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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Golden Rule? Exam question 1 of lesson 38 «The Golden Rule in many traditions» 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 wro
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# Exam question 1 · The Golden Rule in many traditions

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Golden Rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** Golden Rule

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 38 «The Golden Rule in many traditions» 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/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Golden Rule?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Rule	Rule	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the Golden Rule |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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That one ought to treat kindly one's friends exclusively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:e1:o1:1
# text = That one ought to treat kindly one's friends exclusively
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	treat	treat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
10	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | ought | that one |  | one's friends |  |  | exclusively, kindly *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient |

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

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That one ought to treat others as one would wish to be treated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:e1:o2:1
# text = That one ought to treat others as one would wish to be treated
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	treat	treat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	wish	wish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	treated	treat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | ought | that one | others |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient |
| 2 | **wish** | would | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **treat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | one *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That one ought to obey without question all persons in authority

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:e1:o3:1
# text = That one ought to obey without question all persons in authority
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	obey	obey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	authority	authority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obey** | ought | that one | all persons |  | authority |  | without question | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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That one ought to repay others in the manner of their conduct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:e1:o4:1
# text = That one ought to repay others in the manner of their conduct
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	repay	repay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repay** | ought | that one | others |  | the manner of others's conduct |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient |
| 2 | **conduct** |  | others *= other* |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=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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