Uncle Remus, Terrapin Shows His Strength, part 1: a bet at the candy-pulling and a tug-of-war
Tests: 5 of 14 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 582 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, who's the dude telling the rabbit story?
- 1. Brer Fox — no support
- 2. Uncle Remus — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. the old man — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 4. Miss Meadows — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 567, line 7: «Who: Uncle Remus is an old man who tells "the myth-stories" to the little boy night after night.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+5); the same doer «old man» (+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 ✗
bruh, what did Brer Rabbit lose in the creek?
- 1. his long bushy tail in the creek — score 4
- 2. his long bushy tail — ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. his tail — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. his best red hat — score 0
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 582, line 13: «Old word: "dram" means a small drink of strong liquor, and it is the drink Brer Rabbit brings along.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brer rabbit» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
no cap, what did Brer Fox tell Rabbit to do?
- 1. drop his tail in the water — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. stay still — no support
- 3. keep his bait in the cold — no support
- 4. catch a big fish fast — 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 · ★ · right ✓
was the creek cold that night, fr?
- 1. the wedder wuz sorter col' — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. nah, it was warm — no support
- 3. de night wuz dark an' de wind wuz blowin' hard — no support
- 4. the frost was on the ground — 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 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
why was everybody at Miss Meadows' place, y'all?
- 1. to help Miss Meadows cook all the food — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. for a candy-pullin' — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. for a candy-pullin' and a fiddle dance — no support
- 4. for a corn shuckin' — 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 ✓
who was keepin' the fire goin', bruh?
- 1. Brer Fox — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Brer Bear — no support
- 3. Bear — no support
- 4. Wolf — 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
lowkey, what was Terrapin doin' the whole time?
- 1. sittin' in a chair stirrin' the pot all night — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. rockin' in his chair — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. rockin' in his chair and watchin' the molasses — no support
- 4. sittin' by the fire — 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 · ★ · right ✓
ngl, what did Brer Rabbit say he was?
- 1. the swiftest — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score -4
- 2. the swiftest animal in the whole woods — score -4
- 3. the fastest runner of them all — score -4
- 4. the cleverest — 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 573, line 1: «Brer Fox listens at the back door while the ladies admire his horse, and Brer Tarrypin tells them Brer Fox called him "Stinkin' Jim."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same doer «brer» (-1); the same action «tell» (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗
so like, what did Brer Bear claim he was?
- 1. the toughest and meanest animal around — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 2. the smartest — no support
- 3. the strongest — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. the strongest of all the animals here — 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 577, line 6: «Who: Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and Brer Possum are the main animals in this part, and Brer Tukkey Buzzard is the judge.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brer» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
fr, what did Bear say they were lackin'?
- 1. a sturdy wagon wheel — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. a good strong rope to tie them together — no support
- 3. a good strong rope — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. a big strong rope long enough to reach across — 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 ✗
where'd the bed-cord come from, ya know?
- 1. Miss Meadows — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the neighbor's barn — no support
- 3. from her spare room — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. from her own feather bed upstairs — no support
Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 45, line 4: «The Badger lays it out: Toad has ignored every warning, is wasting the money his father left him, and is giving all the animals a bad name with his crashes and…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «come» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
where did Terrapin tie the rope, bruh?
- 1. a stump — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. a sunken log — score 6
- 3. a river reed — score 6
- 4. a clay-root — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask where. 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 426, line 11: «The Prince is "no fool" and ties the rope to a stone, so the stone falls and breaks while he is left on the ground.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tie» (+5); the same thing acted on «rope» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
did Brer Wolf help or nah, y'all?
- 1. he stayed back and cheered for Bear loudly — no support
- 2. he pulled on the rope with all his might — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 3. helped pull with the others — ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 4. he ran off into the woods — 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 368, line 12: «The Wolf is "more hungry than usual," so he edges toward the lean Dog and then goes away "pulling in his belt."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pull» (+3); the same doer «wolf» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 14 · ★ · right ✓
so did Brer Bear pull Terrapin out?
- 1. no, he didn't budge him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. yes, Terrapin came out — no support
- 3. no, Terrapin fell over — no support
- 4. yes, Bear dragged him out of the mud — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 575, line 14: «Brer Tarrypin is a terrapin, a sort of turtle, who talks to Brer Fox in bubbles from the bottom of the pond.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brer» (+2); the same thing acted on «terrapin» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
To whom does the little boy address his questions concerning the tails of rabbits?
- 1. Miss Meadows — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Brer Fox — no support
- 3. Uncle Remus — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. his father — 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 ✓
What prevents Brer Bear from moving Brer Terrapin during the tug-of-war?
- 1. the cord anchored to a clay-root — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. the slippery mud on the bank — no support
- 3. the other animals holding on to the cord — no support
- 4. the heavy rope tied tight around his waist — 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 3 · formal language · right ✓
What instruction does Brer Fox give Brer Rabbit regarding the duration of his fishing?
- 1. to remain until daylight — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 2. to remain at the creek until the sun comes up — score 4
- 3. to return before the dawn — no support
- 4. to stay out till midnight — no support
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 571, line 16: «"Hole too little fer Brer Fox fer ter git in," so Fox must lie down near the entrance and rest instead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «rest» (+2); the same doer «fox» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
What explicit reason does Miss Meadows give for requiring a flag of truce?
- 1. to keep the peace — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. because the dogs must not come inside — no support
- 3. that the guests shall keep the peace — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. for safety — 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
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/582-pg2306-part18/