Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Rabbit: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox and Brer Buzzard into the hollow tree
Tests: 6 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 571 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 ✓
Bro, did the Fox actually catch the Rabbit or nah?
- 1. Nah, the Rabbit got out the hole by tricking Buzzard — score 5
- 2. Nah, the Rabbit got out — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 3. Yeah, the Fox got him — score 3
- 4. Nah, the Rabbit slipped out the back while Fox was chopping — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 159, line 1: «The Boy makes the Rabbit a cosy nest in the bracken, and one evening two shiny, furry wild rabbits creep out to look at him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+5); the same doer «furry wild rabbits» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗
Lowkey, what did Buzzard do wrong in this one?
- 1. He was lazy — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He fell for the lie — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He got too greedy — no support
- 4. He flew too close — 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 3 · ★ · right ✓
Fr fr, how did the Fox grab the Buzzard?
- 1. He grabbed him by his long bare tail feathers — no support
- 2. By the tail — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
- 3. By the neck — score 1
- 4. Fox caught him by the wings while he flapped — score 1
Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 571, line 5: «Back at the tree Fox chops away while Buzzard keeps hollering "He in dar," until Fox grabs him, threatens fire, and Buzzard escapes, losing his tail feathers.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «buzzard» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bruh, who was playing dead at the start?
- 1. The Buzzard — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 2. The Fox — ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 3. The Rabbit, hiding in the hollow tree — no support
- 4. The Squirrel — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 375, line 4: «Two Men meet a Bear, one climbs a tree, and the other plays dead; a Porcupine and a Monkey also get their turn.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «play» (+7); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · right ✓
Lit, what did the Rabbit fake to get Buzzard running?
- 1. A squirrel in the tree — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A bear in the brush — no support
- 3. A fat squirrel hiding up in the big oak tree — no support
- 4. A possum in the tree — 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 ✗
Bet, what kinda tree was the Rabbit hiding in?
- 1. A hollow tree — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. A tall elm tree — no support
- 3. A broken pecan — no support
- 4. A big old hollow sycamore tree down by the creek bank — ← Mova's choice · score 8
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 273, line 1: «Four baby rabbits live under a big fir-tree with their mother.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+5); the same place «big fir tree» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Ngl, did Uncle Remus actually eat the teacake?
- 1. Nah, he saved it — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, he chomped it — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yeah, he shared it — no support
- 4. Nah, he didn'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 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Deadass, what was the Buzzard hollering the whole time?
- 1. "Dat rabbit in dere" — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. "He in dar, Brer Fox" — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. "He done gone, Fox" — no support
- 4. "He in dar, Brer Fox, he in dar, look sharp, he in dar" — 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 · ★ · right ✓
No cap, why did Fox smell a rat?
- 1. He figured out Rabbit's trick — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He noticed the tree was hollow — no support
- 3. He saw through Rabbit's tricks after the Buzzard had been fooled and left — no support
- 4. He realized Buzzard was not a good guard and Rabbit had escaped long before — 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 ✗
Vibe check, who did Fox leave in charge of the hole?
- 1. Mr. Buzzard and his old wife — ← Mova's choice · score -1
- 2. The dog — score -3
- 3. Mr. Buzzard — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 4. His son — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 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 571, line 3: «Fox bargains with Buzzard to watch the hole while he fetches his axe, and Rabbit tricks Buzzard into running round the tree after a fake squirrel.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «buzzard» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Real talk, what did Brer Rabbit wish for at the hole?
- 1. That Brer Possum were there — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. That Brer Turtle were there — no support
- 3. That the whole family of Buzzards had come to watch — no support
- 4. That Brer Buzzard were there — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · right ✓
Sus, what did Buzzard do when he got free?
- 1. Flew off, dropping tail feathers — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Walked off, dropping his hat — no support
- 3. Flapped off over the hill and never came back to the field — no support
- 4. Flew off, dropping his beak — 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 13 · ★ · right ✓
Ok so what day does Uncle Remus want the boy up for?
- 1. Christmas morning — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Independence Day — no support
- 3. Sunday — no support
- 4. Thanksgiving Day — 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 of the following animals was induced to remain in attendance at the entrance of the hollow tree?
- 1. Brer Owl, who was sitting out in the rain — no support
- 2. Brer Fox — score 5
- 3. Rabbit — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. Mr. Buzzard — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 6: «The Rabbit mutters "The Duchess! The Duchess! ... She'll get me executed, as sure as ferrets are ferrets!"; "executed" means put to death, and ferrets are smal…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «rabbits» (+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 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Upon which occasion did Brer Fox first recline upon the ground in apparent expiry?
- 1. After the chase, when Buzzard arrived — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Once Fox heard Buzzard hollering loudly — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. After the whole long chase through the woods, when Buzzard finally arrived at the tree — no support
- 4. Right after Fox had run all the way across the creek and through the briars — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 571, line 5: «Back at the tree Fox chops away while Buzzard keeps hollering "He in dar," until Fox grabs him, threatens fire, and Buzzard escapes, losing his tail feathers.», 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 (+2); the same thing acted on «buzzard» (+1); 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
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
By what instrument did Brer Fox attempt the excavation of the hollow tree?
- 1. A hammer — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A shovel — no support
- 3. An axe — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A heavy steel hatchet and a rusty old saw — 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 ✗
In what manner did Mr. Buzzard depart from the scene of the stratagem?
- 1. He ran — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 2. By walking — no support
- 3. By flight, shedding tail feathers — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. By running away, shedding his hat — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 571, line 11: «Rabbit's trick: he claims "'de fattes' gray squir'l in yer'" to get Buzzard running round the far side of the tree.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+3); the same doer «buzzard» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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