Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit: naughty Peter sneaks into Mr. McGregor's garden and only just escapes

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 273 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.

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 ✓

Yo, where did the four bunnies live, innit?

1. Beneath a tall oak by the lane — no support
2. In a burrow under a big oak — no support
3. In a sand-bank under a big fir-tree — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Under a tree — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 273, line 7: «Where: they live in "a sand-bank, underneath the root of a very big fir-tree".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «live» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Peter well peak for going in the garden?

1. Yeah, he went straight to the garden where he was told not to go — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, he ignored what his mum said — no support
3. Yeah, he went where he was told not to — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, he crept into the garden even though his mum had warned him not to — 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 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bare sus, who chased Peter with a rake?

1. Mr. McGregor — ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. Mr. McGregor, who shouted at the rabbits all day long — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. Mr. McGregor, the gardener, with his long rake — score 7
4. Mrs. Rabbit — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 273, line 4: «Peter scoffs lettuces and radishes, is chased by Mr. McGregor, and leaves his shoes and jacket behind.», 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 doer «mcgregor» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 1, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Did Peter lose his kit when he ran off?

1. Yeah, his shoes and jacket — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, his hat and gloves — no support
3. Nah, just his cap — no support
4. Nah, he kept his coat — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Peter mint at hiding in the can?

1. Nah, the water was rank — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, the tin was cold — no support
3. Yeah, he hid well — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. Yeah, the can was cold — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 273, line 15: «Where Peter hides: "in the tool-shed", "jumped into a can", where the water makes him damp.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+4); the same doer «peter» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Mr. McGregor catch him in the end?

1. Nah, he slipped under the gate and ran straight home to bed — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Yeah, he was caught by the rake — no support
3. Nah, he slipped under the gate — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Nah, he slipped under the gate while the gardener turned away — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 273, line 17: «How Peter gets away: he slips under the gate "while Mr. McGregor is hoeing onions" and runs home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+4); the same doer «mcgregor» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Did the cat get the goldfish, or was she well dozy?

1. She just sat there staring, not moving a whisker at all — score 6
2. She stalked the gold-fish — no support
3. She just sat there staring — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. She just sat there staring at the goldfish for ages and ages — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 94, line 14: «The curtain falls «whoosh!» because «it remembered the bargain»; the Cat says «for you have spoken a word in my praise, and now I can sit within the Cave for a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sit» (+4); the same doer «cat» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

Lowkey gutted, was Peter's tea just camomile?

1. Yeah, his mum gave him a dose — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, his mum made him drink a big dose of camomile tea in bed — no support
3. Yeah, his mum gave him a dose of camomile tea for his tummy — no support
4. Yeah, his mum made him 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

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Did Flopsy's lot get proper treats for tea?

1. Yeah, bread, milk and blackberries — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yeah, lettuce, beans and carrots — no support
3. Yeah, bread, milk and blackberries and a big bowl of soup too — no support
4. Yeah, bread, milk and blackberries picked from the lane today — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Peter's jacket new or nah?

1. Yeah, it was blue with shiny brass buttons and a hood — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, blue with brass buttons, and he had only just got it — no support
3. Yeah, green with metal zips — no support
4. Yeah, blue with brass buttons — ✓ 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was Mrs. Rabbit out with a brolly?

1. Yeah, she carried a basket — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Nah, she took her basket — score 7
3. Yeah, she took her umbrella — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. Yeah, she took her umbrella and her basket down the lane — 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 273, line 10: «What Mrs. Rabbit does: she takes "a basket and her umbrella" and goes "through the wood to the baker's".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same doer «mrs.» (+2); the same thing acted on «basket» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Peter lose his stuff twice in a fortnight, fam?

1. Yeah, a jacket and shoes, the second time this fortnight, fam — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, a cap and gloves — no support
3. Yeah, a jacket and shoes — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, a jacket and shoes, and his lovely new blue cap too — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wagwan, why did Peter's mum say don't go in?

1. Father was hurt in a fall — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Father had an accident there — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Mother had an accident — no support
4. Mr. McGregor — 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 ✗

Which of the following describes the manner in which Peter effected his escape from the garden?

1. He climbed over the wall — score 9
2. He ran through the door — score 9
3. He crept under the gate while Mr. McGregor was raking — ← Mova's choice · score 15
4. He slipped beneath the gate while Mr. McGregor was hoeing — ✓ the right answer · score 14

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 15, against 14 for the next best. Its support: lesson 273, line 17: «How Peter gets away: he slips under the gate "while Mr. McGregor is hoeing onions" and runs home.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «gate» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «peter» (+3); the same thing acted on «mr.» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 14. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the reason for Mrs. Rabbit's instruction concerning Mr. McGregor's garden?

1. Her husband had suffered a serious accident there, so the children must never go into the garden at all — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Her husband had suffered an accident there — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Her husband had been hurt by a rake — no support
4. Her husband had been stung by a bee in there — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2, line 20: «A glass box under the table holds a small cake with "EAT ME" marked in currants (small dried grapes); her plan: "if it makes me grow larger, I can reach the ke…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «alice» (+2); the same place «garden» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following items did Peter lose among the potatoes?

1. Cap — no support
2. A jacket — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. Hat — no support
4. A shoe — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 273, line 19: «Old word: "a fortnight" means two weeks, so this was the second lost jacket and pair of shoes in a fortnight.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, 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 was the final destination of Peter upon leaving the garden?

1. The hole beneath the big oak — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The rabbit-hole beneath the fir-tree — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The rabbit-hole beneath the fir-tree where his mother waited for him — no support
4. The rabbit-hole beside the old gate post — 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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