bisection

Who acts: act, method, bisection, We, you · What happens: divide, find, halve, give, bisect, learn · To what, where: something, two equal parts, answer, range, two angles, angle

«bisection» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: bisection in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: maths — kept apart, not parsed.

The act of dividing something into two equal parts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 act	det
2	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 dividing	mark
4	dividing	divide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 act	acl
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 dividing	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 parts	case
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 parts	nummod
8	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 parts	amod
9	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dividing	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 act	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	divide	gerund	the act not said here	something		two equal parts			vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme

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.

Meaning 2

Usage: maths, computing — kept apart, not parsed.

A method of finding an answer by halving a range again and again, as in the bisection method or a binary search.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 method	det
2	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 finding	mark
4	finding	find	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 method	acl
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 answer	det
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 finding	obj
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 halving	mark
8	halving	halve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 finding	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 range	det
10	range	range	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 halving	obj
11	again	again	ADV	_	8 halving	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 again	cc
13	again	again	ADV	_	11 again	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 method	punct
15	as	as	ADP	_	19 method	case
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 method	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 method	det
18	bisection	bisection	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 method	compound
19	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 finding	obl
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	23 search	cc
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 search	det
22	binary	binary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 search	amod
23	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 method	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 method	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	gerund	a method not said here	a answer				as the bisection method or a binary search	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent answer=Theme as method=Attribute
2	halve	gerund	a method not said here	a range			again		vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent range=Patient

Example 1

The bisection of the angle gave two angles of 35 degrees.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bisection	det
2	bisection	bisection	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 angle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 angle	det
5	angle	angle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bisection	nmod
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 angles	nummod
8	angles	angle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gave	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 degrees	case
10	35	35	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 degrees	nummod
11	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 angles	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the bisection of the angle	two angles of 35 degrees					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent angle=Theme
2	bisect			the angle					nom bisection «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

We learnt the bisection of a line with a compass.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 learnt	nsubj
2	learnt	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bisection	det
4	bisection	bisection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 learnt	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 line	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 line	det
7	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bisection	nmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 compass	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 compass	det
10	compass	compass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 line	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 learnt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	We	the bisection of a line with a compass					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bisection=Topic
2	bisect			a line with a compass					nom bisection «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 3

Bisection finds the number in just a few guesses.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bisection	bisection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 finds	nsubj
2	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 number	det
4	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 finds	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 guesses	case
6	just	just	ADV	_	9 guesses	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 guesses	det
8	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 guesses	amod
9	guesses	guess	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 finds	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 finds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present	Bisection	the number		a few guesses			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic

Example 4

Guess 50, then 25, then 37: that is bisection.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Guess	guess	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 Guess	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 25	punct
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 25	advmod
5	25	25	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 Guess	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 37	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 37	advmod
8	37	37	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 25	conj
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 bisection	punct
10	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 bisection	det
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 bisection	cop
12	bisection	bisection	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Guess	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Guess	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guess	imperative	you not said here	50				25 obl	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 50=Theme
2	is a	present		that bisection					tree rules

Example 5

The bisection of the circle makes two semicircles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bisection	det
2	bisection	bisection	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 makes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 circle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 circle	det
5	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bisection	nmod
6	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 semicircles	nummod
8	semicircles	semicircle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 makes	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the bisection of the circle	two semicircles					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset semicircle=Product
2	bisect			the circle					nom bisection «act transitive»: of=patient

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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