Uncle Remus, The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox to his death and escapes Miss Fox

Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 588 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, bruh, did Rabbit really get Fox killed in that cow?

1. yeah, Rabbit set up Fox in the maul and then ate the beef — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. yeah, Rabbit set up Fox in the maul with the cow owner's help and a big knife — no support
3. yeah, Rabbit set up Fox in the maul — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. nope, Fox set up Rabbit in the pot — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 575, line 20: «"Hard sense" is a joke: the fox says he caught a "han'ful er hard sense," which means he got a hard lesson and nothing to eat.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+3); the same doer «fox» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, that fire trick was genius, right?

1. for real, he played Fox for the fire and then ran off laughing — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. for real, Rabbit tricked Fox into the fire and the cow and got clean away — no support
3. nah, Fox played him for the cow — no support
4. for real, he played Fox for the fire — ✓ 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 3 · ★ · right ✓

wait, Miss Fox cooked her husband's head?

1. fr, she thought it was beef — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. fr, she did — no support
3. nah, it was pork — no support
4. fr, she served it to Tobe — 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 ✗

no cap, Tobe really howled like that?

1. yup, he yelled at the pot — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yup, he sot up a howl — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. nah, he just cried a bit — no support
4. nah, he didn't — 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 ✗

so Rabbit's nose got ground down on the stone?

1. yup, he got ground to dust — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, he played her and bounced — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. yup, it got ground down but he played her and bounced away — no support
4. nah, he played her and bounced off down the road — 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 ✗

bruh, how did he keep Tobe busy for a dollar?

1. he sent him down to the branch for a bucket of water and waited — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he sent him to the branch for water and paid him a dollar — no support
3. he asked him to fetch the pail — no support
4. he sent him to the branch for water — ✓ 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 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

yo, was the old lady's tree the hiding spot?

1. yup, a hollow tree by the spring — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. nah, a ditch — no support
3. yup, a holler tree — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. yup, a big oak stump — 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 ✓

fr, did Fox really warn him about the haslett?

1. yup, don't cut round the haslett — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. nah, don't cut in the maul — no support
3. yup, don't cut round the haslett or the cow will fall — score 5
4. yup, don't cut near the hock — 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 588, line 10: «Brer Fox warns, "don't cut 'roun' de haslett," but Brer Rabbit cuts into it and the cow falls dead.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «cut» (+3); the same place «haslett» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

is this the last of the Rabbit, for real?

1. yup, Fox got him at last — no support
2. yup, he got caught by Miss Fox in the end — no support
3. nah, he got clean away from the dogs and the cow — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. nah, he got clean away — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 12, line 4: «The Cat keeps vanishing and appearing, and at last fades away slowly, starting with its tail and ending with its grin, which hangs in the air on its own.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+5); a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

so the cow owner cut it open, and the fox was just in there?

1. nah, the owner found a bear inside — score 3
2. yup, Rabbit told him to look in the maul and then ran off — score 6
3. yup, Rabbit told the owner to look in the maul while the dogs barked — score 6
4. yup, Rabbit told him to look in the maul — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 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 588, line 5: «Rabbit takes the fox's head home to Miss Fox as beef, Tobe finds it in the pot, and Rabbit later tricks Miss Fox into grinding his nose and escapes.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «rabbit» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same receiver «miss fox» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

lol, the dogs were the real problem, huh?

1. yup, Miss Fox sent them after him and they nearly caught him — score 8
2. yup, Miss Fox sent the dogs after him at the spring and the branch — score 8
3. yup, Miss Fox sent them after him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
4. yup, Miss Fox set them on Rabbit — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 588, line 15: «Miss Fox calls up the dogs and sets them on Brer Rabbit, and he has to take a hollow tree.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «miss fox» (+3); the same thing acted on «dogs» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

bruh, did Miss Fox ever catch Rabbit?

1. yup, she caught him by the nose — score 6
2. nah, he jumped down and bounced away into the woods — ← Mova's choice · score 10
3. yup, she caught him once but he jumped down and bounced — score 6
4. nah, he jumped down and bounced — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 10, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 574, line 1: «Brer Rabbit tells Brer Fox that dead folks raise a back leg and holler wahoo, and Brer Fox does it and gives himself away.», 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 rabbit» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following best describes the means by which Brer Rabbit effects the death of Brer Fox?

1. He induces Brer Fox to enter the cow, where the owner discovers him, after first setting a fire to draw attention away from the house and the dogs — score 3
2. Brer Rabbit first persuades Brer Fox to enter the cow while the dogs are sleeping, and then the owner discovers the trapped fox in the carcass the next morning after a long search — score 3
3. He induces Brer Fox to enter the cow, where the owner discovers him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. He lures Fox into the carcass, where the cow's owner later finds the body — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 299, line 17: «The old man dies, and he is carried away in a hearse, and "no one followed" the coffin.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «man» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In what manner does the narrative conclude with respect to Brer Rabbit's escape from Miss Fox?

1. He leaps down from the grindstone and departs unhindered — ✓ the right answer · score -1
2. He hops off the grindstone and runs away into the open woods — score -1
3. He jumps down and runs — score -1
4. He escapes by the door — ← Mova's choice · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. 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 option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3). Against it: the same doer «brer fox» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which character is responsible for the discovery of the concealed Brer Fox within the cow?

1. Tobe, who sees his daddy's head in the pot — no support
2. The owner of the cow, who opens the carcass — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. The dogs, who sniff out the hidden fox inside — score 8
4. The owner of the cow, who later opens the carcass to find the fox hiding inside it — score 9

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 588, line 4: «The owner finds the dead cow, and Rabbit tells him to look in the maul, where he finds Brer Fox.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different action (counts against) (+3); the same doer «owner» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the significance of the grindstone episode in relation to the preceding events of the tale?

1. It enables Brer Rabbit to escape a second time through another deception, which mirrors the earlier trick with the fire, the cow, and the maul — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It shows Brer Rabbit tricking Miss Fox again so he can flee the house safely — no support
3. It explains how the dogs were called off by Rabbit's second lie — no support
4. It enables Brer Rabbit to escape a second time, through another deception — ✓ the right answer · 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

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