Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears and the Mouse

Tests: 8 of 17 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 21 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 4 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 ✓

Lily goes: "Alice dropped the fan 'cos her arm got tired." Put her right.

1. She dropped it because it was making her shrink away, and she had to save herself — score 4
2. She dropped it because it was making her shrink away — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. She dropped it because the fan was making her shrink and the Mouse was swimming closer — score 4
4. She let it fall because the fan was making her grow — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 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 action «drop» (+4); the same thing acted on «gloves» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Jayden, Gen Alpha: "Alice talking about her cat to a MOUSE? That's not the rizz, bro." ("rizz" = charm, being good at making friends.) Why was it a bad idea?

1. Cats catch and eat mice, and the Mouse had been chased by a cat that very morning — score 4
2. Cats catch and eat mice, so the Mouse was terrified — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Cats are fierce hunters who eat mice, so the Mouse was terrified and swam away — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. Cats chase birds, so the Mouse was bored — no support

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 4, line 19: «Alice then praises a farmer's terrier that "kills all the rats" (the farmer says it is "worth a hundred pounds"), and the Mouse swims away making "quite a comm…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mouse» (+3); the same action «swim away» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Why is it funny that Alice says "O Mouse!"?

1. She uses an old school-book way of speaking to a mouse — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. It sounds like a question — no support
3. It is a rude word in French — no support
4. She copies a phrase from her old Latin lesson book — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. 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» (+3); the same thing acted on «way» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

What would have happened if Alice had kept holding the fan?

1. She would be smaller — score 4
2. She would have grown — score 4
3. She would have fallen into the sea — score 4
4. She might have shrunk away altogether — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 4, line 7: «Measuring herself by the table she is about two feet high and still shrinking; the fan is the cause, and she drops it "just in time to avoid shrinking away alt…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «shrink away» (+2); the same doer «alice» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Grandpa, Black Country: "Her's bostin', that Alice, but her talks too much about that cat." ("bostin'" = great.) What does Alice keep doing to the Mouse?

1. Upsetting it by repeatedly talking about cats, dogs, mice and the sea in the pool — score 6
2. Upsetting it by talking about cats and dogs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Upsetting it by talking about cats and dogs and making it swim away each time — score 6
4. Frightening it by singing about mice — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 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: 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 6 · ★ · right ✓

True or false: Alice knew exactly when William the Conqueror lived.

1. False: she had no clear idea how long ago anything happened — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. False: she knew the date and told the Mouse all about his reign in great detail at the seaside — no support
3. True: she knew exactly how long ago it had been, to the year — no support
4. False: she knew it was in the reign of King John — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Sophie, sarky: "Oh well done Alice, cry a whole lake and then fall in it." What is she pointing out?

1. Alice falls into the sea again — score 4
2. Alice has been careless and now sinks into the deep salt sea beside the shore — score 4
3. Alice nearly drowns in her own tears — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. Alice nearly drowns in the sea water — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 4, line 12: «It is really "the pool of tears which she had wept when she was nine feet high", and she says "I wish I hadn't cried so much!", afraid she will be "drowned in…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «drown» (+4); the same place «own tears» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why does Alice say "I wish I hadn't cried so much!"?

1. She is now swimming in her own tears — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. She is now swimming in her own tears and feels very sorry for the Mouse — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. She is standing in the wet sand — score 2
4. She has fallen into the salty sea — 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 4, line 6: «Alice finds she has put on one of the Rabbit's little white kid gloves, which tells her she is growing small again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «alice» (+3); the same action «find» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why did Alice's view of the seaside make her think she could go home by railway?

1. She believed every English beach had a railway station — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She had seen a railway carriage on the beach at Brighton once and thought one could be found there — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. She thought the sea was near a railway town — no support
4. She believed every English beach had a railway station and a train back to London every hour — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 4, line 14: «Alice says "O Mouse!" because she once saw in her brother's Latin Grammar "A mouse—of a mouse—to a mouse—a mouse—O mouse!"; "O Mouse" is the old way of calling…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

What does the Mouse's "Would you like cats if you were me?" ask Alice to do?

