Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Caterpillar

Tests: 6 of 17 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 13 of 21 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 9 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 ✗

Leo goes: "The Caterpillar was dead helpful, it explained everything nicely." Put him right.

1. It was rude and quite long-winded, and gave many clues at once — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Leo is wrong, because it was very rude and short with her and only gave her one clue at the end — no support
3. It was kind and gave her lots of clues at the start — no support
4. It was rude and short, and only gave one clue at the end — ✓ 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 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Ava, Gen Alpha: "The Caterpillar's replies were so dry, it ate though." ("ate" = did it brilliantly, in a cool way.) Which answer is NOT one of its short replies?

1. "It is wrong from beginning to end." — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. "Everybody has won" — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. "Why? Who is asking, and what gives you the right?" — no support
4. "Who are you?" — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 9, line 2: «Every answer she gives, the Caterpillar contradicts in a few rude words, and when she asks who IT is, it just says "Why?", so she starts to walk away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «start» (+2); the same doer «answer» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Why is "I can't explain myself, because I'm not myself" a clever joke?

1. It is clever because the Caterpillar is rude and Alice is polite, which makes the joke work well in the story — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It plays on "not myself" as ill, but she has only grown wiser — no support
3. It rhymes, so it sounds clever, though it means very little really — no support
4. "Not myself" means feeling odd, but Alice has truly changed — ✓ 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 4 · ★★ · right ✓

What would have happened if Alice had walked away for good?

1. She would have missed the clue about the mushroom — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. Nothing would change — no support
3. She would have stayed a three inch girl in the wood — score 4
4. The Caterpillar would have eaten her for supper — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. 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 8, line 4: «There a puppy, enormous to tiny Alice, bounds at her; she keeps it busy with a stick, dodging round a thistle, until it gets tired and she escapes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «escape» (+2); the same doer «alice» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Old Mr Jenkins, rough: "Kick you down the stairs, the cheek of it! Lad's asking for it." Who says that line in the poem?

1. The Caterpillar, to Alice, after she recited the poem so badly — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. Father William, to his son, after the eel was balanced on his nose — score 6
3. Alice, to the Caterpillar — score 10
4. Father William, to his son — ✓ the right answer · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 9, line 19: «Asked what size she wants to be, Alice first says "I'm not particular as to size", but adds that "one doesn't like changing so often".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «alice» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓

True or false: Alice says the poem perfectly.

1. True, it's perfect — no support
2. False: some words got altered, the Caterpillar says it's all wrong — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. True, she gets every word right, so the Caterpillar is pleased with her efforts — score 4
4. False: she says the lines in the wrong order and skips the last one — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 9, line 21: «Alice thinks "I wish the creatures wouldn't be so easily offended!"; back in chapter III she said the same to the Mouse: "you're so easily offended, you know!"…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same doer «caterpillar» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓

Why does Alice say "I wish the creatures wouldn't be so easily offended!"?

1. She keeps upsetting them without meaning to — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. She is angry that they ignore her rules — score 4
3. She keeps upsetting them without meaning to, but she never once apologises to any of them for it — score 6
4. She keeps upsetting them without meaning to, and then she is blamed for everything that goes wrong — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 8, line 4: «There a puppy, enormous to tiny Alice, bounds at her; she keeps it busy with a stick, dodging round a thistle, until it gets tired and she escapes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same doer «alice» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Mia from Melbourne: "Alice was heaps polite but the Caterpillar was a total drongo." ("heaps" = very, "drongo" = a fool or rude person.) Which shows Alice was polite?

1. She kept calm and tried to be helpful always — score 7
2. She called it "sir" and kept answering kindly even when it was very rude to her — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. She asked questions without being rude once — score 7
4. She called it "sir" and kept answering kindly — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 9, line 21: «Alice thinks "I wish the creatures wouldn't be so easily offended!"; back in chapter III she said the same to the Mouse: "you're so easily offended, you know!"…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same receiver «alice» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «caterpillar» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Why does the Caterpillar get angry about "three inches"?

1. Alice said it was too small — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Alice called its own height wretched — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Alice was too rude — no support
4. Alice insulted its very long hair — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 9, line 9: «Alice says "being so many different sizes in a day is very confusing", and the Caterpillar answers "It isn't".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+1); the same doer «alice» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Gran, from Edinburgh: "Yon beastie's no' very helpful, but it gave her a clue, ken." ("yon" = that, "beastie" = little creature.) What was the clue?

