!verbosity=1 !echo !limit=1000 !batch !short=20 !constituents=1 !spell=0 % Example sentences showing BUG FIXES since link-grammar 4.1b % as well as demonstating bugs that remain to be fixed. % % Missing words. He picked up the game die. People use espresso to make other coffee drinks. Espresso is a coffee drink. % Misc stuff I know which book he read. I know what book he read. Mommy loves me. Mother likes her. I am pooped. John is bigger than Dave is. John wants more cookies than Dave wants. It was covered with bites. Alice took a bite out of it. % phantom commas I have no idea, what that is. I have no idea what that is. % Phantom-and: % the comma implies an "and", which is not actually voiced: His shout had been involuntary, something anybody might have done. % gone The position we talked about is gone. The keys are gone. The popcorn is all gone. The good times are done and gone. It's now a gone desire. He slunk over to the water-fountain. % tend I tended to believe that shepherds tend sheep. I often tended, for years at a time, to believe that shepherds quietly tend sheep. % misc nouns, verbs The smelter weighs 30 tonnes. He wears a mustache on the sitcom. She's sharp-witted and funny. He resigned that post. Exxon discovers gas offshore. The line extends 10 miles offshore. Give it a shake. Take the two shakes over to table five. % "saw" w/ particle He tried to saw the wood. He tried to saw up the wood. We were sawing wood when it happened. We were sawing up the wood when it happened. % Assorted adverbial modifiers It has been unbelievably poorly managed. It has been notoriously managed. It has been notoriously badly managed. The store was poorly stocked. The play was dreadfully written. % Adverbial modifiers with EBm- There is absolutely no reason to believe American companies cannot compete overseas. There are rumours of a tightening of credit There are rumours of a collapse of credit What exactly do you want? What, exactly, do you want? What precisely do you want? % suddenly is a "manner adverb", sometimes clausal He sat up suddenly. He suddenly found soup in his lap. % double-commas on of_course It was, of course, his fault. It reduced chances that profits could equal thier earlier performance The motor ran flat out It happened during the 1988 first half % so He did not perform nearly so well. The price didn't drop nearly so fast. The price didn't drop nearly as fast. It went almost so well that we thought we won! % ready Is it ready? Do you have it ready? Do you have a more complex example ready? % enough We have quite enough work already, thank you! That'll be quite enough. That is quite enough rough-housing. That is enough rough-housing. Enough rough-housing! Enough! % Proper names (entities) in the form of noun modifiers % The problem is that some of these appear in entity names % and thus must be explicitly listed in the dictionary. My name is Gilles de la Tourette. I live in New York City. I work for the First National Bank. I live near the San Gabriel River. I was born in the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. I was born in the Soviet Union. My insurance carrier is United Healthcare. We took the ferry to Block Island. The man from Federated Conglomerates is here. I work for the Great Southern and Western Railroad. Central Texas is hot. North Sea crude was up. Korea First Advertising Co. stock is up. Quantum shares were up in trading. The Orange Democratic Movement called for a new election. It lies in the western Pacific Ocean. It is in the Gulf Territory I live near the Orkney Islands He is the man from Syndicated Features He represents the Undersea Exploration Company He represents the Equatorial Antarctic Bank % Some given names can be proper names The late Mr. Tom will be sorely missed. % Proper name modifiers It dates back to fifteenth century France. % Biological texts commonly have adj-noun-adj-noun chains We extracted human umbilical vein endothelial cells. We extracted smooth muscle myosin heavy chain protein. We extracted peripheral blood mononuclear cells. It is located on the nuclear envelope inner membrane. We extracted simian virus large T-antigen. We collected HTLV-I infected T-cells. They are a three times defeated team. % Verbs taking prepositions He dished it out at the unsuspecting onlookers. I ladled it carefully into a bowl. You should ladle it out. He ladles it with a large wooden spoon. He was ladling the molten steel when the crucible tipped. He ladled the molten hot metal into the mold. It was molten hot. It was piping hot. It was devilishly hot. % mass nouns that were incorrectly classified as count nouns. % Nouns that can be used in an indefinite manner. I will give you a piece of armament. I will give you a piece of bagel. I will give you a bit of courtesy. Give me a piece of almond. Give me a bit of anaesthetic. Give me a piece of apple. He broke off a piece of bagel and gave it to me. A piece of asteroid broke off. Add one spoonful of avocado. I ate a bit of biscuit. She exposed a bit of bikini to us. A piece of cactus went sailing through the air. There were three cacti in front of us. Add a cup of finely shredded carrot. A length of chain was wrapped around the tree. He left town early next morning. % More nouns that can be indefinite .. magazine, crisis, % musical instruments. He wrote for Playboy magazine. I know how to play guitar. The violence has thrown the country into crisis. The violence has created a crisis. % 'family' as a mass noun They are like family to us. He is like family to us. % Test cases for noun countable/uncountable nouns: I have much furniture. *I have many furniture. % Test cases for a/an usage with vowels/consonants: *I ate a apple. I ate an apple. I ate a little apple. *I ate an little apple. I ate a banana. *I ate an banana. *He has quite a imagination. He has quite an imagination. *He has such a imagination. He has such an imagination. *That is more of an challenge. That is more of a challenge. % nouns not in words.n.1 *an majority agree a majority agree *an number agree a number agree *it's an kind of test it's a kind of test *it's an sort of test it's a sort of test there's an argument brewing *there's a argument brewing he gave me an excuse *he gave me a excuse That is an issue *That is a issue *There is an way There is a way *There is an place There is a place That bitch did it! % Special-case superlative adjectives % "favorite" can take determiner "a" Arkansas has become a favorite place for older people to retire. Global Trotter, a favorite, seems unlikely to place. % Superlatives without preceeding determiners. He likes you best. He bores you most. He bores you the most. He likes you least. He likes you plenty. Mr. Bingley may like you the best of the party. He may like you best of all. He may like you the best of all. He may like you least of all. He may like you the least of all. He may like you most of all. He may like you the most of all. % Interuptives with preps. These probably should take CO links. You, least of all, should know. You, most of all, should know. You, out of everyone, should know. You, at least, should