Test 12 · The Golden Rule in many traditions

Harpreet, who is Sikh, asks if her faith has a Golden Rule too. What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Harpreet, faith, best answer · What happens: be, ask, have · To what, where: Sikh, Golden Rule

This is test 12 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: Harpreet, who is Sikh, asks if her faith has a Golden Rule too.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Harpreet	Harpreet	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 asks	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Sikh	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 Sikh	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 Sikh	cop
5	Sikh	Sikh	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Harpreet	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Harpreet	punct
7	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 has	mark
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 faith	nmod:poss
10	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 has	nsubj
11	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 asks	ccomp
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 Rule	det
13	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 Rule	amod
14	Rule	Rule	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 has	obj
15	too	too	ADV	_	11 has	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Harpreet	Sikh	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	present	Harpreet		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	have a condition, not said to happen	present	Harpreet's faith	a Golden Rule	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=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.

Sentence 2: What is the best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Yes, but in Sikhism it only applies to other Sikhs, not to you

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 applies	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 applies	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 applies	cc
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Sikhism	case
5	Sikhism	Sikhism	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 applies	obl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 applies	nsubj
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 applies	advmod
8	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 Sikhs	case
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Sikhs	amod
11	Sikhs	Sikh	PROPN	Number=Plur	8 applies	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 you	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 you	advmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 you	case
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 applies	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present	it		other Sikhs	Sikhism			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in sikhism=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, Sikh scripture teaches seeing all people as equal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 Sikh	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Sikh	sikh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 scripture	amod
4	scripture	scripture	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teaches	nsubj
5	teaches	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	seeing	see	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 teaches	xcomp
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 people	det
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 seeing	obj
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 equal	case
10	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 seeing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	present	Sikh scripture						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	see	gerund	Sikh scripture not said here	all people				as equal	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus as equal=Attribute

Option 3

No, Sikhs have no teaching at all about how to treat others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct
3	Sikhs	Sikh	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 teaching	det
6	teaching	teaching	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 teaching	nmod
9	about	about	SCONJ	_	12 treat	mark
10	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 treat	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 treat	mark
12	treat	treat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 teaching	acl
13	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 treat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Sikhs	no teaching		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teaching=Patient
2	treat	to-infinitive	Sikhs not said here	others					vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

No, the Golden Rule is found only in the Bible and nowhere else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 found	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rule	det
4	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Rule	amod
5	Rule	Rule	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 found	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 found	aux:pass
7	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
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	7 found	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 nowhere	cc
13	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 found	advmod
14	else	else	ADV	_	13 nowhere	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present · passive		the Golden Rule		the Bible		nowhere property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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