Test 2 · The Golden Rule in many traditions

Priya, who is Hindu, asks: "Does your religion have a rule like ours about not hurting others?" What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Priya, rule, best answer · What happens: be, ask, have, not hurt · To what, where: Hindu, rule, others · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 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: Priya, who is Hindu, asks: "Does your religion have a rule like ours about not hurting others?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Priya	Priya	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 asks	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Hindu	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 Hindu	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 Hindu	cop
5	Hindu	Hindu	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Priya	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Priya	punct
7	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 Does	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 Does	punct
10	Does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 have	nsubj
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 religion	nmod:poss
12	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Does	obj
13	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 asks	ccomp
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 rule	det
15	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 have	obj
16	like	like	ADP	_	17 ours	case
17	ours	our	PRON	Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 rule	nmod
18	about	about	SCONJ	_	20 hurting	mark
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 hurting	advmod
20	hurting	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 rule	acl
21	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 hurting	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 asks	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Priya and Hindu	Hindu		tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	present	Priya and Hindu			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	have in a quote	present		a rule	like ours	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient
4	not hurt in a quote	gerund	a rule not said here	others		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer other=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yes, Jesus taught "Do to others what you would have them do to you"

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 taught	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 taught	nsubj
4	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Do	punct
6	Do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 taught	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 others	case
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 Do	obl
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 have	obj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 have	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 have	aux
12	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 others	acl:relcl
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 have	obj
14	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 have	xcomp
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 you	case
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 do	obl
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	past	Jesus				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do in a quote	infinitive	Jesus not said here			to others	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	have in a quote	would	you	others			tree rules
4	do in a quote	infinitive	others not said here		you		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, but ours is the only true one, so yours does not really count

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 one	cc
4	ours	our	PRON	Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 one	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 one	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 one	det
7	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 one	amod
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 one	amod
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 count	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	16 count	advmod
12	yours	your	PRON	Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 count	nsubj
13	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 count	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 count	advmod
15	really	really	ADV	_	16 count	advmod
16	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 one	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	ours	the only true one					tree rules
2	not count	present · do-support	yours						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

No, only Hindus think that hurting other people is a wrong thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 think	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 think	advmod
4	Hindus	Hindu	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 think	nsubj
5	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 thing	mark
7	hurting	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 thing	csubj
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	amod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hurting	obj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 thing	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 thing	det
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 thing	amod
13	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 think	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Hindus		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hurt	gerund		other people	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Patient
3	is a	present	hurting	a wrong thing	tree rules

Option 4

No, Christians do not have any rules about how to treat other people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 have	punct
3	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 have	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 have	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 have	advmod
6	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 rules	det
8	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 have	obj
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	8 rules	acl
13	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 people	amod
14	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 treat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	present · do-support	Christians	any rules					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient
2	treat	to-infinitive	Christians not said here	any rules not said here	other people				vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient

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