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title: You're scared to try out for the school play in case you're rubbish.… — Parables: the Talents, the Sower and m… · tree and pragmatics
description: You're scared to try out for the school play in case you're rubbish. Which parable speaks to that? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 15 «Parables: the Talents, the Sower and more» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Parables: the Talents, the Sower and more

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You're scared to try out for the school play in case you're rubbish. Which parable speaks to that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, parable · **What happens:** be, try out, speak · **To what, where:** rubbish · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 15 «Parables: the Talents, the Sower and more» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You're scared to try out for the school play in case you're rubbish.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:15-parables-talents-sower-and-more:t2:1
# text = You're scared to try out for the school play in case you're rubbish.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	15	case	_	_
12	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	fixed	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | You |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **try out** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the school play | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for play=Attribute |
| 3 | **is** | present | you |  |  | rubbish |  |  | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* Which parable speaks to that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:15-parables-talents-sower-and-more:t2:2
# text = Which parable speaks to that?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	parable	parable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | which parable |  |  |  |  | to that | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to that=Co-Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The lost coin: always search the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:15-parables-talents-sower-and-more:t2:o1:1
# text = The lost coin: always search the house
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	search	search	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **search** | infinitive | the lost coin *not said here* | the house |  |  |  | always *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The rich fool: it is wrong to ever store anything up for later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:15-parables-talents-sower-and-more:t2:o2:1
# text = The rich fool: it is wrong to ever store anything up for later
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
10	store	store	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
11	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | fool | the rich fool *not said here* |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **store up** | to-infinitive | fool *not said here* | anything |  |  | ever |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The buried talent: fear can stop us doing anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:15-parables-talents-sower-and-more:t2:o3:1
# text = The buried talent: fear can stop us doing anything
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	talent	talent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
10	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stop** | can | the buried talent and fear | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | gerund | the buried talent and fear *not said here* | anything |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The pearl: sell everything you own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:15-parables-talents-sower-and-more:t2:o4:1
# text = The pearl: sell everything you own
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pearl	pearl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	own	own	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | infinitive | the pearl *not said here* | everything |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |
| 2 | **own** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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