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# The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the hour of Toad, and off with those motor-clothes!)

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**Tests:** 2 of 17 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★★ · **Understood:** 13 of 21 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 45 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/).

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### Test 1 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Sam: «Badger rolls up at Toad's on his own, no cap.» (no cap = honestly) Put it right.

- **1.** He arrives by himself, wearing his best hat and coat — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** He comes with the Rat and the Mole, and they walk together in single file up the path — score 2
- **3.** He brings the Rat and the Mole, walking in single file — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** He brings the Rat and the Mole along, and they all walk up the drive in a long line — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 32, line 15: «The Mole: «We can't leave him here ... Supposing another Thing were to come along?» The Rat: «O, bother Toad ... I've done with him!» — but Toad came pattering…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+2); the same doer «toad» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Is this TRUE or FALSE? «Toad hands over his motor-clothes politely.»

- **1.** True: Toad hands over every item politely, then the Badger thanks him very warmly for his cooperation — score 4
- **2.** False: the Rat sits on him and the Mole pulls them off — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** True: Toad hands them over, very politely and calmly — no support
- **4.** True: Toad hands over his motor-clothes politely, folds them neatly and bows to his friends — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, against 4 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 remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mole» (+3); the same action «pass» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Ruby, lowkey shook: «why's Badger so bossy with the chauffeur, that's rude.» Why does Badger send him away so firmly?

- **1.** So Toad can't drive off in the new car, which would ruin all his plans for reform — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** So Toad can't drive off in the new car — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Because the chauffeur is unwelcome here now — no support
- **4.** So the chauffeur doesn't see Toad's mess — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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«A (comparatively) good-looking Toad.» Why the brackets around «comparatively»?

- **1.** Just a joke about Toad's neat new hat and coat — no support
- **2.** It is a joke about how Toad looks handsome only when he is compared with his own ugly motoring clothes and goggles — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** A joke — Toad is only good-looking compared with how he looks in goggles — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** A joke: Toad only looks good-looking compared with how he looks in his goggles, dust and driving cap — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 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 44, line 4: «Everyone eats, the field-mice tell the Mole all the local gossip, and the Rat quietly makes sure everyone has plenty. The guests go home with pockets full of t…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mole» (+3); the same action «look» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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«He'll be the most converted Toad that ever was!» What does «converted» mean here?

- **1.** Totally changed in mind and manners, as if he had been born again entirely — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **2.** Changed in his mind completely — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** Given a new house and garden — score 6
- **4.** Turned to the Christian faith — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 45, line 17: ««The Rat sat on him, and the Mole got his motor-clothes off him bit by bit». «Now that he was merely Toad, and no longer the Terror of the Highway, he giggled…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «mole» (+2); the same thing acted on «toad» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Looking back: in chapter IV, what did the Badger promise in winter?

- **1.** Once the winter ended, they'd sit Toad down and buy him a new cart — score -2
- **2.** They'd take Toad for a ride — score -2
- **3.** When the year turned, they'd take Toad in hand and make him sensible — **✓ the right answer** · score -2
- **4.** Toad would stop his driving — **← Mova's choice** · score 9

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 9, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 32, line 19: «The chapter ends: «Toad went up to Town by an early train this morning. And he has ordered a large and very expensive motor-car.»», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «toad» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored -2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Looking back: in chapter III, what did the Rat say about calling on the Badger?

- **1.** He'd be sure to be offended; you take him as and when you find him — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 9
- **2.** He would be sure to be annoyed if you called without a note first — score 4
- **3.** No, don't call on him at all; he will be offended, so leave him in peace until he sends word of his own — score 9
- **4.** He'd be sure to be offended, so you must take him as and when you find him, with no fuss at all — score 9

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 44, line 18: «The guests leave «with their jacket pockets stuffed with remembrances for the small brothers and sisters at home». The Rat: «What a ripping little house this i…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «rat» (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Looking back: in chapter II, what did the first motor-car do?

- **1.** It honked loudly and frightened the horse — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It shot past the caravan with a loud noise and the horse bolted — no support
- **3.** It blew its horn and the cart rolled slowly into the stream — no support
- **4.** Swept past with «Poop-poop!» and the caravan crashed into the ditch — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Looking back: what did Toad do the day after the caravan crash, at the end of chapter II?

- **1.** Went up to Town and ordered an expensive motor-car — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** Walked home slowly — no support
- **3.** Went up to Town, ordered an expensive car from the dealers, and sent for a chauffeur too — score 6
- **4.** Sold the caravan and bought a bicycle in town — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. 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 32, line 19: «The chapter ends: «Toad went up to Town by an early train this morning. And he has ordered a large and very expensive motor-car.»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «toad» (+3); the same receiver «town» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Looking back: in chapter II, what did the notice by Toad's creek say?

