Exam question 1 · The Golden Rule in many traditions

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Golden Rule?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: Golden Rule

This is exam question 1 of lesson 38 «The Golden Rule in many traditions» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Rule	det
10	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Rule	amod
11	Rule	Rule	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the Golden Rule				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

That one ought to treat kindly one's friends exclusively

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 one	det
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 treat	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 treat	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 treat	mark
5	treat	treat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	5 treat	advmod
7	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 friends	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 one	case
9	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 treat	obj
10	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	5 treat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	ought	that one		one's friends			exclusively, kindly property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That one ought to treat others as one would wish to be treated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 one	det
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 treat	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 treat	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 treat	mark
5	treat	treat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 treat	obj
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 wish	mark
8	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wish	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 wish	aux
10	wish	wish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 treat	advcl
11	to	to	PART	_	13 treated	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 treated	aux:pass
13	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 wish	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	treat	ought	that one	others	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient
2	wish	would	one		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	treat not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	one not said here		vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»

Option 3

That one ought to obey without question all persons in authority

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 one	det
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 obey	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 obey	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 obey	mark
5	obey	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 question	case
7	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obey	obl
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 persons	det
9	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 obey	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 authority	case
11	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obey	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	ought	that one	all persons		authority		without question	vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

That one ought to repay others in the manner of their conduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 one	det
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 repay	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 repay	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 repay	mark
5	repay	repay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 repay	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 manner	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 manner	det
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 repay	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 conduct	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 conduct	nmod:poss
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 manner	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repay	ought	that one	others		the manner of others's conduct			vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient
2	conduct		others = other						nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

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