Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the old man refuses more tales, then offers a ride and a string of sayings and songs

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

Lesson 589 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 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, did the old man finally spill the tea on Brer Rabbit or nah?

1. Nah, he sat quiet and ate his supper alone — score 7
2. Yeah, he spilled every bit of it and then left the porch in a hurry — score 7
3. Yeah, he gave it up right away and told it all — score 7
4. Nah, he flat out refused and said no more tales — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 589, line 13: «The old man offers to be the boy's "hoss," a horse to carry him, and he says he "speck" he is not too old for that.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+4); the same doer «man» (+3); the same thing acted on «boy» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, why was the old man acting so extra about the stories?

1. He was just bored — score 2
2. He said the folks who tell them mix them up — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. He was tired — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. He said the mules were waiting in the yard — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 41, line 1: «It is mid-December, nearly dark, and Rat and Mole are tramping home across frosty fields after a long day out with Otter. A track turns into a path, the path i…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «tired man» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Yo, did the old man really offer to give the boy a piggyback ride?

1. Nah, he said he'd rather walk the boy to the lane — score 7
2. Yeah, he said he'd tote him up to the big house — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
3. Yeah, he said he'd walk him down to the creek — score 7
4. Yeah, he said he'd tote the boy all the way back to his mama's cabin by the river — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 587, line 4: «At a barbecue the blacksmith swaps bags, so the Bad Man takes the wrong one to the Bad Place.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bad man» (+3); the same place «bad place» (+3); the same thing acted on «wrong one» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fr, who was heavier, the boy or Mars Jeems?

1. Mars Jeems — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Neither, they weighed the same — no support
3. Mars Jeems was heavier than the boy — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Mars Jeems was much heavier than the boy and the old man's back — 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 ✗

Ngl, what's the saying about the possum?

1. Possum keeps his own counsel — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. Possum climbs well — score 7
3. Possum hides — no support
4. Possum's tail good as a paw — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 583, line 13: «Possum climbs the highest tree and keeps saying "One 'simmon mo' en den I'll go," because he cannot stop eating.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «keep» (+4); the same doer «possum» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey confused, what does that rain-crow thing mean?

1. It means it will rain — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. It rains when the rain-crow sings loud — no support
3. You can count on it even if it don't sing — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Don't trust the bird when it's quiet — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1, line 6: «Alice thinks: "and what is the use of a book," "without pictures or conversations?"; "conversations" here means characters talking to each other.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «use» (+2); the same action «mean» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, what does the chorus say to do in the morning?

1. Look up to the hills and shake off every burden you carry in your heart — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Look up and shake off your burden — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Kneel down in the dust and let the Lord carry all your heavy load — score 3
4. Rise early and bless the Lord — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. 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 589, line 13: «The old man offers to be the boy's "hoss," a horse to carry him, and he says he "speck" he is not too old for that.», 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 action «carry» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, what is the glory-crown in the song?

1. A crown for the faithful saints — no support
2. A reward for those who stand strong — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. A golden crown that the Lord places upon the head of each saint at the end — ← Mova's choice · score 6
4. The crown of thorns that the preacher says every man must bear on his brow — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 245, line 13: «Her rags become "shining robes sewn with glittering jewels", and a golden crown rests on her hair.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «golden crown» (+3); the same property (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dude, what's bimeby mean in the old language?

1. By and by, meaning soon — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. By the river, meaning wet — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Bye bye, meaning goodbye — score 3
4. By and by, meaning the day after tomorrow when the work is done — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 88, line 5: «In Tegumai's language «ya» means water, and river too, as in «Wagai-ya»; «yo» is bad, black swamp-water that gives you fever.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «mean» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Ayo, did the boy get a ride home or nah?

1. Nah, he said the boy was too heavy — score 7
2. Nah, the old man refused and sent the boy off walking alone down the road — score 7
3. Yeah, the old man was about to tote him — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 9
4. Yeah, the mule pulled him home — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 9, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 331, line 1: «Smee beats the tom-tom, and the pirates grin, sure the Lost Boys are about to come out of their trees.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lost boys» (+3); the same property (+3); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Homie, what's quollin' mean in the old talk?

1. Fighting — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Laughing, meaning joking loud — no support
3. Whispering, meaning talking low — no support
4. Quarrelling, meaning arguing hard — ✓ 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 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be honest, what was the boy doing before the ride?

1. He was waiting for his mother to come up the road with the wagon — ← Mova's choice · score 7
2. He was just thinking to himself — ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. He was playing in the creek — score 7
4. He was listening to the old man tell tales by the fire — score 7

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 260, line 14: «The dragon kills the calf, and the boy waits until it goes away before he comes down to skin the calf.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «wait» (+4); the same doer «boy» (+3). The right option, 2, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements correctly describes the old man's reason for declining to relate further narratives?

1. He says the tellers disagree and he won't repeat doubtful versions of the tale — score -1
2. He observes that the accounts conflict and he will not transmit uncertain versions — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. He believes the boy is too young and the tales are too lewd for children to hear without their parents present at the fire — ← Mova's choice · score 0
4. He notes the versions differ so he declines to pass on uncertain accounts — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 0, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 483, line 18: «OLD WORD: "skazka" is a Russian fairy tale, so "only a skazka can describe" means only a fairy tale could describe it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «fairy tale» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following is the closest equivalent in standard English to the word "hatter" as employed by the old man?

1. Find himself compelled to do — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Hate to — no support
3. Have to — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Be obliged to do so — 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 · wrong ✗

According to the narrative, which individual did the old man carry on his back in an earlier occasion?

1. Sam — no support
2. Unk Jeems — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Mars — score 5
4. Brer Fox — ← Mova's choice · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 586, line 15: «The old man tells how Uncle Jeems's gun made the rabbit jump up on "a toom stone," and how he took it for a ghost and went home.», 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 «old man» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Which of the following best identifies the form of the closing material in this part?

1. A series of proverbs followed by a camp-meeting song — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A string of riddles ending in a lullaby — no support
3. A chain of warnings closing with a hymn for the faithful — no support
4. A long string of proverbs about animals followed by a camp-meeting song and a sermon — 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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