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title: Identify the principal teaching of Guru Nanak concerning humankind. — Hinduism and Sikhism · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal teaching of Guru Nanak concerning humankind. Exam question 2 of lesson 32 «Hinduism and Sikhism» 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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# Exam question 2 · Hinduism and Sikhism

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Identify the principal teaching of Guru Nanak concerning humankind.

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**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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/32-hinduism-and-sikhism/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:32-hinduism-and-sikhism:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal teaching of Guru Nanak concerning humankind.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	teaching	teaching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Guru	Guru	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	Nanak	Nanak	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
9	humankind	humankind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | 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 |

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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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That there are many gods for many peoples

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:32-hinduism-and-sikhism:e2:o1:1
# text = That there are many gods for many peoples
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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That priests alone may approach God

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:32-hinduism-and-sikhism:e2:o2:1
# text = That priests alone may approach God
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	approach	approach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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That there is one God and all persons are equal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:32-hinduism-and-sikhism:e2:o3:1
# text = That there is one God and all persons are equal
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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That wealth is a sign of divine favour and holiness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:32-hinduism-and-sikhism:e2:o4:1
# text = That wealth is a sign of divine favour and holiness
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	divine	divine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	holiness	holiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | 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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**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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