know. This is the man who, in some ways, I would like to hire % Color names can be nouns as well as adjectives: She prefers red. Blue is the new black. % bright.e in an adverbial role: some areas appear bright red. some areas look bright red. % Verbs acting as adjectival modifiers: % Everything in v.2.3, v.4.3, v.6.3 and v.8.3, and special cases: This has become a very politicized deal. You need to provide an ordered list. The given reference is incorrect. The provided reference is incorrect. The allied army is on the move. The adjusted balance is incorrect. The poured concrete slowly hardened. The wired connection has gone bad. The telegraphed orders never arrived. % Pg+ links between verbs and gerunds He imagined hitting the ball. She imagined photographing the couple. He feared hitting the wall. I emphasize hitting your targets in my lectures. He confirmed missing his targets He regretted firing the man. I regret really smashing it. He disputed punching the man. I recollect raising the bar for that team. I envision building a very tall building. He tried stopping the man. I enjoy running the show. % Here a Ce+ link is used to attach to the subject % i.e. the gerund, acting as a noun. e.g pushing, trusting He conceded pushing the button was a mistake. We concluded trusting him was a mistake. We concluded that trusting him was a mistake. % come, came with gerunds The dog came running at the master's call. The dog comes running when he's called. The ball came flying at his head. % assorted mis-classified verbs. He is allied with the Reds. % Sentence openers % Some of these need to take the Z- link, when % the "I" is optional. But others take the Cs+ link. % Said, guessed do the right thing here... As guessed, he was lying. As I guessed, he was lying. As I reckon, it won't happen here. As I sensed, it was all a lie. As I said, it was all a lie. As I verified, the switch was off. As I trust, it's all over now? It's all over, I trust? Sure enough, there it was, as I had sensed. Sure enough, there it was, as I had guessed. There it was, just as I had said. % zero-subject/phantom-subject in sentence opener As mentioned before, we are creating a business service. % Buggy opening clauses Some days, the trains run on time. Some of the time, I really hate it. The rest of the time, we goof off. Part of the year, we goof off. % up as prep vs. up as verb He forced it up the stairs. He willed it up the stairs. He jammed it down his throat. He jammed it up into a corner. He upped the bid. We are planning to up the bid. Ante up! % Some ditranstive verbs of various complexity He poured me a glass of champagne. *He poured me. He sang me a song. *He sang me. He sung me a song. He had sung a song. *He had sang a song. He will sing you good night. She was singing me a song. She sang soprano for the Philharmonic. Oscar Peterson played piano and wrote music. He wrote for piano and flute. He plays marimba and a lot of cowbell on that track. % more ditransitive and etc. I stared him down. We shouted him down We shouted him down off the stage. He pushed him down. He shouted out. He shouted out in pain. He cried out. He cried out in pain. He was shouted off the stage. They yelled and booed him off. She stalked off. She stalked off in a huff. She stalked him all day. She stalked him day and night. *She stared him She looked him over. She carefully looked him over when he got back to London. She carefully looked him over in London. *She looked him. *She shouted him. *She cried him. She sounded him out. She sounded him out when he got back to London. He drew me a picture. She bore me a child. She bore me. I dare you. She dared me. She dared me to jump. She had written him off. She had told him off. He will draw you a check later today. He wired me the money yesterday. He telegraphed me the go-ahead. She waved me off. The policeman waved me on. We danced 'til dawn. We danced the samba 'til dawn. They danced the whole night through We danced the night away. They danced up a storm. She danced me a little dance. They danced away on a cloud. They danced off on a cloud. We danced it up. She waved me goodbye. She waved me good bye. He bid me hello He bid me goodnight He bid me farewell. He bid me welcome. She wished me a happy birthday. We will have to sit it out The waitress sat us down at the table The coach sat me out for the inning. She is going to stand you up. % More verbs taking preopositions We will party until dawn. We will party hardy until dawn. We will party on 'til dawn. Let's party! We boozed the night away. We boozed it up. We will booze it up until dawn! We clowned the night away. We dozed 'til noon. % sit, stand must take Pa+ link ... The house now sits vacant The house now stands vacant The house now sits empty The dog sat very still The dog sat up. The dog stood still. The dog looked tired. Stay a little while. Stay a while. % act out, act up He is going to act out until he gets what he wants. Call me if it acts up. The motor was acting up. He is acting out. He is acting out his fantasies. % beckon She beckoned to him. She beckoned him over. She was beckoning in that dress. % More verbs taking preopositions He pulled himself upright. He uprighted the fallen vase. It flexed once or twice in her hand. The economy weakened as prices spiraled up. Shares slid $2.66 in Big Board trading. Issues tumbled 4.2% last week. % subject-verb number agreement *She are going shopping. % Assorted prepositional difficulties. A bucket of chum sat near the tackle box. It was a sad bit of commentary to read. His works disclose a mastery of composition. There's a lot of cowbell in that song. There is a bit of cowboy in him. There's a bit of creep in the mission statement. He had to eat a bit of crow. A length of cutlass gleamed in the sunlight. I had a bite of donut before going out. He had a bit of egg on his face. It was as frail as eggshell. The ice was green as emerald. He ruled by fiat. We saw a school of flounder in front of us. There was a bit of gaudiness to the show. He had a bit of gumshoe in his cleverness. There was a lot of gyration in the Senator's words. I asked for half-a-pound of hamburger. There was a tone of harlot in her voice. There was a pretense of hero in his swagger. He ladled out a bowl of homily in his sermon. We played a game of hoop. The truck carried 2 tons of nitrate. He nibbled on oatcake. Miles of ocean lay before him. It was painted in drab olive and oat. We ate omelet for lunch. He suddenly found pancake in his lap. A pinch of parsnip finished the recipe. We ate pate on crackers. It was made of pearl and oystershell. He spoke pidgin. The platter was swept with an ocean of prawn. A plate of quiche drifted by, followed by a tub of quince. Then we moved on to rabbit and rarebit and a salad drowning in ranch. We drank sake all night. A wall of shrubbery faced us. She fried breaded smelt for dinner. We went hunting squirrel. A bit of swimsuit glittered under her tank top. Thunderclap upon thunderclap rattled the windows. Waterfowl filled the sky. Some Jolly Rogers taste like watermelon. It smells like someone is smoking weed. It