Fijian and English/Lexical selection - Revision history

Hwang11: /* fij → eng */

2018-04-10T16:28:16Z

‎fij → eng

2018-04-10T15:06:26Z

‎fij → eng

2018-04-10T14:51:35Z

‎fij → eng

2018-04-10T14:40:58Z

‎fij → eng

2018-04-10T14:29:35Z

‎eng → fij

2018-04-10T14:17:31Z

‎fij → eng

2018-04-10T13:50:24Z

‎fij → eng

2018-04-10T13:41:59Z

‎eng → fij

2018-04-10T13:05:19Z

‎eng → fij

2018-04-10T13:00:05Z

‎eng → fij

@@ Line 80: / Line 80: @@
    <rule>
      <match lemma="sere" tags="vblex.*">
-       <select lemma="sing" tags="vblex.*"/>
+       <select lemma="sing" tags="vblex"/>
      </match>
      <match tags="art"/>
@@ Line 98: / Line 98: @@
    <rule>
      <match lemma="sere" tags="vblex.*">
-       <select lemma="untie" tags="vblex.*"/>
+       <select lemma="untie" tags="vblex"/>
      </match>
      <match tags="art"/>
@@ Line 107: / Line 107: @@
 <pre>
 $ echo "E sere a dali." | apertium -d . fij-eng
-#Prpers #sing the rope.
+#Prpers #untie the rope.
 </pre>

@@ Line 104: / Line 104: @@
    </rule>
 </pre>
-:-Test: (Problem: this rule failed to select ''untie'' as the translation)
+:-Test: (*Problem: this rule failed to select ''untie'' as the translation.)
 <pre>
 $ echo "E sere a dali." | apertium -d . fij-eng

@@ Line 45: / Line 45: @@
 ==fij → eng==
-*Case 1.1:
+*Case 1:
 {{transferTest|fij|eng|vula|moon}}
@@ Line 72: / Line 54: @@
 :*e tolu a vula (three months)
 :*a vula levu (the big moon)
-:-Rule 1: Select ''month'' as the translation of ''vula'' when it is preceded (not immediately) by a number.
+:-Rule 1: Select ''month'' as the translation of ''vula'' when it is preceded (not immediately) by a number:
 :-Test after implementing the rule:
 <pre>
@@ Line 85: / Line 67: @@
 </pre>
-*Case 3:
+*Case 2:
 {{transferTest|fij|eng|sere|untie}} (O verb)
@@ Line 94: / Line 76: @@
 :*E sere a gone. (The child sings.)
 :*E sere a dali. (The rope is untied.)
-:-Rule 1: Select ''sing'' as the translation of ''sere'' when the subject is animate, such as ''a gone'' ('the child') or ''a cauravou'' ('the youth')
+:-Rule 1: Select ''sing'' as the translation of ''sere'' when the subject is animate, e.g. when the Subject NP following it contains ''gone'' ('child') or ''cauravou'' ('youth') as the head noun:
 :-Test:
 <pre>
@@ Line 100: / Line 94: @@
 #Prpers #sing the child.
 </pre>
 *Case 4:

@@ Line 92: / Line 92: @@
 :-Example sentences:
-:*E sere. (He sings.)
+:*E sere a gone. (The child sings.)
 :*E sere a dali. (The rope is untied.)
-:-Rule
+:-Rule 1: Select ''sing'' as the translation of ''sere'' when the subject is animate, such as ''a gone'' ('the child') or ''a cauravou'' ('the youth')
 *Case 4:

@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 :-Example Sentences:
-:*He bends the metal.
+:*The youth bends the metal.
 :*The child bends at her waist.
 :-Rule 1: Select ''pelu'' as the translation of ''bend'' when it is followed by a kind of metal.
 :-Test after implementing the rule:
 <pre>
-$ echo "He bends the metal." | apertium -d . eng-fij
+$ echo "The youth bends the metal." | apertium -d . eng-fij
-E #pelu a kaukamea.
+A cauravou #pelu a kaukamea.
 </pre>
 :-Rule 2: Select ''lo’i'' as the translation of ''bend'' when it is followed by a noun related to a joint.

@@ Line 86: / Line 86: @@
 *Case 3:
 {{transferTest|fij|eng|basu|tear up}} (e.g. old clothes)
@@ Line 91: / Line 102: @@
 {{transferTest|fij|eng|basu|tear down}} (e.g. old buildings)
-*Case 4:Fijian does not distinguish genders on pronouns.
+*Case 5:Fijian does not distinguish genders on pronouns.
 {{transferTest|fij|eng|koya|him}}
@@ Line 99: / Line 110: @@
 {{transferTest|fij|eng|koya|it}}
-*Case 5: (a disambiguation problem?)
+*Case 6: (a disambiguation problem?)
 The word ''levu'' can be used either as an adjective meaning "big", or a number meaning "many, much", but both numbers and adjectives can be a predicate head (like a verb).

@@ Line 69: / Line 69: @@
 {{transferTest|fij|eng|vula|month}}
 :-Example Phrases:
 :*e tolu a vula (three months)
 :*a vula levu (the big moon)
-:-Tests after implementing the rule:
+:-Rule 1: Select ''month'' as the translation of ''vula'' when it is preceded (not immediately) by a number.
 <pre>
 $ echo "e tolu a vula" | apertium -d . fij-eng
 #prpers #three the month
 </pre>

@@ Line 25: / Line 25: @@
 :*The moon shines.
 :*The torch shines.
-:-Rule: Select ''cila'' as the translation of ''shine'' when it is preceded by ''sun'', ''moon'', or ''stars''.
+:-Rule 1: Select ''cila'' as the translation of ''shine'' when it is preceded by ''sun'', ''moon'', ''stars'' or any natural light sources.
 :-Test after implementing the rule:
 <pre>
 $ echo "The sun shines." | apertium -d . eng-fij
 A siga #cila.
 </pre>