(S (S (BASENP (DT A) (JJ French) (NN journalist)) (VP (VP (VBD confirmed) (NP (BASENP (DT the) (NNS reports)) (PP (IN of) (BASENP (NNP Abubakar))))) (COMMA ,) (PP (IN despite) (NP (BASENP (DT the) (NN fact)) (SBAR (IN that) (S (BASENP (JJ early) (NNS reports)) (VP (VBD showed) (BASENP (QP (RB only) (NN twenty)) (NNS deaths))))))))) (PERIOD .))