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title: Parables: the Talents, the Sower and more — how Mova does on the tests · Religion ethics
description: Lesson 15 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 11 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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# Parables: the Talents, the Sower and more

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**Tests:** 3 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★★ · **Understood:** 5 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 15 of the religion ethics 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. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/).

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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/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/).

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### Test 1 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Sam: «the moral of the Talents is just keep ur money safe». Put him right.

- **1.** No, it praises using your gifts, not hiding them in fear — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yes, burying money is the safest choice — no support
- **3.** Yes, the servant who hid it was praised — no support
- **4.** No, it says money is evil — 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/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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

- **1.** The lost coin: always search the house — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The rich fool: it is wrong to ever store anything up for later — no support
- **3.** The buried talent: fear can stop us doing anything — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The pearl: sell everything you own — 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/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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

- **1.** Yes, all four soils gave the same harvest — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** No, nothing ever grew on the rocks — no support
- **3.** No, it withered for lack of roots; good soil was best — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yes, the rocky ground gave the biggest harvest — 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/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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Your mate lets you off owing him a fiver, then you hound your little brother over 20p. Which parable?

- **1.** The unforgiving servant — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** The mustard seed — no support
- **3.** The pearl of great price — no support
- **4.** The two builders — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 4: «Others are about money and mercy: the unforgiving servant is let off a huge debt but will not forgive a small one; the rich fool builds bigger barns and dies t…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «unforgiving servant» (+4); the same property (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Buddhist classmate: «What's the point of the mustard seed story?» Best answer?

- **1.** Birds are more important than plants — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Seeds should never be planted in gardens, only in fields — no support
- **3.** Small beginnings can grow into something great — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Mustard is the best plant to grow — 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/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Judge: «Was the landowner in the vineyard fair? Give both sides.» Best-reasoned answer?

- **1.** It was unfair, so the story is just stupid — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Early workers got the promised pay, but it felt unfair; the story is about generosity — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** It was fair, because the Bible says so, end of — no support
- **4.** The late workers were lazy so nobody should have paid them — 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/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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«Life's about getting loads of stuff, then u can chill». Which parable answers that?

- **1.** The good soil, which gave a big harvest — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The rich fool, who died the night he stored it all — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The two builders, who built two houses — no support
- **4.** The lost sheep, who wandered off and was carried home again — 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/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Grandad says faith is like building on rock. What does he mean?

- **1.** Churches should always be built of stone, never of wood or brick — no support
- **2.** Rich people build better houses — **← Mova's choice** · score 10
- **3.** Living by Jesus' teaching keeps you steady in hard times — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** You should never go to the beach — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 14: «A wise man built his house on rock and a foolish man on sand; when the storm came, only the house on rock stood.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «build» (+3); the same thing acted on «house» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, 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/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Which parable shows someone giving up everything for one treasure?

- **1.** The four soils of the sower — score 3
- **2.** The buried talent in the ground — score 4
- **3.** The pearl of great price — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **4.** The rich fool and his barns — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 15, line 13: «In the pearl of great price a merchant sold everything he had to buy one precious pearl.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «pearl» (+2); the same doer «great price» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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A judge asks what «thorns» could choke good things in a child's life today. Best answer?

- **1.** Real thorn bushes in the school field — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Worries and distractions like screens crowding out good habits — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Teachers who give too much homework to anyone — no support
- **4.** Nothing, the thorns were only about farming — 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/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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«If the late workers got the same pay, why work hard at all?» Best-reasoned reply?

- **1.** Because the boss will always pay you double — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The story is about God's generosity, not a rule for wages; work still matters — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** It's fair because the late ones were richer — no support
- **4.** You shouldn't, it proves hard work is pointless — 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/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/t11/)

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

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Identify the reason given by the servant who concealed his talent in the earth.

- **1.** That he wished to plant it for increase — no support
- **2.** That he had forgotten its whereabouts — no support
- **3.** That he intended it for the poor — no support
- **4.** That he was afraid of his master — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 7: «The servant who buried his talent said he was afraid of his master.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+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/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/e1/)

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

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of the four soils in the Parable of the Sower?

- **1.** They represent four nations of the ancient world — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** They represent the four Gospels of the New Testament — no support
- **3.** They represent the four seasons of the agricultural year — no support
- **4.** They represent different dispositions of those who hear — **✓ 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/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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It is given that a servant was released from a debt of great magnitude. Ascertain the conduct for which he was subsequently condemned.

- **1.** His refusal to forgive a lesser debt owed to himself — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** His construction of a dwelling upon sand — no support
- **3.** His failure to double the sum of money entrusted to his care — score 4
- **4.** His expenditure of his inheritance abroad — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 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 15, line 16: «The unforgiving servant was forgiven a huge debt but refused to forgive a small debt owed to him.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «owe» (+2); the same thing acted on «small debt» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/e3/)

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

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the parable of the rich fool.

- **1.** He bequeathed his barns to the Temple — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He forfeited his wealth through shipwreck — no support
- **3.** He distributed his wealth to the poor and lived long — no support
- **4.** He enlarged his barns to store his wealth and died that same night — **✓ 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/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/e4/)

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