tastes of yam. He clutched a purseful of złoty. A chair is something you sit in. A bed is something you sleep in. He breaded the chicken in a mixture of flour and breadcrumbs. I had an off day. Kim eats pizza with chopsticks. % double-prepostion type constructions % adverbs w/ reversed preposition locations People glanced fearfully around at the impassive troops. He looked around fearfully. He looked fearfully around. % Somewhere is broken ... Off in the distance, a dog barked. Far in the distance, a dog barked. Somewhere in the distance, a dog barked. Somewhere, far away, a dog barked. Somewhere else, a cat meowed. The ticking came from somewhere near. We are finally getting somewhere. The record skips somewhere about halfway through. % strong.e adverb The Miami market is coming back strong His approaches were coming on strong. The party was going on strong The party is still going strong % post-verbal adjectives (really, adverbs ... ) The crisis is bleeding the bank dry He slowly bled the helium tank He bled off some speed with a sharp banking maneuver She slowly wrung the towel dry She slowly wrung the towel out She wiped it clean She wiped the table dry enough. She ironed it flat He combed his hair straight back He nailed it flat to the wall He pushed him flat against the wall He hit it flat on the head He hit me hard on the head She knocked me blind off my feet He robbed me blind. I liked her well enough % clean.e as a bona-fide adverb She clean forgot to take it back % drug culture vocabulary It smells like someone is smoking maryjane. It smells like someone is smoking pot. We brought back a kilo of boo from Mexico. He took a gram of snort to the party. % Problems with "that" % VP that CLAUSE: The response was that there are several barriers that have to come down. % "The thing that VP is that CLAUSE" The only thing that has prevented a collapse in the dollar so far is that it is the currency reserve of the world. The thing that has prevented a collapse is that it is the currency reserve. The thing that is funny is that it is wrong. % shame commonly used as a count noun. He felt a deep shame. The shame of it is that it was a good idea. I say it's a damn shame that he left. It's a shame that the deal collapsed. The whole thing is a crying shame. The whole thing is a fucking shame. The shame of it is that it was a good idea. The shame of it is, is that it was a good idea. The shame of it is that the lynchpin failed. The crux of it is that the lynchpin doesn't do anything. The crux of the plan is to take the fort. The shame of the priest is on all our minds. The idea of it is to act first. The shame of it is that we must act first. The crux of it is that we must act first. The crux of the plan is that we must act first. The idea of it is that we must act first. % However, words.n.3 needs to be culled: *A shame is easy to understand. It demonstrated a certain aloofness. It demonstrated a certain adroitness. It demonstrated a certain aggressiveness. *It demonstrated a certain acetylene. *It demonstrated a certain aluminum. The acetylene exploded. *The adroitness exploded. % bug fixes for google-code bug tracker issue 13 John is pretty insanely stupid. John is rather excrutiatingly dull. John is rather exceptionally dull. John is rather unbearably dull. John is rather far from smart. John is rather incredibly dull. John is altogether incredibly dull. John is altogether amazingly quick. John is altogether stunningly dull. John is altogether stunningly inept. John is very atrociously gluttonous. John is rather quite dull. John is notably rather dull. John is plainly rather dull. John is obviously quite dull. John is quite fashionably late. John is so infernally frustrating. John is very unacceptably insubordinate. John is rather very insubordinate. John is rather far from dumb. John is rather quite dumb. John is altogether a bit boring, wouldn't you say? John is incomparably smarter. John is unflinchingly direct. John is undisputably the king. John is undeniably the winner. John is unarguably the winner. The car is unimaginably faster. The car is ridiculously faster. The Wehrmacht is unacceptably more dangerous. Rockefeller is fabulously richer. This computer is relatively more expensive. It's an inherently better method. It's a marginally less productive well. That one is a marginally better choice. It's a moderately faster way of doing things. John is rather incomparably smarter. It's a rather inherently better method. John is quite certainly a better choice. % Similar buggy sentences: *John is nimbly strongly dull. *John is boundlessly charmingly polite. John is boundlessly, charmingly polite. John is stupidly, insanely dull. % done, finished, started I have started working. I will start working. I am done working. I am done being angry. I am done with being angry. I am finished being angry. I am through being angry. We took a through flight. It's a done deed. % Some idiomatic expressions involving "doing" % Somewhat inconsistent, though. I am doing fine. I am doing poorly. He is doing ok. He is doing okay. He has done very well. I am doing much better, thank you. It is going terribly. It is going well. I'm feeling awful. % Expressions with direct and indirect objects I asked him a question. I told Jim a story. % Passive subjects with objects. I was asked a number of questions. I was told that crap, too. I was told all about it. I was told the whole story by Maybeline. He enquired my whereabouts. He inquired at the door. % threat.n singular and mass. The old system is in threat of breakdown. The area remains under severe threat of fire. He poses a threat to security. % Good sentences ... I heard a bark in the distance. % verb modifiers for talk, consist, etc. He talked quietly of revolt. He disapproved passionately of sex. He talks, mostly of revolution. It consists largely of sand. He talks mostly about the weather. He talked up a storm. he talked mostly to Ann. he talked a mean streak longer than I'd hoped He is talking up some chicks. He talks a lot. % Problems with "nightly" He eats with me nightly. He eats with me daily. He prays with me daily. He barks at me nightly. He sits near me nightly. He sits near me occasionally. My boyfriend dresses very simply. % Buggy classification of words.n.3 vs. words.n.4: There was an abundance of poverty. There was a continuity of action. There was a certain crudity to his actions. It showed a certain abundance. He had a certain panache. He sank into a delirium. It was a detriment to further action. He demonstrated a certain ignorance. We were unable to find a common ground. % Time-related verb modifier He does that sometimes. He does that some of the time. He does that all the time. He does that all of the time. He does that a lot of the time. He does it all of the time. He does it all of the day. He does it a little of the time. He does it a little bit of the time. That happens none of the time. That's what happens plenty of the time. That's what happens the rest of the time. That happens the rest of the time. That's what goes on the rest of the time. Long hair hides his eyes