Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit tricks Miss Cow into a tree, then Brer Terrapin goes calling

Tests: 2 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 572 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo bro, did Brer Rabbit totally flex on Miss Cow or what?

1. yeah, he got her stuck in the tree and milked her dry — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. yeah, he sure did — no support
3. yeah, he got her stuck up there and milked her out — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. yeah, he got her stuck in the tree and milked her dry and then sold the milk to the whole county down the road — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 572, line 13: «They milk Miss Cow dry, and then Brer Rabbit leaves her bag to swell, so she moans like she is hurt.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

so he made Miss Cow butt the tree, right? like full on, no cap?

1. yup, she went blam blam blam and her horn got stuck and then she mooed the whole night long — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yup, she butted it and a horn got stuck — no support
3. yup, she went blam blam and one horn got stuck — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yup, she went blam blam and one horn got stuck and her tail got stuck too and it was wild — 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 ✓

wait, how long was she stuck, lowkey?

1. all night till before day — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. an hour, maybe — no support
3. till noon — no support
4. all night, then the sun came up — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

and her fam had the buckets?

1. yeah, the big ones and the littles and the mama all had buckets and they lined up by the gate singing a song — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, the older ones had big pails and the young ones had small — no support
3. yeah, the big ones had big buckets and the littles had little ones — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yeah, the big ones had big buckets and the littles had little ones and the dog had one too and they all marched to the barn — 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 ✗

aight, what's up with the briar patch lol

1. he hid in there and laughed till his sides hurt and the briars scratched him up real bad lol — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he ran in there and giggled till his belly ached — no support
3. he hid in the bushes and kinda rested — no support
4. he hid in there and laughed till his sides hurt — ✓ 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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

and Terrapin got stuck on the shelf, bruh?

1. yeah, Brer Rabbit set him on the shelf there — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. yeah, Brer Rabbit put him up there by the bucket and Terrapin just sat there looking proud the whole time — no support
3. yeah, Brer Rabbit put him up there by the bucket and then left him for hours and hours bro — no support
4. yeah, Brer Rabbit put him up there by the bucket — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 572, line 5: «Brer Rabbit puts Brer Terrapin on a shelf by the water-bucket, and there he sits, as proud as can be.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «put» (+3); the same place «shelf» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

bro what is "bleedzd ter laff" even mean

1. it means he had to laugh really hard, like it was some kind of rule from the old folks — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he had to laugh, like it was a must, no matter what anyone said about him — no support
3. he had to laugh, like it was a must — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he just had to giggle, no choice — 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 ✗

so the tale is basically a big trick, that's the vibe?

1. nah, Brer Rabbit got tricked too and Cow won the day — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, he tricked everyone and Miss Cow got caught — no support
3. yeah, a big trick — no support
4. yeah, Brer Rabbit played everybody and Miss Cow fell for it — ✓ 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

how old was the boy listening to this, like bro?

1. about nine or ten, the bright one — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. about eight, the quiet one — no support
3. about nine or ten, the bright one who sat by the fire every single evening with Uncle Remus — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. maybe twelve, he was the smart one — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 337, line 13: «What does she play? She plays "Home, Sweet Home" on the nursery piano, and Peter hears it as "Come back, Wendy."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «home» (+2); the same doer «woman» (+1). Against it: 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

was Miss Cow mad at Brer Rabbit by the end?

1. yeah, she chased him down the big road till sunset and then she went home mad as anything — no support
2. yeah, she chased him down the big road and into the briar-patch and then she gave up and went to bed — no support
3. yeah, she ran after him for miles — ← Mova's choice · score 2
4. yeah, she chased him down the big road — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 572, line 11: «She cries out, "Come he'p me out, Brer Rabbit," and he runs home to fetch his family.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same action «run» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

and the persimmons, did they ever fall?

1. yup, a few hit the ground — no support
2. yeah, some did — no support
3. nope, not one dropped, they were green — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. yes, two fell, they were ripe — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 572, line 9: «Why: the persimmons are "green ez grass," so they will not fall, and Miss Cow hits the tree again and again.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+5); the same doer «persimmons» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Pursuant to the narrative, with what object did Brer Rabbit cause Miss Cow to become immobilised?

1. one of her ears, stuck in the trunk of the apple tree — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. one horn — no support
3. a hoof, wedged in the roots of the pear tree — no support
4. one of her horns, lodged in the trunk of the persimmon tree — ✓ 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

Upon what condition did Brer Rabbit agree to assist the cow in the matter of her extrication?

1. that she should let him seize her tail — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. that she would let him pull her ear — score 4
3. that she should let him seize her tail and then milk her dry right there under the persimmon tree — score 4
4. that she would let him grab her horn — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 572, line 4: «Later, Brer Rabbit meets Brer Terrapin on the road and they both go calling on Miss Meadows and the gals.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «brer rabbit» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

In what manner did Brer Rabbit ultimately terminate the pursuit of Miss Cow along the highway?

1. by concealing himself within a briar-patch — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. by concealing himself within a thick briar-patch beside the creek where no one could find him — score 3
3. by running into the forest and hiding — no support
4. by concealing himself within a briar-patch and then laughing so loudly that the whole field heard him — score 3

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 572, line 17: «When she chases him, he hides in a briar-patch, where he laughs until "his sides hurtid 'im."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hide» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which character was placed by Brer Rabbit upon a shelf adjacent to the water-bucket?

1. the cow — ← Mova's choice · score 12
2. Brer Fox — score 12
3. Brer Terrapin — ✓ the right answer · score 10
4. Brer Possum — score 10

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 12, tied with another option at 12 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 572, line 5: «Brer Rabbit puts Brer Terrapin on a shelf by the water-bucket, and there he sits, as proud as can be.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «shelf» (+5); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+3). The right option, 3, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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