RGyalrong (Situ) and English
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Contents
Machine Translation between JiaMuZu rGyalrongic Situ and English
Developed Resources
GitHub Situ Transducer repository
Apertium English Transducer GitHub repository
Evaluation
Coverage
Mini-corpus (~1000 characters) coverage rose to 68.56%
$ ./coverage-lt.sh path/to/corpus jya-eng.automorf.bin
Generating hitparade (might take a bit!)
TOP UNKNOWN WORDS:
6 ^shnə/*shnə$
5 ^mak̚/*mak̚$
5 ^kə/*kə$
4 ^sɬo/*sɬo$
3 ^rək̚/*rək̚$
3 ^dxi/*dxi$
2 ^xⁱe/*xⁱe$
2 ^xiŋ/*xiŋ$
2 ^və/*və$
2 ^tsoŋ/*tsoŋ$
2 ^tshi/*tshi$
2 ^te/*te$
2 ^sɬob/*sɬob$
2 ^shod̚/*shod̚$
2 ^sdok̚/*sdok̚$
2 ^niⁱan/*niⁱan$
2 ^le/*le$
2 ^kʰa/*kʰa$
2 ^bən/*bən$
1 ^ʒak̚/*ʒak̚$
coverage: 181 / 264 (~0.68560606060606060606)
remaining unknown forms: 83
ambiguity: 760 / 264 (~2.87878787878787878788)
jya.sentences.txt Thu Mar 26 02:05:32 AM EDT 2026 181/264 ~0.68560606060606060606 \| 760/264 ~2.87878787878787878788
Sentences
| Original | Biltrans Output | Our Translation | Actual Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| mbndəd dshəʼdə mbndəd magənndɽa nagənndoʼ naŋos | ^mbnded<n>/demon<n>$ ^dsheʼ<det><dem><mod><sg>/this<det><dem><mod><sg>$ ^mbnded<n>/demon<n>$ ^magenndra<adj>/different<adj>/naughty<adj>/terrible<adj>$ ^nndoʼ<v><prt_stat><perf><vdn><npst>/exist<vaux><prt_stat><perf><vdn><npst>$ ^ŋos<v><perf><vdn><npst>/be<vaux><perf><vdn><npst>$ | this demon #exist different demon #be | This demon was a very terrible demon |
| rə mbndəddə mənaŋos nə mbndəddə wərniidə | ^mbnded<n><mod>/demon<n><mod>$ ^ŋos<v><perf><vdn><qst><npst>/be<vaux><perf><vdn><qst><npst>$ ^ne<cnjsub>/<cnjsub>$ ^mbnded<n><mod>/demon<n><mod>$ ^wujo<prn><pers><p3><sg><gen>/he<prn><pers><p3><m><sg><gen>/she<prn><pers><p3><f><sg><gen>$ ^rnii<v><prt_n><npst><mod>/name<n><npst><mod>$ | and #be the demon #<cnjsub> the demon his #name | The demon, eh, the demons name— |
| mbndəddə qabba raŋliŋ gərniigə manjuʼ | ^mbnded<n><mod>/demon<n><mod>$ ^qabba<n>/Chap-pa<n>$ ^raŋliŋ<n>/Rang-ling<n>$ ^rnii<v><prt_stat><npst><mod>/be.called<v><npst><mod>$ ^manjuʼ<cnjadv>/moreover<cnjadv>$ | the demon #Chap-pa #be.called #Rang-ling #moreover | besides the demon called Chap-pa Rang-ling |
| wanndɽiʼdə mənaŋos nə warjaʼbdə mənaŋos nə | ^wujo<prn><pers><p3><sg><gen>/he<prn><pers><p3><m><sg><gen>/she<prn><pers><p3><f><sg><gen>$ ^anndriʼ<n><mod>/friend<n><mod>$ ^ŋos<v><perf><vdn><qst><npst>/be<vaux><perf><vdn><qst><npst>$ ^ne<cnjsub>/<cnjsub>$ ^wujo<prn><pers><p3><sg><gen>/he<prn><pers><p3><m><sg><gen>/she<prn><pers><p3><f><sg><gen>$ ^arjaʼb<n><mod>/wife<n><mod>$ ^ŋos<v><perf><vdn><qst><npst>/be<vaux><perf><vdn><qst><npst>$ ^ne<cnjsub>/<cnjsub>$ | #be his friend #<cnjsub> #be his wife #<cnjsub> | there was his lover, eh, his wife, yeah, |