all of the time. Sunglasses hide his eyes all the time. Sunglasses hide her eyes a lot of the time. Sunglasses hide her eyes a bit of the time. A hat covers his head some of the time. A crown of snow covers the mountain most of the year A crown of snow covers the mountain a part of the year The trains run on time part of the day He is a part of the problem. Part of the problem is his attitude. It happens every other time. It happens every time. It happens each time. It happens each time I hit the brake. It happens not every time I hit the brake. It happens ever place I go. Let's do it some other time. Let's do it some other way. Let's do it some other place. That's what happens most other times. I see that happen most places I go. % Filler-it and the SF link: It is reasoned that the vast concentration of the business information market in EMEA resides within Europe. It is whispered that the vast concentration of the business information market in EMEA resides within Europe. it is reasoned that this statement is true. it is hoped that this statement is true. It was hinted that our actions were inappropriate. % buggy coppula and copula contractions % % Consider "Here's the ball." We have two choices: SFst+ as a filler-it, % or the more questionable [Wq- & PF+]. Note that (Wd- & PF+) is barred % by the post-processing rules. Maybe PF is reasonable.. but SFst seems % better at the moment. % Here is the ball. Here's the ball. There is the ball! Where's the ball? Here's Johnny! Nearby is another temple that honors his wife. Close by is another temple. Nearby are more ruins. There goes the neighborhood! There goes the cutest guy ever! There goes one of the strongest competitors this sport has seen. There goes the biggest loser ever. There went the cutest guy ever! Oh great, there went my ride. Here goes nothing. But for the grace of God, there go I. % copulas with verb target: All he ever does is bark. All he ever does is whine. All he ever does is complain. All he ever does is drink. All he ever does is schmooze. All he ever does is lounge. All he ever does is watch TV. All he ever does is listen to the radio. All he ever does is sit in front of the computer. All he will ever do is complain. All he will ever do is go drinking. One of the things you do when you sleep is dream. One of the things you do when you sleep is to dream. Something you might do while attending school is learn. *Something you might do while attending school is to learn. Something you need to do before you watch TV is turn on the TV. One of the things you do when you stop your bicycle is apply the brake % Copulas with noun target: All he wants is luck. All he wants is a big cigar. All he ever wants is to get lucky. All he ever touched turned to gold. % Contractions. He's out jogging. He is out jogging. He's out biking. He's out running. He's out for lunch. He's out on the town. % "I need help with that." I need help w/that. % as .... It is no longer portrayed as having the power to protect against sin. You are portrayed as having the power to make decisions. You are portrayed as wanting the power to make decisions. You are portrayed as needing the power to make decisions. Information on the Internet may come across as authoritative. You are as authoritative as he is. You come across as authoritative. He was so foolish as to lie. Ridiculous as it seems, the tale is true. % Problems with "go": Let's go shop. Let's go shopping. Let's not go shop. Let's not go shopping. Let's not go. Let's not. Let's go sailing! Let's go drinking! Let's go smoke up that joint! Let's go smoke that joint! Let's go drink up that bottle! Let's go drink that bottle! Let's go sail up that lake! Let's go swim. Let's go for a swim. Let's go for a drink. Let's go for a smoke. Let's go eat. Let's go talk to him now. Let us go, then, you and I. Why don't you go jump in a lake? Why don't you just go jump in a lake? Why don't you go fall in a lake? Oh, go jump in a lake! Let's go fall in the water! Let's go jump in the water! Let's go hike that trail. Let's go hike up that trail. Let's blow this pop-stand. Go bring me that ball. Just go bring me the paper. I'm going drinking. I'm going running. I do see it now. % Buggy parsing of "all but", "nothing but" Nothing but ocean lay before. We heard nothing but silence. Nothing but scorched earth remained. All was lost but one table. All was lost, save for one chair. All but one tree remained untouched. But for want of a nail, the shoe was lost. All but one tree was lost. Everything but one tree remained. We hoped for the best, but were disappointed. There was nothing but pain. % Prepositional difficulties It fell when the clock chimed. % Inverted subject-object The treasure lay below the ground. Below the ground lay the treasure. In Xanadu did Kubla Kahn a stately pleasure dome decree. % More failures: "He turned left." parses, but not correctly. % "He turned around", "he jumped around", "he jumped up" use "K" % as a particle link, and that seems wrong (??) % "He dodged sideways." uses MVp He turned left. He angled left. He angled around. He dodged left. He jumped left. He looked about. He turned about. % Particles w/ various optionally transitive verbs % XXX Many of these are wrong, esp the "up to" "down to" % these should be properly marked as prepositional, since % up/down/in/out really are action-direction modifiers. % constructions He walked the dog. He walked up to the counter. He walked out of the house. He sailed the boat into the pier. He sailed up to the bar. He clicked the mouse. *He clicked up the mouse. He zeroed the counter. He zeroed out the counter. He marched his prisoners through town. Elvis was all shook up. Elvis was all shaken up. He will kill again. The flu can kill. Let's kill some time on Sunday. I will kill him. The show airs on Sunday. The show will air again on Sunday. We've chosen to adopt We will adopt We will adopt again. We will adopt a child from Uruguay. % feed taking particle Horeses feed on hay. People eat but animals feed. % tell taking prep Today, we will tell about ancient structures. Yesterday, we told about ancient structures. They have told of the soldiers' fear They have talked of the soldiers' fear % More particles Your grammar should be worked on. Your grammar should be worked upon. % Transitive sports activities I biked Johnson Creek. We walked Shoal Creek. We kayaked Town Lake. We skied Big Sur. We're kayaking Shoal Creek tomorrow. Biking feels good. He wants to go surfing. He has gone to Hawaii to go surfing. We will canoe the rapids today. I will swim the sea. He swam three laps. He has swum the English Channel. We have swum out to the island before. Let's swim. Today, we will snorkel the reef. Today, we will snorkel out to the reef. Today, we will go snorkelling. Today, we will go skin-diving. He dove down to the bottom of the sea. Roselyn et al. wrote about manga. He went on and on, etc. The v.v. is true. Whenever he comes, she goes, and v.v. It was he that did it. John likes joking around. He's right, isn't he? Who am I? Because I said so. I don't think so. I, uhh, don't think you're right. Gosh