The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All (change in the air)

Tests: 8 of 16 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 20 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 56 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 ✗

«Ratty's salty cos the mice won't come for a picnic.» (salty = annoyed) Is that fair?

1. No, because the mice never once asked him to join them, and he came only to complain about their packing and their plans — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yes: they're too busy packing, and he grumbles and stomps off — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, though he should really have helped them pack, and they weren't rude to him at all in the end, sadly — no support
4. No: the mice invited him and he refused the picnic — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 2: «The Mouse, who seems to be in charge, makes everyone sit in a ring and reads them "the driest thing" it knows: a boring history lesson about William the Conque…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mouse» (+3); the same thing acted on «mouse» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Which is TRUE about this part?

1. Everyone around the Rat seems to be getting ready to leave — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The Rat is leaving the wood — no support
3. Only the birds are leaving — no support
4. The field is quiet and the mice are asleep — 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 3 · ★ · right ✓

«It's only the birds packing up.» Put it right.

1. The field-mice and harvest-mice are packing up too — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The field-mice and harvest-mice are packing up too, and the Rat is also moving his stores to a new home — no support
3. Only the Rat is packing up, because the mice have already left for the south in a big flock — no support
4. The field-mice are sleeping in their holes — 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 ✗

Why does the Rat say «You won't be 'free' as you call it much this side of Christmas»?

1. He grumbles that they'll be busy with moving and packing all the way through the winter until spring — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He is annoyed that they'll keep the flats so neat that he can never visit them again, not even once — no support
3. He fears they'll never finish the moving work — no support
4. He grumbles that they'll be busy moving for months — ✓ 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

What would a field-mouse probably say if the Rat came back next week?

1. We'd love a picnic next week — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Still too busy, perhaps another day — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, of course — no support
4. Sorry, the machines are coming — 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 ✓

Why is the river called «faithful, steady-going»?

1. It stays through every season, never moving house or going south, so the Rat can always find it — score 2
2. It never packs up or goes away for the winter — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. It flows on all year, never packing up, and it is the one place the Rat calls home for good — score 2
4. It keeps running all through the year — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 56, line 5: «Grumpy and a bit lonely, the Rat goes back to his faithful old river, which never packs up, moves house or goes away for the winter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+2); the same action «go away» (+1); the same doer «faithful old river» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Mia, a bit sad: «the Rat's not bothered by any of it, hun.» (hun = dear) Put it right.

1. He stays, and he notices the change not at all, since he never cares about anything that happens to other folk — no support
2. He stays, but he feels the change «in his bones» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. He moves to the field with the mice and feels the change in the bones of his whole body — score -1
4. He goes south too, feeling the change — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score -1, tied with another option at -1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 56, line 12: ««The Rat was a self-sufficing sort of animal, rooted to the land, and, whoever went, he stayed»; still he felt «some of its influence in his bones».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «feel» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Joe from Pittsburgh: «yinz see, the mice are moving cos the Rat told them to.» (yinz = you lot) Put it right.

1. They move before winter, because the Rat has a plan for them — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. They are moving because the Rat ordered them to, and they only agreed after he gave them a lot of cake and tea — score 4
3. They move before the harvest machines come, and to get good flats — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. They are moving because the Rat has been pushing them all along — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rat» (+3); the same thing acted on «plan» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

What does the field-mouse's stiff remark «If people would be more careful» show?

1. The busy mice are short-tempered and won't stop for him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. The mice dislike the Rat for his cheek — no support
3. The busy mice are short-tempered, and they show it because the Rat has never once helped them pack, not in all his life — score 4
4. The mice are sleepy and want their beds now — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 5, line 2: «The Mouse, who seems to be in charge, makes everyone sit in a ring and reads them "the driest thing" it knows: a boring history lesson about William the Conque…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mouse» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Looking back: in chapter I, what did the Rat call the river?

1. «It's wet and cold» — no support
2. «It's where I live, and I'm happy here» — no support
3. «It's my world, and I don't want any other» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. «It's the best place, and I want no other» — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 26, line 2: «Drifting along, the Mole trails a paw in the water and dreams. The Rat explains that the River is his whole world — his family, his food, his fun, in every sea…», 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 «river» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter III, what did the Rat do a great deal in winter?

