Mova0.5 pre-release⌕
☰
home / at school / Books / 58

The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 3: Wayfarers All (the Sea Rat from Constantinople)

Tests: 3 of 16 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 20 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 58 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 ✗

Kerry from Galway: «the Sea Rat's farm was great craic, so he's staying for good.» (craic = fun) Put it right.

  • 1. He did not like the farm at all, so he left after six months and is now tramping south towards the sea and far away — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. He left it after six months and is tramping south to the sea — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. He stayed six months, then walked off north to his old farm — no support
  • 4. He left the farm after six months and is tramping south to the sea, where he will sail the coasting trade again with his old crew — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

«The gadgie's from Norway, like, born there.» (gadgie = bloke) Put it right.

  • 1. His ancestor was Norwegian, but he hails from Constantinople, where he was born and where he first went to sea — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. His family hails from Oslo and he was born there — no support
  • 3. The gadgie is from Norway, born in a Norwegian port, and his family has lived in the north for generations — no support
  • 4. His ancestor was Norwegian; he hails from Constantinople — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · right ✓

Which is TRUE about the Sea Rat?

  • 1. He likes the jolly times on shore as much as sailing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. He likes the jolly times on shore as much as sailing, and he never stays on the ship when he could be ashore — no support
  • 3. He loves the sea more than any shore life of all — no support
  • 4. He likes the jolly times on shore even more than sailing, and he has never once been to sea for longer than a month — 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 Water Rat answer «without his usual whole-hearted conviction»?

  • 1. The stranger has already stirred a longing in him — no support
  • 2. He has already decided to join the stranger on his walk south along the lane tomorrow morning at dawn — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 3. The swallows have already stirred a longing in him, and he cannot even say why the sea calls so strongly — score -1
  • 4. The swallows have already stirred a longing in him — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 4, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 58, line 12: ««I'm a seafaring rat, I am, and the port I originally hail from is Constantinople» (hail from = come from). Constantinople is the old name of Istanbul in Turke…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «seafaring rat» (+3); the same doer «water rat» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

What does «if only you are strong enough to lead it» hint about the Sea Rat himself?

  • 1. He is very strong — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. He was not «strong enough» to stay settled; the call took him — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. He was too weak to sail the sea alone — no support
  • 4. He was too proud to admit that he is a farmer — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

Thabo from Durban: «lekker, the Sea Rat sails right across oceans for months.» (lekker = nice) Put it right.

  • 1. He's a deep-sea sailor, out of sight of land — no support
  • 2. He sails along the coast, close to shore — no support
  • 3. He's in the coasting trade, rarely out of sight of land — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. He sails oceans — ← Mova's choice · score 0

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 58, line 4: «He doesn't sail great oceans: he is «in the coasting trade», always near land, and loves the jolly times on shore. The Water Rat, who feels his own life is «na…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sail» (+2); the same thing acted on «great oceans» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

«Sigurd's story is total cap.» (cap = a lie) Is it?

  • 1. No: the sailor invented it all for the Water Rat — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. No: a Norwegian king really did sail to Constantinople long ago, with sixty ships, as the old chronicles still record — no support
  • 3. Partly: a king did sail with sixty ships, but the tale of his men staying behind is pure invention by the Rat — no support
  • 4. No: a Norwegian king really did sail to Constantinople long ago — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

«I stan this guy, he's the best sailor ever.» (stan = be a big fan of) What does the Sea Rat himself say about the hard sailor's life?

  • 1. He would love to sail for months — score 5
  • 2. He thinks such months are the best of all sea life — ← Mova's choice · score 9
  • 3. Months out of sight of land «would not suit me at all» — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Months out of sight of land «would not suit me at all» — he has never tried it, but his mother said the same — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 58, line 2: «Sniffing the air, the stranger names the clover, the cows, the reapers and the moorhen, and says the river life is «the best in the world, if only you are stro…», 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); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same circumstance (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

What would the Water Rat probably have said to this stranger at the start of the book?

  • 1. That he has no wish to travel beyond the river at all — no support
  • 2. That the Wide World doesn't matter and he never wants to go, and that he'd scold any stranger who talks of far lands — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 3. That the Wide World doesn't matter and he never wants to go, though he would secretly envy the stranger's freedom a little — no support
  • 4. That the Wide World doesn't matter and he never wants to go — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 58, line 4: «He doesn't sail great oceans: he is «in the coasting trade», always near land, and loves the jolly times on shore. The Water Rat, who feels his own life is «na…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «stranger» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: what did the Mole do in chapter I that the Sea Rat has done too?

