The block becomes orthogonal to whether any of the partitions in it are valid or not. The key point is that the partition for which the block producer is guaranteeing is valid (i.e. has validated) has to be truth, else that block producer will lose his block reward if another subsequent block offers a proof-of-cheating on that partition.
Can you rephrase that statement? I'm having trouble parsing it; it sounds like you are saying opposite things one after the other.