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title: In a cartoon, a magic mirror only ever tells the queen she is right… — Algorithms, bubbles and false balance · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a magic mirror only ever tells the queen she is right and everyone loves her. What is that like? Test 8 · ★ 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 8 · ★ · Algorithms, bubbles and false balance

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In a cartoon, a magic mirror only ever tells the queen she is right and everyone loves her. What is that like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** magic mirror, she, everyone, that · **What happens:** tell, be, love · **To what, where:** queen, cartoon, her · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a magic mirror only ever tells the queen she is right and everyone loves her.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance:t8:1
# text = In a cartoon, a magic mirror only ever tells the queen she is right and everyone loves her.
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	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
10	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	ccomp	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	18	nsubj	_	_
18	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
19	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | a magic mirror |  | the queen | a cartoon | ever |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **love** | present | everyone | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

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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 that like?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance:t8:2
# text = What is that like?
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	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	nsubj	_	_
4	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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An echo chamber that only repeats your own view

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance:t8:o1:1
# text = An echo chamber that only repeats your own view
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	echo	echo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	repeats	repeat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | present | a echo chamber | your own view |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Eventuality |
| 2 | **view** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A correction of the queen's mistakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance:t8:o2:1
# text = A correction of the queen's mistakes
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correct** |  |  | the queen's mistakes |  |  |  |  | nom correction «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **mistake** |  | the queen |  |  |  |  |  | nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A public debate with two sides

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance:t8:o3:1
# text = A public debate with two sides
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	debate	debate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A fact-checker giving a fair rating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance:t8:o4:1
# text = A fact-checker giving a fair rating
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	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rating	rating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund | a fact checker *not said here* | a fair rating |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rating=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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