Uncle Remus, A Case of Measles, part 32: Remus brags, gets sick, warns a poor family, and confesses to a murder that may not have happened

Tests: 3 of 13 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 596 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 ole Remus really say no trick works on him?

1. yeah, he said he can tell a fake from a mile off — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
2. nah, he got tricked — no support
3. yeah, he bragged he spots a hustler from far away — no support
4. nah, he said tricks fool him all the time, lowkey — 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 422, line 11: «WHY THE LADY IS ANGRY: She "was tremendously angry" and orders the servants to "drag him to the gallows," and they do it at once.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «order» (+4); the same doer «trick» (+3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

lowkey, what's the deal with Remus gettin' the meezles?

1. he had em and sipped herbal stuff — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. he got 'em from his grandkids and drank sassafras tea all day and night — no support
3. he got 'em and drank sassafras tea nonstop — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he got 'em from the kids lol, no tea — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

y'all, how many days was he stuck in bed, for real?

1. like 3 weeks I guess lol — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. just a couple days — no support
3. like a week, prob — no support
4. close to a whole month — ✓ 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 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

no cap, which town's the fam tryna get to?

1. Jonesboro, down in Georgia, I think — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Savannah, out in Georgia — no support
3. Tallapoosy, down in Alabam — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Charleston, lol — 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 ✗

they payin' for the ride, fr?

1. yeah, the old man flashed a whole five-dollar bill for the ride, fr — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. yeah, like a ten dollar bill — no support
3. yep, they handed over a five-dollar bill and a dime — no support
4. yep, a five-dollar bill — ✓ 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

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

why Remus yellin' at them to walk back?

1. the cars can get you in trouble — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. the train tickets cost too much — no support
3. the cars can get you in real trouble, the conductor will throw everybody off — no support
4. the cars can get you in trouble with the law, no tickets — 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 ✗

wild, Remus said he might've killed somebody?

1. he thinks maybe he did, idk — no support
2. yeah, he might've knocked a dude out in the burbs, lol, idk — no support
3. he thinks he might have, lol — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he thinks he might have, lol, he was in the suburbs that night — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 596, line 4: «Remus then asks a policeman whether anyone has heard of a dead man, and he admits he may have killed a man out in the suburbs.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «remus» (+3); the same place «suburbs» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · right ✓

what woke him up, like a dog?

1. the chickens squallin' — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. the chickens squallin' out back, lol — score 3
3. a loud car horn — score 3
4. the goats bleatin' outside — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 138, line 3: «Thieves find only a Cock and want to cook him, but he begs for his life by saying he wakes honest men.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wake» (+4); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

what he grab, like a weapon?

1. a stick — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. his ole shotgun — no support
3. his ole muskit from the wall — no support
4. his ole muskit — ✓ 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 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

where he sneak out, the front?

1. the window — no support
2. the side gate — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. through the kitchen — no support
4. out the back door — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 273, line 5: «He sneaks out through the gate, flops home tired, and gets a spoonful of camomile tea for bed.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sneak out» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same place «gate» (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

how he feelin' then, like scared?

1. he felt kinda sick — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. his brissels riz up and he was real scared, lol — no support
3. his brissels riz up — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. he was scared outta his mind — 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 ✗

fr, how old does Remus say he is?

1. seventy-five years old — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. seventy-five, I think, lol — no support
3. seventy-five years old, he claims, but who knows — no support
4. eighty-five years old, lol — ← Mova's choice · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 596, line 16: «Old word: "brissels riz" means his bristles rose, as the hair on a frightened animal stands up; today we say hair stood on end.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

what kinda tea he got, like, herbal?

1. mint herbal tea — ← Mova's choice · score -1
2. sassafras tea — ✓ the right answer · score -1
3. some kinda root tea from the woods — score -1
4. green tea — score -1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -1, tied with another option at -1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 579, line 9: «Why: Miss Partridge tries to lure Brer Wolf away from her nest, so he lays his fish down and goes into the bushes after her.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. Against it: the same thing acted on «brer wolf» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

With what illness does the narrator claim to have been afflicted, and for what period was he confined to bed?

1. the measles, for nearly one month, under his old aunt's care — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. measles, for nearly a week — no support
3. measles, confined to bed for nearly one month, with a fever — no support
4. measles, for nearly one month — ✓ 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

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

To what destination did the impoverished family propose to travel without a valid ticket?

1. Alabama — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Atlanta — no support
3. Tallapoosa, Alabama — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Jonesboro, Mississippi — 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 course of action did the narrator recommend to the travelling family in preference to rail transport?

1. take the train — no support
2. a return journey on foot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. walk home — score -1
4. a long trip by horse — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 222, line 11: «What does the prince urge his father to do? To consider "what you owe to yourself, and to the blood of your ancestors."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «prince» (+2); the same action «urge» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the narrator's response upon hearing the chickens squalling on the morning in question?

1. he took up his musket, crept out the back door, and went out — score 2
2. he woke the children and took up his musket and went out to see — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. he took up his musket and went out — ✓ the right answer · score -4
4. he got up and fetched his shotgun — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 596, line 5: «He says chickens squalling woke him, so he grabbed his old musket and crept out the back door, ready to shoot.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «wake» (+1); the same thing acted on «remus» (+1). The right option, 3, scored -4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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