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title: Select the statement consistent with the teaching recorded in Luke 1… — Pretend, cover stories and lies that b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the statement consistent with the teaching recorded in Luke 16:10. Exam question 3 of lesson 85 «Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Exam question 3 · Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits

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Select the statement consistent with the teaching recorded in Luke 16:10.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, record · **To what, where:** statement, teaching

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 85 «Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits:e3:1
# text = Select the statement consistent with the teaching recorded in Luke 16:10.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	teaching	teaching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Luke	Luke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl:agent	_	_
11	16:10	16:10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the statement |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme |
| 2 | **record** | participle |  | the teaching *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Whoever is untrustworthy in little matters will be trustworthy in great ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits:e3:o1:1
# text = Whoever is untrustworthy in little matters will be trustworthy in great ones
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	untrustworthy	untrustworthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	trustworthy	trustworthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Whoever |  |  |  |  | untrustworthy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | future | little matters |  |  |  |  | in great ones; trustworthy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits:e3:o2:1
# text = Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	also	also	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | can · passive |  | Whoever |  |  |  | with little | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with little=Theme |
| 2 | **trust** | can · passive |  |  |  |  |  | with much | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: with much=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Trust ought to be extended only in respect of great matters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits:e3:o3:1
# text = Trust ought to be extended only in respect of great matters
1	Trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	extended	extend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **extend** | ought · passive |  | Trust |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Recipient respect=Theme |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | great matters |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Small matters are of no consequence to trustworthiness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits:e3:o4:1
# text = Small matters are of no consequence to trustworthiness
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	trustworthiness	trustworthiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Small matters |  |  |  |  | of no consequence; to trustworthiness | tree rules |

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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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