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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established formulation of the precept hereinafter referred to as the Golden Rule. Exam question 3 of lesson 17 «The Sermon on the Mount» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 3 · The Sermon on the Mount

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Select the response that is consistent with the established formulation of the precept hereinafter referred to as the Golden Rule.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established formulation · **What happens:** select, be, establish, refer · **To what, where:** response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 17 «The Sermon on the Mount» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established formulation of the precept hereinafter referred to as the Golden Rule.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	formulation	formulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	precept	precept	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	hereinafter	hereinafter	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	referred	refer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	Rule	Rule	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **refer** | past | the established formulation of the precept |  |  |  |  | to the Golden Rule; hereinafter *property* | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to rule=Co-Theme |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Do to others what they have done to you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:e3:o1:1
# text = Do to others what they have done to you
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to others | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present · perfect | others *= other* | others | you |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Do to others what you would have them do to you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:e3:o2:1
# text = Do to others what you would have them do to you
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to others | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | would | you | others |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | infinitive | others *not said here* |  | you |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Do to others only what benefits yourself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:e3:o3:1
# text = Do to others only what benefits yourself
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
6	benefits	benefit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to others | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **benefit** | present |  | yourself |  |  |  |  | vn benefit-72.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer yourself=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Do to others whatever is permitted by the law of the land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:e3:o4:1
# text = Do to others whatever is permitted by the law of the land
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to others | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **permit** | present · passive | the law of the land | whatever |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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