Test 6 · Propaganda and fake news
In a Scottish village: "Och, this wee video says anyone who disagrees is the enemy, and the screen goes aw red. Pure convincing, aye?" What is the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: wee video, anyone, screen, best reply · What happens: say, disagree, be, go · To what, where: Scottish village, enemy · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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 Scottish village: "Och, this wee video says anyone who disagrees is the enemy, and the screen goes aw red.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 village | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 village | det |
| 3 | Scottish | Scottish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 village | amod |
| 4 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 says | obl |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 village | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 says | punct |
| 7 | Och | och | INTJ | _ | 12 says | discourse |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Och | punct |
| 9 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 video | det |
| 10 | wee | wee | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 video | amod |
| 11 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 says | nsubj |
| 12 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 18 enemy | nsubj |
| 14 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 disagrees | nsubj |
| 15 | disagrees | disagree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 anyone | acl:relcl |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 enemy | cop |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 enemy | det |
| 18 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 says | ccomp |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 goes | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 goes | cc |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 screen | det |
| 22 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 goes | nsubj |
| 23 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 says | conj |
| 24 | aw | aw | ADV | _ | 23 goes | advmod |
| 25 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 goes | xcomp |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | this wee video | a Scottish village | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in village=Manner | ||||
| 2 | disagree in a quote | present | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | anyone | the enemy | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | go in a quote | present | the screen | red property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: Pure convincing, aye?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pure | pure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 convincing | amod |
| 2 | convincing | convincing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 aye | punct |
| 4 | aye | aye | INTJ | _ | 2 convincing | discourse |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 convincing | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 convincing | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What is the best reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It uses fear and colours instead of reasons, so slow down
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 | 2 uses | nsubj |
| 2 | uses | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 uses | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 colours | cc |
| 5 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fear | conj |
| 6 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 8 reasons | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 instead | fixed |
| 8 | reasons | reason | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 colours | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 slow | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 slow | advmod |
| 11 | slow | slow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 uses | advcl |
| 12 | down | down | ADP | _ | 11 slow | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | It | fear and colours instead reasons | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Patient | ||||
| 2 | slow down | infinitive | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
Yes, calling people enemies proves it is right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 calling | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | calling | call | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 proves | csubj |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 enemies | compound |
| 5 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 calling | obj |
| 6 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 right | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 right | cop |
| 9 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 proves | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | gerund | people enemies | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent enemy=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | prove | present | calling | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | it | right property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, red screens mean it is very important news
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 mean | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 mean | punct |
| 3 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 screens | amod |
| 4 | screens | screen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 mean | nsubj |
| 5 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 news | discourse |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 mean | obj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 news | cop |
| 8 | very | very | ADV | _ | 9 important | advmod |
| 9 | important | important | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 news | amod |
| 10 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | red screens | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | important news | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, music only ever plays on true videos, never on the fake ones
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 music | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 plays | vocative |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 plays | advmod |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 plays | advmod |
| 6 | plays | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 videos | case |
| 8 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 videos | amod |
| 9 | videos | video | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 plays | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 ones | punct |
| 11 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 15 ones | advmod |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 ones | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 ones | det |
| 14 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 ones | amod |
| 15 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 plays | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | present | true videos | ever | on the fake ones; music vocative | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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