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title: Your sister says Diwali is a Christian holiday with fairy lights. Pu… — Hinduism and Sikhism · tree and pragmatics
description: Your sister says Diwali is a Christian holiday with fairy lights. Put her right. Test 5 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 right.
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# Test 5 · Hinduism and Sikhism

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Your sister says Diwali is a Christian holiday with fairy lights. Put her right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sister, Diwali, you · **What happens:** say, be, put · **To what, where:** Christian holiday, Diwali · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your sister says Diwali is a Christian holiday with fairy lights.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:32-hinduism-and-sikhism:t5:1
# text = Your sister says Diwali is a Christian holiday with fairy lights.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Diwali	Diwali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 | Your sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Diwali | a Christian holiday |  |  |  | with fairy lights | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Put her right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:32-hinduism-and-sikhism:t5:2
# text = Put her right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Diwali |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is a festival of lights for Hindus, Sikhs and Jains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:32-hinduism-and-sikhism:t5:o1:1
# text = It is a festival of lights for Hindus, Sikhs and Jains
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Hindus	Hindu	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	Sikhs	Sikh	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	Jains	Jain	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a festival |  |  |  | of lights; for Hindus and Sikhs and Jains | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a Christian feast of candles in spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:32-hinduism-and-sikhism:t5:o2:1
# text = It is a Christian feast of candles in spring
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a Christian feast |  |  |  | of candles in spring | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is the Sikh day of the holy book's birth, kept in summer

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:32-hinduism-and-sikhism:t5:o3:1
# text = It is the Sikh day of the holy book's birth, kept in summer
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Sikh	sikh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the Sikh day |  |  |  | of the holy book's birth | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | participle |  |  |  |  | summer |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a Muslim feast at the end of the fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:32-hinduism-and-sikhism:t5:o4:1
# text = It is a Muslim feast at the end of the fast
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Muslim	Muslim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a Muslim feast |  |  | at the end of the fast |  | tree rules |

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