Uncle Remus, The Florida Watermelon, part 34: Remus warns a boy, tells of a stomach ache, and grumbles about schooling

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 598 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, what'd Remus say he'd do to that boy?

1. Whip him — no support
2. Knock him down — no support
3. Lay him out flat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Hit him — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 323, line 2: «Worried that the boys are forgetting home, she sets them school-style exam questions about Mother and Father.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «set» (+2); the same thing acted on «boys» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bruh, why was Remus feelin' squeemish?

1. He ate a whole melon while the others slept — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. He ate a whole melon — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. He had eaten the whole melon and a pie — no support
4. He ate some hot bread — 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 ✗

Dang, who hollered for Remus on the porch?

1. Miss Sally's husband from the big house — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Miss Sally — ✓ the right answer · score 5
3. The old white overseer's wife — score 5
4. Mr. Johnson — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. 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 497, line 14: «The Curetes beat their shields together so that the crying of the child was "drowned" out.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cry» (+4); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 2, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mm, how long was that pain racket?

1. From supper until almost dawn the next day — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. Nearly an hour — no support
3. Almost four hours — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. About half a day — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. 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 230, line 18: «Old word: "clamour" means a loud, angry racket, which today we would call a din or a row.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «loud angry racket» (+3); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · right ✓

Y'all, what did Charley wanna buy?

1. Cake — no support
2. A pie — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Candy — no support
4. Tea — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 598, line 4: «Pegleg Charley, a new church member, asks for a dime to buy a pie, and Remus tells him to wait before he takes up any collections.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «buy» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «pie» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Real talk, who just joined the church?

1. Old Charley — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Pegleg Charley — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Remus — score 3
4. Brother Johnson — 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 598, line 13: «Who: Pegleg Charley says "dat's so" about joining the church, and he admits he is "dat hongry" that his stomach is "ready to go in mo'nin."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «join» (+2); the same thing acted on «church» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, what did Remus say about the collection?

1. Give the boy a dime — no support
2. Hold it for later — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. Wait till he's seasoned — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Pay him now — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 598, line 4: «Pegleg Charley, a new church member, asks for a dime to buy a pie, and Remus tells him to wait before he takes up any collections.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same thing acted on «collections» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Salty, what had the workers been eyeballing?

1. The gate — no support
2. The chicken-coop — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The corn crib — no support
4. The smokehouse door — ← Mova's choice · score -3

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 165, line 15: «Old word "founder" means a worker who melts metal to make things; today we would say a metal worker or scrap dealer.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «worker» (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Fr, what was the little boy carrying?

1. A slate — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. A bucket — no support
3. Books — no support
4. A pen — 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 ✗

Sus, where'd the boy get into it with Remus?

1. Marietta Road — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Whitehall Street — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Near the courthouse steps on Forsyth Street — score 6
4. Down by the railroad crossing and mill — 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 589, line 4: «He remembers carrying Unk Jeems that same way, and he says Mars Jeems was even heavier than the boy.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «boy» (+4); the same circumstance (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, what did Remus say a bar'l stave could fling into a boy?

1. Bump — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Sense — ✓ the right answer · score 6
3. Pain — score 6
4. Scars — score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 12, line 1: «The Duchess flings the baby at Alice and rushes off to get ready for croquet with the Queen; Alice carries the squirming, star-fish-shaped baby outside, afraid…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same action «fling» (+1); the same circumstance (+1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, what did Remus say about his gal?

1. She got beyond her business — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. She went to town alone — no support
3. She got into the store — no support
4. She got beyond her business and went off to the city — 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 ✗

Dang, what did Charley say he was gonna shake?

1. The temptation of the world and the flesh — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Sinfulness — no support
3. All the wicked habits of the town — no support
4. Worldliness — ✓ 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 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, how long had Charley been in church?

1. About a month ago — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Since last spring — no support
3. Mighty near a week — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Two days — 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 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which action did Uncle Remus propose regarding the boy on Whitehall Street?

1. To chase him off — score -2
2. To send him away — ← Mova's choice · score 0
3. To lay him out flat — ✓ the right answer · score -2
4. To scold him — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 0, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 260, line 4: «The poor boy and his bull-calf are sent away; the calf fights every beast in the wild wood, then dies to the fiery dragon.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «send away» (+2). Against it: the same property (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which condition did Uncle Remus describe as following his consumption of the watermelon?

1. Hunger — no support
2. Sickness — no support
3. A feeling of great thirst — ← Mova's choice · score -3
4. A state of squeamishness — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 537, line 2: «On the road he carries an old woman across a rushing river and loses one of his sandals.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «uncle» (+1). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

According to Uncle Remus, what did a spelling-book cause a laborer to lose?

1. His value as a plow-hand — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. His value and his good name in the whole county — score 3
3. His place in the field — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. His worth in the cotton crop — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 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 414, line 17: «Old word: "hold your tongue" means be quiet; today we say "be quiet".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «old word» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same action «hold» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which sum did Pegleg Charley request from Uncle Remus for the purchase of a pie?

1. A nickel — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A dollar and a half for the pie — no support
3. A dime — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Two bits — 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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