crocodile» — no support
  • 4. «You are old, Father William» — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 8, line 20: «She looks under the big mushroom, on both sides of it and behind it, and then thinks of looking on the top: there, on top of the mushroom, as tall as she is, s…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «alice» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★ · right ✓

Looking back: what did Alice do to grow to about two feet high before going to the March Hare's house?

  • 1. Nibbled the left-hand bit of the mushroom — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
  • 2. Nibbled the left-hand bit of the mushroom, then the right-hand bit, which made her shrink — score 9
  • 3. Swallowed a bottle marked DRINK ME — score 7
  • 4. Ate the right-hand bit of the mushroom — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 10, line 8: «Nibbling the right-hand bit, she feels "a violent blow underneath her chin: it had struck her foot!", because she is shrinking so fast.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «nibble» (+2); the same doer «alice» (+2); the same thing acted on «hand bit» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 17 · ★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: falling down the rabbit-hole, Alice wondered «Do cats eat bats?» Why is the «little bat» song a nice echo of that?

  • 1. Bats come up in Alice's head again, mixed into a nonsense song that the Hatter sings to a Queen — no support
  • 2. Bats come up in Alice's head again, mixed into a nonsense song — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. The song mentions a bat, as Alice once asked it to — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 4. The bat in the song flies away from the cat — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 13, line 4: «When Alice asks the answer to the riddle, the Hatter says he has not the slightest idea. Alice grumbles that they are wasting time, and the Hatter says Time is…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «ask» (+4); the same doer «alice» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 18 · ★ · wrong ✗

★★★ «I see what I eat» and «I eat what I see». Which pair below changes its meaning in the same way when turned round?

  • 1. «I see what I eat at tea time every day» and «I breathe when I sleep at every tea time» — no support
  • 2. «I like what I get» and «I get what I like» — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. «The hare is mad» and «The mad hare is» — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 4. «I see what I eat at tea time every day» and «I breathe when I sleep at every tea time, always» — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 12: «The March Hare tells Alice «Then you should say what you mean»; the Hatter shows that turning words round changes the sense: «I see what I eat» is not the same…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «march hare» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 19 · ★ · right ✓

★★★ Alice says it is «The fourth», and she is right; the watch is «two days wrong». Which days could the watch be showing?

  • 1. The second or the sixth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
  • 2. The second, the sixth, or any day at all in the month — score 12
  • 3. The first or the seventh — score 12
  • 4. Only the day after the fourth, which is the fifth of the month — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 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 13, line 3: «The Hatter's watch shows the day of the month, not the hour, and it is two days wrong, because the March Hare put butter in it, «the best butter». The March Ha…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «show» (+5); the same doer «watch» (+5); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 20 · ★ · wrong ✗

★★★ Careful: who was singing when the Hatter quarrelled with Time, and who quarrelled?

  • 1. Time sang, and the Hatter quarrelled with him — score 8
  • 2. The Dormouse sang, and Alice quarrelled with Time — score 6
  • 3. The Hatter sang, and the Hatter and Time quarrelled — ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 4. The Hatter sang, and the Hatter and Time quarrelled at the Queen's concert last March — ← Mova's choice · score 12

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 12, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 13, line 5: «But the Hatter quarrelled with Time last March, at the Queen of Hearts' concert, while he was singing «Twinkle, twinkle, little bat! How I wonder what you're a…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «quarrell» (+4); the same thing acted on «last march» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «hatter» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the reason adduced by the Hatter for the inaccuracy of his watch to the extent of two days.

  • 1. The introduction of butter into its works, accompanied by crumbs, and a cup of tea poured over it — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The introduction of butter into its works, accompanied by crumbs — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Butter put inside the mechanism by the Hare, with crumbs following — no support
  • 4. Damp from the rain falling on the works — 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 · right ✓

It is given that Alice was offered wine where none was present. Select the response which most accurately characterises her rejoinder.

  • 1. That the offer was not very civil — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Yes please — no support
  • 3. Not rude — no support
  • 4. That she would like some tea — 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 · wrong ✗

Ascertain the answer furnished by the Hatter in respect of the riddle «Why is a raven like a writing-desk?»

  • 1. That the answer was a secret — no support
  • 2. That he had not the slightest idea — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. That it has no answer at all, he says — ← Mova's choice · score 8
  • 4. That he knows it, but will not tell — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 11: «The riddle is «Why is a raven like a writing-desk?»; later the Hatter says «I haven't the slightest idea» and the March Hare says «Nor I».», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «hatter» (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the Hatter's relations with Time?

  • 1. A quarrel arose at a concert of the Queen of Hearts, whereupon Time ceased to oblige him, and he now lives in the garden — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. A quarrel arose at a concert in the spring, and Time sulked at him — no support
  • 3. A quarrel arose at a concert of the Queen of Hearts, whereupon Time ceased to oblige him — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. A quarrel arose at the Queen's concert, so Time grew cross with the Dormouse — 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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