Exam question 3 · The Sermon on the Mount

Select the response that is consistent with the established formulation of the precept hereinafter referred to as the Golden Rule.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established formulation · What happens: select, be, establish, refer · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 17 «The Sermon on the Mount» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	SCONJ	_	15 referred	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 formulation	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 formulation	amod
10	formulation	formulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 referred	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 precept	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 precept	det
13	precept	precept	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 formulation	nmod
14	hereinafter	hereinafter	ADV	_	15 referred	advmod
15	referred	refer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	advcl
16	to	to	ADP	_	20 Rule	case
17	as	as	ADP	_	20 Rule	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Rule	det
19	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 Rule	amod
20	Rule	Rule	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 referred	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	refer	past	the established formulation of the precept		to the Golden Rule; hereinafter property	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to rule=Co-Theme

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Do to others what they have done to you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 others	case
3	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Do	obl
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 done	obj
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 done	nsubj
6	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 done	aux
7	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 others	acl:relcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 done	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here					to others	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present · perfect	others = other	others	you				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Do to others what you would have them do to you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 others	case
3	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Do	obl
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 have	obj
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 have	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 have	aux
7	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 others	acl:relcl
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 have	obj
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 have	xcomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 you	case
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here			to others	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	have	would	you	others			tree rules
3	do	infinitive	others not said here		you		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Do to others only what benefits yourself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 others	case
3	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Do	obl
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 what	advmod
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 benefits	nsubj
6	benefits	benefit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Do	parataxis
7	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 benefits	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here					to others	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	benefit	present		yourself					vn benefit-72.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer yourself=Beneficiary

Option 4

Do to others whatever is permitted by the law of the land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 others	case
3	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Do	obl
4	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 permitted	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 permitted	aux:pass
6	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 others	acl:relcl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 law	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 law	det
9	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 permitted	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 land	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 land	det
12	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 law	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here					to others	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	permit	present · passive	the law of the land	whatever					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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