--- title: Ashoka asked people to respect all religions. Why would that matter… — Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our nu… · tree and pragmatics description: Ashoka asked people to respect all religions. Why would that matter in India? Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 8 «Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our numbers» of the history 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/history/8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers/t8/) [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/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our nu…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★★ · Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our numbers Ashoka asked people to respect all religions. Why would that matter in India? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ashoka, that · **What happens:** ask, respect, matter · **To what, where:** people, religions, India This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 8 «Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our numbers» of the history 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/history/8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ashoka asked people to respect all religions. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t8:1 # text = Ashoka asked people to respect all religions. 1 Ashoka Ashoka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 iobj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 respect respect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 religions religion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Ashoka | | people | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **respect** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ashoka *not said here* | all religions | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer religion=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why would that matter in India? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t8:2 # text = Why would that matter in India? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 matter matter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **matter** | would | that | | | India | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Only one temple existed ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t8:o1:1 # text = Only one temple existed 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 existed exist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exist** | past | one temple | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} India was home to many faiths and peoples ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t8:o2:1 # text = India was home to many faiths and peoples 1 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 faiths faith NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | India | | | | | to many faiths and peoples; home *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Religions were banned in India ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t8:o3:1 # text = Religions were banned in India 1 Religions religion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 banned ban VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ban** | past · passive | | Religions | | India | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Everyone in India had exactly the same faith already ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers:t8:o4:1 # text = Everyone in India had exactly the same faith already 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 already already ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Everyone | the same faith | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Patient | **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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