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title: Pursuant to the "platinum rule", ascertain the proper conduct toward… — The Golden Rule in many traditions · tree and pragmatics
description: Pursuant to the "platinum rule", ascertain the proper conduct towards a person who dislikes surprises. Exam question 4 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;
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# Exam question 4 · The Golden Rule in many traditions

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Pursuant to the "platinum rule", ascertain the proper conduct towards a person who dislikes surprises.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, person · **What happens:** ascertain, dislike · **To what, where:** proper conduct, surprises

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:e4:1
# text = Pursuant to the "platinum rule", ascertain the proper conduct towards a person who dislikes surprises.
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	platinum	platinum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	dislikes	dislike	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
18	surprises	surprise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	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 proper conduct |  |  |  | towards a person; pursuant *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
| 2 | **dislike** | present | a person | surprises |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer surprise=Stimulus |

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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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To abstain from any celebration whatsoever of that person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:e4:o1:1
# text = To abstain from any celebration whatsoever of that person
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	abstain	abstain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	celebration	celebration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abstain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | any celebration |  | of that person; whatsoever *property* | vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent from celebration=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To arrange a surprise regardless, given that one would oneself greatly enjoy one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:e4:o2:1
# text = To arrange a surprise regardless, given that one would oneself greatly enjoy one
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	arrange	arrange	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	regardless	regardless	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	oneself	oneself	PRON	PRP	PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	13	nsubj	_	_
12	greatly	greatly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrange** | to-infinitive |  | a surprise |  |  |  | regardless *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surprise=Product |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | that one |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 3 | **enjoy** | would | oneself | one |  |  |  | greatly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To arrange a surprise, inviting solely one's own acquaintances

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:e4:o3:1
# text = To arrange a surprise, inviting solely one's own acquaintances
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	arrange	arrange	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	inviting	invite	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	acquaintances	acquaintance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrange** | to-infinitive |  | a surprise |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surprise=Product |
| 2 | **invite** | gerund |  | one's own acquaintances |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acquaintance=Recipient |
| 3 | **acquaint** |  | one |  |  |  |  |  | nom acquaintance «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To treat that person as he or she would wish, refraining from surprises

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:e4:o4:1
# text = To treat that person as he or she would wish, refraining from surprises
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	treat	treat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	wish	wish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	refraining	refrain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	surprises	surprise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | to-infinitive |  | that person |  |  |  | as person | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme as he=Attribute |
| 2 | **wish** | would | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **refrain** | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  | surprises |  |  | vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent from surprise=Eventuality |

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