Test 11 · The Golden Rule in many traditions

shut up about rules, ur just being nice so people like u

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: shut up, be

This is test 11 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 shut	compound:prt
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 rules	case
4	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 shut	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 nice	punct
6	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 nice	nmod:poss
7	just	just	ADV	_	9 nice	advmod
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 nice	cop
9	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 shut	parataxis
10	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 people	case
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 nice	obl
12	like	like	ADP	_	13 u	case
13	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 people	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shut up	imperative	you not said here					about rules	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	gerund						so people like u; nice 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 is rude, so the Golden Rule says you can now be rude back to them

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 rude	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rude	cop
3	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 says	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rule	det
7	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Rule	amod
8	Rule	Rule	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rude	parataxis
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 rude	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 rude	aux
12	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 rude	advmod
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 rude	cop
14	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 says	ccomp
15	back	back	ADV	_	14 rude	advmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 them	case
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 rude	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	That			rude property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the Golden Rule				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	can	you	them = they	now	rude property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Kindness is right even if no one notices; the rule is about others, not praise

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	even	even	ADV	_	8 notices	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 notices	mark
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 one	det
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 notices	nsubj
8	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	advcl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 others	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rule	det
11	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 others	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 others	cop
13	about	about	ADP	_	14 others	case
14	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 right	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 praise	punct
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 praise	advmod
17	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 others	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Kindness	right property	tree rules
2	notice a condition, not said to happen	present	no one		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	the rule	about others and praise	tree rules

Option 3

That is true; the only reason for kindness is getting people to like you

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 getting	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reason	det
6	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reason	amod
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 getting	nsubj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 kindness	case
9	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reason	nmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 getting	aux
11	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 true	advcl
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 getting	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 like	mark
14	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 getting	xcomp
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 like	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	That		true property	tree rules
2	get	present · progressive	the only reason for kindness	people		tree rules
3	like	to-infinitive	people not said here	you		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme

Option 4

That is true, so it is fine to stop being kind when nobody is watching

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fine	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 fine	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fine	expl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fine	cop
8	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 true	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 stop	mark
10	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 fine	csubj
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 kind	cop
12	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 stop	xcomp
13	when	when	SCONJ	_	16 watching	mark
14	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	16 watching	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 watching	aux
16	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 stop	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	That	true property	tree rules
2	is	present	That not said here	fine property	tree rules
3	stop	to-infinitive			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	is	gerund		kind property	tree rules
5	watch	present · progressive	nobody		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

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