The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Adventures of Toad (the most conceited song and the very same motor-car)

Tests: 5 of 17 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 17 of 21 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 63 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 ✗

Finn: «Toad sang his song to a massive crowd, they went wild.» Put it right.

1. The whole village heard it from the church steps — score 3
2. Nobody heard the song except the guards, who dropped their rifles and wept at the sight of him — ← Mova's choice · score 8
3. Toad sang to a huge crowd on the road, who all cheered him and asked for an encore at once — score 5
4. Nobody heard it — he sang to himself on an empty road — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 63, line 1: «Full of stew and with money in his pocket, Toad marches along with his chin in the air, telling himself the story of his own cleverness: prison, train, canal,…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hear» (+5); the same doer «nobody» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Why is the line about Oxford funny?

1. The line is funny because Toad has clearly never been to Oxford, yet he brags about its clever men in front of everyone — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It is funny since Toad boasts of being wiser than Oxford's scholars while he cannot even spell words properly, and even misses rhymes — no support
3. Toad claims Oxford men know nothing, yet he makes a grammar mistake in his own song — no support
4. Toad says he is cleverer than the clever men at Oxford, but uses the wrong word «knowed» — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

What does «the most conceited song that any animal ever composed» tell us about Toad now?

1. The song shows that his adventures have made him cleverer, humbler, and much more careful about who he trusts — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. He has learned nothing and still thinks he is great — no support
3. He has become so puffed up that he now boasts of his song as the greatest ever written by any creature — no support
4. His adventures have made him even more boastful, not wiser — ✓ the right answer · 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 63, line 1: «Full of stew and with money in his pocket, Toad marches along with his chin in the air, telling himself the story of his own cleverness: prison, train, canal,…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on «conceited song» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★★ · right ✓

Leo, salty (annoyed): «the barge-woman was evil-minded, Toad said so.» Is Toad a fair judge?

1. Yes, she was an evil woman, but Toad was only sensible in saying so, as her manner showed from the start — score 5
2. No: she was kind until he lied, boasted and insulted her — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
3. Yes, because Toad was the one who had been kind to her — score 6
4. No, because she was kind, but Toad lied to her, boasted about himself, and then insulted her cruelly as she stood there — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 63, line 6: «He tells it all as cleverness: he even calls the barge-woman «a woman fat of body and very evil-minded», though she had been kind until he lied and insulted he…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lie» (+5); the same doer «toad» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★★ · right ✓

What would have happened if Toad had hidden till dark, as he later wished?

1. He might have slipped home quietly by the back ways without ever meeting that motor-car or the gentlemen in it at all — score 5
2. He might have slipped home quietly without meeting the car — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. He could have got home without any trouble at all — score 4
4. He would never have been in such trouble, since he would have avoided the car, the gentlemen, and the crash entirely — 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 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 doer «toad» (+3); the same action «see» (+2); the same thing acted on «first car» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Why did the people in the car not recognise Toad?

1. He was in the washerwoman's dress and bonnet, lying in a crumpled heap — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The bonnet hid his face, and he lay crumpled in a heap like a washerwoman — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. He was dressed in the washerwoman's dress and bonnet, with his face covered, and lay crumpled in a heap by the roadside for a good while — score 3
4. He was wearing a bonnet and dress, and lay sprawled in the road — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 63, line 5: «Toad boasts to himself: «My enemies shut me up in prison... I walk out through them all... I am The Toad, the handsome, the popular, the successful Toad!»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «toad» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★★ · right ✓

True or false? «Toad stays humble in the car because he is frightened.»

1. False: once safe, he asks for the front seat and then to drive — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. True, since he was very frightened and quiet on the seat — no support
3. True: he is frightened and so he stays humble in the car, not boasting at all, until the very end of the journey — score 5
4. False, he is still silent and humble in the back — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 63, line 17: «Toad asks to sit «on the front seat there, beside the driver, where I could get the fresh air full in my face»; the gentleman says «What a very sensible woman!»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «toad» (+3); the same action «ask» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Aye (yes), Isla's wee brother says: «Toad's rizz (charm) won them over.» What really made the gentlemen kind?

1. Toad's rizz had nothing to do with it; they simply saw a poor washerwoman who had collapsed in the road and felt sorry — score 5
2. They pitied a poor washerwoman who seemed to have fainted — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. They were sorry for Toad because he looked ill and frail — ← Mova's choice · score 10
4. They thought it was a kind thing to do, since Toad had charmed them with his manners and cheerful singing all the way — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 10, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 63, line 9: «In other verses Toad says he was the one who told the animals in Noah's Ark «There's land ahead», that the army saluted him instead of the King or Kitchener (a…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same circumstance (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter VI, where did Toad first steal this motor-car?

1. From the yard of the Red Lion inn, while its owners sat at their lunch in the parlour upstairs and chatted — ← Mova's choice · score 11
2. Outside the Red Lion, while the owners were in town — no support
3. From the yard of the Red Lion, while its owners ate lunch — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. From the courtyard of an inn, when the owners went out — no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 11, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 63, line 14: «It is the very car he stole from the yard of the Red Lion Hotel, with the very same people he had watched at lunch in the coffee-room.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same place «lunch» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter II, what did Toad keep murmuring in the road after the first motor-car passed?

