Test 9 · The Golden Rule in many traditions

What would happen in a class where everyone followed the Golden Rule?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone · What happens: happen, follow · To what, where: class, Golden Rule

This is test 9 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 class	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 class	det
6	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obl
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 followed	advmod
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 followed	nsubj
9	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 class	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Rule	det
11	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Rule	amod
12	Rule	Rule	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 followed	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would				a class			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in class=Location
2	follow	past	everyone	the Golden Rule					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice

Everyone would have to like the very same things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 have	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 have	aux
3	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 like	mark
5	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 have	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 things	det
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 same	advmod
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 things	amod
9	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 like	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	would	Everyone						tree rules
2	like	to-infinitive	Everyone not said here	the same things					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme

Option 2

The teacher would no longer be needed at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 needed	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 needed	aux
4	no	no	ADV	_	5 longer	advmod
5	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 needed	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 needed	aux:pass
7	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 needed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	would · passive		the teacher		all		long property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

People would think how others feel before acting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 think	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 think	aux
3	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 feel	advmod
5	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 feel	nsubj
6	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 think	ccomp
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 acting	mark
8	acting	act	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 feel	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	think speech: other	would	People	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	feel	present	others	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	act	gerund	others not said here	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Nobody would ever disagree about anything at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 disagree	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 disagree	aux
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 disagree	advmod
4	disagree	disagree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 anything	case
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 disagree	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 disagree	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disagree	would	Nobody			all	ever	about anything	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about anything=Topic

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