Test 1 · The Golden Rule in many traditions

My brother says the Golden Rule is only in the Bible. What would you tell him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, Golden Rule, you · What happens: say, be, tell · To what, where: Bible, brother · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 38 «The Golden Rule in many traditions» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. 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

Sentence 1: My brother says the Golden Rule is only in the Bible.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Rule	det
5	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Rule	amod
6	Rule	Rule	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Bible	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 Bible	cop
8	only	only	ADV	_	11 Bible	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 Bible	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Bible	det
11	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	My brother						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the Golden Rule			the Bible			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.

Sentence 2: What would you tell him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	would	you		brother				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It was in the Bible first, and other religions later copied it from there

The tree, 14 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	5 Bible	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Bible	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 Bible	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Bible	det
5	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 copied	nsubj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 Bible	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 copied	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 copied	cc
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 religions	amod
10	religions	religion	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 copied	nsubj
11	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 copied	advmod
12	copied	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 copied	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 there	case
15	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 copied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It			the Bible		first property	tree rules
2	copy	past	the Bible	it				late property	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

It is only in old books from China and has nothing to do with Christians

The tree, 15 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	6 books	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 books	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 books	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 books	case
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 books	amod
6	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 China	case
8	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 books	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 has	cc
10	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 books	conj
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 has	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 do	mark
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 nothing	acl
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 Christians	case
15	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	13 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		old books	from China	tree rules
2	have	present		nothing			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
3	do	to-infinitive		nothing not said here		with Christians	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, no other religion or way of life has ever taught anything like it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	12 taught	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 religion	det
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 religion	amod
5	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 taught	nsubj:pass
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 way	cc
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 religion	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 life	case
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 way	nmod
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 taught	aux
11	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	12 taught	advmod
12	taught	teach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 taught	obj
14	like	like	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 anything	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	present · perfect · passive		no other religion or way of life			ever		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient anything=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is in almost every tradition, like Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism

The tree, 12 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	6 tradition	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tradition	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 tradition	case
4	almost	almost	ADV	_	6 tradition	advmod
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 tradition	det
6	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Judaism	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 Judaism	case
9	Judaism	Judaism	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 tradition	appos
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Islam	punct
11	Islam	Islam	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Judaism	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Hinduism	punct
13	Hinduism	Hinduism	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 tradition	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 Buddhism	cc
15	Buddhism	Buddhism	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Hinduism	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			every tradition and Hinduism and Buddhism		almost property	tree rules

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