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The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Adventures of Toad (the horse-pond, the chase and a face in the bank)

Tests: 9 of 17 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 14 of 21 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 64 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 · ★★★ · right ✓

Jake, delulu (living in a dream): «Toad drove carefully the whole way, the gentlemen just panicked for no reason.» Put it right.

  • 1. He drove carefully all the way — no support
  • 2. He sped up, struck the driver and yelled his name — no support
  • 3. He drove faster, shoved the driver aside and shouted his name — no support
  • 4. He went faster and faster, pinned the driver down and shouted who he was — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 64, line 9: «He pins the driver down with one elbow and puts on full speed; «the rush of air in his face... intoxicated his weak brain» (intoxicated = made wild, as if drun…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «pin down» (+3); the same thing acted on «driver» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★★ · right ✓

Why did «Be careful, washerwoman!» make Toad so cross?

  • 1. He hated being thought a washerwoman and wanted to be the famous Toad — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 2. He was insulted to be mistaken for a washerwoman — score 2
  • 3. He hated being thought a washerwoman, so he wanted to prove he was a brave and skilled motorist who had never failed at anything in his life — score 2
  • 4. He hated being mistaken for a washerwoman and was determined to show everyone that he was the famous Toad of Toad Hall — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). 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 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 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 thing acted on «one» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

What would have happened if Toad had kept quiet about who he was?

  • 1. The party would have stayed seated quietly in the car, so Toad would have driven on without any trouble and reached home — score 3
  • 2. Nobody would have grabbed Toad, so he would have kept driving the motor-car safely to the next town without any crash at all — ← Mova's choice · score 4
  • 3. The policemen would never have found him — score 2
  • 4. The party would not have jumped up, so the car might not have crashed — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 64, line 5: «Toad asks: «I wish you would kindly let me try and drive the car for a little... I should like to be able to tell my friends that once I had driven a motor-car…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «car» (+2); the same action «drive» (+1); the same doer «toad» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Mia, «I'm dead» (that's so funny): «the posh blokes flying into the pond!» Who actually flew through the air?

  • 1. Toad flew, and the men landed on the lane, while the car was left upside down in the horse-pond behind them — ← Mova's choice · score 8
  • 2. The policemen flew through the air — score 2
  • 3. Toad flew; the car sank in the lane — score 8
  • 4. Toad flew; the men ended up in the pond with the car — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 64, line 3: «Toad flies through the air like a swallow and lands on his back in soft grass; the gentlemen and the driver flounder in the pond in their long coats. Toad runs…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «fly» (+2); the same doer «toad» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★★ · right ✓

Is it TRUE or FALSE? «After the crash, Toad was sorry and went to help the men in the pond.»

  • 1. True: he was sorry, went back and pulled every one of them out of the pond with a rope — score 6
  • 2. False: he ran off and then laughed at them, singing — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 3. True: he stayed to help them out of the pond — score 5
  • 4. True: he rushed to help, apologised to each gentleman, and promised never to steal a motor-car again — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 64, line 3: «Toad flies through the air like a swallow and lands on his back in soft grass; the gentlemen and the driver flounder in the pond in their long coats. Toad runs…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «run off» (+5); the same doer «toad» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★★ · right ✓

«Ingenious Mr. Toad!» Is steering a car into a pond really ingenious?

  • 1. No — it is just reckless; Toad turns his bad luck into boasting — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 2. No, but he should be praised for his bravery and his courage in facing the men and the policemen so cheerfully — score 4
  • 3. Yes, it shows real skill, because steering a car into a pond on purpose requires a steady hand and quick thinking — score 1
  • 4. Yes — he showed great skill in steering — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 46, line 19: «Later «these painful seizures grew gradually less frequent», but Toad «grew apparently languid and depressed» (languid = droopy, without energy).», 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 «grow» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Why does the song stop at «how very clev——»?

  • 1. He sees the Water Rat coming to help — no support
  • 2. He is suddenly overcome with shame at his own boasting and wishes he had never sung such a silly song at all — ← Mova's choice · score 0
  • 3. He has forgotten the rest of the verse, so he stops singing and decides to make up a new song instead — score 0
  • 4. He suddenly sees the chauffeur and policemen running towards him — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 29, line 9: «More of the song: «Slushy green undergrowth Where the roach swim— Here we keep our larder, Cool and full and dim.» (roach = a small river fish; larder = food s…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Danny, fixin' to (about to) laugh: «Toad finally learnt his lesson in that river, right?» What is the best answer?

  • 1. He says he will reform and never drive again — no support
  • 2. He swears solemnly that he will never touch a motor-car again, but he has said such things before and nothing has changed — no support
  • 3. He promises «if ever I steal a motor-car again!» — but he has promised before — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Yes, he promises never to drive again, and he means it this time, because the river taught him his lesson for good — ← Mova's choice · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 15: «She jokes "I'm grown up now", because there is "no room to grow up any more here", and wonders if she will never get older: no old age, but lessons for ever; t…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «learn» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «lessons» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · right ✓

Looking back: in chapter I, how did the Mole first see the Rat?

