Uncle Remus, That Deceitful Jug, part 33: an old jug makes the newspaper men tease Uncle Remus

Tests: 5 of 13 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 597 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 ✓

yo, did the jug really have wind in it or is the old man just messin wid us?

1. He insists it's tricky and empty, bruh — no support
2. He swears it is sly and full of wind, lol — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. Nah, he lied, bro — score 5
4. He claims the jug is full of wind, lol — 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 597, line 3: «Uncle Remus swears the jug is sly, because it looks fat and full even when it holds only wind.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «swear» (+4); the same doer «uncle remus» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

wait, what did Brer John Henry think was in the bag, fr?

1. Melons, bro — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Watermelons, bro, it was late — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Pumpkins, bro, it was night — no support
4. Melons, fr, it was dark out — 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 ✗

so the editors kept dissin the old man, right?

1. Yeah, they teased him a lot — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yep, they roasted him all day long, and he just kept grinning at the jug — no support
3. Yep, they roasted him all day, then bought him a plate of greens to make up for it — no support
4. Yep, they roasted him all day — ✓ 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 · ★ · right ✓

bruh, what is "seetful" even mean, like for real?

1. It means tricky or sly, boo, the way a fox acts when the hens are near — score 5
2. It means lazy or slow, boo — no support
3. Kind of loud — score 2
4. It means tricky or sly, boo — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 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 597, line 15: «Old word: "seetful" is an old way of saying deceitful, which today means tricky or sly.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3); the same property (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the sporting editor want to blanket him or nah?

1. Nah, let him go — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yeah, blanket him, take him to the stable — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, they just wanted him to sit still — no support
4. Yeah, blanket him — 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 ✓

so Uncle Remus thinks ghost stuff is dumb, or what?

1. He says he saw a ghost, fr — score 5
2. He says he never heard none, bro — score 3
3. He says he never saw none, fr — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
4. Nah, he believes — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 596, line 9: «Why: Remus tells the family to walk home because riding the cars is dangerous, and he says he has seen emigrants come "lopin' back" in rags.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (+3); the same action «see» (+2); the same doer «remus» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

wait, why are the peckerwoods chattering, is it the weather?

1. Yeah, the hot weather is breaking up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nah, the summer heat is staying now — no support
3. Yeah, the hot weather is breaking up, so the peckerwoods chatter at dusk — no support
4. Yeah, the hot weather is breaking up, and the martins are already leaving the barn roof — 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 · ★ · wrong ✗

did Uncle Remus say folks are fixing up for Christmas?

1. Nah, not yet — no support
2. Yep, poor folks gotta get their rations — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, folks just wait on the spring — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Yep, they're cooking — 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 477, line 9: «The groom first refuses: "I'd have gone, only the marriage procession is stopping outside; all the folks are waiting for me."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «folks» (+3); the same action «wait» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

so the jug is like old, like from when Mars 'Lisha was young?

1. Yeah, going on forty-five years, fr — no support
2. Yeah, going on sixty-five years, bro — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nah, it's just a few years, bro — no support
4. Yeah, going on sixty-five years, bro, since Mars 'Lisha was a little boy in Putnam — ← 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 597, line 13: «He got the jug in Putnam County when "Mars 'Lisha Ferryman wuz a young man."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «lisha» (+3); the same thing acted on «young man» (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

what did the men think was in the jug, like molasses or what?

1. Molasses, kerosene, or train-oil, bro — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Molasses, kerosene, or whiskey, bro — no support
3. Molasses, kerosene, or train-oil, bro, and maybe a little stolen cider too — no support
4. Molasses, kerosene, or train-oil, bro, all mixed with the bread crumbs from the staff's lunch — 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 ✗

bro, why does Uncle Remus call the calaboose a place for news?

1. Cause he says the staff wrote lies there — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Cause of the jug — score 2
3. Cause he says go git news to print there — ✓ the right answer · score 2
4. Cause it's warm — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 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 341, line 14: «The old man calls the king "my son" and tells him: "Alfred, my son, be brave."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

did the agricultural editor believe Uncle Remus about the jug?

1. Yeah, he said the jug was full — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nah, he laughed at the jug fast — no support
3. Nah, he said we've seen jugs before — ✓ the right answer · 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 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

so was Uncle Remus mad when they teased him or chill?

1. Mad, bro — no support
2. Chill, bruh — no support
3. Chill, his good humor never broke, bruh — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Chill, he kept his temper all day, bruh — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 252, line 10: «The uncle keeps the children "A twelvemonth and a day" and then plans "To make them both away."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «uncle» (+3); the same action «keep» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which word, as used by Uncle Remus, is best defined as "tricky or deceitful", and which editor first doubts the jug?

1. "Seetful"; the agricultural editor — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. "Tricky"; the sporting editor — no support
3. "Seetful"; the agricultural editor, after the staff had already teased Uncle Remus at length — score -4
4. "Seetful"; the agricultural editor, who first said they'd seen jugs before — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 554, line 21: «Old word: To be "immolated" meant to be killed as a sacrifice, and today the word is used only for burning people as sacrifice.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «word» (+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

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

In which county did Uncle Remus obtain the jug, and whose youth is connected with that acquisition?

1. Putnam County, Georgia; Mars 'Lisha Ferryman, whose youth ran alongside the old jug — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Putnam County; Mars 'Lisha Ferryman — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Hancock County; Brer Ab Ferryman — no support
4. Morgan County; Mars 'Lisha Ferrell — 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 ✗

What does the sporting editor declare that Uncle Remus has achieved in the talking match?

1. The winning of the money — ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. The money — ← Mova's choice · score 3
3. The winning of the money, as the sporting editor has settled the whole wager — score 3
4. The winning of the money from the talking match, after the sporting editor's long argument about the bet — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 349, line 11: «Problem: the old rope gets so short that "only a tall man could reach it."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «tall man» (+2); the same action «reach» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What is the principal theme of the sketch, and which character is its chief comic speaker?

1. The jug's false wind; Brer John Henry — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The jug's supposed trickery, which the editors mock all day; Uncle Remus, who grins through it — no support
3. The jug's supposed trickery; Uncle Remus — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Trickery; Remus — 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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