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title: my mate says Hindus worship like a million random gods so they're co… — Hinduism and Sikhism · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says Hindus worship like a million random gods so they're confused lol. fair? Test 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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# Test 2 · Hinduism and Sikhism

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

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**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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/32-hinduism-and-sikhism/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:32-hinduism-and-sikhism:t2:1
# text = my mate says Hindus worship like a million random gods so they're confused lol. fair?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Hindus	Hindu	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	compound	_	_
5	worship	worship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
11	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	confused	confused	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	advcl	_	_
15	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	14	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
17	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	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 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 |

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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 {#o1}

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No, Hindus have no gods at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:32-hinduism-and-sikhism:t2:o1:1
# text = No, Hindus have no gods at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	Hindus	Hindu	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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Yes, Hindus do not believe in anything deeper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:32-hinduism-and-sikhism:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, Hindus do not believe in anything deeper
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Hindus	Hindu	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	_
9	deeper	deep	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:32-hinduism-and-sikhism:t2:o3:1
# text = Not fair; many Hindus see the gods as forms of one reality
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Hindus	Hindu	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	reality	reality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:32-hinduism-and-sikhism:t2:o4:1
# text = Yes, each Hindu just chooses a brand new god every single day
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	Hindu	Hindu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	chooses	choose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	brand	brand	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
12	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | 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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