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title: Which is true about the Golden Rule in Islam? — The Golden Rule in many traditions · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is true about the Golden Rule in Islam? Test 10 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 wrong.
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# Test 10 · The Golden Rule in many traditions

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Which is true about the Golden Rule in Islam?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 10 of lesson 38 «The Golden Rule in many traditions» 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/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:t10:1
# text = Which is true about the Golden Rule in Islam?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	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	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Islam	Islam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about the Golden Rule in Islam; true *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Islam teaches that it is fine to hurt or cheat people who are not Muslims

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:t10:o1:1
# text = Islam teaches that it is fine to hurt or cheat people who are not Muslims
1	Islam	Islam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	teaches	teach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	expl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	cheat	cheat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | Islam |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **hurt** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **cheat** | infinitive |  | people |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Source |
| 5 | **not** **is a** | present | people | Muslims |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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A saying of the Prophet links true belief with wishing good for others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:t10:o2:1
# text = A saying of the Prophet links true belief with wishing good for others
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	saying	saying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Prophet	Prophet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	links	link	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	wishing	wish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **link** | present | a saying of the Prophet | true belief |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belief=Patient |
| 2 | **wish** | gerund | a saying of the Prophet *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for others; good *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for other=Theme |
| 3 | **say** |  |  | the Prophet |  |  |  |  | nom saying «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Golden Rule in Islam only applies to the oldest brother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:t10:o3:1
# text = The Golden Rule in Islam only applies to the oldest brother
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Rule	Rule	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Islam	Islam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	applies	apply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present | the Golden Rule in Islam |  |  |  |  | to the oldest brother | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Islam has no teaching at all about how to treat other people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:t10:o4:1
# text = Islam has no teaching at all about how to treat other people
1	Islam	Islam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	teaching	teaching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
7	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	treat	treat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Islam | no teaching |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teaching=Patient |
| 2 | **treat** | to-infinitive | Islam *not said here* | no teaching *not said here* | other people |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient |

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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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