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The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return of Ulysses (Toad's last little song, an altered Toad, and the end of the book)

Tests: 5 of 19 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 19 of 23 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 73 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 ✗

Daisy, «humble brag» alert: «Toad's 'I did little or nothing' is fake, he's boasting!» Best answer from the book?

  • 1. He is truly humble — score 6
  • 2. He thinks he did everything — score 6
  • 3. He wants to look grand, so he brags — ← Mova's choice · score 8
  • 4. He enjoys seeming modest, but gives the credit away — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 61, line 13: «Toad boasts: «Finest business in the whole country», twenty girls working for him, and «Never so happy as when I've got both arms in the wash-tub.» He also cal…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4); the same action «boast» (+2); the same doer «toad» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Why does Toad sing the song alone in his bedroom?

  • 1. He wanted to sing alone — score 2
  • 2. Because the guests were too tired and he did not want to tire them further — score 2
  • 3. He had promised his friends no songs at the Banquet, and he kept to it — ← Mova's choice · score 3
  • 4. He promised no songs at the Banquet — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 73, line 13: «Badger and the Rat kept «staring at each other with their mouths open; and this gave him the greatest satisfaction». «He was indeed an altered Toad!» (altered…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4). Against it: the same doer «badger» (-1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Is it TRUE or FALSE? «Toad sang his song at the Banquet in the end.»

  • 1. True: he sang — score 6
  • 2. True: he sang it twice over — ← Mova's choice · score 9
  • 3. False: he kept his promise — ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 4. True, at once — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 73, line 1: «Alone in his bedroom before the Banquet, Toad locks the door, draws the curtains, sets the chairs in a half-circle like an audience, and sings «Toad's Last Lit…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «toad» (+4); the same thing acted on «last little song» (+3); the same action «sing» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★★ · right ✓

What does the «long, long, long sigh» show?

  • 1. Goodbye to his boasting — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. Hello to his new fame — no support
  • 3. Sadness at the guests leaving — no support
  • 4. Goodbye to Toad Hall — 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 ✗

Leo: «the guests were dead happy Toad went quiet, it was well better than the old days.» Put it right.

  • 1. Some older guests missed the songs — score 2
  • 2. Some young ones missed the old fun, but most guests thought the quiet better — no support
  • 3. Some young ones missed the old fun — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Some young ones missed the old fun and asked Toad to sing again every night — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «toad» (+4); the same receiver (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Why did Toad's new behaviour give him «the greatest satisfaction»?

  • 1. He wanted fame — no support
  • 2. He enjoyed boasting to Mole — ← Mova's choice · score 2
  • 3. He liked the praise of guests — no support
  • 4. He enjoyed surprising Badger and Rat — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. 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 action «boast» (+2); the same receiver «toad» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

What would the gaoler's daughter have thought of her present?

  • 1. That Toad was grateful — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. That Toad had sent it only to show off his fine chain to the whole village — ← Mova's choice · score 10
  • 3. That Toad was grateful and very kind, and that he had changed his ways — no support
  • 4. That Toad was foolish — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 73, line 14: «Toad sent the gaoler's daughter «a handsome gold chain and locket set with pearls» with a letter «that even the Badger admitted to be modest, grateful, and app…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «toad» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «handsome gold chain» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★★ · right ✓

Why was paying the barge-woman fair, even though Toad grumbled?

  • 1. He had stolen and sold her horse — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 2. He had lost her horse — score 1
  • 3. He had broken her barge — score 2
  • 4. He had borrowed her boat — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 68, line 4: «Next morning Toad comes down late. The Mole has slipped off somewhere by himself without telling anyone; the Rat is busily making four little heaps of weapons…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «steal» (+4). Against it: the same doer «rat» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · right ✓

Nan, tara-a-bit (see you later): «so Badger's scary to kids, then.» What does the book say?

  • 1. No: he hides from children in the Wood, though he never harmed one — score 5
  • 2. No: he is fond of children — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 3. No, he is scared of them — no support
  • 4. Yes: the mother-weasels used his name to frighten them, though he is fond of children — 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 24, line 17: ««Who cares for you?» said Alice, (she had grown to her full size by this time.) «You're nothing but a pack of cards!»», 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 «alice» (+1); the same thing acted on (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter I, what was the very first thing the Mole did in the book?

  • 1. Sweeping — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Spring-cleaning — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Leaving his home — no support
  • 4. Sleeping — 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 II, what did Toad want instead of boats, before the motor-car?

  • 1. A gipsy caravan and «the open road» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 2. A steam-engine and «the railway» — score 8
  • 3. A motor-car and «the river» — score 8
  • 4. A bicycle — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 70, line 19: «Badger: «The hour is come! Follow me!» — and flung the door open wide. In chapter VI Badger had said almost the same: «The hour has come!... Toad's hour!»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «badger» (+4); the same place «chapter» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter V, what home did the Rat help Mole find again?

  • 1. Mole End — ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 2. The Hall — score 7
  • 3. Badger's House — ← Mova's choice · score 10
  • 4. Toad Hall — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 10, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 25, line 2: «He is so happy that he knocks over a fussy old rabbit who wants sixpence to let him pass, and runs on through the fields while everyone else is busy. He feels…», 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); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 1, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter VII, whom did Rat and Mole find asleep at the feet of the Piper at dawn?

