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title: Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 11: Rabbit scalds Brer… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 575 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 12 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 11: Rabbit scalds Brer Wolf with hot water

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**Tests:** 4 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 13 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 575 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.

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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yo did Brer Rabbit like actually cook Brer Wolf or nah?

- **1.** yeah he totally scalded him — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** yeah he scorched him a bit — score 5
- **3.** nah he didn't cook him, he just tricked him into the chest — score 5
- **4.** yeah he totally scalded him with a kettle of hot water — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 569, line 4: «Brer Fox flings Brer Rabbit into the brier-patch, and Brer Rabbit calls out from the hill and skips away.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «brer» (+2); the same thing acted on «brer rabbit» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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bruh so the wolf was hiding in the chest the whole time?

- **1.** nah he got out of the chest and ran off to the woods — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** yeah he was stuck under the lid — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** yeah he was stuck under the lid until the water came in — no support
- **4.** yeah he was trapped below it — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 148, line 2: «A Lamb hides in a temple, and when a Wolf tells it to come out, it says it would rather be sacrificed than eaten.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+5); the same doer «wolf» (+2); 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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fr why did Rabbit's kids cover their mouths doe?

- **1.** cause they wanted to stay quiet — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** cause they were trying not to laugh — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** cause they were scared — no support
- **4.** cause they were trying to hush — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 362, line 12: «He wants "to dance and be merry as long as I can", and the Wolf likes the idea.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «want» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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ngl the bit with the fleas was lowkey savage, right?

- **1.** yeah he kept lying about the fleas — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** yeah he blamed the fleas on him — no support
- **3.** yeah he kept on lying about the fleas to the wolf the whole time — score 5
- **4.** yeah he kept saying the fleas were biting him all night long — **← Mova's choice** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 13, line 17: «The Hatter talks of Time as a person: «It's him.» If you kept on good terms with him, he says, Time would jump the clock from nine o'clock lessons to half-past…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+5); the same action «keep» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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wait Brer Fox fell in the pond cause he wanted to shake hands?

- **1.** yeah the other fox was in the water — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **2.** yeah he saw a fox in the pond — **← Mova's choice** · score 9
- **3.** yeah he was thirsty — no support
- **4.** yeah he leaned over the bank — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 9, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 575, line 16: «Brer Fox looks over the bank and sees another fox in the water, so he reaches out to shake hands and falls in.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «see» (+5); the same doer «brer fox» (+2); the same thing acted on «fox» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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lol so Rabbit played dead and the Fox just gave him his stuff?

- **1.** yeah he left his game in the road — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **2.** yeah he dropped his hat there — no support
- **3.** yeah he left his game in the road and walked off home — score 7
- **4.** yeah he gave him the rabbit — score 5

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**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 575, line 5: «Brer Fox goes hunting, but Brer Rabbit plays dead, steals the game he left behind, and makes a joke about it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «leave behind» (+5); the same thing acted on «game» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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bro what even is a Mud Turkle, is it a real thing?

- **1.** yeah it's a big bird — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** yeah it's a kind of snake — no support
- **3.** yeah it's a kind of turtle — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** nah it's fake — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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no cap that hunting bit was so petty, Rabbit made Fox look dumb

- **1.** yeah he played him proper — no support
- **2.** yeah he fooled him good — score 5
- **3.** yeah for real — no support
- **4.** yeah he tricked him big time — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 568, line 14: «Brer Fox says, "'I speck you'll take dinner wid me dis time'", which means he expects the rabbit to come to dinner.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+5); the same thing acted on «brer fox» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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so Fox pretended to be old man Hunter from Huntsville, super sus

- **1.** yeah he was trying to fool everyone — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **2.** yeah he meant to trick folks — score 5
- **3.** yeah he tried to fool the town — score 7
- **4.** yeah he was trying to fool everyone in the whole county — score 7

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**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 575, line 18: «Brer Fox says he will "make fokes b'leeve dat I'm ole man Hunter fum Huntsville," so he is trying to fool people too.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «try» (+5); the same doer «fox» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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what's the deal with hard sense, is that like a real joke?

- **1.** yeah it's a joke about a hard cheese — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** yeah it's a joke about getting a hard lesson the tough way — score 5
- **3.** yeah it's a joke about getting a hard lesson — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** nah it's a kind of hard candy that Brer Rabbit eats all the time in the woods — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 97, line 4: «Suleiman did not even know about the Queens; he had only been playing a joke with a Butterfly. Balkis explains it was her plan, and that she was wise «First, O…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «joke» (+2); the same thing acted on «plan» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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ok so the frogs were basically trolling Brer Fox the whole time?

- **1.** yeah they told him fibs to get him wet — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** yeah they told him lies to make him fall in — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** yeah they were loud — no support
- **4.** yeah they fooled him so he jumped in — score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. 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 397, line 14: «The gully frog said it was "so very hard to leave a place to which he had become accustomed."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «gully frog» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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bruh was Brer Wolf really gone at the end or nah?

- **1.** yeah he was gone — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** yeah the scalding water did the job — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** nah he got out and ran off into the woods again — no support
- **4.** yeah the hot water got him — no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/t12/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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By what stratagem did Brer Rabbit cause the demise of Brer Wolf?

- **1.** By pouring cold water on the lid — score 2
- **2.** By pouring boiling water upon the chest-lid — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** By pouring boiling water upon the chest-lid while the wolf sat inside it — score 6
- **4.** By dropping hot coals into the chest — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 575, line 3: «Brer Rabbit pours boiling water on the lid while Brer Wolf keeps asking what he hears and feels, and Rabbit blames the wind and the fleas.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pour» (+2); the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «brer rabbit» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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In what manner did Brer Fox come to be immersed in the pond?

- **1.** By reaching out to shake hands with a reflection in the still water — score 4
- **2.** By bending down to drink from the creek — no support
- **3.** By reaching out to shake hands with a reflection — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **4.** By stepping onto a rotten log in the rain — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 3 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 575, line 16: «Brer Fox looks over the bank and sees another fox in the water, so he reaches out to shake hands and falls in.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «hands» (+3); the same action «shake» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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What identity did Brer Fox declare he would assume upon returning home?

- **1.** That of old man Hunter from Huntsville — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** That of a travelling preacher named old man Hunter from Huntsville — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** That of young man Hunter from Tennessee — no support
- **4.** That of old man Hunter from Huntsville, a stranger passing through town — no support

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**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 573, line 10: «Brer Rabbit calls the box of money "'Tain't nuthin' but a box er money," which is a tall tale to fool Brer Fox.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «call» (+2); the same doer «brer» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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What reply did Brer Fox make when Brer Rabbit enquired about his day's sport?

- **1.** That he had shot a fat old squirrel — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** That he had caught a handful of hard sense and lost his game — no support
- **3.** That he had caught a bag of hard corn — no support
- **4.** That he had caught a handful of hard sense — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/575-pg2306-part11/e4/)

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