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The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (Mole the washerwoman and the badgers that never were)

Tests: 5 of 18 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 12 of 22 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 69 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 ✓

Freya: «Mole just went for a jolly, nothing to do with the plan, proper waste of time.» Put it right.

  • 1. He scared and scattered the sentries — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. He cleaned the whole kitchen — no support
  • 3. He made up a story and frightened off the guards at the gate without any reason — no support
  • 4. He went for a walk and got lost in the woods nearby 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

Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Is it TRUE or FALSE? «The hundred badgers were real.»

  • 1. False: Badger sent them — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 2. True: the badgers really came from the paddock that night — score 5
  • 3. False: they were invented — no support
  • 4. False: Mole made them up — ✓ the right answer · 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 68, line 2: «Badger has also sent Otter, disguised as a chimney-sweep, to the back door. Tomorrow night is the Chief Weasel's birthday banquet: all the weasels will be feas…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «badger» (+3); the same action «send» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★★ · right ✓

Why did the stoats believe the «washerwoman»?

  • 1. She brought them a cake — no support
  • 2. She had a basket full of clean laundry — no support
  • 3. She said she washed for Mr. Badger — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
  • 4. She brought a basket of clean laundry and offered to wash the stoats' uniforms for free — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 69, line 2: «When the Sergeant told the «good woman» to run away, Mole said it wouldn't be her running away soon. Then, as a washerwoman who washed for Mr. Badger, he «warn…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wash» (+3); the same circumstance (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★★ · right ✓

Lexi, salty (jealous) like Toad: «Badger's got favourites now, Mole ate (did brilliantly) for nothing.» What does Badger value in Mole?

  • 1. Good sense — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 2. Fun — score 5
  • 3. Sport — score 5
  • 4. Strong legs — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 26, line 14: «About the Wild Wood: «The squirrels are all right. And the rabbits—some of 'em, but rabbits are a mixed lot. And then there's Badger». Badger «lives right in t…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «heart» (+4); the same doer «badger» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Why does Toad think Mole «spoilt everything»?

  • 1. He thinks Mole's warning alerted the stoats and wrecked the whole careful plan — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 2. He told all the stoats the plan — score 4
  • 3. He thinks it warned the stoats — ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 4. It alerted the stoats, he thinks — 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 61, line 16: ««If it comes to that,» he thought in desperation, «I suppose any fool can wash!» He tries coaxing, slapping and punching the clothes; nothing works.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «think» (+3); the same doer «toad» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

What would happen to the sentries if they believed the attack was coming from three sides?

  • 1. They'd sleep — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. They'd split up and panic — no support
  • 3. They'd be spread out and jumpy — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. They'd be spread thin and nervous — 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 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Callum, canny (clever) bairn: «why are the stoats moaning about the weasels?» Best answer?

  • 1. Because the weasels were given the warm kitchen and the stoats were left outside in the rain all night long — no support
  • 2. The weasels are inside eating the feast while the stoats stand outside guarding in the cold — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 3. The weasels get the party, the stoats the cold — ✓ the right answer · score 2
  • 4. The weasels feast while the stoats freeze — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 69, line 14: «The stoats grumbled that the weasels would «stop comfortably in the banqueting-hall, and have feasting and toasts and songs», while they guarded «in the cold a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «guard» (+3); the same doer «stoats» (+1); the same place «cold» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter VIII, Toad escaped prison dressed as a washerwoman. How is Mole's use of the dress different?

  • 1. Toad wore it to flee from prison guards; Mole wore it to fool the sentries at the gate — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 2. Toad used it to escape; Mole to trick the enemy — ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 3. Toad escaped; Mole fooled sentries — score 5
  • 4. Mole did it for a laugh — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 49, line 4: «The Mole cannot bear to go to bed and do nothing, so the two friends get the boat out and row upstream in the dark, through a night full of small rustles, gurg…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mole» (+3); the same action «bear» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · right ✓

Looking back: in chapter III, Mole went into the Wild Wood alone and was terrified. How has he changed?

  • 1. He is braver but still shy — no support
  • 2. He now tricks armed sentries boldly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
  • 3. He now sings loudly at night — score 10
  • 4. He still fears the Wild Wood but he now plays tricks on armed sentries when needed for his friends — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 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 69, line 1: «Mole comes tumbling in, very pleased with himself. He found Toad's old washerwoman dress drying by the kitchen fire, put it on with the bonnet and shawl, and w…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mole» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different action (counts against) (+3); the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter I, Mole grabbed the sculls and tipped the boat over. How is today's Mole different?

