The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'm not sorry!» and the Toad locked in his bedroom)

Tests: 7 of 17 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 17 of 21 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 46 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 ✗

Ben: «Toad said sorry to everyone and meant it, bruh.» (bruh = come on, mate) Put it right.

1. He said it in the smoking-room, then took it back in front of his friends — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He said he was sorry, then later shouted and said he wasn't at all — no support
3. He apologised to them, then took it back at once in front of everyone — no support
4. He said sorry to all — ← 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 27, line 9: «The Otter says he came to the backwater for «a moment's peace» and then says sorry because that sounds as if he didn't want to meet them — he puts his foot in…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★★ · right ✓

Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Rat expected Toad to keep his promise.»

1. True: the Rat trusted Toad from the start, and saw nothing but honest sincerity — score 7
2. False: the Rat doubted it from the start but kept quiet about his doubts to the Badger and Mole — score 4
3. True: he expected Toad to keep it — score 6
4. False: he doubted it from the start and saw a twinkle — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 46, line 2: «But the Rat thinks he sees a twinkle in Toad's sorrowful eye. The Badger asks Toad to repeat his promise in front of his friends. A long, long pause… then: «No…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+5); the same doer «rat» (+3); the same thing acted on «twinkle» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Toad says: «I find that I'm not a bit sorry … so it's no earthly good saying I am.» Is there anything good in this?

1. Yes, Toad is honest and truly sorry — no support
2. He is honest about not being sorry — though that's not good news — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He is sorry, so he is good now — no support
4. He is honest about not being sorry, and that means Toad is kind and sincere to his friends — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 43, line 3: «The Rat asks the Mole to tell him all about his house, and the Mole forgets his sadness: this came from an aunt, that was a bargain, this other thing he saved…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «mole» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★★ · right ✓

Chloe: «locking Toad up is a bummer, but it's to keep him safe, right?» (bummer = a pity) Why do the friends say they're doing it?

1. For his own good, to stop him crashing, getting in trouble with police and wasting all of his money — no support
2. For his own good — to stop crashes, police and wasted money — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. For his own good, because Toad's friends think the Badger wants him to be better for the whole village — score 4
4. Because he asked them to, to stop his money being spent — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 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 45, line 4: «The Badger lays it out: Toad has ignored every warning, is wasting the money his father left him, and is giving all the animals a bad name with his crashes and…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «waste» (+3); the same thing acted on «money» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

«Being ordered about by female nurses.» What do we say about this old idea today?

1. It's wrong to think being helped by women is shameful; nurses are men or women — ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. Nurses should always be women, and men should not take help from them — score 7
3. It's wrong to think being helped by women is shameful, since nurses can be men or women and both are good — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. It's a silly idea, since anyone can be a nurse — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 46, line 16: «The Mole: «And no more weeks in hospital, being ordered about by female nurses». That is an old idea — that it is shameful for a man to be told what to do by w…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «today nurses» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 1, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter IV, which line about Toad did the Badger say in winter?

1. Keep him calm — score 6
2. We will teach him to be sensible — no support
3. We'll make Toad be quite sensible — ← Mova's choice · score 11
4. «We'll make him be a sensible Toad» — ✓ the right answer · score 11

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 11, tied with another option at 11 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 38, line 2: «The Rat asks: shouldn't his friends do something? Badger says he can't do anything now — it's winter, and in winter no animal is expected to do anything brave…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «toad» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 11. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter IV, the Badger «never said, “I told you so”». Who says «Told you so» now?

1. The Rat, who says it to Mole on the way home — score 5
2. The Rat — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. The Mole — score 6
4. The Badger — ← Mova's choice · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 38, line 2: «The Rat asks: shouldn't his friends do something? Badger says he can't do anything now — it's winter, and in winter no animal is expected to do anything brave…», 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 «badger» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter II, after the first car, how did the Rat explain Toad's state?

1. He is possessed by a sickness that will pass — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. He was taken by a craze, like someone with a fever — score 2
3. He is possessed, and a new craze takes him like that at first, so it will pass in time — score 3
4. He is possessed; a new craze takes him like that at first — ✓ the right answer · score 3

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 32, line 14: «The Rat: «He is now possessed. He has got a new craze, and it always takes him that way, in its first stage. He'll continue like that for days now, like an ani…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «possess» (+4). Against it: the same thing acted on «rat» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter II, what did Toad call boating, once he had his caravan?

1. Silly boyish amusement for children and little boys only — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Tiresome boyish nonsense — score 4
3. Boring boyish games — score 4
4. «Silly boyish amusement» — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 30, line 9: ««O, pooh! boating! ... Silly boyish amusement. I've given that up long ago. Sheer waste of time». He has found «the real thing, the only genuine occupation for…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «silly boyish amusement» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · right ✓

Looking back: in chapter I, the Rat said everyone had to stay with Toad on what last year?

