Exam question 3 · The Golden Rule in many traditions

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the distribution of the Golden Rule.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, distribute · To what, where: response, distribution, Golden Rule

This is exam question 3 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	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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 distribution	det
11	distribution	distribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 Rule	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Rule	det
14	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Rule	amod
15	Rule	Rule	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 distribution	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the distribution of the Golden Rule		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus distribution=Experiencer
4	distribute			the Golden Rule		nom distribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 right answer

It is found in some form in almost every religious and non-religious tradition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 found	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 found	aux:pass
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 form	case
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 form	det
6	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	13 tradition	case
8	almost	almost	ADV	_	13 tradition	advmod
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 tradition	det
10	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 tradition	amod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 non-religious	cc
12	non-religious	non-religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 religious	conj
13	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present · passive		It		some form		in every religious tradition	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 2

It is found in no tradition prior to the modern period

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 found	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 found	aux:pass
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 tradition	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 tradition	det
6	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	obl
7	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	11 period	case
8	to	to	ADP	_	7 prior	fixed
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 period	det
10	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 period	amod
11	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present · passive		It		no tradition		prior the modern period	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 3

It is found solely in the holy scriptures of the Christian tradition and in no other

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 found	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 found	aux:pass
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 found	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 scriptures	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 scriptures	det
7	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 scriptures	amod
8	scriptures	scripture	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 found	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 tradition	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tradition	det
11	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tradition	amod
12	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scriptures	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 other	cc
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 other	case
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 other	det
16	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 found	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present · passive		It		the holy scriptures of the Christian tradition		solely property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 4

It is found solely in traditions originating in Asia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 found	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 found	aux:pass
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 found	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 traditions	case
6	traditions	tradition	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 found	obl
7	originating	originate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 traditions	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Asia	case
9	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 originating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present · passive		It		traditions		solely property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	originate	gerund	traditions not said here			Asia			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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