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title: Ascertain the formulation of the Golden Rule as taught by Jesus. — Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the formulation of the Golden Rule as taught by Jesus. Exam question 4 of lesson 34 «Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness» 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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# Exam question 4 · Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness

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Ascertain the formulation of the Golden Rule as taught by Jesus.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, teach · **To what, where:** formulation

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 34 «Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness» 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/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the formulation of the Golden Rule as taught by Jesus.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	formulation	formulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Rule	Rule	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	taught	teach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the formulation of the Golden Rule |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent formulation=Topic |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by Jesus | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 unto others as they have done unto you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness:e4:o1:1
# text = Do unto others as they have done unto you
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
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	1	advcl	_	_
8	unto	unto	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* |  |  |  |  | unto others | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present · perfect | others *= other* |  |  |  |  | unto you | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Do unto others as your elders instruct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness:e4:o2:1
# text = Do unto others as your elders instruct
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	elders	elder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	instruct	instruct	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto others | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **instruct** *speech: other* | present | your elders |  |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Do unto others solely as they deserve, according to their merit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness:e4:o3:1
# text = Do unto others solely as they deserve, according to their merit
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	deserve	deserve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	case	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	merit	merit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	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* |  |  |  |  | unto others; accord others's merit | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **deserve** | present | others *= other* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness:e4:o4:1
# text = Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
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	1	advcl	_	_
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	unto	unto	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* |  |  |  |  | unto others | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | would | you | others *= other* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | infinitive | others *= other* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto you | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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