darn it! This sentence parses badly. The bad parse was due to the improper parsing of the sentence. I would not choose to. Not that I would choose to. It sure is. It sure is great. The book sure is great. The sushi was best. How about the bubble tea? How 'bout them Cowboys? The results bear out the method The results bear looking at. It bears looking at. He talked longer than usual. He is taking longer than usual. He is working harder than usual. He hit harder. He hits hard. % verbs taking prepositions We're going to bike over. We'll jet on by. They sailed on by. Just scroll down. That just reeks. That is just the cat's meow. He stands accused of misconduct. % Awake and asleep as adverbs He was jarred awake. We shook him awake. He jerked awake at the sound. The sound left him awake. We left him asleep in the tent. We left him sleeping in the tent. % Similar to the above, but with preps We stood it upright. We stood it up. He picked up the fallen lamp and stood it up. It was obvious that he would do it. It was obvious that he'd do it. There's barf on the seat. What the beep was that? We'll cab on over to the restaurant later. He waited in the check-out line. The wind gusted from the north. He must pee into the bottle. He'll stride up to the bar, pretending he didn't see a thing. We'll uplink tonight. That will reek tomorrow. That reeks of favoritism. Kids will frolic in the summer. He would labor over it for hours. That circuit will jitter intermittently. % Idiomatic usage of "of" You must beware of the tiger. You must be wary of the tiger. You must be afraid of the tiger. You must be cautious of the tiger. You must be cautious around this apparatus. You must be careful with this apparatus. You must be curious about the process. You just scrolled past it. What have you gotten into? What have you gotten yourself into? Where did the car come from? Where do the words come from? Who have bought your flat from? Where was she from? Where is the figure taken from? But where will you get them from? Where has this letter come from? my father asked. If the student does not recover the animal from anaesthesia, where will the experience of post-operative care come from? Where can I possibly get them from? Can you tell us where those strange ideas came from? Where are you coming from? Where were you coming from? Where is she coming from? Where am I coming from? Where does she come from? Where did that book go to? Where did that book get to? Where did they come from? Where did they go to? What has become of them now? How much was the leakage from the drain in the night? Who are those dudes in the back seat of Calvin's car? What did they do when they got off the car? Did they go get a sandwich? Did they eat in the dark? What did they do with the waxed-paper bundles? What does it all come to? % Clausal complements, fairly idiomatic in form ... The emperor ordered it made The emperor suggested it sold The advisor urged compromise The advisor urged for compromise The advisor argued for compromise The advisor urged it done I assumed it done. % Hmm. Things following a comma, but in a different register ... % I think the clause needs to be its own domain ?? % Missing/implied subject He stepped forward, gun raised. He stepped forward, hand out. He stepped forward, his hand out. He looked up, heart racing. He glanced away, hands trembling. The monkey reached, stick extended, for the banana. He stepped forward, smile broadening. He stepped forward, his white teeth glittering. % Even when it does parse, the MV link looks wrong to me ... % the clause needs to be its own funky domain, I think. He glanced away, looking pale. He stepped forward, putting his hand out. % Post-nominal modifiers, MX- link to "to be" The drill, to be provided, will be use to take soil samples. The drill, soon to be provided, will be use to take soil samples. The stock, to be purchased on the open market, will be added to assets. The parts, being obtained as we speak, will arrive this afternoon. % Impersonal, passive "be" linking to passive participle. It is normal that such directives be worked upon. It is normal that such directives are worked upon. It is normal that such directives be acted upon. It is normal that such directives are acted upon. It is normal that such directives be acted upon quickly. It is normal that such directives be quickly acted upon. It is normal that such actions are taken. It is normal that this action is taken. It is normal that this action be taken. % Archaic, idiomatic "be" Peace be unto you. % Archaic use of "be" with passive participles: Where be those roses gone which sweetened so our eyes? They be shooting and fishing out at the Forestry Lakes. % old as noun The seven year old kicked me in the shins. He is a seven year old. The seven year olds ran rampant. The seven year olds ran wild. % Named days of week. The market fell 156.83, or 8%, a week after Black Monday. We'll party all night on Fat Tuesday. We'll come for dinner on Ash Wednesday. % Adverbs that typically follow a verb. The horses run free now. The horses run hard. He runs hot and cold. The engine is running very hot. The door is locked tight. The window is wedged open. The window is wedged wide open. He blew the case wide open. The door swung wide open. The door slammed shut behind me. The bolt is screwed in tight. The bolt is frozen hard in the engine block. He cranked up the volume loud. He cranked up the volume way loud. He hit the nail pretty hard. He wacked the ball pretty far. I wonder how hot the motor ran. I wonder how open he plans to be about the truth. He is very tight with his friends. Will he be free with his praise? How free will he be with his praise? How open will he be with the truth? How tight is that connection? How loose is that connection? % Measurement units There is a nineteen minute gap in the tapes. There is a 12 year gap in the records. There is a 10 millenium gap in the geological records. The explosion blew out a 12 inch hole in the side of the tank. It shoots 12 picosecond pulses. It shoots a 12 picosecond pulse. It is a 12 watt motor. She screwed in a 40 watt light bulb. She screwed in a forty watt light bulb. It is a 12 m² apartment. The rent is $150 per m² per month. The cost is $150 per meter. The cost is $150 per yard. The rate is 10nm per msec. The differential rate is 5 volts per MeV. He queued up another 45 rpm record. India is building a 450MW nuclear plant. The temperature rose by 12°C. It is 12°C outside. My El Camino gets about 12 MPG. My El Camino gets about 12 mpg. We bought a 12 pound pumpkin for Halloween. We bought a 12 dollar pumpkin for Halloween. He got himself a 50 dollar haircut. That car goes 90 MPH. Give him 5 cc's of morphine, stat. The crystal is growing at a rate of 2mm per millisecond. The slew rate is 12mV per microsecond. He raced off at 90 miles an hour. The aircraft was moving 90 miles per hour. It goes 90 miles an hour. It moves 90 miles an hour. It went 90 miles an hour. That will cost you very nearly 12 drachma. It goes for 12 to the drachma. We sell them for 12 per drachma. That will cost ¥2400. That will cost 