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title: In a cartoon, a villain's poster shows only his smiling face and the… — Propaganda and fake news · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a villain's poster shows only his smiling face and the words "He keeps you safe". Which real thing is that most like? Test 11 of lesson 31 «Propaganda and fake news» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 11 · Propaganda and fake news

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In a cartoon, a villain's poster shows only his smiling face and the words "He keeps you safe". Which real thing is that most like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** poster, villain · **What happens:** show, smile, keep, post, be · **To what, where:** smiling face, cartoon, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 of lesson 31 «Propaganda and fake news» of the politics course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a villain's poster shows only his smiling face and the words "He keeps you safe".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:31-propaganda-and-fake-news:t11:1
# text = In a cartoon, a villain's poster shows only his smiling face and the words "He keeps you safe".
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	villain	villain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	poster	poster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	smiling	smile	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	amod	_	_
13	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
20	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a villain's poster | poster's smiling face and the words |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent face=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **smile** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | poster | you |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 4 | **post** |  | a villain |  |  |  |  |  | nom poster «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which real thing is that most like?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:31-propaganda-and-fake-news:t11:2
# text = Which real thing is that most like?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	appos	_	_
7	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | most *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A fair report giving both sides of a story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:31-propaganda-and-fake-news:t11:o1:1
# text = A fair report giving both sides of a story
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund | a fair report *not said here* | both sides of a story |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A weather report from a public broadcaster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:31-propaganda-and-fake-news:t11:o2:1
# text = A weather report from a public broadcaster
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	broadcaster	broadcaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A newspaper correction of an earlier mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:31-propaganda-and-fake-news:t11:o3:1
# text = A newspaper correction of an earlier mistake
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correct** |  |  | a earlier mistake |  |  |  |  | nom correction «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Propaganda that shows only the facts that help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:31-propaganda-and-fake-news:t11:o4:1
# text = Propaganda that shows only the facts that help
1	Propaganda	propaganda	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | Propaganda | the facts |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fact=Recipient |
| 2 | **help** | present | the facts |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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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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