contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad . 
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(ROOT (S (S (ADJP (ADJP (JJ )) (, ) (JJ ) (CC ) (NN ) (HYPH ) (VBN ))) (, ) (SBAR (IN ) (S (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (NN )) (VP (VBD ) (NP (NP (DT ) (JJS )) (SBAR (S (NP (DT ) (NN )) (VP (VBD )))))))) (, ) (NP (NP (DT )) (VP (VBN ))) (VP (MD ) (VP (VB ) (VP (VBN ) (ADJP (RB ) (JJ ))))) (. )))