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title: Ascertain the status of the fabrication and circulation of a mocking… — Keep yourself private, and voices that… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the status of the fabrication and circulation of a mocking image of a classmate. Exam question 4 of lesson 12 «Keep yourself private, and voices that lie» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Exam question 4 · Keep yourself private, and voices that lie

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Ascertain the status of the fabrication and circulation of a mocking image of a classmate.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, circulate, image · **To what, where:** status, mocking image, classmate

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 12 «Keep yourself private, and voices that lie» of the AI 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/ai/12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the status of the fabrication and circulation of a mocking image of a classmate.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	status	status	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fabrication	fabrication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	circulation	circulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	mocking	mocking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the status of the fabrication and circulation of a mocking image of a classmate |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent status=Topic |
| 2 | **circulate** |  |  | a mocking image of a classmate |  |  |  |  | nom circulation «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **image** |  |  | a classmate |  |  |  |  | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is a matter of no consequence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie:e4:o1:1
# text = It is a matter of no consequence
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a matter |  |  |  | of no consequence | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It constitutes bullying and may be contrary to law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie:e4:o2:1
# text = It constitutes bullying and may be contrary to law
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bullying	bullying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	contrary	contrary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | It | bullying |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bullying=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** | may |  |  |  |  |  | contrary *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is permissible provided the image is fictitious

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie:e4:o3:1
# text = It is permissible provided the image is fictitious
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	provided	provide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	fictitious	fictitious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the image |  |  |  |  | fictitious *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is permissible provided the classmate is amused

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie:e4:o4:1
# text = It is permissible provided the classmate is amused
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	provided	provide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	amused	amuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **amuse** | present · passive |  | the classmate |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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**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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