aptitude Who acts: She, He, great aptitude, aptitude test, you, children · What happens: do, learn, have, show, draw, check · To what, where: something, talent, aptitude, great aptitude, him, chess
«aptitude» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: aptitude in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A natural ability or talent to do something well or to learn it quickly.
The tree, 14 words det amod cc conj mark acl obj advmod cc mark conj obj advmod punct root A DET natural ADJ ability NOUN or CCONJ talent NOUN to PART do VERB something PRON well ADV or CCONJ to PART learn VERB it PRON quickly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 ability det 2 natural natural ADJ Degree=Pos 3 ability amod 3 ability ability NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 talent cc 5 talent talent NOUN Number=Sing 3 ability conj 6 to to PART _ 7 do mark 7 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 ability acl 8 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 7 do obj 9 well well ADV Degree=Pos 7 do advmod 10 or or CCONJ _ 12 learn cc 11 to to PART _ 12 learn mark 12 learn learn VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 do conj 13 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 learn obj 14 quickly quickly ADV _ 12 learn advmod 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 ability punct
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1 do to-infinitive something well property vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality 2 learn to-infinitive talent quickly property vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Example 1 She has an aptitude for languages.
nsubj det obj case nmod punct root She PRON has VERB an DET aptitude NOUN for ADP languages NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 has nsubj 2 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 aptitude det 4 aptitude aptitude NOUN Number=Sing 2 has obj 5 for for ADP _ 6 languages case 6 languages language NOUN Number=Plur 4 aptitude nmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 has punct
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1 have present She a aptitude for languages vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aptitude=Patient
Example 2 He showed great aptitude for drawing.
nsubj amod obj mark acl punct root He PRON showed VERB great ADJ aptitude NOUN for SCONJ drawing VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 showed nsubj 2 showed show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 4 aptitude amod 4 aptitude aptitude NOUN Number=Sing 2 showed obj 5 for for SCONJ _ 6 drawing mark 6 drawing draw VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 aptitude acl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 showed punct
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1 show past He great aptitude vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent aptitude=Recipient 2 draw gerund great aptitude not said here vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 The aptitude test checks how quickly you learn.
det compound nsubj advmod advmod nsubj ccomp punct root The DET aptitude NOUN test NOUN checks VERB how ADV quickly ADV you PRON learn VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 test det 2 aptitude aptitude NOUN Number=Sing 3 test compound 3 test test NOUN Number=Sing 4 checks nsubj 4 checks check VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 how how ADV PronType=Int 6 quickly advmod 6 quickly quickly ADV _ 4 checks advmod 7 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 8 learn nsubj 8 learn learn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 checks ccomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 checks punct
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1 check present the aptitude test quickly property tree rules 2 learn present you vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 4 Some children have an aptitude for music from a young age.
det nsubj det obj case nmod case det amod nmod punct root Some DET children NOUN have VERB an DET aptitude NOUN for ADP music NOUN from ADP a DET young ADJ age NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 children det 2 children child NOUN Number=Plur 3 have nsubj 3 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 aptitude det 5 aptitude aptitude NOUN Number=Sing 3 have obj 6 for for ADP _ 7 music case 7 music music NOUN Number=Sing 5 aptitude nmod 8 from from ADP _ 11 age case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 age det 10 young young ADJ Degree=Pos 11 age amod 11 age age NOUN Number=Sing 7 music nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 have punct
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1 have present some children a aptitude for music from a young age vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aptitude=Patient
Example 5 His aptitude for numbers made him good at chess.
nmod:poss nsubj case nmod obj xcomp case obl punct root His PRON aptitude NOUN for ADP numbers NOUN made VERB him PRON good ADJ at ADP chess NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 aptitude nmod:poss 2 aptitude aptitude NOUN Number=Sing 5 made nsubj 3 for for ADP _ 4 numbers case 4 numbers number NOUN Number=Plur 2 aptitude nmod 5 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 made obj 7 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 5 made xcomp 8 at at ADP _ 9 chess case 9 chess chess NOUN Number=Sing 5 made obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 made punct
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1 make past His aptitude for numbers him = he chess good property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product
Example 6 You don't need an aptitude for sport to enjoy it.
nsubj aux advmod det obj case nmod mark acl obj punct root You PRON do AUX n't PART need VERB an DET aptitude NOUN for ADP sport NOUN to PART enjoy VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 need nsubj 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 need aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 need advmod 4 need need VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 aptitude det 6 aptitude aptitude NOUN Number=Sing 4 need obj 7 for for ADP _ 8 sport case 8 sport sport NOUN Number=Sing 6 aptitude nmod 9 to to PART _ 10 enjoy mark 10 enjoy enjoy VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 aptitude acl 11 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 enjoy obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 need punct
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1 not need present · do-support You a aptitude for sport vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot aptitude=Theme 2 enjoy to-infinitive You not said here aptitude vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
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