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# Test 7 · What other faiths and non-religious people believe

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«Nirvana's that old band my dad likes, innit?» says a girl in Essex. What does it mean for Buddhists?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Nirvana, dad, girl, band · **What happens:** be, like, innit, say, mean · **To what, where:** old band · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 73 «What other faiths and non-religious people believe» 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/73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Nirvana's that old band my dad likes, innit?» says a girl in Essex.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe:t7:1
# text = «Nirvana's that old band my dad likes, innit?» says a girl in Essex.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Nirvana	Nirvana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	ccomp	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
14	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Essex	Essex	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Nirvana | that old band |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **like** *in a quote* | present | my dad | that old band *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **innit** *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | my dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | a girl in Essex |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* What does it mean for Buddhists?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe:t7:2
# text = What does it mean for Buddhists?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Buddhists	buddhist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | band |  |  |  |  | for Buddhists | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot what=Theme for buddhist=Attribute |

## The options {#options}

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

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A peace beyond suffering where rebirth ends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe:t7:o1:1
# text = A peace beyond suffering where rebirth ends
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	suffering	suffering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
6	rebirth	rebirth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present | a peace beyond suffering |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The name of a famous Buddhist king who lived long ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe:t7:o2:1
# text = The name of a famous Buddhist king who lived long ago
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	Buddhist	Buddhist	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | a famous Buddhist king |  |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **name** |  |  | a famous Buddhist king |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A heaven full of gold, sweets and loud music

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe:t7:o3:1
# text = A heaven full of gold, sweets and loud music
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A rock band's favourite holy place, where they play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe:t7:o4:1
# text = A rock band's favourite holy place, where they play
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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