Tongan/Disambiguation

initial evaluation of ambiguity

number of tokens: 1698

number of analyses: 3768

ambiguity: 2.219

disambiguation

In Tongan, pluralization of nouns occur with the use of plural noun markers - or plural classifiers as I have identified them. There are a number of different plural markers that are used with a variety of different items. For example,

SECTION 

# If there is a plural noun marker before a noun, remove the (n sg) and (n du) tags.
REMOVE (n sg) OR (n du) IF (-1 (cl pl)) ;

REMOVE (n pl) OR (n sg) IF (-1 (cl du)) ;

REMOVE (n pl) OR (n du) IF (not -1 (cl pl) or (cl du)) ;

evaluation of ambiguity after disambiguation

number of analyses: 1903

ambiguity: 1.121