Test 2 · Hinduism and Sikhism

my mate says Hindus worship like a million random gods so they're confused lol. fair?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, gods · What happens: say, be · To what, where: Hindus worship · Speech: someone speaks here

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

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Hindus	Hindu	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 worship	compound
5	worship	worship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	obj
6	like	like	ADP	_	10 gods	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 million	det
8	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 gods	nummod
9	random	random	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 gods	amod
10	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 worship	nmod
11	so	so	SCONJ	_	14 confused	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 confused	nsubj
13	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 confused	cop
14	confused	confused	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 fair	advcl
15	lol	lol	INTJ	_	14 confused	discourse
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 confused	punct
17	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate	Hindus worship				like million random gods	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent worship=Topic
2	is	present	gods = god					confused property	tree rules

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

No, Hindus have no gods at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct
3	Hindus	Hindu	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 gods	det
6	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 gods	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Hindus	no gods		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Patient

Option 2

Yes, Hindus do not believe in anything deeper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 Hindus	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Hindus	Hindu	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 believe	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 believe	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 believe	advmod
6	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 anything	case
8	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 believe	obl
9	deeper	deep	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 anything	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not believe	present · do-support	Hindus			anything			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Not fair; many Hindus see the gods as forms of one reality

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 fair	advmod
2	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 see	punct
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Hindus	amod
5	Hindus	Hindu	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 see	nsubj
6	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 fair	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gods	det
8	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 see	obj
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 forms	case
10	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 see	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 reality	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 reality	nummod
13	reality	reality	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 forms	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	many Hindus	the gods				as forms of one reality	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer god=Stimulus as form=Attribute
2	form			one reality					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, each Hindu just chooses a brand new god every single day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 chooses	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 Hindu	det
4	Hindu	Hindu	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 chooses	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 chooses	advmod
6	chooses	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 god	det
8	brand	brand	ADV	_	9 new	advmod
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 god	amod
10	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chooses	obj
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 day	det
12	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 day	amod
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chooses	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	present	each Hindu	a new god			day		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme

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