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== Natural Language == | == Natural Language == | ||
In natural languages, number may be realised by grammatical affixes (such as "s" for plural, in English) or by quantifiers (such as "a couple of", "many", etc). In the UNLarium framework, the grammatical category of number may assume the following values: | In natural languages, number may be realised by grammatical affixes (such as "s" for plural, in English) or by quantifiers (such as "a couple of", "many", etc).<br> | ||
In the UNLarium framework, the grammatical category of number may assume the following values: | |||
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**The word is invariant, i.e., has a single form used both in singular and plural. | **The word is invariant, i.e., has a single form used both in singular and plural. | ||
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The number plural (PLR) subsumes more specific number values and should be used when there is no particular information on the quantity of the reference. | |||
== UNL == | == UNL == | ||
Revision as of 12:41, 14 January 2010
Number is a category that typically corresponds to the actual quantity of the referents of a given noun.
Natural Language
In natural languages, number may be realised by grammatical affixes (such as "s" for plural, in English) or by quantifiers (such as "a couple of", "many", etc).
In the UNLarium framework, the grammatical category of number may assume the following values:
{{#tree:id=tagset|openlevels=0|root=Number (NUM)|
- singular (SNG)
- One member of a designated class.
- plural (PLR)
- More than one member of a designated class.
- dual (DUA)
- Two members of a designated class.
- trial (TRI)
- Three members of a designated class.
- quadrual (QDR)
- Four members of a designated class.
- paucal (PAU)
- Few members of a designated class.
- multal (MUL)
- Many members of a designated class.
- invariant (INV)
- The word is invariant, i.e., has a single form used both in singular and plural.
}}
The number plural (PLR) subsumes more specific number values and should be used when there is no particular information on the quantity of the reference.
UNL
In UNL, number is to be represented by attributes, if marked. The number attribute values are the following:
{{#tree:id=number|openlevels=0|root=Number|
- @singular (default)
- @pl
- @dual
- @trial
- @quadrual
- @paucal
- @multal
}}
- @singular is the default number value and may be omitted.
- book = book (or book.@singular)
- number, when lexicalized, should be omitted.
- glasses = glasses (and not glasses.@pl)
Examples
- @singular
- book = book or book.@singular
- @pl (plural)
- books = book.@pl
- children = child.@pl
- livres = livre.@pl
- @paucal (some)
- a few books = book.@paucal
- some books = book.@paucal
- @multal (many)
- many books = book.@multal
- several books = book.@multal
