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description: Whereas a communication asserts that polling day has been altered, select the source most appropriate for verification. Exam question 3 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
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# Exam question 3 · Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in elections

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Whereas a communication asserts that polling day has been altered, select the source most appropriate for verification.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** polling · **What happens:** assert, poll, alter, select · **To what, where:** source

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e3:1
# text = Whereas a communication asserts that polling day has been altered, select the source most appropriate for verification.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	asserts	assert	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	polling	poll	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	csubj:pass	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	altered	alter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	16	advmod	_	_
16	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	verification	verification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assert** | present |  |  |  |  |  | whereas a communication | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **poll** | gerund |  |  |  |  | day |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **alter** | present · perfect · passive | polling |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» |
| 4 | **select** | infinitive |  | the source |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent source=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.

## The options {#options}

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

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The official body responsible for the administration of the election

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e3:o1:1
# text = The official body responsible for the administration of the election
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	administration	administration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	election	election	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **administer** |  |  | the election |  |  |  |  | nom administration «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The comments appended to the communication

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e3:o2:1
# text = The comments appended to the communication
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	comments	comment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	appended	append	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **append** | past | the comments |  |  |  |  | to the communication | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The account from which the communication originated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e3:o3:1
# text = The account from which the communication originated
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	originated	originate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **originate** | participle |  | the communication *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Any acquaintance who received the same communication

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e3:o4:1
# text = Any acquaintance who received the same communication
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	acquaintance	acquaintance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	received	receive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | past | any acquaintance | the same communication |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent communication=Theme |

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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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