The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the doctor, the lawyer, and the rope of sheets)

Tests: 7 of 17 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 13 of 21 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 47 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 ✗

Leah: «the Rat sussed Toad out straight away.» (sussed out = saw through) Put it right.

1. He was fooled, and ran straight off for the doctor and the lawyer, leaving Toad alone — score 2
2. The Rat saw through Toad at once — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. The Rat spotted the trick quickly — score 3
4. He was fooled, and ran for the doctor and lawyer — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+2); the same doer «rat» (+2). The right option, 4, 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 Badger had warned the Rat that very morning.»

1. False: the Badger had warned the Rat about the trip, but not about that particular morning in any way — score 5
2. True: «There's sure to be something up. I know him.» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. False: the Badger had said nothing at all to the Rat, who saw no warning sign that morning — score 4
4. False: the Badger warned him only after the escape — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 47, line 7: «The Badger's warning: «When Toad's quiet and submissive and playing at being the hero of a Sunday-school prize, then he's at his artfullest. There's sure to be…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «know» (+5); the same thing acted on «toad» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★★ · right ✓

Hamish from Dundee: «Toad's no really ill, ken.» (ken = you know) What clues showed he was only pretending?

1. He kept saying «don't bother», hinting, and asked for a lawyer too — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He groaned loudly and begged for the doctor — no support
3. He kept asking for help and sounded weak — no support
4. He kept saying «don't bother», hinting that he was dying, and asked for a lawyer too, which was suspicious — 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 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

«You may be saying to yourself, ‘O, if only I had noticed sooner!’» What is Toad trying to do to the Rat?

1. Make him feel guilty for not noticing so that he'll leave Toad to his plan — score 9
2. Get the Rat to fetch the doctor — ← Mova's choice · score 11
3. Make him feel guilty so he'll go — ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Make the Rat feel sorry for him — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 11, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 47, line 2: «Toad lies flat in bed and talks in a weak little voice: so kind of dear Ratty to ask, but he doesn't want to be a burden… he won't be one much longer… Would Ra…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fetch» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «doctor» (+2); the same doer «one» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Toad says, «Noticing things is only a trouble.» Why does he say it?

1. To make the Rat feel guilty too — no support
2. To blame the Rat for his own illness — score 4
3. To make the Rat feel bad for not noticing — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. To make the Rat feel bad for not noticing, while he himself keeps the clever plan hidden — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 47, line 6: «Toad, says the Badger, keeps saying «O leave him alone, he wants nothing, perhaps he'll be better presently, it may pass off in time, don't be unduly anxious».», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+3); the same doer «badger» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★★ · right ✓

Why did the Rat lock the door even though he believed Toad was ill?

1. He still followed the rule never to leave Toad free, although he doubted him a little — score 4
2. He still followed the rule never to leave Toad free — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. He still followed the rule never to leave Toad free, because the Badger had told him to do so — score 4
4. He wanted Toad to rest for the day — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. 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 «lead» (+3); the same thing acted on «toad» (+3); the same doer «toad» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★★ · right ✓

Looking back: in the last lesson, the Rat said «Told you so» about Toad. What happens to the Rat now?

1. He gets tricked by Toad himself, and then the Badger scolds him severely — score 4
2. He is proud of his cleverness — no support
3. He gets tricked by Toad himself — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. He gets tricked by Toad himself, and has to ride home in shame — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 47, line 19: «The Badger fears Toad will be so proud of his clever trick that he may do any silly thing now.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trick» (+2); the same doer «toad» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★★ · right ✓

Looking back: in chapter II, why did the Rat say they couldn't leave Toad on the trip?

1. «It wouldn't be safe for him to be left to himself, because he always gets into mischief» — score 5
2. «He would only get into trouble» — no support
3. «It wouldn't be safe for him to be left to himself» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. «Toad would cause trouble if left alone» — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 31, line 11: «The Rat: «No, no, we'll see it out ... I ought to stick by Toad till this trip is ended. It wouldn't be safe for him to be left to himself. It won't take very…», 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) (+2); the same doer «trip» (+1); the same property (+1); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter V, the Mole cried real tears about his home. How are Toad's tears different?

1. Toad's tears and weak voice are an act to get his way — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Toad cries about his motor-car accident — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Toad's tears and weak voice are an act to get his way, and the Mole's were real because he missed home — score 6
4. Toad's tears are real, like the Mole's were — no support

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 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 the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cry» (+5); the same doer «mole» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter III the Rat worked out the door-scraper; in chapter V the sardines. What's different this time?