- **1.** «Keep out» — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** «Private. No boats allowed» — no support
- **3.** «Private. No landing allowed» — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** «Private. No landing allowed. Trespassers will be prosecuted» — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Looking back: in chapter IV, how many smashes had Toad had, by the Rat's count?

- **1.** One — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Two — no support
- **3.** Seventeen — no support
- **4.** Seven — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Looking back: in chapter II, Toad said his motto in life was what?

- **1.** «Live free!» — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** «Live for pleasure!» — no support
- **3.** «Live for others!» — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** «Enjoy yourself!» — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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Megan from Swansea: «Badger's tamping, he's going to thump Toad.» (tamping = furious) Put it right.

- **1.** He's going to thump Toad — no support
- **2.** He's cross and wants Toad to pay for the car — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **3.** He's furious but will sit and listen to Toad's excuses for once — no support
- **4.** He's stern, but he says he doesn't want to be too hard, and will try talking — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 45, line 4: «The Badger lays it out: Toad has ignored every warning, is wasting the money his father left him, and is giving all the animals a bad name with his crashes and…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same doer «toad» (+2). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/t13/)

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### Test 14 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t14}

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What would happen if the Badger had come one hour later?

- **1.** The car would have been sold at the auction — score 4
- **2.** Toad might already have roared off in the new car and been caught by the police miles away — score 4
- **3.** Toad would have been furious and sent for the police — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **4.** Toad might already have roared off in the new car — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 32, line 15: «The Mole: «We can't leave him here ... Supposing another Thing were to come along?» The Rat: «O, bother Toad ... I've done with him!» — but Toad came pattering…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «toad» (+5). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/t14/)

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### Test 15 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t15}

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★★★ «Whose hour, you should rather say.» Why does the Badger correct «What hour»?

- **1.** He means the hour when Toad will be ruined — score 5
- **2.** He wants a clock — score 0
- **3.** He means an hour belonging to Toad, not an hour on the clock — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He is correcting the Rat's grammar about clocks — **← Mova's choice** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. 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 same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same circumstance (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/t15/)

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### Test 16 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t16}

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★★★ Count the animals that go into Toad Hall in this part (count Toad too, but not the chauffeur).

- **1.** 3 — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** 4 — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** 2 — no support
- **4.** 5 — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/t16/)

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### Test 17 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t17}

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★★★ In chapter II the cart was canary-yellow. Now the car is «bright red (Toad's favourite colour)». What do these colours show about Toad?

- **1.** He's become quite sensible about colours now — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He loves bright, showy, look-at-me things, and wants everyone to notice him — no support
- **3.** He loves bright, showy, look-at-me things — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He likes calm, quiet colours — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/t17/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Identify the principal purpose of the Badger's visit to the residence of the Rat.

- **1.** The fulfilment of his undertaking to take Toad in hand — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** The fulfilment of a solemn undertaking, given in winter, to take Toad firmly in hand at last and make him behave — score 5
- **3.** The fulfilment of his undertaking to take Toad in hand, and to see him reformed completely — score 5
- **4.** The completion of a promise to reform Toad at last — no support

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**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 32, line 4: «They walk five or six miles to the nearest town, Toad trailing after them, thanking the Rat for bringing him on the trip where he saw that «swan, that sunbeam,…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bring» (+5); the same thing acted on «toad» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Ascertain the arrangement under which the new motor-car was to be delivered.

- **1.** Delivered by a lorry — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Sent by train tomorrow — no support
- **3.** On approval or return, with a free trial week — no support
- **4.** On approval or return — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the measures taken to remove Toad's motoring attire?

- **1.** Forcible removal by the Mole while the Rat sat upon him — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** Forcible removal by the Mole, while the Rat sat firmly upon Toad and the Badger watched — score 3
- **3.** Toad removed them himself while the Rat watched — score 3
- **4.** Gentle, polite assistance from the Mole and the Rat together — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 44, line 8: «The Mole: «O, Ratty! … Whatever are we doing? We've nothing to give them!» The Rat: «You leave all that to me» — he is called «the masterful Rat» (masterful =…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «mole» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Badger's charges against Toad.

- **1.** Toad ignores advice, squanders money, and hurts animals' good name — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** Disregard of warnings, waste of his inheritance, and disrepute brought on the animals — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** Lying to the Rat — no support
- **4.** Toad refused to listen and wasted his money on cars — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 45, line 4: «The Badger lays it out: Toad has ignored every warning, is wasting the money his father left him, and is giving all the animals a bad name with his crashes and…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «waste» (+2); the same doer «toad» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/e4/)

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