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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in ele… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning foreign accounts at the 2016 United States election. Exam question 4 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 questi
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# Exam question 4 · Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in elections

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning foreign accounts at the 2016 United States election.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, foreign accounts, 2016 States election

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning foreign accounts at the 2016 United States election.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	accounts	account	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
14	2016	2016	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
15	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	17	compound	_	_
17	election	election	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | foreign accounts |  | the 2016 States election |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus account=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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It was reported that such accounts were operated by the electoral authorities in each of the fifty states

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e4:o1:1
# text = It was reported that such accounts were operated by the electoral authorities in each of the fifty states
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	accounts	account	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	operated	operate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	electoral	electoral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	authorities	authority	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **operate** | past · passive | the electoral authorities in each | such accounts |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Theme subject=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It was reported that such accounts operated, whereas the extent of their effect remains disputed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e4:o2:1
# text = It was reported that such accounts operated, whereas the extent of their effect remains disputed
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	accounts	account	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	operated	operate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	11	nmod	_	_
16	disputed	dispute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **operate** | past | such accounts |  |  |  |  | whereas the extent of accounts's effect remains | vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **dispute** | participle |  | accounts's effect remains *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **extend** |  |  | accounts's effect remains |  |  |  |  | nom extent «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It was established that such accounts altered every vote cast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e4:o3:1
# text = It was established that such accounts altered every vote cast
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	accounts	account	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	altered	alter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	cast	cast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **alter** | past | such accounts | every vote cast |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cast=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was established that no such accounts existed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:e4:o4:1
# text = It was established that no such accounts existed
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	accounts	account	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	existed	exist	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **exist** | past | no such accounts |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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