Hinduism and Sikhism
Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 4 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 32 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.
Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.
Test 1 · right ✓
Harpreet's little brother asks why his dad wears a turban. What is the best answer?
- 1. It shows he is a Hindu priest — no support
- 2. Every Indian man has to wear one — no support
- 3. Initiated Sikhs keep their hair uncut and often wear it in a turban — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 4. It keeps his head warm in the gurdwara — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 32, line 17: «Initiated Sikhs, who have made special promises in a ceremony, wear the five Ks, including uncut hair (kesh), often under a turban, and a steel bracelet (kara).», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «initiated sikhs» (+3); the same action «wear» (+2); the same place «turban» (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · wrong ✗
my mate says Hindus worship like a million random gods so they're confused lol. fair?
- 1. No, Hindus have no gods at all — no support
- 2. Yes, Hindus do not believe in anything deeper — no support
- 3. Not fair; many Hindus see the gods as forms of one reality — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Yes, each Hindu just chooses a brand new god every single day — ← Mova's choice · score -1
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 6, line 5: «Christians believe this story shows that God sees people who are treated unfairly and sets them free; for a child today it means standing up for the weak, bein…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «god» (+1); the same property (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · wrong ✗
You visit a gurdwara and a man offers you food in the langar. Do you have to be a Sikh?
- 1. Yes, only Sikhs may eat in the langar — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. No, everyone is welcome to eat, whatever their faith — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Only if you pay at the door first — no support
- 4. Only on the day of Diwali — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · wrong ✗
Priya says: "If I'm mean today, it comes back to me." Which Hindu idea is she thinking of?
- 1. Seva — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Puja — no support
- 3. Moksha — no support
- 4. Karma — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · right ✓
Your sister says Diwali is a Christian holiday with fairy lights. Put her right.
- 1. It is a festival of lights for Hindus, Sikhs and Jains — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 2. It is a Christian feast of candles in spring — no support
- 3. It is the Sikh day of the holy book's birth, kept in summer — score 5
- 4. It is a Muslim feast at the end of the fast — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 32, line 11: «Diwali is the festival of lights in autumn, celebrating good over evil; Hindus, Sikhs and Jains (followers of another old Indian religion) celebrate it.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «festival» (+4); the same circumstance (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · wrong ✗
Arjun won't swat a fly and says it's ahimsa. What does he mean?
- 1. He thinks flies are lucky in his family — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He is scared of insects since he was little — no support
- 3. He tries not to harm any living thing — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. He is fasting from all hard work today — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · wrong ✗
Why do people in the langar sit together on the floor?
- 1. Because the gurdwara has no money for chairs — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. To show that everyone is equal — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. So the priests can sit higher up — no support
- 4. Because the floor is warmer than chairs — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · wrong ✗
Which is true about Sikhism?
- 1. It was founded by the Buddha — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It teaches one God and the equality of all people — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. It teaches many gods, many castes and many holy books — no support
- 4. It began in Arabia 1400 years ago — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · wrong ✗
crap, I put my juice on the shelf by their holy book at Jas's house. why's his mum upset?
- 1. The shelf is only for the TV remote — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. She wanted the juice for herself — no support
- 3. Sikhs honour the Guru Granth Sahib as a living Guru — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Juice is forbidden in every Sikh home — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · wrong ✗
judge asks: "Is Christian service like Sikh seva?" Best answer?
- 1. No, Christians are never asked to serve — no support
- 2. Yes, they are exactly the same belief with different names — no support
- 3. No, seva means praying, not helping — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. Both serve others selflessly, from different beliefs — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 32, line 18: «Seva means selfless service to others, and it is central in Sikhism.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+4); the same doer «seva» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · right ✓
What do Hindus call the freedom when the soul stops being reborn?
- 1. Moksha — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Kara — no support
- 3. Karma — no support
- 4. Ahimsa — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · right ✓
Ravi's nan takes flowers and a lamp to the mandir. What is she doing?
- 1. Puja, worship with offerings — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Langar, serving free food to all — no support
- 3. Seva, cleaning the shoes of visitors — no support
- 4. Hajj, a holy journey to the city — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Hindu doctrine of reincarnation?
- 1. The soul ascends immediately and permanently unto heaven — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The soul is reborn repeatedly until liberation, termed moksha, is attained — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The soul is extinguished entirely upon the death of the body — no support
- 4. The soul is reborn but once, in the form of an animal — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal teaching of Guru Nanak concerning humankind.
- 1. That there are many gods for many peoples — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. That priests alone may approach God — no support
- 3. That there is one God and all persons are equal — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. That wealth is a sign of divine favour and holiness — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the langar.
- 1. It is a kitchen in which a meal is provided gratis to all visitors — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It is a meal reserved exclusively for initiated Sikhs — no support
- 3. It is a chamber reserved for the holy book alone — no support
- 4. It is a festival during which lamps are lit — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the meaning of the term ahimsa as employed in Hinduism.
- 1. The obligation to wear five articles of faith — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The principle of non-violence towards all living beings — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The principle of selfless service rendered within the temple — no support
- 4. The obligation to fast during the hours of daylight — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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