2400 yen. We bought 200ft. of lumber. We bought the last 200ft. of lumber. We bought 200sq.ft. of plywood. It is 12ft. long. The voltage fell almost 50mV. That will cost hundreds of lira. That will cost zillions of lira. The ferrite core is wrapped with 24gauge wire. The last 50 ft. are bad. Some 50 ft. are bad. Nearly 50 ft. are bad. The last 50 ft. of the cable are bad. The leftmost 50 ft. of the cable are bad. The protein (50 kDa) is examined. The protein (20 to 50 kDa) is examined The protein (1 kDa) is examined % Lack of space between numbers and letters causes problems It was 10:30AM in the morning. Bids must be received by 1 p.m. EDT Bids must be received by 1 PM, CST % Poorly parsed date expressions. I saw him on January 21, 1990 I saw him on January 21st, 1990 It happened on October 17th, 1781. It happened on October seventeenth, seventeen eighty-one. It happened on October seventeenth, seventeen oh-one. It happened on October seventeenth, seventeen oh one. It was produced by 21st Century Fox It is a two cent needle That's a one dollar cigar That's a 1 dollar cigar That's a $1 cigar The IMF estimated growth at five and two-tenths percent. % XXX FIXME: % Note that the handling of prepositions is incorrect with regard to % measurements: the linkage should be to lumber, not feet. That is, % "12 feet of" is a modifier. Similarly, "hundreds of" should be a % modifier to "hours". But this can also be ambiguous: consider: % "The rate is 10 nm per one msec of time" -- here "of time" is % indeed the modifier. Hmmm ... % % Note also: parse confusion between "feet.n" and "feet.i" % and so "feet.n" should be removed/trimmed back from dict. We bought hours of time. We bought 12 feet of lumber. That will take hundreds of hours of effort. That will take hours of effort. That will take hundreds of yards of cement. It will take several inches of movement to clear the rigger. It will take several foot-pounds of strain before it cracks. That will require 10 square yards of paint. That engine generates hundreds of foot-pounds of torque. The rate is 10 nm per one msec of time. It cost US$ 14 million. It cost $14 million. % Prepositional modifiers with distances. It is 5 miles distant. It was 3 miles under. It was 3 miles east. It was about 3 miles out. It is a few miles over. % XXX These parse, but there's an explosion of parses generated. % Basically, miles.n is fucking things up -- we ned to trim it down. It is between 5 miles and 15 miles long. It is between 5 miles and 15 miles distant. % post-fixed number handling with NM link It started on day one. The experiments ended on day 22. I fear the number 13. The number 12 is a lucky number. I fear the dirty dozen. % Post-fixed numbers can act as (singular) determiners The exon is spliced with the intron. Exon 30 is spliced with the intron. * Exon is spliced with the intron. Exon 30 is spliced with intron 40. Oven two is not heating evenly. Assembly line 7 had a work stoppage this morning Flight 442 was delayed. John, age 40, is a douchebag. % Can have numerical modifier *and* a determiner simultaneously: The sigma factor sigma 35 is homologous. % Nested modifiers too: The sequence is omega 1 beta 2 alpha. % Post-posed romman numeral modifiers, and letter modifiers: The say that Pope Pious XII takes vitamin D supplements. Vitamin D supplements are good for you. % Numerical ranges It takes 2 to 3 times the effort. It takes 2 - 3 times the effort. It takes 2 -- 3 times the effort. It takes 2 --- 3 times the effort. It has a 10 to 20 foot range. The account has a $1000 to $2000 limit. It will cost $10 million to $20 million to build. It will cost $10 million or $20 million to build. I have between 5 and 20 dogs. There are from 5 to 20 of them. It will cost between 5 and 10 million. It is between 5 feet and 20 feet long. A DNA segment of 15 kDa to 20 kDa was obtained. It is two to threefold more abundant. % Year date, time and number expressions: % NA, DG links The war of eighteen twelve was notable. It was all over by nineteen nineteen. The first model came out in nineteen oh five. The first model came out in nineteen oh-five. The first model came out in nineteen oh one. The first model came out in nineteen oh-one. The first model came out in nineteen zero five. The house was remodelled in two thousand three. The house was remodelled in two thousand and three. It happened in the late seventeen seventies. The movie was over by nine eighteen. The movie was over by 9:18. The movie was over by 9:18 PM. The movie was over by 9:18 pm. The movie was over by 9:18PM. The movie was over by twelve o'clock. The movie was over by twelve o'clock in the afternoon. The movie was over by midnight. We are moving out at twelve hundred hours. We are moving out at twelve hundred thirty hours. We are moving out at zero hundred hours. Zero hour is approaching. It's a fifty five gallon drum. It's a fifty-five gallon drum. It's a fifty one gallon drum. It's a one gallon can. We just got a hundred of them. We bought two hundred three of them. We bought two hundred and three of them. We bought two hundred 'n three of them. Two hundred twelve now roam wild. It's a hundred and two in the shade. What's two 'n two? press the button when the dial reads zero. % Fix/spell-check "its" Its broken. It's broken. % date ranges are simple modifiers, not numerical mods It was the 1989-90 crop that failed. % However, dashes can appear in model numbers: The plane is a Boeing 747-400 The plane is a 747-400 The 747 jumbo jet came roaring overhead. You want part no. 1234-567. You want part no 1234-567A. You want part no. 1234-567A. You want part num. 1234-567A. % Years as adjectival modifiers: He drove a souped-up '57 Chevy. He drove a souped-up 1957 Chevy. The 47 Ford came screamin' down the track. % Simple equation parsing: Phosphorylation was observed (P = 0.06). Phosphorylation was observed (probability = 0.06). The sun is distant (L = 1 AU). Bacteria with low G + C DNA content contain genes. % Ordinals as clause openers first on our list is this item. second on our list is this item. third on our list is this item. next on our list is this item. last on our list is this item. first is this item. second is this item. next is this item. last is this item. % Other misc ordinal usage, including dates. Today is the third of December. Today is the 3rd of December. Today is the 31st of October. Today is the thirty-first of October. He is the third to speak up. Of them all, he ranked third. Of them all, he ranked 3rd. He left on the 20th. He left on the twentieth. It's a late 19th century artifact. It's a late nineteenth century artifact. I gave him a third of the loot. He gets a twentieth part of the proceeds. He flew with the 101st airborne division. Mike finished in first place, and John in third. Mike finished in first place, and John in last. He finished the season in first. He finished the season in first place. He finished the season in 3rd place. He finished the season in third place. He finished the season in last. He finished the season last. He finished the season dead last. % problem with "of" in entity