Test 3 · Propaganda and fake news
"the news got the match day wrong, so they're all liars, end of" — what is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: news, they · What happens: get, be · To what, where: liars, best answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 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 | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 news | det |
| 3 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 6 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 day | compound |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 8 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | xcomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 liars | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 liars | advmod |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 liars | nsubj |
| 12 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 liars | cop |
| 13 | all | all | ADV | _ | 14 liars | advmod |
| 14 | liars | liar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 end | punct |
| 16 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 liars | conj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 what | case |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 of | punct |
| 19 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 of | punct |
| 20 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 end | nmod |
| 21 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 answer | cop |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 answer | det |
| 23 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 24 answer | amod |
| 24 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 what | acl:relcl |
| 25 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past | the news | day | wrong property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | they | liars and end of liars and end of liars | all property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | be speech: assert | present | the best answer | 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
Yes, so you should never watch news again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 watch | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 watch | advmod |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 watch | nsubj |
| 5 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 watch | aux |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 watch | advmod |
| 7 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 watch | obj |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 watch | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not watch | should | you | news | again | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A mistake fixed with a correction is not a lie
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 mistake | det |
| 2 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lie | nsubj |
| 3 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 mistake | acl |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 correction | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 correction | det |
| 6 | correction | correction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fixed | obl |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 lie | cop |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 lie | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 lie | det |
| 10 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | participle | a mistake not said here | with a correction | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with correction=Co-Patient | ||||
| 2 | not is a | present | a mistake | a lie | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, any mistake proves they lie on purpose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 proves | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 mistake | det |
| 4 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 proves | nsubj |
| 5 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 lie | nsubj |
| 7 | lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 proves | ccomp |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 purpose | case |
| 9 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lie | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present | any mistake | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | lie | present | they | purpose | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on purpose=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, real news never makes any mistakes at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 makes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 news | punct |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 news | amod |
| 4 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 makes | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 makes | advmod |
| 6 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 mistakes | det |
| 8 | mistakes | mistake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 makes | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 makes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | present | real news | any mistakes | all | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product |
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