1. One side of the mushroom makes you taller, and the other side makes you shorter again, very quickly — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. One side of the mushroom makes you taller, the other shorter — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. One side of the mushroom makes you taller and the other side makes you shorter, so choose wisely each time — no support
4. The left side keeps you small and the right side makes you big — 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 to chapter II: Alice said "Who in the world am I?" in the hall. Who asks her this question now?

1. The Caterpillar — ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. The old Crab — score 1
3. Alice — ← Mova's choice · score 10
4. The Mouse — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 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 9, line 19: «Asked what size she wants to be, Alice first says "I'm not particular as to size", but adds that "one doesn't like changing so often".», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «alice» (+4). The right option, 1, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★ · right ✓

Looking back to chapter III: whom else did Alice tell "you're so easily offended"?

1. The Mouse — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
2. The Mock Turtle, who was sad and cried a lot — no support
3. The Pigeon, who was very cross about the serpent in the tree — no support
4. The Gryphon — no support

Why: It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 1 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 9, line 21: «Alice thinks "I wish the creatures wouldn't be so easily offended!"; back in chapter III she said the same to the Mouse: "you're so easily offended, you know!"…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «say» (+4); the same receiver «mouse» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: Alice has now been three inches tall. What else small has she been, from chapter I to now?

1. Ten inches, and a few inches in the pool of her own tears, which was very wet indeed — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Ten inches, a few inches, and nine feet high at the door of the little hall — no support
3. Ten inches, and a foot in the pool of tears — no support
4. Ten inches, and a few inches in the pool — ✓ 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 14 · ★★ · wrong ✗

How has Alice's feeling about her own size changed since chapter I?

1. She is glad to change size as often as she can — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. She wants to be taller than before — no support
3. She is tired of changing and wants to stay one size — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. She is now very happy — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 21: «After the first little bite nothing happened and she stayed the same size; this seemed "quite dull and stupid", because she now expected only out-of-the-way th…», 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 «same size» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★★ · right ✓

★★★ Father William says "I have answered three questions". Count the son's questions in the poem (standing on his head, the somersault, the goose, the eel). How many did the son ask?

1. Four — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. One — no support
3. Three — no support
4. Two — 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 ✓

★★★ So which question did Father William refuse to answer?

1. How he balanced an eel on his nose — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. How he came to eat the eel for lunch — no support
3. How he stood on his head — no support
4. How he balanced an eel on his nose, and also how he kept his jaw so strong — 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: the Caterpillar says "Of the mushroom" though Alice only thought "One side of what?". What is odd about that?

1. It answered a question she only thought, not said — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. It answered a question she never said aloud, which means it either read her mind or she spoke without knowing it — score 6
3. It answered a question she never said aloud, and then went on to explain the mushroom at great length to her — score 2
4. It answered a question she never said aloud — ✓ the right answer · score 2

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 7, line 20: «After the second snatch Alice thinks "I'm sure I don't want to stay in here any longer!"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+3); the same doer «alice» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the question with which the Caterpillar commenced the conversation.

1. "Why?" — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. "Are you lost?" — no support
3. "Hello?" — no support
4. "Who are you?" — ✓ 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 counsel which the Caterpillar described as something important to say.

1. To keep calm — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. That she should hold her tongue — no support
3. That she must learn to take a joke — no support
4. That the protagonist should keep her temper — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

It is given that the Caterpillar was exactly three inches in height. Determine the reason for its displeasure at the protagonist's remark.

1. She had described that very height as wretched after it had already warned her to keep her temper — no support
2. She had described that very height as wretched — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She had said the creature was far too rude — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. She had described that very height as wretched, which is rude to anyone who is that exact height — 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 9, line 18: «The Caterpillar says "It is wrong from beginning to end."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «caterpillar» (+3). The right option, 2, 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 Caterpillar's final remark.

1. Both sides of the mushroom make you grow bigger — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. One side makes her shrink, the other side nothing at all — score 6
3. One side of the mushroom causes growth, the other diminution — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. One side of the mushroom causes growth, and the other causes diminution, as she will learn in time — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 9, line 22: «Leaving, the Caterpillar says "One side will make you grow taller, and the other side will make you grow shorter", and, as if hearing her thought, adds "Of the…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same doer «one side» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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