The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return of Ulysses (four Heroes, five minutes and clean sheets)

Tests: 3 of 18 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 15 of 22 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 71 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 ✗

Ava, chuffed (pleased): «the weasels put up a massive long fight, hours and hours.» Put it right.

1. It lasted about five minutes, with the four friends easily beating the whole weasel army at once — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It was over in about five minutes, and no one was hurt badly enough to stop the feast — no support
3. It was over in about five minutes — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It lasted several hours of fighting — 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 ✗

Why did four animals seem like a whole army to the weasels?

1. The hall was dark and smoky — no support
2. Panic made them see monsters — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Fear and panic made each of the four seem like a hundred monsters to them — no support
4. Panic made them see monsters, and they fled from the hall in terror — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 71, line 7: «Toad yelled «Toad he went a-pleasuring!... I'll pleasure 'em!» and went straight for the Chief Weasel; later he is proud that he sent him «flying across the ta…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fly» (+4); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: the same doer «toad» (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★★ · right ✓

Is it TRUE or FALSE? «Mole's trick with the sentries made no difference.»

1. False: the stoats thought they were betrayed and fought the weasels in the dark — score 7
2. True: the stoats were tricked into fighting — no support
3. False: the stoats thought they were betrayed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
4. False: the stoats thought they were betrayed and then attacked the weasels at once — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 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 71, line 3: «Mole comes back with an armful of rifles. The stoats, already jumpy from his morning trick, heard the uproar; some threw down their guns and ran, and the rest…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «betray» (+5); the same thing acted on «guns» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Ciara, «what's the craic (fun)?»: «Badger called it 'grub', so he's common.» What should we say today?

1. Say «food» — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Every dialect is fine — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Grub is common — no support
4. Only posh people say food — 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 have happened if the weasels had kept their guns at the banquet?

1. A bloody war — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Badger would be dead — no support
3. A much harder fight — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Worse for us — 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 ✗

Why does Badger give Mole the most important jobs?

1. He is strongest — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Mole is loyal — score 2
3. Mole can be trusted — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Mole is the best fighter — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 71, line 13: «Toad «felt rather hurt that the Badger didn't say pleasant things to him, as he had to the Mole».», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «toad» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

«I'd send Rat, if he wasn't a poet.» What is Badger joking about?

1. Poets are dreamy and might forget the job, so he's teasing Rat about it — ← Mova's choice · score 9
2. Badger is joking that Rat would write poems instead of guarding the stoats — score 2
3. Poets are dreamy and might forget the job — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Rats are poor sentries at night — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 8 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 the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «toad» (+3); the same thing acted on «one» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Jamie, sweet as (great): «Mole was dead kind to the prisoners at the end, eh?» Is he right?

1. No, not really: he made them clean the house and then he let them go free — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Yes: no licking, a roll each, and he let them go with a warm goodbye to all — no support
3. No: he beat them and kept them in the cellar — no support
4. Yes: no licking, a roll each, and he let them go — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 71, line 4: «Badger trusts Mole with one more job: march the prisoners upstairs and make them clean the bedrooms properly, with clean sheets, hot water and fresh soap. Mole…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same thing acted on «prisoners» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Why is Toad's thank-you to Mole important?

1. Toad apologises to the stoats — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Toad puts away his jealousy, so the friendship survives the Wild Wood — no support
3. It shows Toad feels grateful — no support
4. Toad puts away his jealousy — ✓ 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 10 · ★★★ · right ✓

Looking back: in chapter III, how did Mole feel alone in the Wild Wood among the faces and the whistling?

1. Terrified — «the Terror of the Wild Wood» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
2. Frightened to death, like a child lost among strangers in the endless dark wood — score 7
3. Cheerful, since he liked the whistling sound — score 6
4. Happy to be out at last — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 28, line 11: ««a firm paw gripped him by the back of his neck. It was the Rat, and he was evidently laughing—the Mole could feel him laughing, right down his arm and through…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «feel» (+4); the same doer «mole» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter XI, what did the grumbling stoats say about the weasels?

1. The weasels would feast in their warm camp while the stoats froze on the frosty bank — score 5
2. The weasels were fat and warm — no support
3. The weasels would feast while they froze — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. The weasels would feast in the warm hall while the stoats froze outside in the cold — ← Mova's choice · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. 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 action «feast» (+4); the same place «dining hall» (+4); the same doer «weasels» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter IV, Badger said the Wild Wood held «good, bad, and indifferent» and «we must all live and let live». How does Mole show that tonight?

