--- title: Identify the phenomenon whereby the existence of fabricated media is… — Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in ele… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the phenomenon whereby the existence of fabricated media is invoked in order to deny authentic recordings. Exam question 2 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes/e2/) [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/) / [Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in ele…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in elections Identify the phenomenon whereby the existence of fabricated media is invoked in order to deny authentic recordings. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, fabricated media · **What happens:** identify, invoke, deny, exist · **To what, where:** phenomenon, existence, order, authentic recordings This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e2:1 # text = Identify the phenomenon whereby the existence of fabricated media is invoked in order to deny authentic recordings. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 phenomenon phenomenon NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 whereby whereby ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 existence existence NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 fabricated fabricated ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 media media NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 invoked invoke VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 deny deny VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 16 authentic authentic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 recordings recording NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the phenomenon | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent phenomenon=Theme | | 2 | **invoke** | present · passive | | the existence of fabricated media | | order | | whereby *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **deny** | to-infinitive | | authentic recordings | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent recording=Eventuality | | 4 | **exist** | | fabricated media | | | | | | nom existence «state intransitive»: of=agent | 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} Astroturfing ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e2:o1:1 # text = Astroturfing 1 Astroturfing Astroturfing PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Satire ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e2:o2:1 # text = Satire 1 Satire satire NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The liar's dividend ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e2:o3:1 # text = The liar's dividend 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 liar liar NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 dividend dividend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A correction ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e2:o4:1 # text = A correction 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 correction correction NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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