  • 1. Lost his home in a flood — score 3
  • 2. Left his old life suddenly when a call came — ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 3. Stayed at home and grew restless with his friends — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 4. Left his old life suddenly when a call came, and then spent the rest of his days wandering the world — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mole» (+3); the same place «home» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter VIII, which traveller met a fox at night who mocked his washing?

  • 1. Toad, disguised as a farmer — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 2. Rat, dressed as a sailor — no support
  • 3. Toad, dressed as a washerwoman — ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 4. Toad, dressed as a washerwoman and carrying a basket of wet linen down the lane — score 4

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 58, line 1: «As the Rat lies by the lane, a tired, dusty traveller comes along: another rat, lean and sharp-faced, with gold ear-rings, a faded blue jersey and his things t…», 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 «things» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Looking back: in chapter V, the Rat and the Mole peeped through village windows at families by the fire. What did they feel?

  • 1. Wistful, being far from home themselves, and they wished they could be back by their own fire at the river — score 6
  • 2. Angry, being left outside in the cold while the families sat warm and laughed together by the fire — score 3
  • 3. Glad they had no families of their own — no support
  • 4. Wistful, being far from home themselves — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 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 41, line 4: ««Ratty! Come back! It's my home!» he cries. But the Rat is far ahead, worried about the coming snow, and calls back, «Come on, Mole, we'll come for it tomorrow…», 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 property (+2); the same doer «rat» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter I, which riverside creatures did the Rat complain were «always wanting you to do something»?

  • 1. Otters, kingfishers, dabchicks, moorhens and the heron that always stands by the weir — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Badgers, weasels and foxes — no support
  • 3. Moles, hedgehogs, badgers and stoats — no support
  • 4. Otters, kingfishers, dabchicks and moorhens — ✓ 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter VII, the Rat felt a call in music he could not resist. What calls the Sea Rat?

  • 1. «the sweet call», back to the river and home — ← Mova's choice · score 10
  • 2. «the old call», back to the sea and the South — ✓ the right answer · score 10
  • 3. The South — score 2
  • 4. «the new call», to the farm and rest — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 50, line 10: «The Rat hears the music first: «Such music I never dreamed of, and the call in it is stronger even than the music is sweet!»», 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 «call» (+4). The right option, 2, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★ · right ✓

★★★ Put the voyage in order: Venice, Constantinople, Grecian Islands, Adriatic.

  • 1. Constantinople, Grecian Islands, Adriatic, Venice — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Venice, Adriatic, Grecian Islands, Constantinople — no support
  • 3. Adriatic, Venice, Constantinople, Islands — no support
  • 4. Constantinople, Grecian Islands, Adriatic, Venice, then back to Constantinople by the long sea road — 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 ✗

★★★ «do you like shellfish? Well, well, we won't linger over that now.» Why does he stop himself?

  • 1. He fears the Water Rat will refuse — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Talking of food makes him hungrier; he will hint at it again later — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Talking of food makes him hungrier; he will hint at it again later, when the meal is served and the table is laid — no support
  • 4. He wants to keep the shellfish for another meal today — 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 port from which the seafaring rat declared himself originally to hail.

  • 1. Alexandria — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The great port of Constantinople on the Bosphorus — no support
  • 3. A port on the Norwegian coast near Bergen — no support
  • 4. Constantinople — ✓ 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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

State the historical personage whose voyage is said to account for the presence of the seafarer's ancestor in that port.

  • 1. Harald, King of Norway, who marched with a large army — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Sigurd, King of Norway, who sailed thither with sixty ships — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Sigurd, King of Norway and the Holy Land, who sailed thither with sixty ships to fight the Saracens — no support
  • 4. Sigurd, King of Norway, who sailed thither with sixty ships and fought many battles along the way home — 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 ✗

Ascertain the nature of the seafarer's trade as described by himself.

  • 1. The coasting trade, seldom out of sight of land, which he took up after his first voyage as a boy in Norway — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Trading along the rivers and inland canals — no support
  • 3. The coasting trade, seldom out of sight of land — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Carrying cargo between distant foreign ports — 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 seafarer's sojourn upon the farm?

  • 1. It lasted one day — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. He never left — no support
  • 3. It endured some six months, at the conclusion of which he resumed his journey southward — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. It lasted only a short while before he left — 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

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat/