Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzzard, part 16: Rabbit tricks Buzzard into carrying him home from the island

Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 3 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 11 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 580 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 ✗

Hey, so Buzzard offered to tote Rabbit over the river, huh?

1. Nope, to a barn across the creek — no support
2. Yeah, to a gold-mine on the far side — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, to a farm on the far bank — no support
4. Yeah, to a gold-mine on the far side that Rabbit claims he owns — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 576, line 2: «Brer Fox creeps up, peeps down, and hears Rabbit claiming he is fishing for suckers.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «claim» (+3); the same doer «rabbit» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd Rabbit say no to walking, you reckon?

1. His whole family gets sick when they step in mud — no support
2. He just doesn't like getting his feet wet — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. His whole family gets chilly when feet get wet — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Wet feet are bad — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 580, line 1: «Brer Buzzard offers to fly Brer Rabbit across the river to a gold-mine, and Rabbit agrees after thinking hard about wet feet.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rabbit» (+1); the same property (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Rabbit really have a gold-mine, or was he just fibbin'?

1. He was just fibbin' to fool the Buzzard into carrying him over the river — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Rabbit really did have a gold-mine but he lost it to Buzzard in a card game last year — score 4
3. He was telling the truth about it — score 5
4. He was just fibbin' to fool the Buzzard — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 580, line 1: «Brer Buzzard offers to fly Brer Rabbit across the river to a gold-mine, and Rabbit agrees after thinking hard about wet feet.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «river» (+3); the same thing acted on «brer rabbit» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · right ✓

Dang, what made Buzzard flap his wings all over the place?

1. He was laughing so hard he shook — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. Rabbit tickled him under the wings and he couldn't stop shaking all over — score 2
3. He was crying so hard he shook — score 5
4. He was laughing so hard at Rabbit's joke that he couldn't keep still — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 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 580, line 3: «Buzzard laughs so hard he flaps his wings, and Rabbit warns him that something will drop out from above.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «laugh» (+4); the same property (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Wait, what was Rabbit yellin' about with the wings and the drop?

1. Don't flop your wings or stuff drops out — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Don't flop your wings or the dung will drop out of you and land on everybody below — no support
3. Keep your feathers still or you'll fall — no support
4. Don't flop your wings around like that or stuff is going to drop out of you — 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 ✗

So how'd Rabbit get back home, for real?

1. Buzzard took him home because they split things fair — score 2
2. He swam back after they split the gold — no support
3. Buzzard carried him back home since they had agreed to split everything fairly between them both — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Buzzard carried him back since they had to split things fair — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 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 580, line 11: «Why: Buzzard carries Rabbit back because Rabbit "hatter prommus fer ter 'vide fa'r en squar."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «rabbit» (+2); the same action «carry back» (+1); the same doer «buzzard» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Y'all know how the little rabbits got that cane broke?

1. A bird taught them how to pull hard — no support
2. A bird showed them — no support
3. A little bird sang them a song to show them how — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. A crow sang them a tune to help them — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 580, line 16: «Help: the little bird sings "Take yo' toofies en gnyaw it," and the rabbits chew through the cane.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sing» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, Brer Fox wanted water in a sifter?

1. Yep, he told them to fetch water in it from the well out back for his supper — score 6
2. Yep, he sent 'em to fetch water in it — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Yep, he sent 'em down to the creek to fetch water in it and bring it back — ← Mova's choice · score 8
4. Yep, he sent 'em to get milk in it — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 576, line 1: «Brer Rabbit hops into a well bucket to nap, and down he sinks out of sight.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+5); the same doer «brer» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

What's the trick to the sifter, like how'd they make it hold?

1. Fill it with sand and glue it with wax — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Stuff it with moss and dob it with clay — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Use moss and clay — no support
4. Pack it tight — 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 ✗

The wood wouldn't budge, so what happened next?

1. They spit in their hands and rolled it along with the bird's song until it finally moved — score 3
2. They called Daddy Rabbit for help, spit in their hands, and rolled it with the bird's song as the sun went down — score 2
3. They spit in their hands and pushed it with a rope — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. They spit in their hands and rolled it with the bird's song — ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 303, line 18: «Hard word: "mahogany" here is a reddish-brown wood, and in a Danish joke it means "excessively fine".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «brown wood» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 4, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd Brer Fox bail at the end?

1. He was scared off because Daddy Rabbit came in with a gun and a big dog — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He was caught when Mama came in — no support
3. His game was up when Daddy Rabbit came in — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. His game was up as soon as Daddy Rabbit came in through the door and saw him — 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 ✗

Who planted the goober patch, like for real?

1. Brer Fox — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Brer Rabbit — ← Mova's choice · score 2
3. Fox — no support
4. Brer Buzzard — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (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 thing acted on «briar patch» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+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 13 · ★ · right ✓

What got Rabbit stuck at the end, anyways?

1. A loop-knot tied to a bent hickory sapling — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A thick rope loop tied with great care to a very old bent hickory sapling on the path — no support
3. A wire hung from a bent post — no support
4. A loop-knot tied to a bent hickory sapling by the fence where the crack is — 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 ✗

By what means did Brer Rabbit secure his return journey from the island?

1. He persuaded the Buzzard to carry him back home, having agreed beforehand to divide all the spoils fairly between them both — score 6
2. He convinced Buzzard to fly him back by dividing the spoils fairly — score 3
3. He tricked the Buzzard into carrying him after they agreed on a share — ← Mova's choice · score 7
4. He persuaded the Buzzard to carry him back, having agreed to divide the spoils fairly — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 6 for the next best. 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trick» (+4); the same thing acted on «buzzard» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓

What stratagem did Brer Fox employ to excuse his failure to devour the little rabbits?

1. He invented impossible tasks — score 1
2. He made up tasks the young rabbits could not finish — score 3
3. He contrived a series of tasks which the young rabbits could not complete — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. He invented a set of chores the young rabbits could not do — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 569, line 15: «Brer Rabbit's plan works because the brier-patch is his home, and he cries "'Bred en bawn in a brier-patch'."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «plan» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which party is responsible for planting the goober patch that Brer Rabbit subsequently raided?

1. Brer Fox, who prepared the ground and sowed the goobers himself — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Brer Fox, who hired workers to clear and sow the field — no support
3. Brer Rabbit, who sowed them — no support
4. Brer Wolf, who prepared the ground and sowed the seeds himself — 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 · right ✓

By what mechanism was Brer Rabbit ultimately immobilised at the close of the tale?

1. A loop-knot fastened behind his forelegs released by a bent sapling — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A loop-knot fastened behind his forelegs and released by a bent hickory sapling when he struggled — no support
3. A rope fastened round his hind legs by a bent branch — no support
4. A tight loop-knot fastened behind his forelegs and tied off to a bent sapling that sprang back when he kicked — 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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