---
title: It is given that a news outlet published an incorrect date and subse… — Propaganda and fake news · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a news outlet published an incorrect date and subsequently apologised. Identify the term which most accurately describes its conduct. Exam question 2 of lesson 31 «Propaganda and fake news» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/31-propaganda-and-fake-news/e2/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / [Propaganda and fake news](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/31-propaganda-and-fake-news/) / e2

# Exam question 2 · Propaganda and fake news

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is given that a news outlet published an incorrect date and subsequently apologised. Identify the term which most accurately describes its conduct.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** news outlet, you, term · **What happens:** give, publish, apologise, identify, describe, conduct · **To what, where:** It, incorrect date, term

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 2 of lesson 31 «Propaganda and fake news» 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/31-propaganda-and-fake-news/#e2).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* It is given that a news outlet published an incorrect date and subsequently apologised.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:31-propaganda-and-fake-news:e2:1
# text = It is given that a news outlet published an incorrect date and subsequently apologised.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	outlet	outlet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	published	publish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	incorrect	incorrect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	apologised	apologise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **publish** | past | a news outlet | a incorrect date |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent date=Result |
| 3 | **apologise** *speech: apologize* | participle | a news outlet *not said here* |  |  |  |  | subsequently *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* Identify the term which most accurately describes its conduct.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:31-propaganda-and-fake-news:e2:2
# text = Identify the term which most accurately describes its conduct.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the term |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent term=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the term |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **conduct** |  | term |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The issuing of a correction in respect of an honest error

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:31-propaganda-and-fake-news:e2:o1:1
# text = The issuing of a correction in respect of an honest error
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	issuing	issuing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **issue** |  |  | a correction in respect of a honest error |  |  |  |  | nom issuing «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | a honest error |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The publication of state propaganda on behalf of the government

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:31-propaganda-and-fake-news:e2:o2:1
# text = The publication of state propaganda on behalf of the government
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	publication	publication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	propaganda	propaganda	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	behalf	behalf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **publish** |  |  | state propaganda on behalf of the government |  |  |  |  | nom publication «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The production of satire for the amusement of readers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:31-propaganda-and-fake-news:e2:o3:1
# text = The production of satire for the amusement of readers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	satire	satire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	amusement	amusement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	readers	reader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** |  |  | satire |  |  |  | for the amusement of readers | nom production «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl |
| 2 | **amuse** |  |  | readers |  |  |  |  | nom amusement «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The deliberate dissemination of disinformation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:31-propaganda-and-fake-news:e2:o4:1
# text = The deliberate dissemination of disinformation
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dissemination	dissemination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	disinformation	disinformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disseminate** |  |  | disinformation |  |  |  |  | nom dissemination «communication transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Propaganda and fake news, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/31-propaganda-and-fake-news/e1/)
- next →: [Propaganda and fake news, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/31-propaganda-and-fake-news/e3/)
- ↑ back to [Propaganda and fake news](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/31-propaganda-and-fake-news/)