  • 1. He's now calmer and kinder — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Then silly and proud; now useful — no support
  • 3. Then silly pride; now a clever idea for friends — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. He is still silly — 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 · ★★★ · right ✓

Looking back: in chapter VI, Badger said that when Toad is quiet and submissive, «then he's at his artfullest». What does Badger now praise in Mole?

  • 1. His loud voice — score 5
  • 2. His cleverness, used against the Toads — score 5
  • 3. Real sense, used for his friends — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 4. His sense, used for pride — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 69, line 19: «Toad told Mole his adventures and «rather let himself go»: much of it was «what-might-have-happened-had-I-only-thought-of-it-in-time-instead-of-ten-minutes-aft…», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «toad» (+1); the same thing acted on (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: who said in chapter IX «I've an idea that you'll feel a lot better when you've got something jotted down» to cheer up a friend?

  • 1. Toad — ← Mova's choice · score 9
  • 2. The Rat, to Toad — score 9
  • 3. Mole, to the Rat — ✓ the right answer · score 9
  • 4. Badger — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 69, line 4: ««You silly ass, Mole! You've been and spoilt everything!» cries Toad. But Badger says Mole has «more sense in your little finger than some other animals have i…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same doer «toad» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Leo: «Toad's stories to Mole were all true facts, he's a legit (honest) bloke now.» Put it right.

  • 1. Only some were true — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Most were invented tales — no support
  • 3. Many were «what-might-have-happened» — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Some were just made up — 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 ✗

Why did Mole let Toad tell his adventures in the garden?

  • 1. Mole was simply being kind, and so he let Toad enjoy telling his grand adventures in the garden — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 2. He wanted Toad to talk more — score 4
  • 3. Kindness: Mole was a good listener — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Because Mole was kind-hearted and a good listener, he let Toad tell all of his adventures in the sunny garden — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 69, line 19: «Toad told Mole his adventures and «rather let himself go»: much of it was «what-might-have-happened-had-I-only-thought-of-it-in-time-instead-of-ten-minutes-aft…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «let» (+3); the same thing acted on «mole» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ «Or any other time?» Why did the stoats turn pink and not laugh?

  • 1. They realised the joke was aimed at their own dirty habits and felt very embarrassed indeed — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. They understood the joke was about them — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. They realised the insult was aimed at them — no support
  • 4. The rude comment about dirty animals made them blush because they knew it was about the way they never washed — 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 ✗

★★★ Mole's imaginary army came from three places. Which place did he NOT name?

  • 1. The orchard — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. From the far hills beyond the marshes and the Wild Wood — no support
  • 3. Over the wall from the Wild Wood beyond the orchard — no support
  • 4. The chimney — ✓ 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 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ «More sense in your little finger than some other animals have in the whole of their fat bodies.» Whom is Badger quietly teasing?

  • 1. Stoat — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The gardener at Toad Hall — no support
  • 3. Toad — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Weasel — 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 18 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ If each of the «six boatloads» held 8 Rats, how many imaginary Rats were coming?

  • 1. 8 — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 2. 6 — score 5
  • 3. 42 — score 5
  • 4. 48 — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 38, line 14: «Two young hedgehogs eat «oatmeal porridge out of wooden bowls», stand up and duck their heads «respectfully» when Rat and Mole come in.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come in» (+3); the same doer «rat» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the article of attire assumed by the Mole in his expedition to Toad Hall.

  • 1. A full disguise of washerwoman's dress, bonnet, shawl, apron, gloves and a pair of boots — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The washerwoman's dress and a basket of laundry for the stoats to inspect — no support
  • 3. The washerwoman's dress, bonnet and shawl — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. A grey cloak, a hat and a leather belt — 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 nature of the intelligence imparted by the Mole to the sentries.

  • 1. A completely invented description of an approaching army of rats, badgers and toads that would strike at dawn — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. A polite greeting and an offer — no support
  • 3. A fictitious account of a huge and imminent badger attack from several sides at once — no support
  • 4. A fictitious account of an imminent attack — ✓ 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 · wrong ✗

It is given that the Badger commended the Mole. Select the response which most accurately characterises Toad's disposition upon this occasion.

  • 1. He was pleased — no support
  • 2. He felt quite cheerful — ← Mova's choice · score 8
  • 3. He was wild with jealousy — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. He felt angry and bitter inside — 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 69, line 16: «Toad «felt exceedingly jealous of Mole», because it was exactly what he would have liked to do himself, «if only he had thought of it first, and hadn't gone an…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «feel» (+5); the same doer «toad» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · 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 Mole's observation of the sentries from behind the hedge?

  • 1. They were asleep — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. They were singing — no support
  • 3. They were standing very still — no support
  • 4. They were in great confusion — ✓ 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

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