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title: Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and the Duchess… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 11 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 8 of 17 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and the Duchess's kitchen

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**Tests:** 8 of 17 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 13 of 21 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 11 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Ruby goes: "The footman let Alice in really politely." Put her right.

- **1.** He talked nonsense about knocking, so Alice pushed past him and went in — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** He called the cook to open the door and she threw a plate at Alice — no support
- **3.** He talked nonsense, and Alice just opened the door herself — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** He bowed and opened the door — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 11, line 13: «A plate comes "skimming out, straight at the Footman's head", grazes his nose (just scrapes it) and breaks, and he goes on talking "exactly as if nothing had h…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «talk» (+2); the same doer «footman» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Zeke, Gen Alpha: "That Frog-Footman is so mid, he just sits there, no rizz at all." ("mid" = boring, "rizz" = charm.) What does he say he'll do?

- **1.** Sit there forever, I suppose — no support
- **2.** Sit there till tomorrow, or the next day, maybe, and then go home for tea — score 3
- **3.** Go and fetch the Duchess, or the Queen, or the cook, if she's free — no support
- **4.** Sit there till tomorrow, or next day, maybe — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 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 11, line 13: «A plate comes "skimming out, straight at the Footman's head", grazes his nose (just scrapes it) and breaks, and he goes on talking "exactly as if nothing had h…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sit» (+3); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Why is the Footman's first reason for not knocking funny?

- **1.** Knocking only works on a locked door — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Knocking is for someone on the other side of a door, and he's outside too — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He is on the wrong side of the wall — no support
- **4.** Because the door is locked — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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What would have happened if Alice had waited for the Footman to let her in?

- **1.** She might have been let in soon — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** She might have waited for days and days — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** She might have waited for a while — score 6
- **4.** She might have waited for days and days and the Footman would have given her soup at last — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. 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 10, line 17: «Alice, "a very truthful child", admits she has tasted eggs, and the Pigeon says "if they do, why then they're a kind of serpent".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «admit» (+3); the same doer «alice» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Nan from Liverpool: "That cook's a right headcase, chuckin' pans at a baby!" ("headcase" = crazy person, "chuckin'" = throwing.) How did the Duchess react to the flying pans?

- **1.** She fainted with a loud bang — no support
- **2.** She laughed and caught the pans as they came, then ordered the cook to stop — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** She took no notice, even when they hit her — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** She threw them back at the cook — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 11, line 4: «The cook starts throwing pans and dishes; the Duchess ignores them, insults Alice, and when Alice talks about the earth's axis, shouts "chop off her head!"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «cook» (+4); the same thing acted on «pans» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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True or false: the Duchess is kind to Alice.

- **1.** True: she likes Alice a lot — score 4
- **2.** True: she gives Alice a pepper cake and sends her home to tea — score 5
- **3.** False: she is cross but she sings Alice a lullaby and shares her soup at the table — score 3
- **4.** False: she says "You don't know much, and that's a fact" — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 17: «The Duchess says "It's a Cheshire cat, and that's why. Pig!" (shouting "Pig!" at the baby) and tells Alice "You don't know much, and that's a fact"; Alice says…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «know» (+4); the same thing acted on «much» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Why does Alice talk about the earth turning on its axis?

- **1.** She is glad of a chance to show off her knowledge — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** She wants to make the cook cross — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** She is glad of a chance to show off her knowledge, since the Duchess is so cross and interested in the sky — no support
- **4.** She wants to frighten the Duchess with facts about the earth and the cook's pepper — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «need» (+4); the same doer «alice» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Chloe, sarky: "Oh great, a lullaby about beating kids, so relaxing." What should we think about the Duchess's song?

- **1.** It is a silly, shocking song, and beating a child for sneezing is cruel and very wrong — score 4
- **2.** It is a sweet, gentle lullaby — **← Mova's choice** · score 13
- **3.** It is a silly, shocking song; hitting children is cruel and wrong — **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **4.** It is a sweet old song that children should learn, because beating a boy for sneezing is fine — score 11

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 13, against 11 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 21: «The Duchess's lullaby says "Speak roughly to your little boy, And beat him when he sneezes: He only does it to annoy, Because he knows it teases"; it is a sill…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same thing acted on «lullaby» (+4); the same doer «lullaby» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 7. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Why does the song say the boy sneezes?

- **1.** Because the pepper makes him ill — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Because the pepper is too strong, and the cook has put too much in the soup — no support
- **3.** He only does it to annoy, because the Duchess tells him so and sings it every night — score 2
- **4.** "He only does it to annoy, Because he knows it teases" — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 12: «The Footman says there's no use knocking for two reasons: "First, because I'm on the same side of the door as you are; secondly, because they're making such a…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Jimmy from Dublin: "Sure the whole house is mad, yer man's lookin' at the sky and yer woman's singin'." ("yer man" / "yer woman" = that man / that woman.) Who is "looking at the sky"?

