The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (the city under the Wild Wood, and the way home)

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

Lesson 40 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 ✓

Ruby, delulu as usual: «Badger dug the whole gurt place by himself, proper job.» (gurt = great; delulu = not facing facts) Put it right.

1. He built it all himself — no support
2. Badger dug the whole gurt place by himself, proper job, all of it, every room — no support
3. Ruby says the Mole dug it, a real hard job — no support
4. He did none of it — people built it, he only cleaned it — ← 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 14, line 8: «They move round the table to clean places as the things get used up; when Alice asks what happens when they come back to the beginning, the March Hare says «Su…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «clean» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Badger says the people will never, ever come back.»

1. True — no support
2. False, never — no support
3. False: he says they never return at all — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. False: he says perhaps they will, for a time — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 37, line 4: «Then comes a huge supper. Nobody talks for a long time, and when they do, they talk with their mouths full and their elbows on the table — and Badger doesn't m…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «badger» (+3); the same action «say» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

«They're not so bad really; and we must all live and let live.» What is the Badger asking the Mole to do?

1. Let the Wild Wood animals alone and let them go their own ways, without any hating or fighting from anyone at all — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. Forgive the wicked animals and let them live in the wood — score 10
3. Let the Wild Wood animals live their own way, without hating them — ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. Give up his home in the hills and go and live among the wild animals of the dark wood — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 35, line 14: «The Mole: «I'm simply dead beat and that's a solid fact» (dead beat = completely worn out). The Rat let him sleep, and «lay patiently waiting, with a pistol in…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «let» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «mole» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★★ · right ✓

Callum, bit scared: «so them weasels'll get Mole again next time?» What did Badger promise?

1. He'll send a message that Mole must stay indoors — no support
2. He'll have the weasels banned from the whole wood — no support
3. He'll pass the word that his friends walk where they like — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. He'll fight the weasels — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 40, line 3: «The Badger promises to pass the word around: any friend of his can walk where he likes. Back in the kitchen the Rat is restless, overcoat on and pistols in his…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «badger» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «word» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Why does the Badger not want everybody to know about his bolt-holes?

1. He does not trust the Mole, and thinks the tunnels are too dangerous to show anyone at all — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Strangers might find them and use them for theft — no support
3. Secret ways out are only safe if they stay secret — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. If everyone knew, the wood would be full of visitors who would damage his home and break everything — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 37, line 10: «He thinks the Rat has «been up to some of your pranks again» — though really it was the Mole who went into the Wild Wood alone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+2); the same doer «badger» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter III, what was «the Terror of the Wild Wood» for the Mole?

1. Pattering feet that followed him in the dark night — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Loud whistling — no support
3. Whistling in the dark, and the sound of many small feet — no support
4. Faces at holes, then whistling, then pattering feet closing in — ✓ 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 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter I, what did the Rat say lies beyond the Wild Wood?

1. Another wood full of wicked animals — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. Something that doesn't matter, the far lands — no support
3. The sea — score 9
4. The Wide World — «something that doesn't matter» — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 37, line 8: «On hearing the Rat, he cries «What, Ratty, my dear little man!» «in quite a different voice», and says they «must be perished» (perished = frozen right through…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «rat» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: where did the Mole hide in chapter III when he was too tired to run?

1. In a ditch — no support
2. Under the roots of a fallen oak — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. In the hollow of an old beech tree — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Under a bridge — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 36, line 5: «The Mole falls over backwards in delight and praises the Rat's clever step-by-step thinking at great length. «But as you haven't» got my brains, snaps the Rat,…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mole» (+5); the same action «fall» (+4). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter I, how did the Rat describe the river?

1. «It's my world, and I don't want any other» — ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. «Mine is a river, cold and wet and fine» — no support
3. «It's the only place for a cheerful life» — no support
4. «It's a world of its own, and I know everything about it, so I need no other» — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 40, line 9: ««Very long ago, on the spot where the Wild Wood waves now … there was a city—a city of people, you know … They built to last, for they thought their city would…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «wild wood» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · right ✓

Looking back: the Rat seems «afraid that the river would run away». In chapter I, the river was compared to which creature?

1. A sleek, sinuous, full-bodied animal, chasing and chuckling — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A huge sleek creature, always moving, chasing and chuckling around the bends of the old river — no support
3. A lively pony that gallops and kicks up spray — no support
4. A sleek, sinuous, full-bodied animal, chasing and chuckling merrily along under the bank — 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 ✗

The Mole began the book bursting out of his hole into the sunshine. How has he changed by the end of chapter IV?

1. He now prefers the wild wood to the river bank — score 5
2. He now feels he belongs to the Badger's dark halls and the wood — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. He has finally learned to love the Wild Wood and its dangers — score 6
4. He knows now he belongs to fields, hedges and the river — not the wild — ✓ the right answer · score 6

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 38, line 12: «The Mole is wide awake because he is «an underground animal by birth and breeding»; the Rat, whose bedroom windows open «on a breezy river», finds the air «sti…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same doer «mole» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if the Badger's tunnels were known to everyone?

