Tom was sat in deep thought as a few of his fellow students took there turn, when it came to his turn, he raised his hand and for a few moment he forgot what he was about to say, but at the last second before saying he didn't know he thought about the hat. "Didn't the hat give Neville the sword of Gryffindor, because it thought he needed it?" He wasn't sure if that was the reason or not but he had read about that somewhere he was sure of it.