Test 9 · Propaganda and fake news

"this quote's well sus, no date no link, but it's got his face on so it's legit right?" What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: quote, best reply · What happens: be, get · To what, where: face, legit right

This is test 9 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: "this quote's well sus, no date no link, but it's got his face on so it's legit right?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 sus	punct
2	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 quote	det
3	quote	quote	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sus	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sus	cop
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 sus	advmod
6	sus	suspect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 date	punct
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 date	det
9	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sus	conj
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 link	det
11	link	link	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 date	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 got	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 got	cc
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 got	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 got	aux
16	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 sus	parataxis
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 face	nmod:poss
18	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 got	obj
19	on	on	ADP	_	24 right	case
20	so	so	ADV	_	24 right	advmod
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 right	nsubj
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 right	cop
23	legit	legit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 right	amod
24	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 got	obl
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 sus	punct
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 sus	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	this quote			suspect, well property	tree rules
2	get in a quote	present · passive	quote	his face			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus
3	is in a quote	present	quote		legit right		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.

Sentence 2: 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

Anyone can put words next to a photo; find where it was said

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 put	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 put	aux
3	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 put	obj
5	next	next	ADV	_	3 put	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 photo	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 photo	det
8	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 next	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 find	punct
10	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 put	conj
11	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 said	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 said	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 said	aux:pass
14	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 find	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	put	can	Anyone	words	next property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent word=Goal
2	find	infinitive	Anyone not said here			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past · passive		photo		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

Option 2

Yes, if it sounds bad it must be true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	10 true	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 sounds	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sounds	nsubj
5	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 true	advcl
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sounds	xcomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 true	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 true	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 true	cop
10	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound a condition, not said to happen	present	it					bad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	must	it					true property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, a quote with a face next to it is always genuine and checked

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 quote	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 quote	det
4	quote	quote	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 genuine	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 face	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 face	det
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 quote	nmod
8	next	next	ADV	_	4 quote	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 next	obl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 genuine	cop
12	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	13 genuine	advmod
13	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 checked	cc
15	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 genuine	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a quote with a face					always, genuine property	tree rules
2	check	participle	a quote with a face not said here						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, a real photo proves the words are real

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 proves	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 photo	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 photo	amod
5	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proves	nsubj
6	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 words	det
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 real	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 real	cop
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 proves	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	a real photo						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the words					real property	tree rules

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