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title: In a Scottish village: "Och, this wee video says anyone who disagree… — Propaganda and fake news · tree and pragmatics
description: In a Scottish village: "Och, this wee video says anyone who disagrees is the enemy, and the screen goes aw red. Pure convincing, aye?" What is the best reply? Test 6 of lesson 31 «Propaganda and fake news» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 6 · Propaganda and fake news

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In a Scottish village: "Och, this wee video says anyone who disagrees is the enemy, and the screen goes aw red. Pure convincing, aye?" What is the best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wee video, anyone, screen, best reply · **What happens:** say, disagree, be, go · **To what, where:** Scottish village, enemy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a Scottish village: "Och, this wee video says anyone who disagrees is the enemy, and the screen goes aw red.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:31-propaganda-and-fake-news:t6:1
# text = In a Scottish village: "Och, this wee video says anyone who disagrees is the enemy, and the screen goes aw red.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Och	och	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
10	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	18	nsubj	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	disagrees	disagree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
24	aw	aw	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
25	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | this wee video |  |  | a Scottish village |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in village=Manner |
| 2 | **disagree** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | anyone | the enemy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present | the screen |  |  |  |  | red *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Pure convincing, aye?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:31-propaganda-and-fake-news:t6:2
# text = Pure convincing, aye?"
1	Pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	convincing	convincing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What is the best reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:31-propaganda-and-fake-news:t6:3
# text = What is the best reply?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best reply |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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It uses fear and colours instead of reasons, so slow down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:31-propaganda-and-fake-news:t6:o1:1
# text = It uses fear and colours instead of reasons, so slow down
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	slow	slow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
12	down	down	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | It | fear and colours instead reasons |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Patient |
| 2 | **slow down** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, calling people enemies proves it is right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:31-propaganda-and-fake-news:t6:o2:1
# text = Yes, calling people enemies proves it is right
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	calling	call	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	compound	_	_
5	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  | people enemies |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent enemy=Recipient |
| 2 | **prove** | present | calling |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, red screens mean it is very important news

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:31-propaganda-and-fake-news:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, red screens mean it is very important news
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	screens	screen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	discourse	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | red screens | it |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | important news |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, music only ever plays on true videos, never on the fake ones

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:31-propaganda-and-fake-news:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, music only ever plays on true videos, never on the fake ones
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	plays	play	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	videos	video	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present |  |  |  | true videos | ever | on the fake ones; music *vocative* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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