Propaganda and fake news
Tests: 5 of 12 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 6 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 31 of the politics course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.
Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.
Test 1 · right ✓
"bro this Your Country Needs YOU poster is just an advert innit" — what was it really?
- 1. A satire poster from a joke website — score 5
- 2. A correction printed by a newspaper — no support
- 3. Propaganda to get men to join the army in the First World War — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 4. An advert for a new brand of breakfast cereal — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 10, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 31, line 7: «In the First World War, posters such as "Your country needs YOU" were used to get men to join the army.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «join» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «men» (+2); the same thing acted on «army» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · wrong ✗
"no cap, school's shut every Friday from next month, it's got the logo and like 3k likes" — what is the best next step?
- 1. Believe it, because 3k likes can't be wrong — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Share it with everyone so nobody misses it — no support
- 3. Stay home on Friday just in case — no support
- 4. Check the school website or wait for a letter home — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · wrong ✗
"the news got the match day wrong, so they're all liars, end of" — what is the best answer?
- 1. Yes, so you should never watch news again — no support
- 2. A mistake fixed with a correction is not a lie — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Yes, any mistake proves they lie on purpose — no support
- 4. Yes, real news never makes any mistakes at all — ← Mova's choice · score 2
Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 31, line 16: «Calling a true story "fake news" because you dislike it does not make it made up, and it makes trust harder for everyone.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «news» (+4); the same action «make» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · right ✓
A Gen X uncle: "Whoa, rad, they're taxing sneezes now! Total bummer." The story is from The Onion. What happened?
- 1. He mistook satire for real news — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He saw some wartime propaganda on TV — no support
- 3. He found a secret government plan — no support
- 4. He read a correction about taxes — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · wrong ✗
Gran shared a fake flood story by accident, thinking it was true. Which word fits best?
- 1. Propaganda — ← Mova's choice · score 7
- 2. Disinformation — score 7
- 3. Misinformation — ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 4. Satire — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 7, tied with another option at 7 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 31, line 1: «Propaganda is a message made to push lots of people to think or act one way: it shows only the facts that help and leaves out the rest.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «propaganda» (+3). The right option, 3, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · right ✓
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?
- 1. It uses fear and colours instead of reasons, so slow down — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yes, calling people enemies proves it is right — no support
- 3. Yes, red screens mean it is very important news — no support
- 4. Yes, music only ever plays on true videos, never on the fake ones — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · wrong ✗
What would happen if a country's only TV channel was run by the leader and never showed bad news?
- 1. The country would have no leader any more — no support
- 2. The leader would be criticised every night — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 3. People would hear every side of every story — no support
- 4. People could not hear what the leader gets wrong — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 7: «In the UK, the prime minister is the leader of the party that wins most seats in Parliament, and the King is head of state.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «prime minister» (+2); the same thing acted on «leader» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · wrong ✗
In a Texas town: "Y'all, that storm report's fake news, I can't stand that weather guy." Which is true?
- 1. He is right, fake news means news you dislike — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Disliking the forecaster does not make the report made up — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He is right, weather reports are usually fake, made up in a studio — no support
- 4. He is right, storms are never really reported — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · right ✓
"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?
- 1. Anyone can put words next to a photo; find where it was said — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Yes, if it sounds bad it must be true — no support
- 3. Yes, a quote with a face next to it is always genuine and checked — no support
- 4. Yes, a real photo proves the words are real — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · wrong ✗
In Liverpool: "Our kid says one site calls them brave citizens and the other an angry mob, so one of them made the whole protest up." What is more likely?
- 1. One site invented a protest that never happened — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Both describe the same protest in different loaded words — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Both sites are writing about two different cities — no support
- 4. Neither site saw the protest, so it never happened at all — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · wrong ✗
In a cartoon, a villain's poster shows only his smiling face and the words "He keeps you safe". Which real thing is that most like?
- 1. A fair report giving both sides of a story — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. A weather report from a public broadcaster — no support
- 3. A newspaper correction of an earlier mistake — no support
- 4. Propaganda that shows only the facts that help — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · right ✓
"shut up, it's got 50k likes so it's true, obviously" — what is wrong with that?
- 1. Nothing, more likes always mean more truth — no support
- 2. Likes show how many people clicked, not whether it is true — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 3. Likes are counted by the government, so they prove it is true — score 3
- 4. Only posts with 100k likes are true — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 31, line 9: «Fake news is a made-up story made to look like real news; logos are easy to copy, and likes show clicks, not truth.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «show» (+2); the same doer «likes» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises propaganda?
- 1. An acknowledgement by a news outlet that an error has been made — no support
- 2. Any account of events published by a newspaper or broadcaster — no support
- 3. A communication designed to induce a particular view by the selective presentation of facts — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 4. A humorous publication imitating the conventions of the news — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 31, line 1: «Propaganda is a message made to push lots of people to think or act one way: it shows only the facts that help and leaves out the rest.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «show» (+2); the same thing acted on «facts» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
It is given that a news outlet published an incorrect date and subsequently apologised. Identify the term which most accurately describes its conduct.
- 1. The issuing of a correction in respect of an honest error — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. The publication of state propaganda on behalf of the government — no support
- 3. The production of satire for the amusement of readers — no support
- 4. The deliberate dissemination of disinformation — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the distinction between misinformation and disinformation.
- 1. The two terms are wholly synonymous and interchangeable — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. The former is shared in error, whereas the latter is disseminated deliberately — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. The former is broadcast, whereas the latter is printed — no support
- 4. The former is invariably true, whereas the latter is invariably false and malicious — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Whereas a circulated item bears a copied logo and a great number of approvals but no author and no date, determine the conclusion most appropriate.
- 1. Its authenticity is established by the number of approvals received, provided it exceeds one thousand — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Its authenticity is established by the absence of any correction — no support
- 3. Its authenticity cannot be presumed and ought to be verified with the stated source — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Its authenticity is established by the presence of the logo — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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