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title: "Voting's moved to Wednesday, my mate's cousin sent it, trust." What… — Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in ele… · tree and pragmatics
description: "Voting's moved to Wednesday, my mate's cousin sent it, trust." What is the safest step? Test 9 · ★ 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 of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 9 · ★ · Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in elections

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"Voting's moved to Wednesday, my mate's cousin sent it, trust." What is the safest step?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, safest step · **What happens:** move, send, be · **To what, where:** Voting

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Voting's moved to Wednesday, my mate's cousin sent it, trust."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:t9:1
# text = "Voting's moved to Wednesday, my mate's cousin sent it, trust."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Voting	voting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Wednesday	Wednesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | Voting |  |  | wednesday |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **send** *in a quote* | past | my mate's cousin | Voting |  |  |  | trust *obl* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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:* What is the safest step?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:t9:2
# text = What is the safest step?
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	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the safest step |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Go on both days, just to be safe, and vote twice if you can

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:t9:o1:1
# text = Go on both days, just to be safe, and vote twice if you can
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	vote	vote	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
13	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	12	advmod	_	_
14	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **vote** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Forward it to everyone in the family, just in case it is true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:t9:o2:1
# text = Forward it to everyone in the family, just in case it is true
1	Forward	forward	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	14	case	_	_
11	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	fixed	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forward** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | everyone | the family |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to everyone=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | present | case |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Check the official election office before believing it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:t9:o3:1
# text = Check the official election office before believing it
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	election	election	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	believing	believe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | the official election office |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent office=Theme |
| 2 | **believe** | gerund | you *not said here* | office |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Believe it, because a cousin of a mate sent it and he knows stuff

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes:t9:o4:1
# text = Believe it, because a cousin of a mate sent it and he knows stuff
1	Believe	believe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
15	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 2 | **send** | past | a cousin of a mate | mate |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **know** | present | cousin | stuff |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer stuff=Stimulus |

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