1. He forgives Toad and Rat entirely — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. He gives them food and a drink — score 6
3. He lets them go — score 7
4. He lets the sorry weasels go free with a roll each — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. 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 what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mole» (+4); the same thing acted on «more sense» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter V, Mole felt ashamed of his small, dusty home. What is he doing with Toad's big house now?

1. Making every room tidy — ✓ the right answer · score 10
2. Making every room a nest — score 10
3. Living in it — ← Mova's choice · score 12
4. Selling it — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 25, line 6: «The book is «The Wind in the Willows» by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908; the animals talk, wear clothes and live in little houses, but still live lik…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «animals» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «live» (+2); the same place «little houses» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★★★ · right ✓

Looking back: in chapter VI, what did Rat and Mole do to Toad's motor-clothes?

1. Burned them on the fire — no support
2. Washed them — no support
3. Tore them off in the river — no support
4. Took them off him bit by bit — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 47, line 17: «He took «the opposite direction to the Rat» and «marched off lightheartedly, whistling a merry tune».», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+4); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: how has Toad changed from chapter XI, when he called Mole «you silly ass»?

1. He now thanks Mole warmly and has stopped boasting about his motor-cars — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. He now thanks Mole warmly, having put away the jealousy that once made him rude — score 4
3. He now thanks Mole warmly — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. He now calls Mole «old friend» — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 55, line 14: «The driver: «I fear that you have been indeed a wicked toad, and by rights I ought to give you up to offended justice. But you are evidently in sore trouble an…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give up» (+4); the same doer «toad» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ The weasels saw animals «grey, black, brown and yellow». Badger is grey and Mole black. Which two colours are left for the Rat and Toad?

1. Brown and white — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Brown and yellow — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Yellow — score 7
4. Yellow and red — score 7

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 60, line 5: «When the Rat wakes, his eyes are brown again but he is flat and sad; the tactful Mole chats about the harvest, apples and cosy winter, then leaves a pencil and…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+4); the same circumstance (+3). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 17 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ «About a dozen» weasels lay on the floor. If Mole had handcuffs for 4 animals each, how many sets did he need for 12?

1. Twelve sets of handcuffs, one for each — ← Mova's choice · score -2
2. 3 — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Four sets, one for each animal in the hall — score -2
4. 1 — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -2, tied with another option at -2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 23, line 17: «The new paper «isn't directed at all» (directed = addressed), and it is «a set of verses», not in the prisoner's handwriting.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «number» (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «set» (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 18 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ «Matchless valour, consummate strategy, and a proper handling of sticks.» Which of the three does Mole's sentry trick show best?

1. Matchless valour and skill — score 3
2. Proper handling of sticks — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. Consummate strategy — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Matchless valour, shown by fighting alone in the dark — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 71, line 4: «Badger trusts Mole with one more job: march the prisoners upstairs and make them clean the bedrooms properly, with clean sheets, hot water and fresh soap. Mole…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «sticks» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the location in which the ferrets became immobilised during the engagement.

1. The back stairs — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The chimney — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The hall — no support
4. The attic — 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 cause of the stoats' conflict with the weasels, according to the Mole's report.

1. The stoats believed themselves betrayed — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Panic in the dark made the stoats believe that they had been betrayed by their allies — score 5
3. The stoats believed themselves betrayed by the weasels after Mole's sentry trick — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. The weasels stole their food — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 71, line 3: «Mole comes back with an armful of rifles. The stoats, already jumpy from his morning trick, heard the uproar; some threw down their guns and ran, and the rest…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «trick» (+5); the same doer «mole» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that the Badger entrusted a task to the Mole in preference to the Rat. State the reason he advanced.

1. Rat was lazy — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Rat was too far away — no support
3. That the Rat was a poet — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Rat is a poet — 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 disposal of the prisoners?

1. They were made to clean the bedrooms and then given handcuffs before release — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They were given a roll and beaten — no support
3. They cleaned the bedrooms, got a roll each, and were released at the door — no support
4. They cleaned the bedrooms and were released — ✓ 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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