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Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (painting the roses red)

Tests: 8 of 18 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 19 of 22 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 15 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 · ★ · right ✓

Kai: «the gardeners painted the roses white cos the Queen hates red, proper job.» (proper job = well done, West Country) Put it right.

  • 1. They painted white roses red, because the tree should have been red — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 2. They painted red roses white, because the Queen hates red — score 8
  • 3. They painted the white roses red, since the Queen loves white — score 5
  • 4. They painted white roses red, because the tree should have been red, and the Queen hates the colour white — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 15, line 1: «Just inside the garden, three gardeners shaped like playing cards are painting white roses red. They squabble and blame each other, and one of them, Two, expla…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «three gardeners» (+3); the same action «paint» (+2); the same property (+2); the same thing acted on «white roses» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

«Seven jogged my elbow.» — «That's right, Five! Always lay the blame on others!» What does Seven mean?

  • 1. He is being sarcastic: Five always blames someone else, and Seven is trying to be clever — no support
  • 2. He is praising Five for telling the truth — no support
  • 3. He is being sarcastic: Five always blames someone else — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. He is being sarcastic: Five always blames someone else, but Seven admits he jogged the elbow — ← Mova's choice · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 8: «Five splashes paint on Two and blames Seven, who «jogged my elbow»; Seven answers «Always lay the blame on others!»», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «jog» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «elbow» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

What would have happened to the gardeners if Alice had not hidden them?

  • 1. They would have been led off by the three soldiers to be executed, and the Queen would have watched — score 4
  • 2. They would have been led off by the three soldiers to be executed, and their heads cut off in the garden — score 4
  • 3. They would have been led off by the three soldiers to be executed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 4. They would have been sent off by the three soldiers to a feast — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 15, line 18: «The Queen orders «Off with their heads!», and the procession moves on, with three of the soldiers staying behind to execute the gardeners; Alice says «You shan…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «execute» (+2); the same doer «soldiers» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mia: «yeah nah, Alice lay flat on her face like the gardeners.» (yeah nah = no) Is that right?

  • 1. Right, it's a «no»: Alice stood still and waited — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Right, it's a «no»: Alice stood still and waited, and then she told the Queen off for being rude — no support
  • 3. Right, it's a «no»: Alice stood still and waited, because the Queen was not looking her way at all — no support
  • 4. Right, it's a «yes»: Alice lay flat and stayed still — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 3: «Alice stays standing, because what is the use of a procession if everyone lies on their faces? The Queen asks her name; Alice answers very politely, but thinks…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stay» (+4); the same doer «alice» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Why does Alice dare to say «Nonsense!» to the Queen?

  • 1. She is angry now — no support
  • 2. She is brave today — score 5
  • 3. She has realised they're only a pack of cards and she needn't be afraid — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 4. She has decided the King will protect her from the Queen's anger here — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 14, line 4: «The jokes are word tricks: the sisters «draw» treacle from the well, and also «draw» pictures of things that begin with M, like the moon, memory and «muchness»…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+4); the same doer «alice» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Queen knows the three gardeners at once.»

  • 1. False: they lie face down, and their backs look like all the others', so she cannot tell which is which at all — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 2. False: they lie face down, and their backs look like all the others' — ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 3. True: they lie face down, and their backs look like the King's — no support
  • 4. False: they lie face down, and their backs look like all the others', and the Queen is too angry to look closely at anyone — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 15, line 14: «The gardeners lie face down, and their backs have the same pattern as the rest of the pack, so the Queen can't tell who they are.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same doer «queen» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

«She boxed the Queen's ears—» Alice gives «a little scream of laughter». Why does the Rabbit hush her?

  • 1. He thinks Alice is being very rude to him — score 1
  • 2. He is afraid the Queen will hear and be angry — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. He is afraid the King will fall asleep — score 5
  • 4. He is afraid the Queen will hear and be angry, and then she will order his execution — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 7, line 9: «The little house has a bright brass plate on the door reading "W. RABBIT", and Alice goes in without knocking and hurries upstairs, afraid of meeting the real…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rabbit» (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

«Did you say 'What a pity!'?» asks the Rabbit. What did Alice really say, and what does she think?

