Exam question 3 · Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in elections

Whereas a communication asserts that polling day has been altered, select the source most appropriate for verification.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: polling · What happens: assert, poll, alter, select · To what, where: source

This is exam question 3 of lesson 32 «Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in elections» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	3 communication	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 communication	det
3	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asserts	obl
4	asserts	assert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 altered	mark
6	polling	poll	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 altered	csubj:pass
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 polling	obl:unmarked
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 altered	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 altered	aux:pass
10	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 select	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 altered	punct
12	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 asserts	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 source	det
14	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 select	obj
15	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	16 appropriate	advmod
16	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 source	amod
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 verification	case
18	verification	verification	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 appropriate	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 asserts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	assert	present				whereas a communication	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	poll	gerund			day		vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	alter	present · perfect · passive	polling				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»
4	select	infinitive		the source			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent source=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The official body responsible for the administration of the election

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 body	det
2	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 body	amod
3	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 responsible	nsubj
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 administration	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 administration	det
7	administration	administration	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 responsible	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 election	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 election	det
10	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 administration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	administer			the election					nom administration «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The comments appended to the communication

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 comments	det
2	comments	comment	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 appended	nsubj
3	appended	append	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 communication	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 communication	det
6	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 appended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	append	past	the comments					to the communication	tree rules

Option 3

The account from which the communication originated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 account	det
2	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 communication	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 communication	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 communication	det
6	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	originated	originate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 communication	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	originate	participle		the communication not said here					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Any acquaintance who received the same communication

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 acquaintance	det
2	acquaintance	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 received	nsubj
4	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 acquaintance	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 communication	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 communication	amod
7	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 received	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past	any acquaintance	the same communication					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent communication=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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