Limbu and English/Ambiguity Resolution
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initial evaluation of ambiguity
- lif.sentences.txt - 5.03 (really high due to ambiguous prefix/suffix addition)
identified ambiguity
- ᤏᤢ ᤗ᤺ᤴ - ^ᤏᤢ/ᤏᤢ<n><sg>/ᤏᤢ<adj><sg>$ ^ᤗ᤺ᤴ/ᤗ᤺ᤶᤔᤠ<v><nonpast>$ ("milk is coming out")
- ᤏᤢ ᤐᤢ - ^ᤏᤢ/ᤏᤢ<n><sg>/ᤏᤢ<adj><sg>$ ^ᤐᤢ/ᤐᤢ<n><sg>$ (this is a created sentence meaning "good bird" as the more common form of the word is ᤏᤢᤒᤠ)
- "ᤀᤧᤸᤗᤧ"/"ᤀᤡᤸᤗᤧ" this word cannot be genitive if not followed by a noun
- Pronouns cannot be added as suffixes to verbs although they can be added as prefixes to other words which can in turn be suffixes of the verb.
- ᤂᤧᤏᤡ ᤂᤶᤓ ᤕᤠ ᤖᤠ᤺ᤰᤛᤧ - ^ᤂᤧᤏᤡ/ᤂᤧᤏᤡ<prn><pers><p2><pl>$ ^ᤂᤶᤓ/ᤂᤶᤓ<adv>$ ^ᤕᤠ᤹/ᤕᤠ᤹<n><sg><nom> ^ᤖᤠ᤺ᤰᤛᤧ/ᤖᤠ᤺ᤰᤔᤠ<v><past><os_sg>/ᤖᤠ᤺ᤰᤔᤠ<v><past><s_3><s_sg><os_sg> (Verbs cannot be s_3 if preceded by a pronoun which is p2 or p1)
Tag Based
- ᤁᤧᤀᤡᤵᤛᤡ - ^ᤁᤧᤀᤡᤵᤛᤡ/ᤀᤡᤶᤔᤠ<v><nonpast><s_2><s_sg><os_pl>/ᤀᤡᤶᤔᤠ<v><nonpast><s_2><s_sg><os_pl><o_sg>$ - Subject and Object cannot both be singular if os_pl (Object/Subject Plural) in included as a tag.
- ᤖᤠ᤺ᤰᤛᤧ - ^ᤖᤠ᤺ᤰᤛᤧ/ᤖᤠ᤺ᤰᤔᤠ<v><nonpast><s_3><s_sg><os_sg12><o_sg> - OS_SG12 cannot be a tag if s_3 is present
- ᤖᤠ᤺ᤰᤛᤧ - ^ᤖᤠ᤺ᤰᤛᤧ/ᤖᤠ᤺ᤰᤔᤠ<v><nonpast><s_3><s_sg><s_sg1><o_3><o_sg> - s_3 cannot be a tag if s_sg1 is present
- Object cannot be plural is os_sg o_sg or os_sg12 are present
- Git Repo
final evaluation of ambiguity
- lif.sentences.txt - 1.89