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Initial evaluation of ambiguity

Using the script shown in the Calculating ambiguity section of the Morphological Disambiguator wiki page, the initial level of ambiguity in our corpus is about 1.025.

Ambiguous terms

word with ambiguous analyses:

• jaꞌa (jèꞌè in corpus)
  • <prn>
  • <dem>
• juuꞌ
  • <dem>
    • intensifier numeral/quantifier ... noun | determiner noun _ predicate
    • can be translated as "that", as in "...those dogs that are house dogs..."
    • can co-occur with juu' as a relativizer, but juu'<rlt> doesn't require juu'<dem>
      • juu'<dem> noun.phrase juu'<rlt> relative.clause
      • ex. (238) in Guzman (p 114 | 148/312)
      • can take form juu'ts >> juu'=ts, where =ts is an assertive enclitic; or juu've'e >> juu'=ve'e, where =ve'e is a focus enclitic.
        • I think juu'ts is spelled jats in the coffee story
    • adds a description to a noun as in Guzman ex. (112.b) (p 69 | 103/312)
  • <rlt>
    • ... noun _ relative.clause(V)
    • ex. (185) in Guzman (p 99 | 133/312)

A pronoun stands in for a noun. E.G. they, she, it

A demonstrative pronoun points to a thing or object. E.G. In "These bags are quite heavy", these is a demonstrative pronoun.

A relative pronoun refers to a previously mentioned noun. E.G. In "The car which I love is expensive", which is a relative pronoun.,