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title: Uncle Remus, Jacky-my-lantern: the blacksmith tricks the Bad Man and… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 587 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 13 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Uncle Remus, Jacky-my-lantern: the blacksmith tricks the Bad Man and ends up as a light between heaven and earth

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**Tests:** 5 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 9 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 587 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/587-pg2306-part23/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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yo, so who was the Bad Man in this one?

- **1.** the old fellow with the horns and tail — no support
- **2.** the Ole Boy — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the Old Man — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **4.** the gentleman from the fiery pit below — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 586, line 21: «The boy falls asleep to a hymn about "eighteen hunder'd, forty-en-eight," which shows that the old man is not troubled by his own tales.», 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 «old man» (+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/587-pg2306-part23/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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bruh, how long was the deal supposed to last?

- **1.** two years — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** a week — no support
- **3.** six months — no support
- **4.** one year — **✓ 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/587-pg2306-part23/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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lowkey, who got stuck in the chair?

- **1.** the bulldog — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the Bad Man — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the blacksmith's old apprentice — no support
- **4.** the gatekeeper from the Good Place — 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/587-pg2306-part23/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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fr, what did the Bad Man get stuffed in?

- **1.** a bag — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** a crate — no support
- **3.** a box — no support
- **4.** a sack — 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/587-pg2306-part23/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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no cap, what popped out of the bag at the Bad Place?

- **1.** a big bull-dog — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** a black hound — no support
- **3.** a fierce bear — no support
- **4.** an owl — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 56, line 20: «The Rat trips «over a hat-box, and fell, with undignified remarks»; a field-mouse says: «If people would be more careful ... and look where they're going» and…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «hold big soft travel bag» (+2); the same property (+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/587-pg2306-part23/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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ok but who ended up as the light at night?

- **1.** the Ole Boy — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **2.** the blacksmith — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **3.** the blacksmith's old lantern-carrying wife — no support
- **4.** the Good Place gatekeeper after his death — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 340, line 3: «Wendy turns up the light so he can see her, and when Peter sees that she is grown up, he cries and raises his dagger over Jane without striking.», 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 (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/587-pg2306-part23/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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vibe check, where did the blacksmith hide?

- **1.** a hollow log at the edge of the field — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the cornfield — no support
- **3.** the underbrush — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** the deep dark swamp beyond the cabin — 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/587-pg2306-part23/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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yo, what did the gatekeeper at the Good Place say?

- **1.** no way, you're not coming in here — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** come back later — no support
- **3.** wait outside there — no support
- **4.** no way, not coming in — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 587, line 10: «Trick two: the blacksmith conjures his sledge, so whoever lifts it "can't put 'er down" until the blacksmith says the word.», 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). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, 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/587-pg2306-part23/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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wait, what did the imps keep yelling?

- **1.** "Pa, what's that?" — no support
- **2.** "Daddy, w'at you brung?" — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** "Papa, w'at you bring?" — no support
- **4.** "Daddy, what you got?" — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 587, line 16: «Imps: when the bag opens, the little imps squall "'Daddy, w'at you brung?'" and shout around him.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «brung» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «daddy» (-1); the same thing acted on (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/587-pg2306-part23/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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ngl, why does Uncle Remus say his hands are white?

- **1.** he got dipped in lye and bleached out by the old folks' soap — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** he been around too long, bleached out — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **3.** he been around too long and bleached out in the sun and rain — score 1
- **4.** he spent years out in the cotton sun — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 537, line 10: «Pelias is a sly uncle: he is "dissembling his true feelings" and "smilingly consented" to Jason's request.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «pelias» (+2); the same thing acted on «sly uncle» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/587-pg2306-part23/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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lol, did Uncle Remus get mad when the kid laughed?

- **1.** no, he kept on working — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** yes, he got mad and threw his hammer at the kid — no support
- **3.** yes, he kept on yelling — no support
- **4.** no, he just kept on working and never looked up at all — 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/587-pg2306-part23/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · right ✓ {#t12}

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bruh, what kind of hammer got conjured?

- **1.** a sledge hammer — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** a heavy iron hammer from the forge — no support
- **3.** a short wrench — no support
- **4.** a hammer — 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/587-pg2306-part23/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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fr, what did the blacksmith actually love more than his bellows?

- **1.** rum — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** his dram — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** ale — score 5
- **4.** his anvil — score 5

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**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 587, line 7: «What: a blacksmith who "tuck'n stuck closer by his dram dan he did by his bellus", so he loved his drink more than his bellows.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «blacksmith» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+2); the same action «love» (+1). 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/587-pg2306-part23/t13/)

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

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Which device did the blacksmith employ to retain the Bad Man against his will?

- **1.** a magic chair — no support
- **2.** a spell — score -5
- **3.** a conjured chair with iron chains that holds the visitor fast forever — score 3
- **4.** a conjured chair that holds the visitor fast — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 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 587, line 10: «Trick two: the blacksmith conjures his sledge, so whoever lifts it "can't put 'er down" until the blacksmith says the word.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «conjure» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/587-pg2306-part23/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Where was the blacksmith finally refused admission after his death?

- **1.** at the Bad Place — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** at both the Good Place and the Bad Place — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** at the gate of the Good Place only — no support
- **4.** by both gatekeepers in heaven and hell — 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/587-pg2306-part23/e2/)

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

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Which statement accurately describes the Bad Man's conduct at the barbecue?

- **1.** he slid his coat under the table with the rest — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** he tossed his bag onto the roof of the shed — no support
- **3.** he placed his bag beneath the table among others — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** he refused to place his bag anywhere and carried it all night long to the gate — 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/587-pg2306-part23/e3/)

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

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What is the approximate meaning of the term "sludge" as used in the passage?

- **1.** a heavy iron tool — no support
- **2.** a hammer — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** a mud — no support
- **4.** a heavy sledge hammer — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 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 587, line 19: «Old words: "sludge" means a sledge hammer, "dram" means a drink of liquor, and "bellus" means the bellows that blow air onto a forge fire.», 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 right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/587-pg2306-part23/e4/)

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