Test 6 · Debates and rows on chat shows

What would happen if a fact check found a claim "misleading"?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: fact check · What happens: happen, find · To what, where: claim

This is test 6 of lesson 11 «Debates and rows on chat shows» of the politics 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 found	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 check	det
6	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 check	compound
7	check	check	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 found	nsubj
8	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 claim	det
10	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 found	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 misleading	punct
12	misleading	misleading	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 claim	appos
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 misleading	punct
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	find a condition, not said to happen	past	a fact check	a claim					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Topic

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

Option 1

The candidate would lose the election at once, because misleading claims are against the law

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 candidate	det
2	candidate	candidate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lose	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 lose	aux
4	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 election	det
6	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lose	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 lose	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 law	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	16 law	mark
11	misleading	misleading	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 claims	amod
12	claims	claim	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 law	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 law	cop
14	against	against	ADP	_	16 law	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 law	det
16	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lose	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	would	the candidate	the election					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent election=Eventuality
2	is	present	misleading claims					against the law	tree rules

Option 2

The claim would be removed from TV forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 claim	det
2	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 removed	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 removed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 removed	aux:pass
5	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 TV	case
7	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 removed	obl
8	forever	forever	ADV	_	5 removed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	would · passive		the claim		TV		forever property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from tv=Source

Option 3

The moderator would switch off the cameras

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 moderator	det
2	moderator	moderator	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 switch	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 switch	aux
4	switch	switch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 switch	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cameras	det
7	cameras	camera	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 switch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	switch off	would	the moderator	the cameras					vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camera=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It would say the claim leaves people with a wrong picture, even if part is true

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 say	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 say	aux
3	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 claim	det
5	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leaves	nsubj
6	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 say	ccomp
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 leaves	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 picture	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 picture	det
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 picture	amod
11	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leaves	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 true	punct
13	even	even	ADV	_	17 true	advmod
14	if	if	SCONJ	_	17 true	mark
15	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 true	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 true	cop
17	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 say	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	would	It			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	leave	present	the claim	people	with a wrong picture	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent people=Recipient with picture=Theme
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	part		true property	tree rules

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