1. His house-boat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. The caravan on the river, which Toad had bought — no support
3. Their caravan — score 2
4. Toad's new motor-car that they all rode in together — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 27, line 3: «Toad is out on the river, says the Otter, in a brand-new racing boat with new clothes and new everything. The Rat and the Otter laugh: Toad is always mad about…», 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 «sailing» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

«You've often asked us three to come and stay with you, Toad … well, now we're going to.» Why is this funny?

1. Toad asked them as guests, but now they come as guards to watch over him — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Toad asked them as guests; now they come as guards — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. They are coming to stay after all — no support
4. Toad asked them to come once, not twice — 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 · ★★★ · right ✓

Looking back: in chapter II, what did Toad say about the cart right after the crash?

1. I've done with carts for ever, and I shall walk everywhere from now on — no support
2. «I've done with carts for ever» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. I've finished with carts, truly — no support
4. I've done with carts for ever, and motor-cars are simply the only way to travel — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 32, line 6: «The horse, «dreaming ... of his quiet paddock», was so frightened that «Rearing, plunging, backing steadily», he drove the cart backwards into «the deep ditch…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «toad» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if they left Toad unguarded for an afternoon?

1. He might escape, sneak into the village, and find a car to steal before we noticed him gone — score 4
2. He might escape and find a car — ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. He might run off and get lost — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. He might escape from the house, find a motor-car and drive off down the road — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 46, line 18: «In his «violent paroxysms» (fits) Toad would «arrange bedroom chairs in rude resemblance of a motor-car», crouch on the front one «making uncouth and ghastly n…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «toad» (+5). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★★★ · right ✓

Darren from Newcastle: «howay, he's just playing cars with chairs, it's dead harmless.» (howay = come on) What do the chair-cars show about Toad?

1. The craze still has a firm hold of him, just like an illness that will not go away — score 8
2. He is still very keen on cars, like a child — no support
3. The craze still has him, like a sickness — no support
4. The craze still has hold of him, like an illness — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 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 46, line 3: ««Told you so,» says the Rat to the Mole. So the Badger decides on force: the three of them will move into Toad Hall and stay until Toad is cured. They haul him…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «cars» (+2); the same thing acted on «toad» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★★★ · right ✓

★★★ The Rat says «He'll say anything». Toad says «I'd have said anything in there». What does that tell us about Toad's promises?

1. They depend on who is talking to him, so they can't be trusted — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. They depend on who is talking to him, and his friends should keep watch since he may lie again — score 7
3. They depend entirely on who is talking to him, so no promise from Toad can ever be trusted at all — score 7
4. They depend on who's talking, so can't be trusted — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 46, line 1: ««Talking to Toad'll never cure him,» says the Rat. «He'll say anything.» Through the door they hear the Badger's voice droning on and on, and then — long sobs…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «talk» (+5); the same receiver «toad» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ «Converted—for the time being—to any point of view.» Which phrase warns us the change won't last?

1. «for the time being» — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. in the end, at last — no support
3. Converted—for the time being—to any point of view — ← Mova's choice · score 11
4. the change won't last, as shown by the words for the time being in this line — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 46, line 6: «They hear «the long continuous drone of the Badger's voice, rising and falling in waves of oratory» (oratory = speech-making); then «long-drawn sobs» from Toad…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+5); the same circumstance (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 17 · ★★★ · right ✓

★★★ «A long, long pause. Toad looked desperately this way and that.» Why might he be desperate before saying «No»?

1. He's deciding whether to lie again or tell the truth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. He's thinking about running away — score 4
3. He's trying to work out whether the Rat or the Badger will be angrier if he says no — score 3
4. He's worried whether the Badger will punish him — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 46, line 10: «After «a long, long pause» Toad says «a little sullenly, but stoutly» (sullenly = sulkily; stoutly = firmly): «No! I'm not sorry. And it wasn't folly at all! I…», 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 «toad» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the duration of the interview between the Badger and Toad in the smoking-room.

1. Some three-quarters of an hour — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Some two hours or so — no support
3. Some three-quarters of an hour, during which the Rat and Mole waited outside — no support
4. About half an hour — 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 · right ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Toad's declaration before his friends?

1. A retraction of his professed repentance — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. A retraction of his professed repentance, delivered in front of his friends — score 6
3. A withdrawal of his claimed remorse — no support
4. A full retraction of the repentance he had professed earlier, made publicly before all his friends — score 5

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 30, line 9: ««O, pooh! boating! ... Silly boyish amusement. I've given that up long ago. Sheer waste of time». He has found «the real thing, the only genuine occupation for…», 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 «toad» (+2); the same action «regret» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the measure adopted by the Badger upon the failure of persuasion.

1. The locking up and guarding of Toad — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The confinement and guarding of Toad within Toad Hall, and the sale of all his motor-cars — no support
3. The confinement and guarding of Toad within Toad Hall — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The confinement and round-the-clock guarding of Toad within Toad Hall, with no outside contact — 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 course of Toad's «paroxysms».

1. They grew rarer, and Toad grew cheerful again — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They grew less frequent, while he grew languid, listless and depressed for most of each day — no support
3. They became rarer, and he grew sadder — no support
4. They grew less frequent, while he grew languid and depressed — ✓ 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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