Eckhard Bick - VISL

SELECT (NUM) (-1C PRP-DE) (-2 MAIS) ; # mais de um
SELECT (NUM P) (1C ) ; # cinco por=cento
SELECT (NUM) (0 NUM-POST-E) (-1 KC) (-2 NUM) ; # trinta e cinco, quatro ou cinco
heuristic level 1:
SELECT ("um" DET S) (1 S/) (NOT 1 V-NONAD) (NOT -1 ) (NOT 1
) ; # o que é que come uma baleia? ; choose the quantifier (indefinite article) reading
before a singular noun phrase constituent that cannot at the same time be a verb, if the
immediate context isn't characteristic of numeral context ( or )
REMOVE ("um" DET S) (NOT 1 S/) ; # vinte e um crianças; remove the
quantifier (indefinite article) reading if the immediate right hand context isn't singular (and
nominal)
REMOVE ("um" DET S) (1C V-NONAD) ; # um basta
SELECT (NUM) (1 ) ; # o prazo de uma semana
SELECT (NUM) (-1 ) ; # número um
Sometimes, notational transformation can be done by simple lumping of classes: If a
grammarian using my parser wants to drop the morphological distinction between the
noun (N) and proper noun (PROP) word classes for, say, pedagogical reasons, PROP
can be filtered into N, which would move the proper noun distinction from the
word class level to a semantic (secondary) level.
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