- **1.** The cat — no support
- **2.** The cook — no support
- **3.** The Duchess — no support
- **4.** The Frog-Footman — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 11: «When Alice comes back, the Frog-Footman is sitting on the ground near the door, "staring stupidly up into the sky"; from inside comes "a constant howling and s…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+6); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «frog footman» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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Looking back to chapter I: Alice once played croquet against herself and cheated. What game does the Queen's letter invite the Duchess to?

- **1.** Croquet — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Chess — no support
- **3.** Polo — no support
- **4.** Tennis — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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Looking back to chapter V: what did Alice say about all the creatures, which she repeats in other words here?

- **1.** That the creatures are touchy and hard to talk to — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** That they are rude to everyone — no support
- **3.** That they are all sensible and kind — no support
- **4.** That the creatures are touchy and hard to talk to, and nobody likes living with them — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Looking back to chapter I: what else did Alice say about the earth while falling?

- **1.** That the centre was about four thousand miles down — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** That the centre was about four thousand miles down, and nobody had ever been there before — no support
- **3.** That the centre was about four thousand miles down, and the earth was hot and round — no support
- **4.** That the sky was four thousand miles down and the earth spun like a top, very fast indeed — **← Mova's choice** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 2, line 4: «But she has left the key on top of the glass table, cannot climb the slippery leg, and sits down and cries, then tells herself off sharply.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «alice» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t14}

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How is Alice's cat Dinah different from the cat in this kitchen?

- **1.** Dinah purrs by the fire; this cat grins from ear to ear — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** Dinah hisses; this cat sneezes — score 2
- **3.** Dinah purrs on the rug by the fire; this cat sits in the kitchen and grins at the cook all day long — score 8
- **4.** Dinah sits in the garden chasing mice; this cat sits in the kitchen and sneezes at the soup pepper — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 11, line 17: «The Duchess says "It's a Cheshire cat, and that's why. Pig!" (shouting "Pig!" at the baby) and tells Alice "You don't know much, and that's a fact"; Alice says…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grin» (+4); the same doer «cats» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/t14/)

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### Test 15 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t15}

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★★★ Fish-Footman: "For the Duchess. An invitation from the Queen". Frog-Footman: "From the Queen. An invitation for the Duchess". Which two little words swapped places?

- **1.** "for" and "from" — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** "for the" and "from the" — no support
- **3.** "Queen" and "Duchess" — no support
- **4.** "to" and "for" — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/t15/)

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### Test 16 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t16}

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★★★ Read carefully: the Footman says knocking might make sense "if you were inside". Why?

- **1.** Then the door would be a wall — score 0
- **2.** Then the door would be locked tight — no support
- **3.** Then the door would be between them, and he could let her out — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** Then he could sneeze at her — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 12: «The Footman says there's no use knocking for two reasons: "First, because I'm on the same side of the door as you are; secondly, because they're making such a…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «doors» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/t16/)

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### Test 17 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t17}

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★★★ Alice says the earth turns on its axis in "Twenty-four hours, I think; or is it twelve?" Which is right?

- **1.** Twenty-four hours, I think, exactly as the clock says — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Twelve hours — no support
- **3.** Twenty-four hours — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Twelve hours, or twenty-four hours if it's a Tuesday — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/t17/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Identify the communication delivered by the Fish-Footman to the Frog-Footman.

- **1.** An invitation from the Queen to the Duchess to play croquet — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A written invitation from the Queen to the Duchess to come and play a game of croquet — no support
- **3.** An invitation from the Queen to the Duchess to play croquet and to bring the baby — no support
- **4.** A message from the cook to the Duchess — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Ascertain the cause of the universal sneezing within the kitchen.

- **1.** A cold in the kitchen — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Too much smoke — no support
- **3.** An excess of pepper in the air — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Too much dust in the air — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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It is given that the protagonist referred to the earth's axis. Determine the Duchess's response thereto.

- **1.** An order that the protagonist be sent home to bed without any supper — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** An order that the protagonist's head be chopped off at once by the cook with the large axe — no support
- **3.** An order that the protagonist's head be chopped off — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** A calm request that the protagonist sit down, drink tea and talk about the earth's shape — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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Select the response that most accurately characterises the conduct of the Duchess towards the missiles thrown by the cook.

- **1.** She caught the missiles neatly and returned them to the cook with a polite bow — no support
- **2.** She took no notice of them whatsoever, even upon being struck squarely on the head — score 6
- **3.** She threw them back at the cook — no support
- **4.** She took no notice of them, even upon being struck — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 11, line 18: «The cook throws fire-irons, saucepans, plates and dishes at the Duchess and the baby; the Duchess takes no notice of them, even when they hit her, and Alice cr…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); the same thing acted on «notice» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/e4/)

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