Test 2 · ★ · Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in elections
In Boston: "Wicked weird, Mom got a call in the President's voice saying don't vote." What is the best thing to do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mom, voice, best thing · What happens: get, say, do, not vote, be · To what, where: call, Boston · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 32 «Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in elections» 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 Boston: "Wicked weird, Mom got a call in the President's voice saying don't vote."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Boston | case |
| 2 | Boston | Boston | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 got | obl |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 weird | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 weird | punct |
| 5 | Wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 weird | amod |
| 6 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Boston | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Boston | punct |
| 8 | Mom | mom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 got | nsubj |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 call | det |
| 11 | call | call | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 got | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 voice | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 President | det |
| 14 | President | President | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 voice | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 President | case |
| 16 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 call | nmod |
| 17 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 16 voice | acl |
| 18 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 saying | ccomp |
| 19 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 vote | advmod |
| 20 | vote | vote | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 do | xcomp |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 got | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past | Mom | a call | Boston | in the President's voice | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer call=Stimulus | ||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | gerund | the President's voice not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | do in a quote | infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | not vote in a quote | infinitive | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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 thing to do?
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 thing | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 do | mark |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thing | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | the best thing not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Tell everyone not to vote either
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 vote | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 vote | mark |
| 5 | vote | vote | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | xcomp |
| 6 | either | either | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 vote | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not vote not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | either property | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Call back and ask the voice if it is true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Call | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 ask | cc |
| 4 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Call | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 voice | det |
| 6 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ask | obj |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 true | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 true | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 true | cop |
| 10 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ask | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call back speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | you not said here | the voice | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent voice=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | voice | true property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Check the vote on the official election office's site
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 vote | det |
| 3 | vote | vote | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Check | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 site | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 office | det |
| 6 | official | official | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 office | amod |
| 7 | election | election | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 office | compound |
| 8 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 site | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 office | case |
| 10 | site | site | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Check | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | imperative | you not said here | the vote | the official election office's site | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Theme |
Option 4
Stay home, because the voice sounded real
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Stay | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sounded | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 sounded | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 voice | det |
| 6 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sounded | nsubj |
| 7 | sounded | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | advcl |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sounded | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | home property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sound | past | the voice | real property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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