Urum/Disambiguation
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Overview
Developed below is a set of tests run on the following Urum Apertium Translation (Source Code) repository. The following are two sets of language ambiguity that exist in the language Urum, pertaining to selection environment for particular words and parts-of-speech.
Initial Ambiguity Evaluation
Ambiguity before AND after disambiguation: ~1.06040963702921553410
Example of Two Possible Readings of an Ambiguous Term 'O'
SENTENCE 1:
English Gloss: "If I go, and he starts, don't fall behind."
^мен<prn><nom>$ ^барсам<v><iv><cond><p1><sg>$ ^,<cm>$ ^о<prn><p3><sg><nom>/о<intj>$ ^да<part>$ ^башласа<iv><cond><p3><sg>$ ^артымызға<?> p.56$ ^хувма<v><tv><pres><neg><p2><sg>$
SENTENCE 2:
English Gloss: "That old man knows."
^О/о<prn><dem>$ ^харт/харт<adj>$ ^адам/адам<n><nom>$^,/,<cm>$ ^билий/биль<v><tv><pres><p3><pl>/биль<v><tv><pres><p3><sg>$^./.<sent>$
NOTE:
According to some sources, 'o' can also be realized as the verb "to be," or "to be able to."
Ambiguity Evaluation
Total Number of rlx Rules TOTAL: 5 Rules Ambiguity before disambiguation: ~1.06040963702921553410 Ambiguity after disambiguation: ~1.05885742646152616274
