Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Chimney, part 9: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox out of the chimney, and Brer Wolf makes a plan

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

Lesson 573 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 ✗

ayo, who was chillin' at the back door being nosy?

1. Brer Fox — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Brer Fox, straight up — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Brer Wolf, no cap — no support
4. Fox, fr — 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 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

so what bonked Brer Fox on the head, no cap?

1. Rabbit's big ol' rock — ← Mova's choice · score 13
2. Tarrypin's big ol' scramble — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a skillet, no cap — score 10
4. Tarrypin's big ol' scramble, fr fr — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 13, against 10 for the next best. Its support: lesson 573, line 2: «Brer Fox bursts in, Brer Tarrypin's scramble knocks a pot of greens over and bonks Brer Fox on the head, and everyone runs off.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bonk» (+7); the same thing acted on «brer fox» (+3); the same place «head» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

where'd Rabbit dip when everybody was trippin'?

1. up the chimbly — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. under the porch — no support
3. up the stairs — no support
4. out the door — 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, what made Rabbit sneeze, y'all?

1. the thick smoke and flying ashes — no support
2. the smoke from that pot of greens — ← Mova's choice · score 9
3. smoke and ashes — ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. burnt sage, fr — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 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 573, line 3: «Brer Rabbit climbs up the chimney, the smoke makes him sneeze, and Brer Fox finds out where he is hiding.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+7); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). The right option, 3, scored 9. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, what did Rabbit claim was up in the chimney?

1. a whole box of money, bruh — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. a box of money — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. some money — no support
4. a sack of cash, fr — 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 · ★ · right ✓

how'd Rabbit get Fox to look up, fr?

1. he spit tobacky juice right in his eyes twice — score 5
2. spit tobacky juice in his eyes, no cap — score 3
3. blew smoke in his face, fr — score 1
4. spit tobacky juice in his eyes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 567, line 15: «Why: Brer Rabbit asks for calamus root so he can get Brer Fox to leave the house, and it works.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «brer fox» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

where did Fox bounce to after that?

1. down to the creek branch, running — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. back to his hole — score 1
3. back down the hill to the creek branch — score 1
4. down to the branch — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 570, line 13: «Brer Fox runs "straight shoot" to Brer Rabbit's house after shaking "de dew off'n his tail."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «run» (+5); the same doer «brer fox» (+3). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did Rabbit say he'd do if Fox kept clownin'?

1. yell — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. hit him — no support
3. lock him up — no support
4. thrash him — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 20: «Alice thinks «they haven't got much evidence yet», and then the White Rabbit calls the next witness: «Alice!»», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «white rabbit» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «call» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

ngl, where's Wolf tryna trap Rabbit?

1. inside Brer Fox's house by the fire — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. in Brer Fox's house, fr fr — no support
3. in Brer Fox's house — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. in Brer Wolf's den — 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 10 · ★ · right ✓

what's Fox s'posed to do in the plan?

1. play dead on the bed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. play dead — no support
3. play dead on the bed, no cap — no support
4. fake sleep in the den — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

when Rabbit asked "who dar," what did Wolf say?

1. Brother — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Fr'en' — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. It's yo' frien' Brer Wolf — no support
4. Fox — 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 ✓

what was Rabbit wearin' on his head at the door?

1. a bonnet — no support
2. a red hankcher — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. a red hankcher tied on tight — score 5
4. a blue hankcher — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 573, line 14: «Brer Rabbit ties a "red hankcher" on his head, which means he is pretending to be a mourner at the funeral.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+5); the same thing acted on «red hankcher» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

what did Rabbit say about Brer Tukkey Buzzard?

1. didn't come to the funeral, no cap — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. he said he didn't come to the funeral at all — score 4
3. didn't come to the funeral — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. never showed up to see — 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 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» (+2); the same doer «rabbit» (+1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

By what means did Brer Rabbit cause Brer Fox to abandon his pursuit?

1. by spitting tobacco juice into his eyes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. by throwing hot ashes at him — no support
3. by spitting a mouthful of tobacco juice into both of his eyes — no support
4. by spitting tobacco juice directly into his eyes — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 573, line 4: «Brer Rabbit fools Brer Fox into looking up, spits tobacco juice in his eyes, and Brer Fox runs off to the branch.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «spit» (+3); the same place «eyes» (+3); the same thing acted on «tobacco juice» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the nature of the object which Brer Rabbit asserted lay within the chimney?

1. gold coins — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. a box of money — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. a purse — no support
4. a sack of silver — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 84, line 3: «A Stranger-man from a far tribe comes along. He does not understand a word of their language. Taffy tries to tell him to go and fetch the spear; he hands her a…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which character concealed himself beneath the bed when the disturbance commenced?

1. Brer Rabbit's little cousin — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. Brer Possum — score 10
3. Brer Tukkey Buzzard — score 10
4. Brer Tarrypin — ✓ the right answer · score 10

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 121, line 1: «The sister hides under a bed in a hut and waits for the swans to come.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hide» (+7); the same place «bed» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

What stratagem did Brer Wolf propose for the capture of Brer Rabbit?

1. to feign the death of Brer Fox — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. to hide in the chimney — no support
3. to fake Brer Fox's funeral — no support
4. to feign the death of Brer Fox entirely — 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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