Navajo and English/Structural transfer
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Contents
Pre-evaluation
- WER: 100.00%
- PER: 100.00%
- Coverage: 28/28
Post-evaluation
Examples
Determiner Position
- In Navajo, determiners, when thy appear, come after the noun
- (nav) Atooʼ łaʼ naa deeshkááł. → (eng) I will give you some stew.
- (nav) Atooʼ<n> łaʼ<det> naa<post> deeshkááł<v><tv><fut><p1><sg> → (eng) Stew<n> some<det> around<pp> give<v><tv><fut><p1><sg>
Tagger
Biltrans
Transfer
Lex
^Some<DP>{ ^Stew<NP><ND>{ ^Atooʼ<n>/Stew<n>$ }$ ^łaʼ<det>/some<det>$ }$ ^around<NP><ND>{ ^naa<n>/around<pp>$ }$ ^deeshkááł<v>/give<vblex>$ ^.<sent>/.<sent>$