Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long tale, and Dinah again

Tests: 6 of 17 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 15 of 21 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 6 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 ✗

Ellie goes: "The Dodo gave Alice a gold thimble from its own pocket." Put her right.

1. It was a new gold thimble from the Dodo — score 5
2. It was a silver thimble from the Mouse's pocket — score 5
3. It was Alice's own thimble, which the Dodo had secretly taken and then handed back to her as a prize — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. It was Alice's own thimble, given back to her — ✓ the right answer · score 5

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 6, line 2: «Then the Mouse says Alice needs a prize too, so the Dodo takes her own thimble and solemnly presents it back to her, and everyone cheers; Alice finds it absurd…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); the same doer «dodo» (+3); the same thing acted on «own thimble» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓

Kai, Gen Alpha: "Getting your own thimble as a prize? That's so skibidi." ("skibidi" = a word kids shout to mean weird or silly.) What did Alice think of it?

1. She was cross that she had not been given a prize — score 12
2. She found it silly and wanted to laugh out loud — score 11
3. She thought it very absurd but kept a straight face — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 16
4. She thought it very absurd, and she could not stop herself from laughing out loud at the Dodo — score 16

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 16, tied with another option at 16 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 6, line 10: «Alice thinks it "very absurd" (silly), but they look so grave (serious) that she dares not laugh, so she just bows.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on «thimble» (+4); the same action «think» (+3); the same doer «alice» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Why is "It is a long tail, certainly" funny?

1. The Mouse was really talking about a cat — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. "Tale" and "tail" sound the same but mean different things — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The Mouse is a silly creature who loves to fidget — no support
4. It is a pun on words — 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 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗

What would have happened if Alice had not had the box of comfits?

1. There would have been no prizes for anyone — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Alice would have had no prize at all — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. There would have been no prizes for anyone, and the Dodo would have been very angry indeed with Alice — score 4
4. The party would have been a dull affair — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 6, line 8: «The Mouse says Alice must have a prize herself; all she has left is a thimble (a small metal cap that protects your finger when sewing).», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «alice» (+2); the same thing acted on «prize» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Grandma, Kentucky: "Bless her heart, that child cain't keep her mouth shut about that cat." ("bless her heart" = a kind way to say someone's being silly.) What happens when Alice talks about Dinah this time?

1. The birds all sing a happy song — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The Mouse tells its tale again — no support
3. All the birds make excuses and leave — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. All the birds make excuses and leave, and the Mouse stays to tell its tale — 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 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

True or false: the Mouse leaves because Alice talked about cats again.

1. False: it leaves because Alice spoke of Dinah and the little birds — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. True: it leaves because Alice talked about cats and dogs again — score 6
3. True: it leaves — no support
4. False: it leaves because she wasn't listening and said "a knot" — ✓ the right answer · score 4

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 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 remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «talk» (+3); the same doer «alice» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓

Danny, rough: "Hold your tongue, Ma!" Who says this, and to whom?

1. The Mouse, to the old Crab — no support
2. The Dodo, to the young Crab and her mother at the shore — no support
3. The young Crab, to her mother — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. The young Crab, to her mother, after the advice — 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 6, line 17: «An old Crab tells her daughter "never to lose your temper", and the daughter snaps "Hold your tongue, Ma! You're enough to try the patience of an oyster!"», 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 «old crab» (+3); the same action «tell» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Why is it funny that the young Crab snaps at her mother right after the "never lose your temper" advice?

1. She did not hear the advice — no support
2. She loses her temper at once, even though she was told never to lose it — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. She loses her temper at once — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. She loses her temper at once and then blames her mother for the whole party — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 6, line 17: «An old Crab tells her daughter "never to lose your temper", and the daughter snaps "Hold your tongue, Ma! You're enough to try the patience of an oyster!"», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «lose» (+3); the same doer «old crab» (+3); the same thing acted on «temper» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Why does the Mouse's tale show that Fury's trial is unfair?

1. Fury will judge the case himself here — no support
2. Fury wants to be judge and jury himself, and so the Mouse can never get a fair hearing — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. Fury wants to be judge and jury himself — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The trial has no proper judge at all — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 9: «The Mouse says "Ahem!" (a little cough to get attention) and calls its history lesson "the driest thing I know": "dry" means without water, and also means bori…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mouse» (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓

Ifeoma from Lagos: "The birds no wan stay at all, dem just japa." ("japa" = run away, leave fast.) Why did they "japa"?

