--- title: In Boston: "Wicked weird, Mom got a call in the President's voice sa… — Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in ele… · tree and pragmatics description: In Boston: "Wicked weird, Mom got a call in the President's voice saying don't vote." What is the best thing to do? 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What is the best thing to do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mom, voice, best thing · **What happens:** get, say, do, not vote, be · **To what, where:** call, Boston · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 32 «Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in elections» 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/32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In Boston: "Wicked weird, Mom got a call in the President's voice saying don't vote." ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:t2:1 # text = In Boston: "Wicked weird, Mom got a call in the President's voice saying don't vote." 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Boston Boston PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 Mom mom NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 President President PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 17 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 18 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 vote vote VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | Mom | a call | | Boston | | in the President's voice | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer call=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | the President's voice *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **vote** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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. *Sentence 2:* What is the best thing to do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:t2:2 # text = What is the best thing to do? 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 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the best thing | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the best thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Tell everyone not to vote either ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:t2:o1:1 # text = Tell everyone not to vote either 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 1 iobj _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 vote vote VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 6 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | everyone | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **vote** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | either *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Call back and ask the voice if it is true ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:t2:o2:1 # text = Call back and ask the voice if it is true 1 Call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call back** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the voice | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent voice=Recipient | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | voice | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Check the vote on the official election office's site ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:t2:o3:1 # text = Check the vote on the official election office's site 1 Check check VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 vote vote NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 official official ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 election election NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 office office NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 site site NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | the vote | | the official election office's site | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Stay home, because the voice sounded real ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:t2:o4:1 # text = Stay home, because the voice sounded real 1 Stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sound** | past | the voice | | | | | real *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | **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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