Biak and English/Structural transfer

Pre-evaluation

• WER: 105.56%
• PER: 102.78%
• Percentage of unknown words: 2.56 %

Examples

Reordering of Article and Noun

(bhw) ras anya → (eng) the day

Outputs:

Tagger:

^ras<n>$ ^i<prn><pers><p3><sg><spc><giv>$^.<sent>$

Lex:

^ras<n>/day<n>$ ^i<prn><pers><p3><sg><spc><giv>/the<det><def><sp><giv>$^.<sent>/.<sent>$

Transfer:

Applying rule 1 (line 47): ^ras<n>/day<n>$
Applying rule 2 (line 48): ^day<NP><ND>{^ras<n>/day<n>$}$ ^i<prn><pers><p3><sg><spc> 
<giv>/the<det><def><sp><giv>$
Applying output rule 1 (line 48): the<DP><p3><sp> -> ^day<NP><ND>{^ras<n>/day<n>$}$ ^i<prn> 
<pers><p3><sg><spc><giv>/the<det><def><sp><giv>$
No rule specified: ^the<det><def><sp>$
Applying output rule 0 (line 47): day<NP><sg> -> ^ras<n>/day<n>$
No rule specified: ^day<n><sg>$
No rule specified: ^.<sent>/.<sent>$
^the<det><def><sp>$ ^day<n><sg>$^.<sent>$

bhw-eng:

the day

Verb Tenses

(bhw) rusa ani dores → (eng) the deer stood

Outputs:

Tagger:

Lex:

Transfer:

bhw-eng:

Plurals

• (bhw) rum nane → (eng) these houses

  (bhw) rum<n> na<prn><pers><p3><pl><inan><spc>+ne<det><dem> → (eng) this<det><dem><pl> houses<n><pl>

Post-evaluation

WER: 72.22%

PER: 63.89%

Percentage of unknown words: 0.00%