names. The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 makes it easy % Spell checker now does a good job of splitting words. Marywent shoppingat thestore. Mary wentshopping atthe store. % broken lexical chunk recognition: % ... not only, ... but also ... The deal includes not only junk, but also crap. % lists: He has three jobs: counting, measuring and listing. % Split "if .. only" idiomatic expressions If there was only more left! If there were only more! If there were only more like you! If only there was more left! If only there were more! If only there was more! % If... then ... lexical constructs are broken. % Registers: Typical language used in instruction manuals, directives. If paid weekly, bring the last six pay stubs. If paid weekly, then bring six stubs. If it is broken, then remove it. If broken, then remove. Check the lid; if craked, then replace. Check the valve, replace if cracked. % Then is optional: If it is raining, stay inside! If you bought after the crash, you won. If you sold before the peak, you got lucky % Someone... who... Someone is outside who wants to see you. % quotations can be used for grouping modifiers into an almost-idiom We ate so-called 'brain food' for lunch. % punctuation: sometimes commas are used as if they were semicolons: Sweat stood on his brow, fury was bright in his one good eye. % % Institutionalized phrases: % We want the comma to act as a left-wall. By the way, did you have some? By the way, how was it? Since we are talking about it, how was it? Now that you mention it, what happened? While we're on the topic, was it good? Kenny sure is a bastard. I gave her a check for deposit. % elided "that" (phantom that) Just thought you'd like to know. It was previously thought they were wrong. % elided "to be" (phantom to be) % Need a Ce+ link on "think" ?? She will think it an act of kindness. She will think it to be an act of kindness. She will think it true. She will think it common. % misc idioms Not everything looks grim. Not all is lost. % "there on" I'll introduce you to her, but you're on your own from there on. % "such that" They were assigned separate seats such that they had enough space. % Opening idioms % some of these have a phantom-that e.g. "I'm telling you that ..." Listen to me, she'll do it. Take my word, she'll do it. Trust me, she'll do it. If nothing else, she'll do it. I'm telling you, she'll do it. Didn't I tell you that she would do it? Like I said, she'll do it! It's like this, she'll do it. Dude, she'll do it. Mark my words, she'll do it. well, I'll say, she did it! Oh my God, she did it! Can you believe it? % Yes, no as openers No, it wasn't John. No, that isn't true. Surely, that can't be right. No, that can't be right. Yes, that is right. % openers, interjections, linking to infinitive, or post-verbal Yes, please do it again. Yes, please, do it again. Yes, please, I'll have one. Yeah, go fuck yourself! Yeah, dude! Yeah dude! No, please stop. Please, no, stop. No, stop. No, stop that. No, don't do that. Don't do that! No, do not do that. Okay, don't do that. Yes, go. Please, yes. Thank you, no. Yes, sir! Go, dude, go! Umm, I think he did it. That's what I think, yes. On arrival, go to the check-in window. Even so, just do it. Exactly, do it exactly like that. Roughly, it is done like this. No, please don't do that. Okay, stop that. Stop, please don't do that. Sir, please don't do that. % Single-word exclamations! Yes! No! Sure. Whatever. OK. Okay. % Given names can be openers to directives or questions. Ma'am, please don't do that. John, please don't do that. Mary, stop. Mary, can you do this for me? Mary, should I do this? Mary, would you do this for me? Mary, won't you do it? Mary, mightn't you be right? John, do you think so, too? John, do you think it, too? John, do you believe it, too? John, do you believe so, too? John, doesn't that strike you as odd? John, have you thought about it? John, is it true? On arrival, can you do it? Yes, be alert! Yes, go play ball. Yes, go play soccer. Yes, go play tennis. Yes, go play piano. John, go do it. John, please go do it. John, let's go. John, if that's true, then I don't know. John, I am going to give this to you. John, this is it! % Openers to directives First, unbutton the button. Next, pour wine on your shirt. Finally, button the button. % and, or opening coordinating conjunctions. % Currently these take Wc- to the left wall, since they "coordinate" % with previous sentences. This is different than a plain-old CO % link, since they are not 'plain-old' clause openers ... And you can do it this way. Or you can do it this way. Or, you can do it this way. But not everyone used it. And not everyone agrees. And they really loved me! Also on this list is the Colossus of Rhodes. % Broken interjections ... Enough already! Enough of that! Yeah, right. % Broken idiomatic clauses ... (phantom/zero subjects) Heard that before? Just a coincidence? % "just" takes MVa- link (just like "only") They do just that. He did just what you asked. % "so" as object of verb, object of preposition. I don't think so I don't believe so. If you think so. If you say so. I told you so! But I don't agree. Do you think so, too? Because I said so! Do it like so. Do it like this. It must be done exactly like so. How could it be so? % Requests, directives and commands. Go play. Go play ball! You and Rover go play fetch. Fetch the ball. Rover, fetch the ball. Rover, give me the ball. Go fetch the ball. Play fetch with Elena. Teach me fetch. Teach me. Teach me how. Teach me how to do it. Walk tall. Think quick. Think quickly. Act fast. Act smart. Act dumb. Act now. Shout it out. Shout loud. Stand up straight. there shall be an answer. there shall come a time. there shall verily come a time when man will be cleansed of his sins. % WH-words I do not know why I do not know how I do not know when I do not know where I do not know which I do not know who I do not know why they did that I do not know how they did that I do not know when they did that I do not know where they went. I really don't know why I did not know why until recently I did not know how until recently I did not know when until recently I did not know where until recently I did not know which until recently I did not know who until recently I did not ask why until recently I did not tell why until recently I did not say why until recently I did not assess why until recently I did not establish why until recently I did not figure out why until recently I did not find out why until recently % Questions, queries What are your questions? What are the aliases of Jim? % Registers -- Newspaper headline declarations % Missing definite articles (with definite articles, these would parse) % Perhaps a modal parse: if the ordinary parse failed, try another % with definite articles auto-inserted ? Thief invades boathouse. Burglars attack museum. Thief empties pockets of all they hold. % Registers -- Medical speech 7 month old female presents with chest congestion. John, aged 80, is ill. % Idiomatic phrases It's a good bet he did it. It's a good bet that he did it. He's not the least bit interested. Let