Eckhard Bick - VISL

in a typical van/von-name chain context
SELECT (PROP) (-1 VAN/VON) (-2 PROP) ;
SELECT (PROP) (1 VAN/VON) (2 PROP) ;
if the alternative non-PROP readings are derivated and the next neighbouring content word is lower case
SELECT (PROP) (0 DER) (*1C N/A/V LINK NOT 0 ) (NOT -1 >>>) (NOT 0 ) ; # not: Dias antes ...,
not: o século XXI
SELECT (PROP) (0 DER) (*-1C N/A/V LINK NOT 0 ) (NOT 0 ) ;
Discard the proper noun reading,
if the word is sentence-initial and not followed by a co-ordinater, name, finite verb, adverb, non-namede or break
REMOVE (PROP) (-1 >>>) (NOT 1 IT OR PROP OR VFIN OR ADV OR PRP-DE OR BREAK) ;
REMOVE ( PROP) (-1 >>>) (1 PRP-DE) (NOT 2 PROP) ; # not: Francisco de Melo
if there is a better defined (i.e. lexical) name reading for the same word:
REMOVE (PROP M/F S/P) (0 PROPS) ; # Collor-$PC, Benito $Gama
if there is another (singular) name alternative, that has correct agreement with a safe prenominal
REMOVE (PROP M S) (0 PROP-FS) (-1C DETFS) ;
REMOVE (PROP F S) (0 PROP-MS) (-1C DETMS) ;
if the alternative is a transitive verb, the following word a safe determiner, and the preceding word a noun or name.
REMOVE (PROP) (0 ) (1C DETA/B/C) (-1C N/PROP) ; # Collor $Enloqueceu o Brasil
if it is a place-name competing with a person name, and is followed by another name not being a toponym:
REMOVE ( PROP) (0 PROP-NAME) (1C PROP) (NOT 1 PROP-LOC) ;
if it also could be a closed class word (for instance, in a head-line or sentence-initial) or a "real" derivated proper noun
REMOVE ( PROP) (0 HEAD-ORD& OR (-inho PROP)) ;
After ordinary disambiguation, the remaining ambiguity is addressed by the following heuristic
rules that are are applied group-wise (i.e. one heuristics level after the other):
Heuristic level 1:
Choose the name reading, if the target word is not placed sentence-initial:
SELECT (PROP) (NOT -1 >>>) (NOT 0 ATTR OR HEAD-ORD& OR P& OR N-UDEN-DET) (NOT -1 PRE-N);
if the alternatives have either 2 suffixes or 2 prefixes
SELECT (PROP) (0 DERS2 OR DERP2) ;
if the alternative is a suffix-analysis with a very short (i.e. uncharacteristic and possibly wrong) suffix
SELECT (PROP) (0 DER-SUFF) (NOT 0 DERS-LONG) ;
if the PROP reading is not heuristic, but lexicon-registered
SELECT (PROP) (NOT 0 ) ;
Discard a proper name reading, if it is competing with a post-attributive reading:
REMOVE (PROP) (0 ) ; # se'culo XXI
if the PROP reading is heuristic, and the alternative non-PROP reading is not derivated
REMOVE ( PROP) (NOT 0 DER) ;
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