Exam question 2 · The Golden Rule in many traditions

Identify the source wherein Jesus is recorded as saying "Do to others what you would have them do to you".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, others · What happens: identify, record, say, do, have · To what, where: source, Jesus, others, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 source	det
3	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	wherein	wherein	ADV	PronType=Int	7 recorded	advmod
5	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 recorded	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 recorded	aux:pass
7	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 saying	mark
9	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 recorded	advcl
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 Do	punct
11	Do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 have	advcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 others	case
13	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 Do	obl
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 have	obj
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 have	nsubj
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 have	aux
17	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 saying	ccomp
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 have	obj
19	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 have	xcomp
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 you	case
21	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	19 do	obl
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 have	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the source			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent source=Theme
2	record	present · passive		Jesus		wherein property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	say speech: assert	gerund					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	do in a quote	infinitive	you not said here			to others	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	have in a quote	would	you	others = other			tree rules
6	do in a quote	infinitive	others = other not said here		you		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

The Book of Leviticus, chapter nineteen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Book	det
2	Book	Book	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Leviticus	case
4	Leviticus	Leviticus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Book	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 chapter	punct
6	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Book	appos
7	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 chapter	flat

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The Mahabharata of the Hindu tradition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mahabharata	det
2	Mahabharata	Mahabharata	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 tradition	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tradition	det
5	Hindu	hindu	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tradition	amod
6	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Mahabharata	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The Analects attributed to Confucius

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Analects	det
2	Analects	Analect	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 attributed	nsubj
3	attributed	attribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Confucius	case
5	Confucius	Confucius	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 attributed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute	past	the Analects		Confucius				tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter seven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Gospel	det
2	Gospel	Gospel	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 Matthew	case
4	to	to	ADP	_	3 according	fixed
5	Matthew	Matthew	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Gospel	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 chapter	punct
7	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Gospel	appos
8	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 chapter	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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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