Warlpiri/Disambiguation

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Initial evaluation of ambiguity

  • Total number of tokens in corpus: 1416
  • Total number of analyses in corpus: 1574
  • Number of all forms: 635
  • Number of unique forms: 492

Two readings of an ambiguous term

  • ^kurdungku/kurdu<n><sg><guio><erg>$ ^witangku/wita<adj><guio><erg>/wita<adj><subst><guio><erg>$ ^ka/ka<vaux><pres>$ ^maliki/maliki<n><sg><guio><abs>$ ^wajilipinyi/wajilipinyi<vb><tv><pres>$^./.<sent>$

Translation: The small child is chasing the dog.

  • ^witangku/wita<adj><guio><erg>/wita<adj><subst><guio><erg>$ ^ka/ka<vaux><pres>$ ^maliki/maliki<n><sg><guio><abs>$ ^wajilipinyi/wajilipinyi<vb><tv><pres>$^./.<sent>$

Translation: The small one is chasing the dog.

Note: These sentences are simplified (slightly modified) forms of from the following online grammar source: [1]