1. Enemies could use them to get into his home — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Enemies could use them to break into his home, steal all his stores, and perhaps hurt his family badly — no support
3. Every animal would walk in and out of his home as they liked, and he would lose all peace and quiet — no support
4. Weasels could dig new tunnels to harm him — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 25, line 9: «He dug up his tunnel: «he scraped and scratched and scrabbled and scrooged», muttering to himself «Up we go! Up we go!», until «pop! his snout came out into th…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «tunnel» (+2); the same action «dig up» (+1). 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 13 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Jayden from Pittsburgh: «yinz see the Wild Wood from the stile? it looks all friendly now.» (yinz = you all) Put it right.

1. It looks dense and grim, and the Mole would not want to go in there in winter — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. It looks gentle and calm against the bright snow — score 4
3. It looks dense, menacing and grim against the white snow — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. It looks thick, dark and menacing against the white snow, with no paths visible at all — score 4

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 35, line 1: «The Rat marches into the darkening wood. Wicked little faces pop out of holes — and vanish at the sight of him, his pistols and his big ugly stick; the whistli…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «search» (+2); the same doer «rat» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★★★ · right ✓

«Grand,» says Niamh from Cork, «so the Mole will want more adventures in the Wild Wood now.» (grand = fine) Put it right.

1. He plans to seek out the Wild Wood for more danger — no support
2. He decides never to visit the Wild Wood again, nor the field, nor the river, for many long and tiring years — no support
3. He decides to keep to the pleasant places, which hold adventure enough — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. He decides to stay in the pleasant fields and leave the wood alone, because the river has enough adventure for him — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 40, line 19: «The Mole sees «that he was an animal of tilled field and hedge-row» (tilled = ploughed for crops); he «must keep to the pleasant places … which held adventure…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+2); the same doer «pleasant places» (+2); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★★★ · right ✓

★★★ «All down, down, down … Then it was all up, up, up.» What went DOWN, and what went UP?

1. The city went down; the forest grew up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. The Mole fell; the Badger stood tall — no support
3. The old stone city sank into the earth; the trees and the forest grew up over it all — score 3
4. The halls went down into the soil; the great trees rose up into the sky over the valley — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 35, line 5: «For an hour or two they stumble on, pretending every tree is an old friend, falling into holes, soaked and bruised. Hopelessly lost, they sit on a fallen log.…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); the same action «go down» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★★★ · right ✓

★★★ Careful: who went on the tour of the old city's rooms after luncheon, while others argued about eels?

1. Everyone except the Badger — no support
2. The Otter — score 2
3. Only the Mole, with the Badger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. The Rat alone — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 40, line 1: «While the Rat and the Otter argue about eels by the fire, the Badger takes the Mole on a tour with a lantern. There are passages and rooms everywhere, pillars,…», 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 doer «mole» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 17 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ Count the different animals (kinds, not each one) we meet inside Badger's house in chapter IV: badger, rat, mole… and?

1. Otter, hedgehog, weasel, stoat, toad and a squirrel, if you count them all — no support
2. Otter and hedgehog — five kinds — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Hedgehog and stoat, two more — no support
4. Otter, hedgehog, weasel, stoat and fox, all living in the house — ← Mova's choice · 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 25, line 6: «The book is «The Wind in the Willows» by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908; the animals talk, wear clothes and live in little houses, but still live lik…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «live» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, 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 origin of the passages and chambers inhabited by the Badger.

1. The remains of a city of people, long since vanished — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Passages and chambers left behind by an ancient city of powerful people, long since gone away — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. The ruins of a great walled city that once sheltered a million wealthy and busy inhabitants — no support
4. Burrows dug by the Mole's ancestors long ago — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 37, line 11: «The passage is «long, gloomy, and, to tell the truth, decidedly shabby»; other tunnels branch off from a central hall, «mysterious and without apparent end».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «passage» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Badger's view of the relation between people and badgers?

1. People will always rule the wood, while badgers hide underground and wait for the day they leave — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. People come and go, whereas badgers endure and return — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Badgers and people are equal, but badgers have been around longer, and will outlast all human building — score 6
4. People are powerful but badgers are more clever — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 40, line 16: «The Badger has «bolt-holes to the edge of the wood in several directions» (bolt-hole = secret escape tunnel), «which I don't want everybody to know about». The…», 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 doer «badger» (+2); the same action «hide» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that the Rat desired to depart. Ascertain the means of departure provided by the Badger.

1. A horse — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A road through the open meadow — no support
3. A tunnel to the edge of the wood — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A path through the trees — 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 ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Mole's conclusion upon the homeward journey.

1. That he belonged to the wild river and the forest beyond — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. That he belonged to the cultivated country of field and hedgerow — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. That he had discovered he was not a river animal but an underground creature after all, and would live there — no support
4. That he belonged to the great cultivated country of tidy fields, neat hedgerows and quiet farms — 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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