Test 5 · The Golden Rule in many traditions

Tom, who has no religion, says, "I don't need God to know not to be mean." How does this fit the lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tom, God, this · What happens: have, say, not need, know, not be, fit · To what, where: religion, God, lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 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: Tom, who has no religion, says, "I don't need God to know not to be mean."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tom	acl:relcl
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 religion	det
6	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Tom	punct
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 need	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 need	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 need	nsubj
12	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 need	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 need	advmod
14	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 says	ccomp
15	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 need	obj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 know	mark
17	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 need	xcomp
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 mean	advmod
19	to	to	PART	_	21 mean	mark
20	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 mean	cop
21	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 know	advcl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 need	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	Tom	no religion		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent religion=Patient
2	say speech: assert	present	Tom			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not need in a quote	present · do-support	Tom	God		tree rules
4	know not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	God not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	not is in a quote	to-infinitive	God not said here		mean 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.

Sentence 2: How does this fit the lesson?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 fit	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fit	aux
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 fit	nsubj
4	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lesson	det
6	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fit	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 fit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	present · do-support	this	the lesson					vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He is wrong, because the rule came from one church only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 came	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 came	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rule	det
7	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	conj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 church	case
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 church	nummod
11	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	obl
12	only	only	ADV	_	8 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					wrong property	tree rules
2	come	past	the rule			one church			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from church=Initial_Location

Option 2

It fits, but only if Tom goes to Sunday school with you

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	2 fits	nsubj
2	fits	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 goes	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 goes	cc
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 goes	advmod
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 goes	mark
7	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 goes	nsubj
8	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 fits	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 school	case
10	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 school	compound
11	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 goes	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 you	case
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	present	It						vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	go a condition, not said to happen	present	Tom			Sunday school		with you	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Humanists also use the Golden Rule, by reason and empathy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Humanists	humanist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	nsubj
2	also	also	ADV	_	3 use	advmod
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur 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	3 use	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 reason	punct
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 reason	case
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 use	parataxis
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 empathy	cc
11	empathy	empathy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reason	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Humanists	the Golden Rule					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient

Option 4

It does not fit, because only believers can be kind at all

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	4 fit	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fit	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 fit	advmod
4	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kind	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 kind	mark
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 believers	advmod
8	believers	believer	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 kind	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 kind	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 kind	cop
11	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fit	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 kind	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not fit	present · do-support	It						vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	is	can	believers			all		kind property	tree rules

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