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title: In a cartoon, a villain uses a machine to copy the hero's voice and… — Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in ele… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a villain uses a machine to copy the hero's voice and tells the town to stay home. Which real thing is like that? Test 8 · ★ 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 quest
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# Test 8 · ★ · Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in elections

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In a cartoon, a villain uses a machine to copy the hero's voice and tells the town to stay home. Which real thing is like that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** villain, town · **What happens:** use, copy, tell, stay, be · **To what, where:** machine, cartoon, voice, town · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a villain uses a machine to copy the hero's voice and tells the town to stay home.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:t8:1
# text = In a cartoon, a villain uses a machine to copy the hero's voice and tells the town to stay home.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	villain	villain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	copy	copy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
22	home	home	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | a villain | a machine |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent machine=Patient |
| 2 | **copy** | to-infinitive | a villain *not said here* | the hero's voice |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | a villain *not said here* | the town |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent town=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 4 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the town *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which real thing is like that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:t8:2
# text = Which real thing is like that?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | like that | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A class voting by secret ballot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:t8:o1:1
# text = A class voting by secret ballot
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	voting	voting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ballot	ballot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vote** |  | secret ballot |  |  |  |  |  | nom voting «act intransitive»: by=agent |

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

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A voice-clone robocall telling people not to vote

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:t8:o2:1
# text = A voice-clone robocall telling people not to vote
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	clone	clone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	robocall	robocall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	iobj	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | a clone robocall *not said here* |  | people |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **vote** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a clone robocall *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A fact-checker rating a claim as true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:t8:o3:1
# text = A fact-checker rating a claim as true
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	checker	checker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	rating	rate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rate** | gerund | a fact checker *not said here* | a claim |  |  |  | as true | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A newspaper printing a correction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:t8:o4:1
# text = A newspaper printing a correction
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	printing	print	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | gerund | a newspaper *not said here* | a correction |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent correction=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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