Exam question 2 · Hinduism and Sikhism

Identify the principal teaching of Guru Nanak concerning humankind.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal teaching · What happens: identify, concern, teach · To what, where: principal teaching, humankind, Guru

This is exam question 2 of lesson 32 «Hinduism and Sikhism» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 teaching	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 teaching	amod
4	teaching	teaching	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Guru	case
6	Guru	Guru	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 teaching	nmod
7	Nanak	Nanak	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Guru	flat
8	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 teaching	acl
9	humankind	humankind	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concerning	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal teaching of Guru	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent teaching=Theme
2	concern	gerund	the principal teaching of Guru not said here	humankind	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus humankind=Experiencer
3	teach			Guru	nom teaching «act transitive»: of=patient

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

That there are many gods for many peoples

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 gods	nsubj
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 are	expl
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 gods	cop
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gods	amod
5	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 peoples	case
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 peoples	amod
8	peoples	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gods	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	many gods				for many peoples	tree rules

Option 2

That priests alone may approach God

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 priests	det
2	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 approach	nsubj
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 priests	advmod
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 approach	aux
5	approach	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 approach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approach	may	that priests	God					vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That there is one God and all persons are equal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 God	nsubj
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 God	expl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 God	cop
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 God	nummod
5	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 equal	cc
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 persons	det
8	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 equal	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 equal	cop
10	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 God	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	one God		there			tree rules
2	is	present	all persons					equal property	tree rules

Option 4

That wealth is a sign of divine favour and holiness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 wealth	det
2	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sign	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sign	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sign	det
5	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 favour	case
7	divine	divine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 favour	amod
8	favour	favour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sign	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 holiness	cc
10	holiness	holiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 favour	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that wealth	a sign				of divine favour and holiness	tree rules

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