  • 1. She said «What a pity!» and really thinks it is a pity — ← Mova's choice · score 10
  • 2. She said «What for?» and thinks it is not at all a pity, and she hopes the Rabbit will stop asking — score 9
  • 3. She said «What for?» and thinks it is not at all a pity — ✓ the right answer · score 9
  • 4. She said «What for?» and thinks it is not at all a pity, because the Rabbit is so rude to her — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 15, line 20: «The White Rabbit whispers that the Duchess is «under sentence of execution»; Alice asks «What for?», and when the Rabbit asks «Did you say 'What a pity!'?», sh…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «pity» (+2); the same thing acted on (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

The King says «she is only a child!» What does this show about him?

  • 1. He is kind — no support
  • 2. He is crueller than the Queen — ← Mova's choice · score 8
  • 3. He is gentler and more timid than the Queen — ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 4. He is brave and wants to fight the Queen — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 15, line 13: ««My name is Alice, so please your Majesty» is the old polite way to speak to a queen; to herself she says «they're only a pack of cards, after all. I needn't b…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «king» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Looking back: in chapter VI, the Frog-Footman received a letter. What was it?

  • 1. An order from the Queen for the Duchess to be beheaded — no support
  • 2. An invitation from the Queen for the Duchess to play croquet — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 3. A warning from the Cheshire Cat to the Duchess — no support
  • 4. A letter from the King — no support

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 11, line 8: «The Fish-Footman brings a letter "nearly as large as himself": "For the Duchess. An invitation from the Queen to play croquet."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «play» (+3); the same thing acted on «croquet» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: what did the White Rabbit fear, in chapter IV, when he lost his gloves and fan?

  • 1. That the Duchess would get him executed, «as sure as ferrets are ferrets», if he lost the gloves and fan for good — ← Mova's choice · score 8
  • 2. That the Duchess would get him executed, «as sure as ferrets are ferrets» — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. That the Duchess would get him executed, «as sure as ferrets are ferrets», and the Queen would come with her soldiers to watch — no support
  • 4. That the Queen would have him executed, as the Duchess would have said — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 3, line 14: «When Alice timidly says "If you please, sir—", the Rabbit drops the gloves and fan and scurries away into the darkness; Alice picks them up and, "as the hall w…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «rabbit» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «gloves» (+2). Against it: a different action (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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter I, Alice once tried to box her own ears. Why?

  • 1. For cheating at croquet — ← Mova's choice · score 3
  • 2. For cheating herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, and then she lost anyway — score 3
  • 3. For being rude to herself during a long game of croquet with the Duchess — no support
  • 4. For cheating herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 2, line 18: «Alice "generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it)", and she once tried to box her own ears for cheating at croquet against h…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «croquet» (+2); the same action «cheat» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter VI, the Cheshire Cat asked Alice if she played croquet with the Queen. What did she answer?

  • 1. She would like it very much, but she hadn't been invited yet — ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 2. She would like it, but the Queen had not yet sent her a card — score 6
  • 3. She would like it very much, but she hadn't been invited yet, and the Cat was not invited either — score 6
  • 4. She would like it very much, but she hadn't been invited yet, so she asked the Cat to take her there — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 12, line 18: «The Cat asks if Alice plays croquet with the Queen today; she has not been invited yet, and the Cat says "You'll see me there", and vanishes (that is the first…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+4); the same doer «cat» (+4). The right option, 1, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

Looking back: what did the Cat say just before it vanished in chapter VI?

  • 1. «You'll see me there, if you go to the croquet game» — score 5
  • 2. «You'll see me there» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. «I'll see you soon» — no support
  • 4. «You'll see me there, I'm sure, when the Queen's game begins at noon» — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 12, line 20: «The Cat asks "Did you say pig, or fig?", then vanishes slowly, "beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin"; before that Alice asks it not to…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «cat» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★ · right ✓

Lily: «Alice's been scared of everyone since the start, it's giving coward.» (it's giving = it looks like) Put it right using this part.