1. Nothing changes — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Now the Mole is tricked again — no support
3. Toad is caught — no support
4. Now the clever Rat is fooled — ✓ 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 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: which escape does Toad's rope of sheets remind you of in this book so far?

1. Toad's own motor-car escape from the police station in the town earlier on — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The Rat's escape through the wood on the road — no support
3. The Mole's dash through the snow last week — no support
4. None — it's the first escape out of a window in the book — ✓ 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 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter II the Rat said Toad was «always glad to see you, always sorry when you go!» How is that turned upside down now?

1. Now the Rat is always pleased by Toad's sorrow — score 3
2. Now Toad sends the Rat away gladly so he can escape — score 2
3. Now Toad is glad when the Rat leaves — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Now Toad wants his friend to go, so that he can escape — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 29, line 3: «Of course! says the Rat. Toad is always glad to see you and always sorry when you go. He's kind and good-natured — though perhaps not very clever, and rather b…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «toad» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Kirsty, lowkey sus: «wait, if Badger knew, why'd he leave the Rat alone?» (sus = suspicious) What's the best answer from the text?

1. The Badger forgot to say anything more — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He did warn the Rat, but the Rat still got fooled, since he did not listen to the Badger's advice — score 3
3. He left because he trusted Toad's acting — score 4
4. He did warn the Rat — but the Rat still got fooled — ✓ the right answer · 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 12: «Toad: «I'd have said anything in there. You're so eloquent, dear Badger … you can do what you like with me in there … But I've been searching my mind since … 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 thing acted on «anything» (+3); the same doer «badger» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★★★ · right ✓

What would have happened if the Rat had asked the Badger before running off?

1. The Badger would probably have seen through Toad's trick — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Toad would have been caught by the Badger — score 5
3. The Mole would have stopped the escape — score 5
4. The Badger would have called the doctor — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 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 47, line 8: «The Rat «incautiously» (carelessly) tells Toad that the Mole and the Badger «will be out till luncheon time» — so Toad knows he'll be alone with the Rat.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mole» (+5). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ «When Toad's quiet and submissive … then he's at his artfullest.» Which of Toad's words that morning best fits «submissive»?

1. «Don't bother, please, dear Rat» — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. «Please do not trouble yourself so» — no support
3. «I'm not worth all this trouble» — no support
4. «I hate being a burden to my friends» — ✓ 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 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ «He did it awfully well.» — «He did you awfully well!» What changes the meaning?

1. Adding «you» makes it a question — no support
2. Adding «you» turns «did it» (acted) into «did you» (tricked you), so the Rat is the one fooled by Toad's act — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Adding «you» turns «did it» (acted) into «did you» (tricked you) — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It changes from praise to a question about you — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. 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 the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «rat» (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 17 · ★★★ · right ✓

★★★ «Much water, and of how turbid a character, was to run under bridges.» What is the writer telling us?

1. A lot of troubled time will pass before Toad is home again — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Toad will soon find his way home again — no support
3. The river will flood before Toad returns home — no support
4. A lot of troubled time will pass before Toad is home again, after many adventures on the wide water — 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 · wrong ✗

Identify the warning conveyed by the Badger to the Rat upon the morning of Toad's escape.

1. That Toad was most rude when most cheerful — score 3
2. That Toad was least dangerous when quiet — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. That Toad was most cunning when most submissive — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. That Toad was most cunning when most submissive, so the Rat should have watched him closely — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 47, line 7: «The Badger's warning: «When Toad's quiet and submissive and playing at being the hero of a Sunday-school prize, then he's at his artfullest. There's sure to be…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «toad» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the persons whose attendance Toad requested of the Rat.

1. A doctor and a lawyer, and perhaps the Badger too, as soon as possible — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The Mole and the Badger — no support
3. A doctor and a lawyer, both from the nearest town, and urgently needed — no support
4. A doctor and a lawyer — ✓ 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 ✓

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the means of Toad's escape from his bedroom?

1. A rope of knotted sheets secured to the mullion of the window — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A rope of knotted sheets secured to the mullion of the window, lowered quietly in the dark — no support
3. Knotted sheets lowered from the chimney stack — no support
4. Knotted curtains fastened to the great oak door — 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 · right ✓

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Badger's arrangements following the escape.

1. Continued residence at Toad Hall, against Toad's possible return — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Moved in with the Otter at the river — no support
3. Stayed at the Mole's house to guard the door — no support
4. Continued living in his own wood, and visited — 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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