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# Exam question 1 · In the news: deepfakes, fake robocalls and history gone wr…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reported cause of historically inaccurate images produced by a commercial image generator?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, report, produce, cause · **To what, where:** reported cause, inaccurate images

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 21 «In the news: deepfakes, fake robocalls and history gone wrong» 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/21-news-deepfakes-history/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:21-news-deepfakes-history:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reported cause of historically inaccurate images produced by a commercial image generator?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	historically	historically	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	inaccurate	inaccurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	images	image	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
16	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
19	commercial	commercial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
20	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	generator	generator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the reported cause of inaccurate images |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **report** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **produce** | participle |  | inaccurate images *not said here* |  |  |  | by a commercial image generator | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **cause** |  |  | inaccurate images |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event 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 {#o1}

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The historical record itself was found to be erroneous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:21-news-deepfakes-history:e1:o1:1
# text = The historical record itself was found to be erroneous
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	historical	historical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	erroneous	erroneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · passive |  | the historical record  record |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | the historical record  record *not said here* |  |  |  |  | erroneous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The generator had been trained exclusively upon works of fiction and fantasy rather than history

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:21-news-deepfakes-history:e1:o2:1
# text = The generator had been trained exclusively upon works of fiction and fantasy rather than history
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	generator	generator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	works	work	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	fiction	fiction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	fantasy	fantasy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	15	cc	_	_
14	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | past · perfect · passive |  | the generator |  |  |  | upon works of fiction and fantasy; exclusively *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **work** |  | fiction and fantasy |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The images were deliberately designed to deceive historians

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:21-news-deepfakes-history:e1:o3:1
# text = The images were deliberately designed to deceive historians
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	images	image	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	designed	design	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	deceive	deceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	historians	historian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **design** | past · passive |  | the images |  |  |  | deliberately *property* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **deceive** | to-infinitive |  | historians |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent historian=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Rules intended to increase variety were applied even where the historical record was clear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ai:21-news-deepfakes-history:e1:o4:1
# text = Rules intended to increase variety were applied even where the historical record was clear
1	Rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	increase	increase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	variety	variety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	historical	historical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intend** | participle |  | Rules *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **increase** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | variety |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer variety=Patient |
| 3 | **apply** | past · passive |  | Rules |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | past | the historical record |  |  |  |  | clear *property* | tree rules |

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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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