  • 1. She stands up to the Queen and says «Nonsense!» loudly — she is getting braver — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 2. She stands up to the Queen and says «Nonsense!» loudly, then tells the King she is getting braver and not scared any more of the cards — score 3
  • 3. She stands up to the Queen and says «Nonsense!» loudly, and she is getting braver every time she speaks to the court — score 3
  • 4. She stands still and begs the Queen to forgive the gardeners in tears — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 15, line 3: «Alice stays standing, because what is the use of a procession if everyone lies on their faces? The Queen asks her name; Alice answers very politely, but thinks…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★ · right ✓

★★★ Count the procession: ten soldiers, ten courtiers, ten royal children, then the Knave, and the King and Queen. Not counting the guests, how many is that?

  • 1. 33 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. 9 — no support
  • 3. 3 — no support
  • 4. 31 — 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 17 · ★ · wrong ✗

★★★ The three soldiers stay behind to execute the gardeners. If the procession began with ten soldiers, how many soldiers walk on with it?

  • 1. 0 — ← Mova's choice · score 10
  • 2. 7 — ✓ the right answer · score 10
  • 3. 3 — score 10
  • 4. 9 — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 15, line 11: «The procession: ten soldiers carrying clubs, ten courtiers ornamented with diamonds, ten royal children ornamented with hearts, «jumping merrily along hand in…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «procession» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 18 · ★ · wrong ✗

★★★ The gardeners are Two, Five and Seven. Add their numbers and take away the number of soldiers who stay behind. What do you get?

  • 1. 14 — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. 11 — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. 3 — no support
  • 4. 9 — 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 · right ✓

Identify the reason for which the gardeners were engaged in the painting of the roses.

  • 1. Red paint had been spilled on a white rose-tree by the cook in error — no support
  • 2. A white rose-tree had been planted in error in place of a red one, because the cook sent the wrong bulbs from the kitchen — score 7
  • 3. A white rose-tree had been planted in error in place of a red one, and the Queen will be angry — score 7
  • 4. A white rose-tree had been planted in error in place of a red one — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 15, line 1: «Just inside the garden, three gardeners shaped like playing cards are painting white roses red. They squabble and blame each other, and one of them, Two, expla…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «plant» (+4); the same thing acted on «white rose tree» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that the Queen commanded the beheading of Alice. Select the response which most accurately characterises Alice's rejoinder.

  • 1. She declared it «Nonsense!» loudly and decidedly, and then she ran off to find the Rabbit — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. She declared it «Nonsense!» loudly and decidedly, and then she bowed deeply to the whole court — no support
  • 3. She laughed and called the Queen a silly pack — no support
  • 4. She declared it «Nonsense!» loudly and decidedly — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · right ✓

Ascertain the means by which Alice preserved the three gardeners from execution.

  • 1. Their concealment within a large flower-pot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 2. Their concealment within a large flower-pot placed behind the rose-tree — score 3
  • 3. Their release by the Knave's soldiers — no support
  • 4. Their concealment within a large flower-pot, after the Queen had turned away — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 15, line 18: «The Queen orders «Off with their heads!», and the procession moves on, with three of the soldiers staying behind to execute the gardeners; Alice says «You shan…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+4); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · 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 implements of the Queen's croquet?

  • 1. Flamingoes served as balls, soldiers as mallets and hedgehogs as arches — no support
  • 2. Hedgehogs served as balls, flamingoes as mallets and soldiers as arches, and the Duchess played along with them all — ← Mova's choice · score 1
  • 3. Hedgehogs served as balls, flamingoes as mallets and soldiers as arches, though the Queen kept changing the rules — no support
  • 4. Hedgehogs served as balls, flamingoes as mallets and soldiers as arches — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 6: «The Duchess says "Here! you may nurse it a bit, if you like!", flinging the baby at Alice, and goes to get ready to play croquet with the Queen; the cook throw…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «duchess» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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