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Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part 35: Uncle Remus shows up bandaged on the Fourth of July, and the newspaper men question him about a fight with a slick man

Tests: 3 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 8 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 599 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 ✗

Bruh, where was Uncle Remus standing when he got bumped?

  • 1. Near the store front — ← Mova's choice · score 8
  • 2. Behind the wagon wheel — score 8
  • 3. By the bank corner — ✓ the right answer · score 8
  • 4. Standing in the middle of the dusty road outside — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 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 352, line 6: «explain: Who: Horatius, a brave guard, and two men who stand by him, hold the road on the bridge against Porsena's horsemen.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «stand» (+4); the same doer «two men» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, who was the old man chatting with?

  • 1. Tempy — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Sis Tempy — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Brother Jim — no support
  • 4. Her son — 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 ✗

No cap, what holiday is this sketch about?

  • 1. The Christmas season — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. The Fourth of July — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 3. Labor Day weekend — no support
  • 4. Independence — 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 ✓

Fam, what was wrapped on the old man's head?

  • 1. A bandage — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
  • 2. A white towel — score 6
  • 3. A rag — score 6
  • 4. A dirty sock — 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 195, line 12: «The Greek slave drops the basin of salt and turns to fly, but "in another instant her head was rolling".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same place «instant head» (+5); the same action «roll» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Bro, how did the orator talk?

  • 1. Like a grand politician — no support
  • 2. With long words and a loud, pompous voice — ← Mova's choice · score 1
  • 3. Like a fancy big speech — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Like a man reading from a dusty old book — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 582, line 17: «Old word: "biggity" means stuck-up or proud, the way the animals talk when they boast.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «talk» (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different doer (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 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sus, what did the old man say about Mobile men?

  • 1. Every one of them is a crook and should be jailed — score 1
  • 2. They steal horses — ← Mova's choice · score 3
  • 3. Trouble follows them — ✓ the right answer · score 2
  • 4. They cheat often — 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 281, line 1: «The man shrinks small in the Shoes of Fortune and slips through the hearts of the people in a shop, like a traveller in a strange town.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «slip» (+2); the same doer «man» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · right ✓

Real talk, what did Uncle Remus say about the Buro?

  • 1. It got busted up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 2. It broke — no support
  • 3. Gone now — no support
  • 4. It was torn down — 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 ✗

Bet, what did the slick dude wear?

  • 1. A tall shiny silk top hat with feathers — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. A fancy gray vest — no support
  • 3. A bee-gum hat — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. A straw boater — 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 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Be honest, what was the old man doing with his pockets?

  • 1. Counting his money — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Searching — no support
  • 3. Fumbling around — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Looking for coins — 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 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, what did the editor call him?

  • 1. A crook — score -3
  • 2. A dirty thief — no support
  • 3. A villain — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
  • 4. A liar — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 with score 2, against -3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 599, line 2: «The agricultural editor opens fire and calls him a villain, and a commencement orator gives a big, stuffy speech about holidays and fights.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «call» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ngl, how big was the slick guy's watch?

  • 1. Like a plate — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Big as a saucer — no support
  • 3. Big as a barrel head — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. Like a pie tin wide — 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 ✗

Dude, what was Uncle Remus expecting?

  • 1. A quarrel at noon — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. Fists from every side — no support
  • 3. An attack from all sides — ✓ the right answer · no support
  • 4. A fight — 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 · right ✓

Pursuant to the passage, at what location was the narrator stationed when the altercation commenced?

  • 1. Positioned across from the courthouse square and its wide fountain — no support
  • 2. Stationed in the shade of a tall oak tree at the corner of the square — no support
  • 3. Standing beside the county jail — no support
  • 4. Adjacent to Mars John Jeems's bank — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 68, line 1: «Badger's great secret: there is an underground passage from the river-bank right up into the middle of Toad Hall. Toad says that's nonsense, he knows every inc…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same place «river bank» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

What term did the agricultural editor employ in addressing the narrator?

  • 1. "you low-down sneaking old villain from the river" — ← Mova's choice · no support
  • 2. "you old villain, get off my land" — no support
  • 3. "you old rascal" — no support
  • 4. "you old villain" — ✓ 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 3 · formal language · right ✓

Which bodily injury is described by simile in the passage?

  • 1. The bruised knee, likened to a cracked wagon wheel — no support
  • 2. The bandaged head, likened to a bass-drum stick — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
  • 3. The bloody lip, likened to a split and rotting cherry hanging from a hickory tree — no support
  • 4. The swollen nose, likened to a ripe pumpkin left out in the summer heat too long — 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 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 (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same circumstance (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What does the commencement orator regard as the cause of the day's disturbances?

  • 1. Drunk men — ← Mova's choice · score 5
  • 2. Careless talk by young people at picnics — score 3
  • 3. Disputes among citizens on holidays — ✓ the right answer · score 5
  • 4. Holidays — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. 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 176, line 4: «The Sultan is amazed, plays chess and feasts with the monkey, then calls his daughter, Queen of Beauty, to see his tricks.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2); the same action «see» (+1); the same circumstance (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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