1. Imagine how things look to a mouse who has been chased by a cat all day long — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Imagine how things look to a mouse — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Think about the cat's dinner — no support
4. Pretend to be a dog — 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 ✗

Looking back: Alice has now been tiny twice. What shrank her the first time, back in chapter I?

1. The bottle marked "DRINK ME" — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The mushroom she nibbled — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. The small cake marked EAT ME, which she ate after the bottle marked DRINK ME — score 9
4. The bottle marked DRINK ME, which she drank from in the long hall — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 2, line 2: «All the doors are locked; then she finds a little glass table with a tiny golden key, which opens only a little door fifteen inches high, and through it she se…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «alice» (+4). The right option, 1, 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 said "Antipathies" instead of "Antipodes". What does she muddle in this part?

1. When King Alfred ruled England — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. When William the Conqueror lived — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Where the Antipodes lie — no support
4. When William the Conqueror lived and where the Antipodes were on the map — 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 ✓

How is Alice different with the Mouse from how she was alone in the hall?

1. She now has company and tries hard to make a friend — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. She now has company and tries hard to make a friend, though she talks rather too much about cats — score 4
3. She is shy and speaks very quietly — score 1
4. She is now calmer and keeps quiet to avoid trouble — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 4, line 4: «Every time she tries to make friends she makes it worse, chatting happily about her cat Dinah and a rat-killing dog, until the Mouse swims away offended.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «try» (+2); the same doer «alice» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ciara from Cork: "The Mouse came back to her, grand, but sure it was pale as anything." ("grand" = fine, okay.) Why did Alice think it was pale?

1. Pale with fright at the cat — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. From the cold water — no support
3. From being wet through — no support
4. With passion, meaning strong anger — ✓ 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 15 · ★ · wrong ✗

★★★ The Latin Grammar line is "A mouse—of a mouse—to a mouse—a mouse—O mouse!" How many times does the word "mouse" appear in it?

1. Two — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Six — no support
3. One — no support
4. Five — ✓ 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 16 · ★ · right ✓

★★★ Alice was over nine feet tall when she cried the pool, which was four inches deep. Now she is so small that she is "up to her chin". What does that tell us?

1. She is now only a few inches tall — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She is two feet — no support
3. She has grown back to nine feet — no support
4. She is about the size of a cat — 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 ✗

★★★ Read carefully: Alice says "We won't talk about her any more". Who answers "We indeed!", and why?

1. The Mouse, offended at the word "we" — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The Lory, offended at the word "we" because she had been left out of the conversation — no support
3. The Mouse, offended at the word "we" because it thought Alice meant the cats — ← Mova's choice · score 9
4. The Duck, annoyed by Alice's talk — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 4, line 14: «Alice says "O Mouse!" because she once saw in her brother's Latin Grammar "A mouse—of a mouse—to a mouse—a mouse—O mouse!"; "O Mouse" is the old way of calling…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «o mouse» (+4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the object whose retention was determined to be the cause of the protagonist's diminution on this occasion.

1. The bottle — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Gloves — no support
3. The cake — no support
4. The fan — ✓ 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 ✗

Ascertain the true nature of the body of salt water into which the protagonist subsequently fell.

1. The pool of tears previously shed by the Mouse and by herself in the long hall — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The river of bath water from the house — no support
3. The pool of tears previously shed by herself — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The pool of tears previously shed by herself while she was nine feet high and very sad — 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 ✗

It is given that the protagonist addressed the Mouse in the French language. Determine the meaning of the sentence employed.

1. Where is my little black cat, please? — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Where is my dog? — no support
3. "Where is my cat?" — ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. Where is my gloves? — no support

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 4, line 16: «She says "Où est ma chatte?", the first sentence in her French book, which means "Where is my cat?"; the Mouse leaps out of the water in fright.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «cat» (+4); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response most consistent with the established facts concerning the reason for which the Mouse repeatedly withdrew from the protagonist.

1. She was too loud — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She spoke of dogs that bark at cats — no support
3. She spoke of animals that hunt mice — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. She spoke of rats — 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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