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title: my cousin says Muslims worship a different God called Allah, like a… — Islam · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin says Muslims worship a different God called Allah, like a made-up name. right? Test 1 of lesson 31 «Islam» 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.
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# Test 1 · Islam

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my cousin says Muslims worship a different God called Allah, like a made-up name. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, Muslims, different God · **What happens:** say, worship, call, make up · **To what, where:** Allah · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 31 «Islam» 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/31-islam/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:t1:1
# text = my cousin says Muslims worship a different God called Allah, like a made-up name. right?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	worship	worship	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	Allah	Allah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
14	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
17	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
19	right	right	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **worship** | present | Muslims |  |  |  |  | like a made name | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **call** | past | a different God |  | Allah |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent allah=Recipient |
| 4 | **make up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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Yes, Allah is a god worshipped only by Arab people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, Allah is a god worshipped only by Arab people
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Allah	Allah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	worshipped	worshipp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	Arab	Arab	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Allah | a god |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **worshipp** | past | a god | Arab people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, Allah is the name of their holy book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:t1:o2:1
# text = No, Allah is the name of their holy book
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Allah	Allah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Allah | the name |  |  |  | of their holy book | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, Allah is simply the Arabic word for God

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:t1:o3:1
# text = No, Allah is simply the Arabic word for God
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Allah	Allah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Arabic	Arabic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Allah | the Arabic word |  |  |  | for God; simply *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, Allah is the name of a prophet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, Allah is the name of a prophet
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Allah	Allah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Allah | the name |  |  |  | of a prophet | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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