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title: A new girl gets left out of the game at break. Using the Golden Rule… — The Sermon on the Mount · tree and pragmatics
description: A new girl gets left out of the game at break. Using the Golden Rule, what should you do? Test 11 · ★★ 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 and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · The Sermon on the Mount

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A new girl gets left out of the game at break. Using the Golden Rule, what should you do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** new girl, you · **What happens:** get, leave out, use, do · **To what, where:** game, Golden Rule

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 17 «The Sermon on the Mount» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A new girl gets left out of the game at break.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t11:1
# text = A new girl gets left out of the game at break.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | a new girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **leave out** | participle | a new girl *not said here* | the game at break |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Using the Golden Rule, what should you do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t11:2
# text = Using the Golden Rule, what should you do?
1	Using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Rule	Rule	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund |  | the Golden Rule |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | should | you | the Golden Rule |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Leave her alone, because she isn't really your friend yet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t11:o1:1
# text = Leave her alone, because she isn't really your friend yet
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
9	really	really	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	advcl	_	_
12	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  | yet | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | she | your friend |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Tell her the game is full so she isn't hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t11:o2:1
# text = Tell her the game is full so she isn't hurt
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | the game |  |  |  |  | full *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **hurt** | present · passive |  | she |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Ask her to join, as you would want if you were new

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t11:o3:1
# text = Ask her to join, as you would want if you were new
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **join** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **want** | would | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you |  |  |  |  | new *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wait to see if the others want her first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t11:o4:1
# text = Wait to see if the others want her first
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **want** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the others | her *= she* |  |  |  | first *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme |

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