Test 12 · Propaganda and fake news

"shut up, it's got 50k likes so it's true, obviously" — what is wrong with that?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, it · What happens: shut up, get, be · To what, where: k likes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 shut	punct
2	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 shut	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 got	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 got	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 got	aux
7	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 shut	advcl
8	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 k	compound
9	k	thousand	NUM	Abbr=Yes NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 likes	nummod
10	likes	like	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 got	obj
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 true	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 true	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 true	cop
14	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 got	xcomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 obviously	punct
16	obviously	obviously	ADV	_	14 true	conj
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 got	punct
18	—	-	PUNCT	_	2 shut	punct
19	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 wrong	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 wrong	cop
21	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shut	parataxis
22	with	with	ADP	_	23 that	case
23	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	21 wrong	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 shut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shut up in a quote	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	get in a quote	present · passive	it	k likes		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer like=Stimulus
3	is in a quote	present	it		true property	tree rules
4	is	present			with that; wrong property	tree rules

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

Nothing, more likes always mean more truth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 mean	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 likes	amod
4	likes	like	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mean	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 mean	advmod
6	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 truth	amod
8	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mean	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Nothing	more truth				always property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Likes show how many people clicked, not whether it is true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Likes	like	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 show	nsubj
2	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 many	advmod
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 people	amod
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 clicked	nsubj
6	clicked	click	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 show	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 true	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 true	advmod
9	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	12 true	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 true	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 true	cop
12	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 show	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	show	present	Likes		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	click	past	many people		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
3	not is	present	it	true property	tree rules

Option 3

Likes are counted by the government, so they prove it is true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Likes	like	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 counted	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 counted	aux:pass
3	counted	count	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 government	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 government	det
6	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 counted	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 prove	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 prove	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 prove	nsubj
10	prove	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 counted	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 true	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 true	cop
13	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 prove	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	count	present · passive	the government	Likes		vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	prove	present	Likes = like			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	government		true property	tree rules

Option 4

Only posts with 100k likes are true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 posts	advmod
2	posts	post	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 true	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 likes	case
4	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 k	compound
5	k	thousand	NUM	Abbr=Yes NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 likes	nummod
6	likes	like	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 posts	nmod
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 true	cop
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	posts with k likes					true property	tree rules

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