Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tarts? (the court and the first witness)

Tests: 8 of 19 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 17 of 23 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 21 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 ✓

Abi: «the Queen was the judge, she had the wig on, innit.» (innit = isn't it) Put it right.

1. The judge was the Queen, wearing her crown over the wig — score 4
2. The judge was the King, wearing his crown over the wig — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. The judge was the King, wearing his crown over the wig, and the Queen sat on the throne beside him — score 7
4. The jury was the King, wearing his hat under the wig — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 21, line 8: «Alice had never been in a court of justice, but had read about them in books; she knows the judge «because of his great wig» — and the judge is the King, weari…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «judge» (+3); the same thing acted on «king» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

The jurors write their names «for fear they should forget them». What does this show?

1. They are silly jurors who cannot remember their own names at all in court — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. They are quite honest jurors — score 7
3. They have very good memories — no support
4. They are very silly jurors — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 21, line 2: «Alice is pleased to know the names of things from books: the judge is the King, because of his great wig (with his crown on top, which looks most uncomfortable…», 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 «king» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗

What would happen to Bill's evidence notes now that he writes with his finger?

1. He would write them on his hand instead — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Nothing would be on his slate at all, though he could still write notes on his finger — score 5
3. Nothing would be on his slate at all — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nothing would be on his slate at all, and the King would scold him for losing his pencil — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 21, line 3: «When Alice says «Stupid things!», the jurors all write «stupid things!» on their slates, and one of them can't spell «stupid». Another juror's pencil squeaks;…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «poor bill» (+3); the same action «write» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓

Mason, kinda nesh (feeling the cold): «why'd Alice take the pencil, was she just being mean?» What's the reason in the book?

1. It was her own pencil and she wanted it back — no support
2. It broke, and she wanted to mend it — no support
3. It squeaked, and she «could not stand» it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. It squeaked, and she was being mean, since she wanted the pencil for herself in court — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 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 21, line 3: «When Alice says «Stupid things!», the jurors all write «stupid things!» on their slates, and one of them can't spell «stupid». Another juror's pencil squeaks;…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «squeak» (+3); the same doer «pencil» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓

Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The King wants to hear all the evidence before the verdict.»

1. False: he says «Consider your verdict» straight away, and the Rabbit has to stop him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. True: he asks for every witness before he speaks, and the Rabbit agrees with him — no support
3. True: he waits for all the evidence, and the Rabbit blows the trumpet to say so — score 5
4. True: the King waits for every witness to finish before he speaks, and he asks the jury to consider the verdict later on — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 21, line 5: «The first witness is the Hatter, still holding his teacup and bread-and-butter. He, the March Hare and the Dormouse each give a different date for when the tea…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same doer «king» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Why does the jury adding up three dates as shillings and pence make no sense?

1. Shillings are too old to use in court now — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Dates are not money — no support
3. The sum is wrong — no support
4. Dates are not money, and adding them gives nothing useful — ✓ 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 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«Stolen!» the King cries about the hat. What has he got wrong?

1. The hat is his, because he bought it from the Dormouse in town last week — no support
2. The hat is a stolen hat, because the Hatter took it from the King's own shop today — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. The hat isn't the Hatter's because he sells hats, not because he stole it — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. The hat isn't the Hatter's because he is a Knave of Hearts, and he sells hats in the market every day — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 21, line 5: «The first witness is the Hatter, still holding his teacup and bread-and-butter. He, the March Hare and the Dormouse each give a different date for when the tea…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «hatter» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓

Priya, wicked excited: «the King told the Hatter, chill, don't be nervous, nobody gets hurt.» (wicked = very, New England) Put it right.

1. He said don't be nervous, «or I'll have you executed on the spot» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. He said don't be nervous, «or I'll have you executed on the spot, and your tea taken away» — score 6
3. He said don't be upset, «or I'll have you sent to the tower» — score 5
4. He said don't be scared, «or I'll have you arrested by the guards» — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 21, line 5: «The first witness is the Hatter, still holding his teacup and bread-and-butter. He, the March Hare and the Dormouse each give a different date for when the tea…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «execute» (+4); the same place «spot» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

The King says «don't be nervous, or I'll have you executed». Why does this not help?

1. A threat makes anyone more nervous, not less, so the King should try a kinder word to the Hatter — no support
2. The Hatter already knows the King is cross — no support
3. A threat makes anyone more nervous, not less, and the Hatter then bites his teacup in fright — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. A threat makes anyone more nervous, not less — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 21, line 5: «The first witness is the Hatter, still holding his teacup and bread-and-butter. He, the March Hare and the Dormouse each give a different date for when the tea…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «hatter» (+3); the same thing acted on «teacup» (+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

Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗

What shows how nervous the Hatter is?

1. He drops his teacup — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. He spills his tea over the table and gets it all over the King's wig — score 5
3. He keeps tapping his teacup and shakes the table with his nervous knees — score 8
4. He bites a large piece out of his teacup instead of the bread-and-butter — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 21, line 5: «The first witness is the Hatter, still holding his teacup and bread-and-butter. He, the March Hare and the Dormouse each give a different date for when the tea…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «teacup» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «hatter» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter IV, what happened to Bill the Lizard?

