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title: A TV show puts one climate scientist against one doubter and says "t… — Algorithms, bubbles and false balance · tree and pragmatics
description: A TV show puts one climate scientist against one doubter and says "the jury's out". What is the better version? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 34 «Algorithms, bubbles and false balance» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 4 · ★ · Algorithms, bubbles and false balance

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A TV show puts one climate scientist against one doubter and says "the jury's out". What is the better version?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** TV show, better version · **What happens:** put, say, be · **To what, where:** one climate scientist, one doubter · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 34 «Algorithms, bubbles and false balance» 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/34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A TV show puts one climate scientist against one doubter and says "the jury's out".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance:t4:1
# text = A TV show puts one climate scientist against one doubter and says "the jury's out".
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	puts	put	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	climate	climate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	against	against	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	doubter	doubter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	jury	jury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	out	out	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | present | a TV show | one climate scientist |  | one doubter |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent scientist=Theme against doubter=Destination |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a TV show *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 better version?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance:t4:2
# text = What is the better version?
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	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	version	version	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 better version |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Doubters are the larger group of experts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance:t4:o1:1
# text = Doubters are the larger group of experts
1	Doubters	doubter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	larger	large	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	experts	expert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Doubters | the larger group |  |  |  | of experts | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nobody has studied the climate at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance:t4:o2:1
# text = Nobody has studied the climate at all
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	studied	study	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	climate	climate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | present · perfect | Nobody | the climate |  | all |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent climate=Topic |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Most climate scientists agree, so equal time can mislead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance:t4:o3:1
# text = Most climate scientists agree, so equal time can mislead
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
2	climate	climate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	agree	agree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	mislead	mislead	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | Most climate scientists |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **mislead** | can | equal time |  |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a fair 50-50 split among scientists, so giving each side the same time is fair

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance:t4:o4:1
# text = It is a fair 50-50 split among scientists, so giving each side the same time is fair
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	50-50	50-50	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	split	split	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	among	among	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
11	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	csubj	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a fair 50-50 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **split** | participle |  | a fair 50-50 *not said here* |  |  |  | among scientists | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **give** | gerund |  | each side |  |  | time |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present | giving |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

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