Uncle Remus, The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf, part 10: Brer Rabbit traps Brer Wolf in a chest and then sets a kettle on the fire

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 574 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, that rabbit really trapped the wolf in a chest, right?

1. Sure, that's right — no support
2. Yeah, he did it — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. For real, he did — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nah — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 574, line 10: «WHY: Brer Rabbit shuts him in because he has been pestering him all along, so it is a sort of revenge.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rabbit» (+2); the same thing acted on «wolf» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, what did the rabbit say dead folks do?

1. Run off — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Kick up a back leg — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Raise a front paw — score 3
4. Shake a back leg — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 273, line 2: «Mrs. Rabbit tells them to keep out of Mr. McGregor's garden, then goes off to the baker's.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «go off» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Y'all know what a kittle is, right?

1. A jar for water — no support
2. A big pot for boiling water over the fire — no support
3. A pot for boiling water — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A bowl for soup — ← Mova's choice · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 574, line 13: «"kittle" is an old word for kettle, a metal pot for boiling water over a fire.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «kittle» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, why'd the wolf run in all muddy?

1. He fell in mud — no support
2. Foxes chased him — no support
3. Dogs were chasing him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Dogs bit him — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 574, line 2: «Brer Rabbit runs out of the house as if the dogs were after him, leaving Brer Fox's trick to show that Brer Fox is alive.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dogs» (+6). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Is that chest like a toy box, fam?

1. Yep, it has a hook — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Yes, it has a lid — no support
3. Yep, it's a big chest with a hook and a hasp to lock it — no support
4. Yep, it has a latch — 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 ✗

Did Brer Fox grab Tarrypin's tail, like, for real?

1. Yes, he pulled it hard — score 4
2. Yeah, he bit it and ran — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Yeah, he grabbed it and held on — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Yeah, he grabbed it and held on tight while Tarrypin pulled away from him — score 5

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 571, line 1: «Brer Fox bucks, rolls and wrestles with his own shadow to shake off Brer Rabbit, who runs into a hollow tree that is too small for Fox.», 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 «brer» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Homie, what's the turtle guy's name in this part?

1. Tarrypin — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Brer Tarrypin — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Brer Rabbit — no support
4. Brer Wolf — 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 rabbit's house kept getting wrecked, right?

1. Yes, it got wrecked once — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. Yeah, it got raided a lot — no support
3. Yeah, it got raided over and over — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yeah, it got raided over and over by the wolf and fox — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 169, line 9: «What: the fish came back as "men, women, and children," and "the houses and shops were once more filled."», 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 «houses» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Gee, what's the rabbit doing with the newspaper?

1. Burning it up — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Sleeping — no support
3. Reading it by the fire — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Wrapping the fish — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 159, line 14: «Why is the Boy ill? His "face grew very flushed" and his body was "so hot that it burned the Rabbit".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «burn» (+3); the same thing acted on «rabbit» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lol, did the wolf think he'd be safe?

1. No, not at all — no support
2. He thought he'd be fine — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. He felt sure he'd hide — score 5
4. He was sure he'd hide — ✓ the right answer · score 5

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 401, line 18: «WHAT: a Wolf sees his huge shadow and thinks he should be "King of all the collected beasts," but a Lion kills him.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «think» (+3); the same doer «wolf» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

Ain't the little dude in this story kinda nosy?

1. He asks lots of questions — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He chases the dogs away — no support
3. He asks lots of questions about everything in the house — no support
4. He hides in the hole — 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bet the wolf's not chill right now, huh?

1. Yes, he's in trouble — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yep, he's in a big mess and the dogs are still coming — no support
3. Yep, he's in a big mess — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yep, he's feeling happy — 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 action does Brer Rabbit prescribe to the feigned corpse of Brer Fox?

1. Waving a hind leg and singing loud — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Raising a hind leg and hollering wahoo — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Raising a hind leg and hollering wahoo before running off into the woods — score 3
4. Lifting a front paw and hollering hello — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 567, line 13: «Why: Brer Rabbit shuts the door and sings because he has seen the tip of Brer Fox's tail behind the corner.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «sing» (+2); the same doer «brer rabbit» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what container does Brer Rabbit direct Brer Wolf to take refuge?

1. A large chest with a hasp and a hook on the lid — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. A box — score 4
3. A sack — score 4
4. A large chest with a hasp — ✓ the right answer · 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 1: «The White Rabbit comes back hunting for his lost fan and gloves, mistakes Alice for his housemaid Mary Ann, and sends her running home to fetch them; she is to…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which utensil does Brer Rabbit fill with water and place upon the fire?

1. A kettle — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. A big iron kettle hung over the fire — score 2
3. A kittle — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. A teakettle — 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 230, line 5: «The bird promises to serve her, she fills a silver flask with Golden Water, and she finds the Singing Tree, which is too strong to uproot.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «fill» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which fate befalls Brer Wolf after he enters the chest?

1. He falls asleep — score 2
2. He is locked in by the hook — no support
3. He is trapped when the hook catches in the hasp — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. He gets stuck in the lid — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 429, line 19: «Word: "outlandish" is an old word meaning strange or foreign, as if from a faraway land.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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