1. He was sent down the chimney — no support
2. He was sent into the garden by the King, and Alice chased him away — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. He was sent down the chimney, and Alice kicked him up «like a sky-rocket» — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He was sent up the chimney by Alice, who then ran off to the garden — 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 21, line 13: «Bill the Lizard's pencil squeaks, which Alice «could not stand»; she takes it away, and he has to write with one finger, which «left no mark on the slate».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: the Hatter says tea began on the fourteenth of March. What else happened «last March», he told Alice?

1. He lost his hat at the Queen's garden party — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He quarrelled with Time at the Queen's concert, and then he lost his teacup in the garden — no support
3. He quarrelled with Time at the Queen's concert, which was held in the great hall of the palace — no support
4. He quarrelled with Time at the Queen's concert — ✓ 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 13 · ★★ · right ✓

Looking back: why does the Queen stare at the Hatter so hard, do you think?

1. He's the one who «murdered the time» singing at her concert — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. He is the Knave who stole all of her tarts today — score 0
3. He has stolen her tarts and her crown — no support
4. He's the one who «murdered the time» singing at her concert, and he also owes the Queen a teacup — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 14, line 6: «When the Hatter sang at the concert, the Queen «bawled out» (shouted) «He's murdering the time! Off with his head!»; to murder the time also means to sing it b…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «murder» (+3); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter III, the Mouse's tale had a dog called Fury who said «I'll be judge, I'll be jury». What do the two trials have in common?

1. Both have a mouse who tells a sad tale — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Both have a judge — score 6
3. Both have a judge, a jury and a Mouse — score 6
4. Both are unfair: one side controls the whole trial — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 6, line 16: «"You are not attending!" (not paying attention) says the Mouse; Alice thinks it has got "to the fifth bend", and when it cries "I had not!", she thinks it said…», 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 «tale» (+3); the same doer «mouse» (+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

Test 15 · ★★ · right ✓

Looking back: in chapter VIII, what was the Knave of Hearts carrying in the procession?

1. The Queen's sceptre on a golden tray — no support
2. The King's crown on a crimson velvet cushion — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. The King's crown on a crimson velvet cushion, carried proudly by the Knave in his chains — score 9
4. The Queen's wig on a velvet cushion — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 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 same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «crown» (+4); the same doer «king» (+3); the same place «crimson velvet cushion» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter I, Alice used the words «Latitude» and «Longitude» without knowing them. How is «jurors» different?

1. It is a word she knows well now — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. She knows, unlike the Latitude — score 6
3. She does not know it — score 5
4. She does know what «jurors» means — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 5, line 7: «Alice soon talks with the animals "as if she had known them all her life", and argues with the Lory, who only says "I am older than you, and must know better",…», 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 (+3); the same action «know» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 17 · ★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ Add the three dates the Hatter, March Hare and Dormouse give: 14 + 15 + 16. What do you get?

1. Fifty-four — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. 4 — no support
3. 45 — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. 5 — 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 18 · ★★ · right ✓

★★★ The White Rabbit blows three blasts before the accusation and three before calling the first witness. How many blasts in all so far?

1. 6 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Twelve, one for each juror — no support
3. 3 — no support
4. Nine, counting the one at the start — 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 19 · ★★ · right ✓

★★★ Careful reading: who asks his neighbour how to spell «stupid»?

1. One of the jurors (the book doesn't say which) — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Alice, who asks the Dormouse next to her how to spell it, but the book does not say so — score 5
3. The Dormouse, who is seated at the end — no support
4. The Hatter, who sits in the box for witnesses and asks the Dormouse next to him — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 21, line 3: «When Alice says «Stupid things!», the jurors all write «stupid things!» on their slates, and one of them can't spell «stupid». Another juror's pencil squeaks;…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «alice» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the means by which Alice ascertained the identity of the judge.

1. The crown he wore on his head — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. His great wig — no support
3. The wig — no support
4. The presence of his great wig — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that the jurors were engaged in writing prior to the commencement of the trial. Select the response which most accurately characterises the content of their writing.

1. The verdict — no support
2. Their own names — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. The verdict, lest the Queen should ask for it again at once — no support
4. Their own names, lest these be forgotten before the trial concluded — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 21, line 11: «The jurors write their names on slates «for fear they should forget them before the end of the trial» (a slate was a small board children wrote on with a slate…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «name» (+4); the same doer «jurors» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the reason for which the Hatter possessed no hat of his own.

1. He had been robbed of all his hats — no support
2. He had lost them all — no support
3. He kept them for his wife — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. He kept them for the purpose of sale, being a hatter — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 21, line 5: «The first witness is the Hatter, still holding his teacup and bread-and-butter. He, the March Hare and the Dormouse each give a different date for when the tea…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «hatter» (+3); the same action «hold» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · 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 content of the accusation?

1. That the Knave, not the Queen, made some tarts which the Queen ate — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. That the Queen made some tarts, which the Knave stole and took quite away — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. That the Queen made some tarts, which the Knave stole and took quite away, and then he hid them under a teapot in the garden — no support
4. That the Queen made some tarts, which the Knave stole and took quite away, and the King wanted them returned at once — 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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