--- title: What would happen in a class where everyone followed the Golden Rule? — The Golden Rule in many traditions · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen in a class where everyone followed the Golden Rule? Test 9 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [The Golden Rule in many traditions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/) / t9 # Test 9 · The Golden Rule in many traditions What would happen in a class where everyone followed the Golden Rule? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** everyone · **What happens:** happen, follow · **To what, where:** class, Golden Rule This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:t9:1 # text = What would happen in a class where everyone followed the Golden Rule? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 9 advmod _ _ 8 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 9 nsubj _ _ 9 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Rule Rule PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | a class | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in class=Location | | 2 | **follow** | past | everyone | the Golden Rule | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme | 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} Everyone would have to like the very same things ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:t9:o1:1 # text = Everyone would have to like the very same things 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | would | Everyone | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **like** | to-infinitive | Everyone *not said here* | the same things | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The teacher would no longer be needed at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:t9:o2:1 # text = The teacher would no longer be needed at all 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 no no ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 needed need VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | would · passive | | the teacher | | all | | long *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} People would think how others feel before acting ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:t9:o3:1 # text = People would think how others feel before acting 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 before before SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 acting act VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | would | People | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **feel** | present | others | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **act** | gerund | others *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nobody would ever disagree about anything at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions:t9:o4:1 # text = Nobody would ever disagree about anything at all 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 4 disagree disagree VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disagree** | would | Nobody | | | all | ever | about anything | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about anything=Topic | **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. 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