| mbndədmo hashaŋ magə nagərnii nagəŋos 'nəŋos | ^mbndedmo<n>/demonness<n>$ ^hashaŋ<n>/Hashang<n>$ ^mage<n>/Make<n>$ ^rnii<v><prt_stat><perf><vdn><npst>/be.called<v><perf><vdn><npst>$ ^ŋos<v><prt_stat><perf><vdn><npst>/be<vaux><prt_stat><perf><vdn><npst>$ ^ŋos<v><ev><npst>/be<vaux><ev><npst>$ | #demonness #Hashang #be.called Make #be #be | who was a demonness called Hashang Make. |
| rə nndzamlaŋ gərgidə rjarbo gərgidə mənaŋos nə | ^re<cnjcoo>/and<cnjcoo>$ ^nndzamlaŋ<n>/world<n>$ ^gergi<n><mod>/one<n><mod>$ ^rjarbo<n>/king<n>$ ^gergi<n><mod>/one<n><mod>$ ^ŋos<v><perf><vdn><qst><npst>/be<vaux><perf><vdn><qst><npst>$ ^ne<cnjsub>/<cnjsub>$ | and world the #one king #be the #one #<cnjsub> | In the whole world there was one king— |
| rə dərmudə ganndza dshəʼdshe rə rjarbo gərgidə | ^re<cnjcoo>/and<cnjcoo>$ ^rmu<n><prt_n><mod>/person<n><prt_n><mod>$ ^nndza<v><prt_dyn><npst>/eat<v><npst>$ ^dsheʼ<det><dem><sg>/this<det><dem><sg>$ ^LOC<loc>/in<pr>/on<pr>/at<pr>/from<pr>$ ^re<cnjcoo>/and<cnjcoo>$ ^rjarbo<n>/king<n>$ ^gergi<n><mod>/one<n><mod>$ | and #eat person this in and king the #one | When he ate people he grabbed a king |
| wəsbog gəgənərgow konə | ^wujo<prn><pers><p3><sg><gen>/he<prn><pers><p3><m><sg><gen>/she<prn><pers><p3><f><sg><gen>$ ^sboʼg<n><prt_n>/underside<n><prt_n>$ ^nergo<v><s_3sg><o_3><prt_stat><perf><sup><npst>/put<v><s_3sg><o_3><prt_stat><perf><sup><npst>$ ^kone<cnjsub>/so<cnjsub>$ | #put his underside #so | and put him under his rule; |
| nagəŋosyn 'nəŋos | ^ŋos<v><s_3pl><o_3><prt_stat><perf><vdn><npst>/be<vaux><s_3pl><o_3><prt_stat><perf><vdn><npst>$ ^ŋos<v><ev><npst>/be<vaux><ev><npst>$ | #be #be | so it was |
| gərjiyn 'nəŋos | ^rji<v><s_3pl><o_3><prt_stat><ifi>/went<v><s_3pl><o_3><prt_stat><ifi>$ ^ŋos<v><ev><npst>/be<vaux><ev><npst>$ | #went #be | it was |
Additions
For the final system, I expanded the MT pair in three ways:
Firstly, I added five new morphology elements.
Secondly, I added two lexical-selection rules.
Lastly, I added two transfer-rule patterns for demonstrative noun phrases.
Please find these additions in the latest commit by me in the bilingual repository
Final Evaluation
Coverage on the large corpus (obtained by concatenating the two existing corpora):
$ coverage-hfst ../initial_corpus/jya.corpus.large.txt jya.automorf.hfst
Generating hitparade (might take a bit!)
TOP UNKNOWN WORDS:
62 ^də/*də$
57 ^na/*na$
40 ^dogəcəs/*dogəcəs$
37 ^sog/*sog$
34 ^jo/*jo$
28 ^da/*da$
24 ^wu/*wu$
23 ^shi/*shi$
23 ^gacəs/*gacəs$
23 ^a/*a$
22 ^bə/*bə$
21 ^jig/*jig$
20 ^bəjəg/*bəjəg$
19 ^ma/*ma$
18 ^yə/*yə$
18 ^gəngu/*gəngu$
16 ^shə/*shə$
14 ^txi/*txi$
14 ^shnə/*shnə$
13 ^sdo/*sdo$
coverage: 1756 / 3983 (~0.44087371328144614612)
remaining unknown forms: 2227
ambiguity: 6150 / 3983 (~1.54406226462465478283)
jya.corpus Thu May 14 04:49:02 AM EDT 2026 1756/3983 ~0.44087371328144614612 \| 6150/3983 ~1.54406226462465478283
