Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby Story: Brer Rabbit gets stuck fast to the Tar-Baby
Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 5 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 568 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.
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 ✓
bruh, the tar baby, was she even talkin' back?
- 1. nah, she quiet — no support
- 2. nope — no support
- 3. yep, she talked back a lot — no support
- 4. nope, she ain't sayin' nuthin' — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 568, line 11: «The Tar-Baby never speaks; the text repeats "she ain't sayin' nuthin'" again and again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «sayin» (+3); the same doer «baby» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
yo, what's a tar baby even made of?
- 1. tar, turkentime, and a little bit of molasses too — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. tar and turkentime mixed up with some lard — no support
- 3. tar and cornmeal flour — no support
- 4. tar and turkentime — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · right ✓
no cap, what'd brer rabbit say to her first?
- 1. "Mawnin', Miss Tar-Baby, you lookin' fine today!" — no support
- 2. "Good mornin', ma'am, how you doin'?" — no support
- 3. "Mawnin'!" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
- 4. "Evenin'!" — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 9, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 568, line 10: «Brer Rabbit's greeting is "'Mawnin'!' sez Brer Rabbit", and he asks, "'nice wedder dis mawnin'?'"», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+7); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
wait, so what'd he hit her with first?
- 1. his knee, her big arm — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. his head — no support
- 3. his fist, side of her head — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. his foot — 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 ✗
fr fr, what'd he bust? the merlasses jug?
- 1. yep, his corn bread — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yep, his merlasses jug — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. nah, his fishing pole — no support
- 4. nope, his hat — 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 6 · ★ · right ✓
lowkey, how'd brer fox act when he came out?
- 1. all innocent, like a mockingbird — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. all sly and grinning, like a fox that just ate a hen — no support
- 3. all grinning, like a red fox — no support
- 4. all innocent, like a mockingbird singing in the sun — 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 ✗
ngl bro, what'd brer fox invite him to?
- 1. lunch with corn and beans — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. supper — no support
- 3. supper with sweet potatoes — no support
- 4. dinner with calamus root — ✓ 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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
deadass, was brer coon walkin' with brer possum?
- 1. yeah, brer coon was walkin' fast — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. no, brer coon ran off — no support
- 3. yeah, brer coon was — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. no, he wasn't — 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
when mr dog came, did brer possum fight or play dead?
- 1. he fought — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. he climbed a tree — no support
- 3. he played dead — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. he fought the dog hard and then played dead — 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
so brer coon called possum a coward, straight up?
- 1. nope, he called him a cowerd and a liar too — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. yeah, he said cowerd — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. yeah, he said cowerd and then ran off laughin' — no support
- 4. yep, he said lazy dog — 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 ✓
lol, why'd possum say he played dead?
- 1. cuz he's super ticklish — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. cuz the dog's bite was super ticklish to him — no support
- 3. cuz he's super ticklish and can't stand it at all — no support
- 4. cuz he's real sleepy now — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
is judge bear gonna save brer rabbit for sure?
- 1. nah, nobody knows for sure — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. yes, he surely does now — no support
- 3. yeah, he's coming soon — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. nah, nobody knows for sure and it's up in the air — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 17: «Alice is now "about a thousand times as large as the Rabbit", yet she "trembled till she shook the house" when she hears him coming, forgetting she has no reas…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+4); the same doer «rabbit» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
bro, how'd possum hype up his belly before the walk?
- 1. he got real full on persimmons and sweet potato pie — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. he got full on persimmons — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. he got full on persimmons and then took a nap — no support
- 4. he drank a jug of water — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which substances did Brer Fox combine to fashion the figure known as the Tar-Baby?
- 1. Lard and turpentine — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Tar and turpentine — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Tar and molasses — no support
- 4. Tar — 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 ✗
What, according to Uncle Remus, is the outcome of the fox's pursuit at the close of the tale?
- 1. The fox catches the rabbit but the rabbit tricks him later on — score 5
- 2. The fox catches the rabbit — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. The matter remains uncertain and nobody knows for sure — no support
- 4. The matter remains uncertain — ✓ the right answer · no support
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 568, line 5: «Uncle Remus ends the tale by saying nobody is sure whether the fox ate the rabbit, since some say Judge B'ar came and freed him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «rabbit» (+3); the same doer «fox» (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
What explanation does Brer Possum give for lying motionless when the dog attacked?
- 1. He is extremely ticklish and the dog tickled him — score 1
- 2. He is extremely ticklish — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 3. He is very ill today — score 1
- 4. He was too sleepy then — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 405, line 13: «The Lion is kept in a cage, and when he is released he does not attack the man who once helped him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What quality does Brer Possum assert that he will not tolerate in future disputes?
- 1. Being scolded — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Being tickled and laughed at by his friends too — no support
- 3. Being tickled — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Being tickled by any dog or animal in the woods — 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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