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title: Identify the source wherein Jesus is recorded as saying "Do to other… — The Golden Rule in many traditions · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the source wherein Jesus is recorded as saying "Do to others what you would have them do to you". Exam question 2 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 opt
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# Exam question 2 · The Golden Rule in many traditions

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Identify the source wherein Jesus is recorded as saying "Do to others what you would have them do to you".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, others · **What happens:** identify, record, say, do, have · **To what, where:** source, Jesus, others, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:e2:1
# text = Identify the source wherein Jesus is recorded as saying "Do to others what you would have them do to you".
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	wherein	wherein	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	obj	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
18	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the source |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent source=Theme |
| 2 | **record** | present · passive |  | Jesus |  |  |  | wherein *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to others | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **have** *in a quote* | would | you | others *= other* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | others *= other* *not said here* |  | you |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «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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The Book of Leviticus, chapter nineteen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:e2:o1:1
# text = The Book of Leviticus, chapter nineteen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Book	Book	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Leviticus	Leviticus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	flat	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Mahabharata of the Hindu tradition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:e2:o2:1
# text = The Mahabharata of the Hindu tradition
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mahabharata	Mahabharata	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Hindu	hindu	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Analects attributed to Confucius

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:e2:o3:1
# text = The Analects attributed to Confucius
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Analects	Analect	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	attributed	attribute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Confucius	Confucius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attribute** | past | the Analects |  | Confucius |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter seven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:e2:o4:1
# text = The Gospel according to Matthew, chapter seven
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Gospel	Gospel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	Matthew	Matthew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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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