1. Slept most of the day, rose late for his breakfast, and scribbled poems by the fire in the evenings — ← Mova's choice · score 12
2. Slept a lot, and grumbled at the cold — score 7
3. Stayed in bed late each morning, dozing, and occasionally wrote a verse or two about the snow and frost — score 5
4. Slept, rising late, and scribbled poetry — ✓ the right answer · score 12

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 12, tied with another option at 12 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 33, line 12: ««In the winter time the Rat slept a great deal, retiring early and rising late», and «scribbled poetry or did other small domestic jobs».», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «rise» (+3); the same property (+3); the same doer «rat» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 12. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter VII the Rat heard a call in the music. Who feels a pull to go somewhere in this part?

1. The Toad, who dreams of his caravan on the road — score 5
2. The birds, the field-mice, and a little the Rat himself — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. The Mole, who longs to see the winter snow — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. The Mole alone — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 43, line 1: «Inside, the Mole sees dust everywhere, a cold, small, shabby, long-forgotten house — and flops onto a hall-chair in despair. Why did he drag poor Ratty here, w…», 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 doer «mole» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: at Mole End in chapter V, the Mole felt glad to have a home to come back to. What is the Rat's «home» that never moves?

1. His river — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. The little caravan that Toad keeps parked by the road — no support
3. The wide Wide World beyond the wood — no support
4. The wood — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 54, line 14: «In «a blend of the Squire and the College Don» (a squire is a country landowner, a don a university teacher) he says: «I find I've left my purse behind ... I'l…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «i» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · right ✓

Looking back: who had to be dragged out of his bunk by force in chapter II, because he no longer liked the simple life?

1. Otter — no support
2. Rat — score 5
3. Toad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Badger — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 53, line 17: «Toad likes that: he can leave «in some style», with his «reputation for being a desperate and dangerous fellow» unspoilt.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «toad» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★ · right ✓

★★★ Careful: «whoever went, he stayed». Who is «he»?

1. The Rat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The Weasel — no support
3. The Badger — no support
4. Toad — 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 ✗

★★★ The field-mice say «Of course, we're early, we know that». Why do they still start?

1. Waiting would mean the machines arrive first and the best flats are taken by the sparrows and finches — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Because the Rat told them they must go now — score 3
3. Waiting risks the machines and losing the best flats — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. They know the machines can't cut the wheat before the autumn, so they could wait, but they choose not to — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 18, line 3: «He tells about his school in the sea. The master was an old Turtle they called Tortoise, «because he taught us». Whenever Alice asks a sensible question, the t…», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «two creatures» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the season in which the events of the ninth chapter commence.

1. Late autumn — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The end of summer — no support
3. The close of summer, the fields having turned from green to gold — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The height of summer, with the fields all changed from green to gold — 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 · wrong ✗

State the comparison employed by the author in respect of the departure of the birds.

1. A market stall packing up at the close of the day — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The closing of a grand hotel at the end of its season — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The emptying of a grand summer hotel as the guests pay their bills and leave for the south, one by one — no support
4. A seaside guest house in the very last week of the year — 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 ✓

Ascertain the reason furnished by the field-mice for their early removal.

1. The impending arrival of the harvesting machines and the scarcity of desirable flats — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The approach of the Rat and the need to avoid his picnic plans — no support
3. The machines are coming — no support
4. Winter is coming and the wheat will be gone — 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 ✗

Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the Water Rat's conduct in the field?

1. He politely declined to assist the mice, tripped over a hat-box in the field, and then walked slowly back to his river in a sulk — ← Mova's choice · score 1
2. He was asked to help, he agreed at once, tripped over a hatbox, dropped every pile of grain, and was carried home by the mice in a cart — no support
3. He refused the picnic and sulked by the wheat-field all afternoon — no support
4. He declined to assist, tripped over a hat-box and withdrew to his river — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 56, line 20: «The Rat trips «over a hat-box, and fell, with undignified remarks»; a field-mouse says: «If people would be more careful ... and look where they're going» and…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trip» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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