1. They were scared — score 4
2. Alice said Dinah eats little birds — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Alice started singing a sad song — no support
4. Alice talked about the cat Dinah — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 6, line 18: «Alice says Dinah will "eat a little bird as soon as look at it", and the birds leave on "various pretexts" (made-up excuses).», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+3); the same doer «dinah» (+3); the same thing acted on «little bird» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back to chapter II: what did the Mouse promise on the shore, and did it keep the promise?

1. To sing a song; it sang and then rested — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. To talk; it did — no support
3. To tell its tale; it left early — no support
4. To tell its history; it began but walked off — ✓ 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 12 · ★★ · right ✓

Looking back: Alice wanted the Mouse to come back in the pool too. What did she say then to make it return?

1. That they would speak of nothing sad — no support
2. That they would not talk about cats or dogs — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. That they would only talk of birds — no support
4. That they would not talk about cats or dogs, and she would never again mention Dinah — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 4, line 20: «When Alice promises not to talk about cats or dogs, the Mouse comes back, its face "quite pale (with passion, Alice thought)", and says it will tell its "histo…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «talk» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★★ · wrong ✗

How is Alice the same now as at the end of chapter II's first part, alone in the hall?

1. She is alone again, crying and hoping someone will come — ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. She is lonely and sitting in the grass by the pool — ← Mova's choice · score 12
3. She is alone again, crying and hoping someone will come to save her from the sea and tide — score 8
4. She is alone again, crying and hoping someone will come, just as she was at the start of the chapter — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 12, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 6, line 20: «Alice feels "very lonely and low-spirited" (sad) and cries, then hears pattering footsteps and hopes the Mouse has changed its mind.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «alice» (+4); the same property (+2). The right option, 1, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★★ · right ✓

Looking back: Alice once heard "a little pattering of feet" in the hall. Who was it then?

1. The White Rabbit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. The Dormouse — no support
3. The Mouse — no support
4. The Caterpillar — 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 1: «Alice jumps up after her fall, sees the White Rabbit hurrying down a passage and races after him, but he turns a corner and vanishes, leaving her in a long, lo…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «white rabbit» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ At the start of the prize-giving Alice had a box of comfits and a thimble. What did she have at the end of it?

1. Just her own thimble, which the Dodo had returned, and a box of comfits from the Mouse — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Just her own thimble — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Just her own thimble and the Dodo's gold ring — no support
4. Her thimble and a comfit — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 1: «Everybody has won the race, so everybody needs a prize, and the Dodo says Alice must give them; luckily she has a box of comfits (little sugar sweets) in her p…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on «box» (+4). Against it: a different doer (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 16 · ★★ · right ✓

★★★ Alice thought the Mouse had got "to the fifth bend" of its tale. What was she really looking at?

1. The bends in the Mouse's long tail, which it was waving about in the pool — no support
2. The waves in the pool — no support
3. The bends in its long tail — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. The curves of a sad tale — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. 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 (+2); the same place «fifth bend» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 17 · ★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ "I had not!" and "A knot!" sound the same. Which pair below also sound the same but mean different things, like tale and tail?

1. Bat, bat — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Right and write — no support
3. Night and knight — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Sea and see — 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 ✗

Identify the article distributed by the protagonist to the company as prizes.

1. Tea — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Cake — no support
3. Comfits — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Cookies — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, 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 provenance of the elegant thimble presented to the protagonist by the Dodo.

1. It had previously been the protagonist's own property, taken from her pocket and returned by the Dodo — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It had been given by the Mouse to the Dodo — no support
3. It had previously been the protagonist's own property — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It had been the protagonist's own property all along, though the Dodo had made a show of its gift — 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 Mouse exclaimed "I had not!". Determine the interpretation erroneously placed upon this utterance by the protagonist.

1. That the Mouse had mentioned a bow to be untied — no support
2. That the Mouse was talking about a tail — ← Mova's choice · score 1
3. That the Mouse referred to a knot requiring to be undone — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. That the Mouse referred to a knot requiring to be undone, and that it was therefore not attending to anything — 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 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mouse» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · 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 departure of the birds.

1. It followed the protagonist's long account of Dinah's habits, given while the Mouse was trying to speak — no support
2. It came after the Dodo's great speech about prizes — no support
3. It followed the protagonist's account of Dinah's habits — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It happened once the comfits were all eaten up — ← 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 6, line 11: «Eating the comfits is noisy: the large birds cannot taste theirs, and the small ones choke and have to be patted on the back.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «eat» (+3); the same thing acted on «comfits» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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