1. «Poop-poop, poop-poop, what a fine motor-car!» — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. «Beep» — score 7
3. «Poop-poop!» — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. «Oh, poop-poop, what a beautiful car it was!» — 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 47, line 12: ««Fetch the doctor. But don't you bother. It's only a trouble» — Toad keeps saying «don't bother», which makes the Rat bother all the more.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same doer «toad» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter VIII, what did Toad tell the engine-driver about the car?

1. That he had found it parked and borrowed it for a while — score 7
2. That he «only borrowed a motorcar» while the owners were at lunch — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. That he «only borrowed a motorcar» from the Red Lion, meaning to return it before the owners finished their lunch and paid their bill — score 7
4. That he «only borrowed a motorcar» from the yard while its owners were at lunch, and assured the engine-driver he would soon return it — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 53, line 7: «She tells him: «You talk too much, that's your chief fault, and I'm trying to think, and you hurt my head.»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+4); the same doer «washerwoman» (+3); the same receiver «toad» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter IV, what did Badger say he would do to Toad once winter was over?

1. Keep him indoors and watch him closely always — score 10
2. Take him firmly in hand and make him promise to stop being a foolish Toad and learn to behave himself at last — ← Mova's choice · score 11
3. Take him in hand, lock him in the Wild Wood, and make him be a sensible Toad, with no more motor-cars ever again — score 11
4. Take him in hand and 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 2 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 45, line 9: ««The hour has come!» — «What hour?» asks the Rat, glancing at the clock. — «Whose hour, you should rather say … Why, Toad's hour! … I said I would take him in…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same place «hand» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «toad» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 11. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★★★ · right ✓

Looking back: in chapter VI, who warned the Rat that Toad is «at his artfullest» when he seems quiet and good?

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

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 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 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 14 · ★★★ · right ✓

Which word best describes how Toad's mood changes in this part?

1. Proud, then terrified, then proud and tempted again — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Calm, then scared, then calm for good — no support
3. Happy — no support
4. Cheerful all along, with no changes at all — 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 15 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ «A speck that turned into a dot and then into a blob.» Why does the car seem to grow?

1. It is a motor growing in size — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The road bends and lets it show more — no support
3. It is driving closer, so it looks bigger — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It is bigger — 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 ✗

★★★ Toad's song uses «showed», «knowed», «flowed», «road», «sewed». Which word do they all rhyme with?

1. Toad — ✓ the right answer · score 1
2. The words all rhyme with «road» and «Toad» together, which was a clever trick — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Bow — no support
4. Nothing; they do not rhyme, and Toad made up the words to sound grand — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 63, line 8: ««The clever men at Oxford / Know all that there is to be knowed.» «Knowed» is wrong English (it should be «known»); Toad uses it just to rhyme with «Toad».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «rhyme» (+4); the same circumstance (+3). The right option, 1, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 17 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ In this part Toad says «O, what a fool I have been!» and a few minutes later asks to drive. What does this show about Toad?

1. He is clever and never regrets his actions — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. He is sorry — no support
3. His pride is quickly restored when danger passes — no support
4. His regrets last only while he is frightened — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. 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 doer «toad» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same property (+2). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the reason assigned by the narrator for the omission of the remainder of Toad's song.

1. Too silly — no support
2. Because Toad asked the narrator to keep it hidden — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. That it was too dreadfully conceited to be written down — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Because the printer was busy with other work — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 63, line 17: «Toad asks to sit «on the front seat there, beside the driver, where I could get the fresh air full in my face»; the gentleman says «What a very sensible woman!»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «toad» (+3); the same action «ask» (+2). 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 cause of Toad's collapse upon the high road.

1. Shock at seeing the car he had stolen from the inn — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. He saw his old enemy the Badger on the road — score 4
3. His recognition of the motor-car as the very one he had stolen — ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. The sight of the motor-car, which he had stolen from the Red Lion and had never expected to see again, shocked him — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 63, line 3: «Then his heart turns to water. It is the very car he stole from the yard of the Red Lion, with the very same people in it! He collapses in a heap in the road,…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «steal» (+5); the same doer «toad» (+3); the same thing acted on «car» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

It is given that the occupants of the car did not recognise Toad. State the condition they believed him to be in.

1. A poor washerwoman who had collapsed and fainted in the middle of the road from the heat — score 8
2. A kind farmer's wife, unwell — no support
3. A washerwoman who had fainted — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. A fainted lady — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 63, line 4: «But the gentlemen don't recognise him. They think he is a poor old washerwoman who has fainted from the heat, and kindly lift him into the car. Toad opens one…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «faint» (+5); the same doer «poor old washerwoman» (+3); the same thing acted on «poor old washerwoman» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response which most accurately characterises the pretext upon which Toad obtained the front seat.

1. That he wanted to watch the road ahead closely — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. That he was too ill to sit — no support
3. That he required the fresh air full in his face — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. That he needed the fresh air full in his face, for his health, after having been nearly fainting in the dusty road for hours — 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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