Test 11 · Propaganda and fake news
In a cartoon, a villain's poster shows only his smiling face and the words "He keeps you safe". Which real thing is that most like?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: poster, villain · What happens: show, smile, keep, post, be · To what, where: smiling face, cartoon, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 of lesson 31 «Propaganda and fake news» 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
Sentence 1: In a cartoon, a villain's poster shows only his smiling face and the words "He keeps you safe".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 shows | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 villain | det |
| 6 | villain | villain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 poster | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 villain | case |
| 8 | poster | poster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 shows | nsubj |
| 9 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | only | only | ADV | _ | 13 face | advmod |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 face | nmod:poss |
| 12 | smiling | smile | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 face | amod |
| 13 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 shows | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 words | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 words | det |
| 16 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 face | conj |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 keeps | punct |
| 18 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 keeps | nsubj |
| 19 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 shows | parataxis |
| 20 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 keeps | obj |
| 21 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 keeps | xcomp |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 keeps | punct |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a villain's poster | poster's smiling face and the words | a cartoon | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent face=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | smile | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | keep in a quote | present | poster | you | safe property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | |||
| 4 | post | a villain | nom poster «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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.
Sentence 2: Which real thing is that most like?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 3 thing | det |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 thing | amod |
| 3 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 most | cop |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 most | mark |
| 6 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 thing | appos |
| 7 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 6 most | discourse |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 thing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | most property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A fair report giving both sides of a story
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 report | det |
| 2 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 report | amod |
| 3 | report | report | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | giving | give | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 report | acl |
| 5 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 sides | det |
| 6 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 giving | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 story | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 story | det |
| 9 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sides | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | gerund | a fair report not said here | both sides of a story | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme |
Option 2
A weather report from a public broadcaster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 report | det |
| 2 | weather | weather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 report | compound |
| 3 | report | report | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 broadcaster | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 broadcaster | det |
| 6 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 broadcaster | amod |
| 7 | broadcaster | broadcaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 report | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A newspaper correction of an earlier mistake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 correction | det |
| 2 | newspaper | newspaper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 correction | compound |
| 3 | correction | correction | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 mistake | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 mistake | det |
| 6 | earlier | early | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 mistake | amod |
| 7 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 correction | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | correct | a earlier mistake | nom correction «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Propaganda that shows only the facts that help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Propaganda | propaganda | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Propaganda | acl:relcl |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 facts | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 facts | det |
| 6 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 shows | obj |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 help | nsubj |
| 8 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 facts | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | Propaganda | the facts | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fact=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | help | present | the facts | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
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