  • 1. Little Otter — score 7
  • 2. Little Brown Rabbit — score 7
  • 3. Young Mole Portly — ← Mova's choice · score 12
  • 4. Little Portly, the baby otter — ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 42, line 14: «Near the spot the Rat feels «a faint sort of electric thrill» through his arm. «The signals were coming through!» Then: «a short, quick run forward—a fault—a c…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rat» (+4); the same action «feel» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «faint sort» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter IX, who nearly made the Rat leave the river and go South?

  • 1. The Toad — ← Mova's choice · score 7
  • 2. The Otter — no support
  • 3. The Sea Rat — ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 4. The Sea Otter — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 61, line 11: «Toad, in the washerwoman's dress, lies to her: his married daughter has sent for him, he is «in the washing and laundering line», he has left his children and…», 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 doer «toad» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 15 · ★★★ · right ✓

Looking back: in chapter VI, Toad said he'd jump into «the very first motor-car I see». How is this ending different?

  • 1. He keeps a promise — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
  • 2. He forgets it — score 7
  • 3. He forgets his promise — score 7
  • 4. He breaks it — 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 70, line 2: «They slip into a hole in the river-bank. Of course Toad falls into the water with a splash and a squeal. In the cold, dark, narrow passage he lags behind, gets…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+4); the same doer «rat» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 16 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Looking back: in chapter I, the Rat said of the Wide World beyond the Wild Wood, «I've never been there, and I'm never going». Who in the book went out into the wide world, and came home again?

  • 1. Badger — ← Mova's choice · score 10
  • 2. The Mole, who went out and came back to Mole End — score 10
  • 3. Otter — score 5
  • 4. Toad — ✓ the right answer · 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 72, line 4: «Toad thinks a long time and then says sadly: «You have conquered, my friends... Henceforth I will be a very different Toad... But, O dear, O dear, this is a ha…», 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 action «leave» (+3); the same doer «toad» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 17 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ Count the verses of «Toad's Last Little Song» that end «When the Toad—came—home!», «As the—Hero—comes!» and «For it's Toad's—great—day!». There are four verses; two end the same way. Which line ends two of them?

  • 1. «For it's Toad's—great—day!» — score 6
  • 2. «When the Toad—came—home!» — ✓ the right answer · score 9
  • 3. «Toad—home!» — ← Mova's choice · score 12
  • 4. «The—Hero—comes!» — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 67, line 12: «Mole comes in «very shabby and unwashed, with bits of hay and straw sticking in his fur», and praises Toad: «you clever, ingenious, intelligent Toad!» — while…», 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 action «stop» (+3); the same doer «rat» (+3); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 18 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ Toad sang the four-verse song twice. How many verses did he sing in all?

  • 1. 2 — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. 12 — no support
  • 3. 4 — no support
  • 4. 8 — ✓ 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 19 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

★★★ «I merely served in the ranks and did little or nothing.» Which of these is TRUE from the battle chapter?

  • 1. Toad fought the Badger — no support
  • 2. Toad fought with Otter — ← Mova's choice · score 3
  • 3. Toad did fight the Chief Weasel — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Toad ran away — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 73, line 11: «To Otter: «Badger's was the mastermind; the Mole and the Water Rat bore the brunt of the fighting; I merely served in the ranks and did little or nothing.» (bo…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «badger» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). 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 · right ✓

Identify the manner in which Toad comported himself in response to the congratulations of his guests.

  • 1. He cheered — no support
  • 2. He shouted «Hurrah!» — score 6
  • 3. He murmured «Not at all!» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 4. He bowed to Badger — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 73, line 2: «Everyone cheers him and praises his courage, but Toad only murmurs «Not at all!» or «On the contrary!» When Otter tries to parade him round the room, Toad says…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «murmur» (+4); the same doer «toad» (+2); the same place «all» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain to whom Toad attributed the «mastermind» of the recapture of Toad Hall.

  • 1. The Mole — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The Toad — no support
  • 3. The Badger — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. The Otter — 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 recompense was made to several persons. Select the response which correctly identifies the gift dispatched to the gaoler's daughter.

  • 1. A gold chain and locket set with pearls, sent with a letter — ← Mova's choice · score 6
  • 2. A silver locket and a letter — no support
  • 3. A gold chain and locket set with pearls — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. A gold watch with a chain — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 73, line 14: «Toad sent the gaoler's daughter «a handsome gold chain and locket set with pearls» with a letter «that even the Badger admitted to be modest, grateful, and app…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «handsome gold chain» (+3); the same action «send» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). 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 · right ✓

Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the reputation of the Badger among the mother-weasels?

  • 1. They used his name to frighten infants, though he was fond of children — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
  • 2. They loved him dearly, and told stories of him — no support
  • 3. They used his name to frighten babies and were feared by him — score 6
  • 4. They used his name to frighten naughty babies, though in truth he was fond of children and kind to them — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 73, line 3: «Afterwards Toad sends the gaoler's daughter a gold chain and locket with pearls and a modest, grateful letter; the engine-driver is thanked and paid for his tr…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «terrible grey badger» (+2); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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