--- title: Identify the principal means of detecting fake news. — Fake websites, fake news and bots, ski… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal means of detecting fake news. Exam question 2 of lesson 335 «Fake websites, fake news and bots, skipping a lesson, keeping surprises and being trusted» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Fake websites, fake news and bots, ski…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Fake websites, fake news and bots, skipping a lesson, keep… Identify the principal means of detecting fake news. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, principal · **What happens:** identify, mean, detect · **To what, where:** fake news This is exam question 2 of lesson 335 «Fake websites, fake news and bots, skipping a lesson, keeping surprises and being trusted» of the everyday 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/everyday/335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal means of detecting fake news. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 principal principal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 detecting detect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 fake fake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **mean** | present | the principal | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **detect** | gerund | the principal *not said here* | fake news | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer news=Stimulus | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Checking whether other trusted sources report the same story ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust:e2:o1:1 # text = Checking whether other trusted sources report the same story 1 Checking check VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 sources source NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 report report VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **report** | present | other trusted sources | the same story | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Counting how many people have shared it, liked it or commented upon it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust:e2:o2:1 # text = Counting how many people have shared it, liked it or commented upon it 1 Counting count VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 csubj _ _ 2 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 shared share VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 ccomp _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 commented comment VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | gerund | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 2 | **share** | present · perfect | many people | it | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **like** | past | Counting | it | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 4 | **comment** *speech: other* | participle | Counting *not said here* | | | | | upon it | vn lecture-37.11-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Trusting whichever story is most exciting ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust:e2:o3:1 # text = Trusting whichever story is most exciting 1 Trusting trust VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 2 whichever whichever NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 6 advmod _ _ 6 exciting exciting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trust** | gerund | | whichever story | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | Trusting | | | | | exciting *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Reading only the headline ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust:e2:o4:1 # text = Reading only the headline 1 Reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 headline headline NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | gerund | | the headline | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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