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description: Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the term "misleading" as employed by fact checkers. Exam question 3 of lesson 11 «Debates and rows on chat shows» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Exam question 3 · Debates and rows on chat shows

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Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the term "misleading" as employed by fact checkers.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, employ, mean · **To what, where:** response, term

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 11 «Debates and rows on chat shows» of the politics 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/politics/11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the term "misleading" as employed by fact checkers.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	misleading	misleading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	checkers	checker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **employ** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by fact checkers | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **mean** |  |  | the term |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication 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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A claim which is wholly fabricated in every particular, containing no accurate statement whatsoever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:e3:o1:1
# text = A claim which is wholly fabricated in every particular, containing no accurate statement whatsoever
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fabricated	fabricate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	containing	contain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
13	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fabricate** | present · passive |  | a claim |  | every particular |  | wholly *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **contain** | gerund | a claim | no accurate statement |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot statement=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A claim which cannot be checked by any means

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:e3:o2:1
# text = A claim which cannot be checked by any means
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	checked	check	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
10	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **check** | can · passive |  | a claim |  |  |  | by any | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | a claim |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A claim which is partly accurate yet conveys an erroneous overall impression

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:e3:o3:1
# text = A claim which is partly accurate yet conveys an erroneous overall impression
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	conveys	convey	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	erroneous	erroneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	overall	overall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	impression	impression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a claim |  |  |  | yet | accurate, partly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **convey** | present | a claim | a erroneous overall impression |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent impression=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A claim which is accurate in every respect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows:e3:o4:1
# text = A claim which is accurate in every respect
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a claim |  |  | every respect |  | accurate *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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