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The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (the Mole's sobs, the Rat turns back, and Mole End)

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

Lesson 42 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: «the Rat sees Mole crying and goes 'bruh, man up'.» (bruh = brother, mate) Put it right.

  • 1. He says sorry and offers him a biscuit — score 2
  • 2. He says nothing, pats him, then calls himself a pig — ✓ the right answer · score 1
  • 3. He tells him to stop and walks on ahead — score 3
  • 4. He tells him to stop — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 25, line 3: «Then he sees a river for the first time in his life. It seems alive — chattering, chuckling, sparkling — and he sits on the bank, spellbound, as if it were tel…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same receiver «mole» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★★ · right ✓

Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Rat finds Mole End himself, by looking at a map.»

  • 1. Yes, the Rat finds Mole End by the bell-pull — score 6
  • 2. False: the Rat finds it by map — score 5
  • 3. True: the Rat finds it by map — score 5
  • 4. False: the Mole's nose finds it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 38, line 3: «The Mole feels lively underground — he is a digger, and Badger's house suits him; the Rat, used to a breezy river bedroom, feels sleepy and shut in. Badger sho…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feel» (+5); the same doer «mole» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

«It's bostin' (great) — Queen Victoria is an Italian hero!» says Alfie. Is he right?

  • 1. No — the writer is joking; only Garibaldi was an Italian hero — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. No — Victoria was English, so Alfie is wrong only sometimes — no support
  • 3. Yes — Garibaldi and Victoria were both Italian heroes of modern history — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 4. No, because the writer is serious and Queen Victoria was not a hero at all — 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 42, line 17: «The forecourt has a garden-seat, a roller (the Mole hates his ground «kicked up» into little runs), ferns in wire baskets, and plaster statues of «Garibaldi, a…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «garibaldi» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); the same thing acted on «italian hero» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

«It reflected everything all wrong and had a very pleasing effect.» What is funny here?

  • 1. A glass ball that flips the view is called useful — no support
  • 2. The glass ball is silver and pleasing to look at — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 3. A ball that shows everything wrong is called pleasing — ✓ the right answer · score 1
  • 4. The Mole thinks the ball is pretty — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 42, line 18: «There is a skittle-alley (skittles = a game like bowling), and a little pond with gold-fish, a cockle-shell border, and in its middle a little pile of more coc…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «large silvered glass ball» (+3); the same property (+2). The right option, 3, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Why does the Rat say «carelessly» that they'd better get on, when he is really going back?

  • 1. He wants the Mole to think he is calm and sure — ← Mova's choice · score 2
  • 2. He doesn't want to make a fuss or embarrass the Mole — ✓ the right answer · score 2
  • 3. He doesn't want to make a fuss, so he hides his own worry about the snow and the dark — score 2
  • 4. He is pretending not to notice the Mole is sad — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 31, line 3: «Next morning Toad sleeps and sleeps, while the Rat and the Mole do all the work, the Mole walking miles for milk and eggs Toad forgot. Toad strolls out fresh a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «work» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Zara, a bit salty: «the Rat's mean, Mole cried and he never said sorry.» (salty = cross) Put it right.

  • 1. He calls himself a pig, then goes back to find the Mole, and says sorry — ← Mova's choice · score 2
  • 2. He never apologises and walks straight home again — no support
  • 3. He says sorry but never goes back for him — score 2
  • 4. He calls himself a pig, and then does something about it — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 28, line 3: «The Mole has to trot up and down to dry himself while the Rat rescues the boat and dives for the picnic basket. Ashamed, the Mole says sorry with all his heart…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter I, after tipping the boat over, who said sorry and how?

  • 1. The Rat: «I have been a silly pig» — no support
  • 2. The Mole, who wrote a long letter of apology to the Rat the next morning — ← Mova's choice · score 3
  • 3. The Rat: «I was wrong, and I am sorry for it» — no support
  • 4. The Mole: «I have been a complete ass, and I know it» — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 28, line 3: «The Mole has to trot up and down to dry himself while the Rat rescues the boat and dives for the picnic basket. Ashamed, the Mole says sorry with all his heart…», 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 right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

So in chapter I the Mole called himself an ass; now the Rat calls himself a pig. What do both scenes show?

  • 1. A good friend owns up when he is wrong and then goes back for others too — no support
  • 2. Animals should never go out in the Wild Wood after dark at all — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 3. A good friend owns up when he is wrong — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Friends should never fight at all — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 33, line 3: «One afternoon, while the Rat dozes in his armchair hunting for rhymes, the Mole quietly decides to go out by himself, explore the Wild Wood, and perhaps meet M…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «go out» (+5); the same doer «mole» (+3); the same property (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · right ✓

Looking back: when the Mole cried in chapter I, what did the Rat do?

  • 1. He laughed — score 4
  • 2. He kindly looked in another direction — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 3. He ran off — no support
  • 4. He patted him and told him to be brave — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 28, line 4: «The Mole is so touched he cries a little, and the Rat kindly looks the other way. At home there's a warm fire, a dressing-gown and slippers, river stories till…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «look» (+3); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter III, what did the Rat do when the Mole went missing?

