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*analysis: ^Dji/dji<prn><p1><sg>$ ^houke/houker<v><pres><p1><sg>/houker<v><pres><p3><sg>$
 
*analysis: ^Dji/dji<prn><p1><sg>$ ^houke/houker<v><pres><p1><sg>/houker<v><pres><p3><sg>$
 
*<code>eng</code>: I call my friends.
 
*<code>eng</code>: I call my friends.
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*<code>wln</code>: Djezus '''houke''' sès prumîs dissipes.   
 
*<code>wln</code>: Djezus '''houke''' sès prumîs dissipes.   
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*analysis: ^Il/il<prn><p3><sg>$ ^vindrè/vindr{ER}<v><fut><p3><sg>$ ^di/di<pr>$
 
*analysis: ^Il/il<prn><p3><sg>$ ^vindrè/vindr{ER}<v><fut><p3><sg>$ ^di/di<pr>$
 
*<code>eng</code>: He will come **from** Liège.
 
*<code>eng</code>: He will come **from** Liège.
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*<code>wln</code>: On djoû '''di''' djuillet.   
 
*<code>wln</code>: On djoû '''di''' djuillet.   

Revision as of 17:15, 27 April 2025

Initial Evaluation of Ambiguity

  • Parallel sentences (wln.sentences.txt)
  • Tokens – 86
  • Analyses – 91
  • Ambiguity – **1.06**


  • Largest monolingual corpus (wln.corpus.basic.txt)
  • Tokens – 1,356
  • Analyses – 1,381
  • Ambiguity – **1.018**

Identified Ambiguity

Morphological ambiguity

  • wln: Dji houke mes amîs.
  • analysis: ^Dji/dji<prn><p1><sg>$ ^houke/houker<v><pres><p1><sg>/houker<v><pres><p3><sg>$
  • eng: I call my friends.


  • wln: Djezus houke sès prumîs dissipes.
  • analysis: ^Djezus/Djezus<np><ant><m><sg>$ ^houke/houker<v><pres><p1><sg>/houker<v><pres><p3><sg>$ …
  • eng: Jesus calls his first disciples.
  • Rule: when a 1 sg pronoun (dji) precedes the verb, select the p1 reading, when a 3 sg pronoun (i / l') precedes, or no cue, select p3.

Extra picks between s' <det><poss> and <prn> by looking at the following chunk (noun -> <det><poss>; verb -> <prn>).

Lexical ambiguity

  • wln: Il vindrè di Liège.
  • analysis: ^Il/il<prn><p3><sg>$ ^vindrè/vindr{ER}<v><fut><p3><sg>$ ^di/di<pr>$
  • eng: He will come **from** Liège.


  • wln: On djoû di djuillet.
  • analysis: ^On/on<det><ind><m><sg>$ ^djoû/djoû<n><m><sg>$ ^di/di<pr>$
  • eng: A day **of** July.
  • Rule: if verb is immediately before di, translate as **from**; otherwise default to **of**.

Final Evaluation of Ambiguity

  • Parallel sentences - analyses: 86 / tokens: 86, **1.00**
  • Largest monolingual corpus - analyses: 1,357 / tokens: 1,356, **1.001**