The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 2: The River Bank (the picnic basket, the Wild Wood and the Wide World)

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

Lesson 26 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 ✗

Zara, proper tamping (furious): «the Rat only packed a sandwich, the stingy beggar». Put it right.

1. Lots — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He packed loads — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He packed plenty — no support
4. Loads — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

Why does the Rat say the whole food list as one long word?

1. To show he says it fast, in one excited breath — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Because he forgot the rest of the items — no support
3. He is poking fun at the Mole who never eats anything at all in the boat — score 2
4. He is showing off his knowledge of cakes — no support

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 26, line 8: «The Rat says the other animals call him «a mean beast» who cuts it «very fine» (gives only just enough) — a joke, as the basket is enormous.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «rat» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«It's my world, and I don't want any other.» What does this tell us about the Rat?

1. He hates the Wild Wood and has never once been out of his own village — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. He is proud and wants to show off — no support
3. He loves the river and is happy to stay — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He is rude and does not want guests — 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 26, line 3: «The Mole points to a dark wood on one side. «That's just the Wild Wood,» says the Rat shortly. Badger lives in the middle of it, and nobody bothers him — but t…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on «wild wood» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗

The Mole asks if river life is dull, with no one to talk to. Why is the Rat's answer a joke?

1. He says he hates visitors — score 5
2. He says the river is so lonely that he never speaks at all to anyone — score 5
3. He says it's far too crowded — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. He says he would be happy with nothing but the mud and the Mole's company — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 25, line 2: «He is so happy that he knocks over a fussy old rabbit who wants sixpence to let him pass, and runs on through the fields while everyone else is busy. He feels…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same doer «mole» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

The Rat says the Wild Wood is «just» the Wild Wood, «shortly». What does his manner suggest?

1. He has forgotten what it is — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He doesn't like talking about it — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He thinks it is very boring — no support
4. He's not sure — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

Ali, bit sus (suspicious) of it: «the Rat said everyone in the Wild Wood is nasty, innit.» Is he right?

1. Not really, only the weasels are nasty — no support
2. Yes, all of them — no support
3. Yes, the foxes and weasels are bad — no support
4. No: squirrels are «all right», and Badger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 26, line 14: «About the Wild Wood: «The squirrels are all right. And the rabbits—some of 'em, but rabbits are a mixed lot. And then there's Badger». Badger «lives right in t…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «squirrels» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

«Dear old Badger! Nobody interferes with him. They'd better not.» What does «They'd better not» suggest?

1. Badger is a rude old fellow indeed — no support
2. Badger is strong and not to be messed with — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Badger is so old and sleepy that nobody visits him in his house any more — score 7
4. Badger is so kind that nobody ever bothers him at all — ← Mova's choice · score 12

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 12, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 26, line 3: «The Mole points to a dark wood on one side. «That's just the Wild Wood,» says the Rat shortly. Badger lives in the middle of it, and nobody bothers him — but t…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «bother» (+3); the same doer «nobody» (+3); the same thing acted on «badger» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓

What would have happened if the Mole had kept asking about the weasels?

1. He would have broken animal-etiquette — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. The Rat would have stopped the boat and walked back to the Wild Wood — no support
3. The Rat would have been angry — no support
4. The Rat would have left him in the boat and gone home alone — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 26, line 19: «The Mole «had started his spring-cleaning at a very early hour that morning» and had «not paused for bite or sup» (= had eaten and drunk nothing).», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pause» (+2); the same doer «mole» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Which is TRUE about the Wide World in the Rat's words?

1. It is full of cakes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. «that's something that doesn't matter» — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It is a place the Rat loves dearly — no support
4. It is a place where animals go to live in great houses — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

Mo says: «the Mole had a big breakfast before he left home, that's why he wasn't hungry.» Put it right.

1. He'd had nothing since his early start — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He had eaten a huge and filling breakfast before he left his home that morning — no support
3. He had a huge breakfast of bacon and eggs and then went out for a walk — no support
4. He was too busy to eat anything — 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 · ★★ · right ✓

Looking back: what was the Mole doing at «a very early hour that morning»?

1. Spring-cleaning — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Painting the door — no support
3. Going to find the Rat and ask him for a boat ride — no support
4. Making breakfast — 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 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: why is everything in the boat so «fascinating» to the Mole?

1. It is new paint — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He had never been in a boat in his life — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It was the first time he saw a boat — no support
4. He had never seen a real river before — 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 ✗

Looking back: who else did the Mole meet before the Rat, and how did it go?

1. A fox who asked for a sixpence and was ignored by the Mole — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A friendly old rabbit who gave the Mole a sixpence and then they had a long talk together about the spring and the wood — no support
3. An old rabbit who wanted sixpence; the Mole ran off and hid in a ditch for the afternoon — no support
4. An old rabbit who wanted sixpence — the Mole knocked him over — ✓ 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 · ★★ · right ✓

Looking back: the Mole says «O my! O my! O my!» at the backwater. How was he feeling about the river when he first saw it, earlier that day?

1. Nervous at first but then he grew to love it very much — score 6
2. Frightened and very lonely — no support
3. He hated the river because it was so wide and cold and deep — score 6
4. Bewitched and fascinated — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 25, line 13: «The Mole had never seen a river before, and was «bewitched, entranced, fascinated»; it seemed to him «this sleek, sinuous, full-bodied animal, chasing and chuc…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bewitch» (+4); the same doer «mole» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★★ · right ✓

★★★ How many different drinks are in the Rat's list?

1. 3: ginger beer, lemonade, soda-water — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. 3: ginger beer, cider, lemonade — no support
3. Two — no support
4. 1: lemonade — 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

Test 16 · ★★ · right ✓

★★★ Put these in story order: (a) the Rat falls on his back in the boat; (b) the Mole sees the Wild Wood; (c) the Mole knocks over the rabbit; (d) the Mole unpacks the basket.

1. c, a, b, d — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. c, a, b, d, then back home again — no support
3. c, d — no support
4. The rabbit first, then the Wood, then the basket, then the boat — 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 ✗

★★★ The Rat says the Wild Wood is all right, and also that you can't trust some animals there. Which is the best way to see it?

1. He wants the Mole to go home — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He is joking — no support
3. He doesn't want to frighten the Mole, so he says only part of it — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. He is being cautious but also wants to keep the Mole away from it — 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 · right ✓

Identify the article which the Rat conveyed from his dwelling to the boat prior to their departure.

1. A brown leather satchel — no support
2. A boat — no support
3. A tin lunch box, shiny — no support
4. A wicker luncheon-basket — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 26, line 1: «Before they set off, the Rat climbs up into his hole and comes back staggering under a fat wicker picnic basket. When the Mole asks what's inside, the Rat ratt…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the category of creatures which, according to the Rat, cannot be wholly trusted.

1. Squirrels and rabbits — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Every animal living in the Wild Wood, without exception at all — no support
3. Weasels, stoats, foxes and the Badger too — no support
4. Weasels, stoats and foxes — ✓ 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 · right ✓

Select the response which most accurately characterises the Rat's position in respect of the Wide World.

1. He has never been, never will go, and wishes it not mentioned — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He has travelled there often and is happy to go again — no support
3. He has been there many times, has friends in each city, and wishes to go there with the Mole — no support
4. He has been there and enjoyed it, but now prefers the river — 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that the Mole had neither eaten nor drunk since an early hour. State the term employed in the text for food and drink so forgone.

1. «bread or cake» — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. «meal» — no support
3. «food» — no support
4. «bite or sup» — ✓ 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

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