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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Parables: the Talents, the Sower and more

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kid in Sunday school: «seed on rocks grew fast then died, so rocks are best lol». right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kid, rocks · **What happens:** grow, die, be

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This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:15-parables-talents-sower-and-more:t3:1
# text = kid in Sunday school: «seed on rocks grew fast then died, so rocks are best lol». right?
1	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
13	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
16	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
17	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	parataxis	_	_
19	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	18	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
22	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** *in a quote* | past | kid in Sunday school |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **die** *in a quote* | past | kid in Sunday school *not said here* |  |  |  | then | fast *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | rocks |  |  |  |  | good *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, all four soils gave the same harvest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:15-parables-talents-sower-and-more:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, all four soils gave the same harvest
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	soils	soil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | all four soils | the same harvest |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harvest=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, nothing ever grew on the rocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:15-parables-talents-sower-and-more:t3:o2:1
# text = No, nothing ever grew on the rocks
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | nothing |  |  | the rocks | ever |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rock=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it withered for lack of roots; good soil was best

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:15-parables-talents-sower-and-more:t3:o3:1
# text = No, it withered for lack of roots; good soil was best
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	withered	wither	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	nsubj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lack	lack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wither** | past | it |  |  |  |  | for lack of roots | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **lack** |  |  | roots |  |  |  |  | nom lack «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the rocky ground gave the biggest harvest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:15-parables-talents-sower-and-more:t3:o4:1
# text = Yes, the rocky ground gave the biggest harvest
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	rocky	rocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the rocky ground | the biggest harvest |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harvest=Theme |

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