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description: Which of the following most accurately characterises a "bot" in the context of online platforms? Exam question 1 of lesson 32 «Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in elections» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Exam question 1 · Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in elections

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Which of the following most accurately characterises a "bot" in the context of online platforms?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** bot, context

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 32 «Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in elections» 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/32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e1:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises a "bot" in the context of online platforms?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	bot	bot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	context	context	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	platforms	platform	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a bot |  | the context of online platforms |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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A journalist employed by a public broadcaster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e1:o1:1
# text = A journalist employed by a public broadcaster
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	journalist	journalist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	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	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | participle |  | a journalist *not said here* |  |  |  | by a public broadcaster | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A computer program which posts automatically whilst purporting to be a person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e1:o2:1
# text = A computer program which posts automatically whilst purporting to be a person
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	program	program	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	posts	post	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	automatically	automatically	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	purporting	purport	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | present | a computer program |  |  |  |  | automatically *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **purport** | gerund | a computer program *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | a computer program *not said here* | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A natural person who posts with considerable frequency, typically upon matters of sport or entertainment

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e1:o3:1
# text = A natural person who posts with considerable frequency, typically upon matters of sport or entertainment
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	posts	post	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	considerable	considerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	frequency	frequency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	typically	typically	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	appos	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	entertainment	entertainment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | present | a natural person |  |  |  |  | with considerable frequency | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **matter** |  | sport or entertainment |  |  |  |  |  | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A device employed in the counting of ballots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e1:o4:1
# text = A device employed in the counting of ballots
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	counting	counting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ballots	ballot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | participle |  | a device *not said here* |  | the counting of ballots |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **count** |  | ballots |  |  |  |  |  | nom counting «act intransitive»: of=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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