me tell you this: it stank. Water and oil don't mix. Halloween is a great time of year. Christmas is a great time of year. Summer is a great time of year. % die-idioms Stay pretty, die young. I don't want to die young. You will die young if you keep smoking. You will die unhappy if you marry her. Grant me this wish and I will die happy. You will live long and happy. They lived happily in that old house. He didn't say. She wouldn't tell anyone. Stopping your bicycle requires using your brakes. You should exercise to stay fit. He is as fit as a fiddle. Canvas is for painting on. Use a piece of paper to write upon. A piece of paper can be used to write upon. Watch out that you don't hit your head on the low beam. % clauses embedded parenthetically All he gave was his first name. Pete (all he gave was his first name) was still waiting. % Compound queries % Typically, the two subphrases parse correctly, but, % put together, they do not. What is a motor, and how does it work? What is a motor; how does it work? Who invented sliced bread, and when did they do it? Who invented sliced bread; when did they do it? % disjunction/conjunction problems: % should be disjunction of modifiers ... % should be (major Eurobond or foreign bond) offerings There were no major Eurobond or foreign bond offerings Friday. Messrs. Malson and Seelenfreund are directors. The effects were less severe and less prolonged % 'but' works as a fat link, leaving 'rather' out to dry ... He didn't do it, but rather went home. % conjunctions treated with thin links: % CJ link in this case. All large burial places, or tombs, became known as mausoleums. % non-planar graph: "saw" and "yesterday" should link, but don't. *John saw a dog yesterday which was a Yorkshire terrier. % incorrect parses -- INCORRECT PARSES -- bad disjunct usage % These sentences typically parse just fine, but generate % incorrect linkages. % Object should be "way out", and not a K to "took". *John took the easy way out. % Sentence parses, but incorrectly -- "of" links to "bill", should link % to 12th. *Senator Johnson introduced a bill on the 12th of July. *Senator Johnson introduced a bill of July. % "one to two" should modify hours. It starts one to two hours later. % Rules should select "shouting.g" gerund, not "shouting.v" (participle) The teacher's shouting startled the student. % "and so" is linked with Wq, should not be. Rama ate the apple, and so did Mohan. % Automatic possesive guessing broken when entity is in the dictionary: % "to run" is a verb, this breaks identification of "Run" as entity: % "hooker" is a noun ... same deal. % 123A, the "A" suffix is assumed to be a unit, leading to a bad parse. Flumblqwerty's shoes are red. Run's shoes are red. Ran's shoes are red. Asdf's philosophy was to build and sell Hooker's philosophy was to build and sell John's remark was awkward. John's sudden outburst was awkward. Lady's dress was awkward. % Some plural capitalized words are singular entities. Treat them well. Johns gave it to me. Hotchkiss gave it to me. % Sue (female given name) vs. "to sue" (verb). Sue answered the door. % Tom as a mass noun interferes with far-more-likely common-name "Tom". Could we add some tom-tom to that track? You want part no. 123A You want part no. 123ABC % ... or both -- drunk wants Pa link, both wants Opt link Was the man drunk or crazy or both? % Broken comparatives: He is nothing less than inspired! He is less than bright! That is a less than optimal plan He is more than capable! He is more than qualified! they report less earnings than before they report less robust earnings than before they report less robust earnings than previously they report less robust earnings than they did previously They report much less robust earnings than they did earlier. They report much less robust earnings than they did for the third quarter. It takes longer than that. It takes more than that. The crossing takes longer than Washington thought it would. This allows companies to realize revenues quicker. This allows companies to realize revenues faster. % problems with anticipated/suggested/expected, etc. The defenses have proved more formidable than was anticipated. The defenses have proven more formidable than was expected. The defenses were designed more formidably than was suggested. The defenses were designed more formidably than was expected. The earnings were lowered more strongly than was suggested. The rates were lowered more than suggested. The bolt was tightened more than was recommended. The bolt was tightened more than recommended. % Sentence containing UTF8 chars that can lead to i/o or % word-boundary problems *Bitter gourdはにがうりだそうであってるのかはちょっと不安ですが翻訳ソフトでやくしてみました。 *Синтезируется из глюкозы в тканях и органах, например в сердце, печени, почках. % Crashes of various sorts. His convalescence was relatively brief and he was able to return and fight at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor. Hot runners usually make the mold more expensive to manufacture and run, but allow savings by reducing plastic waste and by reducing the cycle time. Dietrich A. Loeber, ‘“Socialist” Features of Soviet Copyright Law’, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, vol. 23, pp 297--313, 1984. % Overly long sentences leading to overflow I think one of the chief differences between the main Filipino language, which is Tagalog, and English, when I hear Tagalog speakers speaking English, is that they tend to place the stress on the wrong syllable of a word or they stress the wrong word in the sentence or in the question. % long sentence leading to crash. Cortes in his various letters again and again claims the Emperor's patronage of his bold defiance of the Emperor's officers on the ground that the latter in their action were moved solely by considerations of their personal gain, whereas he, Cortes, was striving to endow his sovereign with a rich new empire and boundless treasure whilst carrying into the dark pagan land, at the sword's point, the gentle creed of the Christian God. % A no-canonical-parses error Well, say, Joe, you can be Friar Tuck or Much the miller's son, and lam me with a quarter-staff; or I'll be the Sheriff of Nottingham and you be Robin Hood a little while and kill me. % When constituent tree printing is enabled, this causes % a cascade of and-list overflow errors: I have not seen the grysbok, or the suni, or the dibitag, or the lechwi, or the aoul, or the gerenuk, or the blaauwbok, or the chevrotain, or lots of others, but who in the world could guess what they were or what they looked like, judging only from the names? % Overflow + no complete linakges. In 1608 he wrote a treatise of the Errors, False Gods, and Other Superstitions of the Indians of the Provinces of Huarochiri, Mama, and Chaclla, of which unfortunately only the first six chapters are known to exist and have been translated into English. The strongest rain ever recorded in India shut down the financial hub of Mumbai, snapped communication lines, closed airports and forced thousands of people to sleep in their offices or walk home during the night, officials said today.