  • 1. Took his pistols and cudgel, called Badger, and searched the whole Wild Wood through the night — score 2
  • 2. He sent a letter to Toad and waited by the fire — score 6
  • 3. Took his pistols and cudgel and searched the Wild Wood — ✓ the right answer · score 2
  • 4. He took his pistols and cudgel and searched the Wild Wood until dawn, calling out for the Mole and Toad — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 33, line 3: «One afternoon, while the Rat dozes in his armchair hunting for rhymes, the Mole quietly decides to go out by himself, explore the Wild Wood, and perhaps meet M…», 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 «mole» (+2); the same thing acted on «wild wood» (+2); the same action «explore» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★★ · right ✓

Looking back: in chapter III, the Rat found Badger's door. Who finds the door this time?

  • 1. The Mole, by his nose — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
  • 2. Toad, by a map — score 7
  • 3. The Rat, by reading the sign — no support
  • 4. The Rat, by his eyes — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 42, line 1: «The Rat chatters away about the fire and the supper waiting at home and doesn't notice how quiet the Mole has gone. At last he suggests a rest on some tree-stu…», 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 «mole» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: what was written on the brass plate on Badger's door in chapter III?

  • 1. MR. BADGER OF THE WILD WOOD — ← Mova's choice · score 3
  • 2. MR. MOLE — no support
  • 3. MR. BADGER — ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 4. MR. BADGER, PRIVATE HOME — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 23, line 19: «The Knave: «I didn't write it, and they can't prove I did: there's no name signed at the end.» King: «If you didn't sign it, that only makes the matter worse.…», 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 thing acted on «matter» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter III, the Rat called the Mole a «thick-headed beast» over the door-mat. How does the Mole look now?

  • 1. Still a silly mole, but a brave one now — no support
  • 2. Still thick-headed, but his tail is wagging — no support
  • 3. Still foolish, and still very lost — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 4. Clever in his own way — his nose finds his home — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 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 28, line 10: «The Mole «missed the surface altogether»; he grabbed the side of the boat, «and the next moment—Sploosh! Over went the boat».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «miss» (+4); the same doer «mole» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

What would have happened if the Rat had kept going home?

  • 1. Mole End would stay lost, and the Mole would stay sad — ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 2. Mole End would stay lost for ever, the Mole would stay sad, and the Rat would be ashamed — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 3. The Mole would have gone home by himself — score 5
  • 4. The Rat would have a warm supper and sleep well by the fire — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 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 29, line 13: «The Mole agrees «So it is, so it is» — «No, it isn't!» cries the Rat — «Well then, it isn't, it isn't,» says the Mole soothingly: he changes his mind at once t…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «rat» (+5). The right option, 1, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ «Too late, too dark, too far off, and the snow's coming!» How many «too»s does the Mole use in this cry?

  • 1. Four of them, in all — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. 1 — no support
  • 3. Five, counting the snow's too — no support
  • 4. 3 — ✓ 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 16 · ★★★ · right ✓

★★★ «Garibaldi, and the infant Samuel, and Queen Victoria, and other heroes of modern Italy.» Which word shows the writer's trick?

  • 1. «Italian» — a joke — no support
  • 2. «Modern» — it hides that they are not heroes — score 2
  • 3. «Infant» — it makes Samuel a hero of Italy — score 3
  • 4. «other» — it pretends they are all Italian heroes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 42, line 17: «The forecourt has a garden-seat, a roller (the Mole hates his ground «kicked up» into little runs), ferns in wire baskets, and plaster statues of «Garibaldi, a…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «italian hero» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 17 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ «He had lost what he could hardly be said to have found», last lesson. What does the Rat's turning back now mean for that?

  • 1. The Mole will never see it again now — no support
  • 2. The Rat has given up looking for it — ← Mova's choice · score 8
  • 3. The Mole will find it properly after all — ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 4. The Rat will find the Mole's lost home by using the map he brought along — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 36, line 3: «The Rat loses his temper: stop talking and dig, especially on the sides of the mounds — it's their last chance of a warm dry bed! The Mole digs, mostly to humo…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «stop» (+5); the same doer «rat» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the occasion upon which the Mole's grief became manifest to the Rat.

  • 1. A rest upon some tree-stumps beside a copse — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. A rest upon some tree-stumps beside a copse, when the Rat first noticed the silence — ← Mova's choice · score -2
  • 3. A pause at a gate by the old farm lane — no support
  • 4. A rest upon some tree-stumps beside a copse, where the Mole first sobbed openly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score -2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 42, line 5: «The Rat chatters «about what they would do when they got back» — «how jolly a fire of logs in the parlour would be» — «never noticing his companion's silence a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «notice» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). 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 Rat's response upon learning the cause of the Mole's distress?

  • 1. Self-reproach, then a resolute return, and a long search of every hedge along the river — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Sympathy, then a decision to continue onward in the dark — no support
  • 3. Self-reproach, followed by a resolute return along the road — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Immediate self-reproach, followed by a resolute and immediate return along the snowy road toward the Wild Wood — 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 Mole's dwelling was located by scent. Ascertain the faculty employed.

  • 1. The Rat's nose — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The Rat's map — no support
  • 3. Eyes — no support
  • 4. The Mole's nose — ✓ 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 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the inscription above the bell-pull.

  • 1. «Mole End», in Gothic lettering — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. «Mole Lodge», in Gothic lettering — no support
  • 3. «Mole End», in plain print — no support
  • 4. «Mole End», in Gothic lettering, painted over the bell-pull and the door — ← Mova's choice · 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 42, line 4: «Near the spot, the Rat lets go and waits. The Mole's nose quivers… a quick run, a stop, a try back, then a sure advance — over a ditch, through a hedge, across…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «bell pull» (+4); the same action «paint» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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