  • 1. A brown face peering from a tunnel — score 7
  • 2. A twinkle in a hole in the bank, then a face growing round it — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
  • 3. A twinkle in the middle of a hole in the bank, and a brown face with whiskers gradually appearing round it — no support
  • 4. A twinkle in a hole in the bank, then a whole face growing round it, with a brown little body and a rat's tail — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 9, tied with another option at 9 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 34, line 6: ««Then the faces began.» — «a little evil wedge-shaped face, looking out at him from a hole. When he turned and confronted it, the thing had vanished.»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «turn» (+5); the same doer «rat» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter I, «Brown little face, with whiskers... It was the Water Rat!» What is the same now?

  • 1. The same words describe Rat's face appearing in his hole — now for Toad — ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 2. Toad's face looks the same — score 5
  • 3. The Rat is describing the Mole's own face — score 5
  • 4. Toad is now the one looking through the hole — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 45, line 3: «The Badger tells the chauffeur he won't be wanted, and the friends bundle Toad inside. «Take those ridiculous things off!» «Shan't!» So the Rat sits on him and…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «toad» (+3); the same thing acted on «toad» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★★ · right ✓

Looking back: in chapter VIII, an engine full of warders and policemen chased Toad. How did he escape that time?

  • 1. He jumped from the train after a tunnel, ran across the fields, and then hid in a wood until the engine had gone right past — score 11
  • 2. He disguised himself as a washerwoman — score 4
  • 3. He bribed the guard with all his remaining gold coins and sat quietly in the carriage until the station was reached — score 9
  • 4. He jumped from the train after a tunnel and hid in a wood — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 11

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 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 55, line 17: «The plan: go full speed through the long tunnel, where the others «will slow down a bit ... for fear of an accident»; then brake, and Toad must «jump and hide…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+5); the same doer «toad» (+4); the same place «wood» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★★ · right ✓

Looking back: in chapter VI, Badger made Toad promise to give up motor-cars. What did Toad say afterwards?

  • 1. That he would give up motor-cars forever, and that he would walk everywhere, always, for the rest of his life — score 7
  • 2. That the very first motor-car he saw, «poop-poop! off I go in it!» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 3. That he would never touch a car again — score 4
  • 4. That he meant what he had said, and would certainly keep his promise to Badger for the rest of his life — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 8, 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 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 question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★★★ · right ✓

Looking back: in chapter II, after the first motor-car, the Rat said Toad was «possessed» by a new craze. Is Toad still «possessed» here?

  • 1. Partly — he now only thinks of boats — score 5
  • 2. Yes — even in hiding he cannot resist asking to drive — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 3. Yes, but only in his dreams, since he has promised Badger to give up motor-cars while hiding in the wood — score 5
  • 4. No, he has entirely given up his craze, and now he is quite content to sit quietly in the hiding place — 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 64, line 1: «Sitting by the driver, Toad asks sweetly if «she» may try driving, just to tell her friends. The driver laughs, but the gentleman says «Bravo, ma'am! I like yo…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+5); the same doer «toad» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Which shows Toad's mood swings best in this part?

  • 1. Proud song, then sudden terror, then joy at the river, then a long sleep, then a splash and a fright — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Proud song, then terror, then «what an ass I am!», then a long swim and a second splash in the river — no support
  • 3. Proud song, then terror, then «what an ass I am!», then splash — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Silence, then rage, then a long walk — 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 ✗

★★★ The policemen were «about two fields off». If each field were 200 steps across, about how many steps behind Toad were they?

  • 1. 600 — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. 40 — no support
  • 3. 400 — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. 2 — 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 ✗

★★★ Count the names Toad calls himself in «I am the Toad, the motor-car snatcher, the prison-breaker, the Toad who always escapes!» after «the Toad». How many are there?

  • 1. Five names in all — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. 0 — no support
  • 3. 1 — no support
  • 4. 3 — ✓ 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 17 · ★★★ · right ✓

★★★ In this chapter Toad gets away from three lots of people. In what order?

  • 1. The barge-woman, the car party, the chauffeur and policemen — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Car party — no support
  • 3. Barge-woman only — no support
  • 4. The chauffeur, the car party, the barge-woman — 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 · right ✓

Identify the remark which, by the narrator's account, caused Toad to «lose his head».

  • 1. «Be careful, washerwoman!» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. «Stop, thief!» — no support
  • 3. «Mind the bend, sir!» — no support
  • 4. «Fancy a washerwoman driving!» — 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 ✗

Ascertain the error which the narrator attributes to the occupants of the motor-car.

  • 1. That they omitted to warn Toad of the danger and then attempted to restrain him before stopping the vehicle — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. That they shouted too loudly at him — no support
  • 3. That they should have called the police at once and then waited quietly by the car until the chauffeur arrived — no support
  • 4. That they omitted to stop the vehicle before attempting to restrain Toad — ✓ 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 ✓

State the final resting-place of the motor-car.

  • 1. A horse-pond — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. A muddy lane — no support
  • 3. A river — no support
  • 4. A ditch — 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 which is consistent with the established facts concerning Toad's deliverance from the river.

  • 1. He swam to the bank and was saved by a boat — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 2. He swam to the shore — score 5
  • 3. He seized the edge of a hole in the bank, wherein the Water Rat appeared — ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 4. He climbed a tree and waited for the flood — score 5

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 62, line 2: «Toad swims to the bank, the wet cotton gown dragging at him, and runs after the barge wanting revenge. She calls out a last joke about ironing his face. So Toa…», 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 «swim» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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