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contaminant

Who acts: substance, Bacteria, Microplastics, filter, Lead, Factories · What happens: make, test, be, remove, use, stop · To what, where: something, water, common contaminant, contaminant, oceans, contaminants

«contaminant» 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: contaminant in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A substance that makes something dirty, impure, harmful or poisonous, such as germs, chemicals or dirt in water, food, air or soil.

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 substance	det
2	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 substance	acl:relcl
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 makes	obj
6	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 something	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 impure	punct
8	impure	impure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dirty	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 harmful	punct
10	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dirty	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 poisonous	cc
12	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dirty	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 germs	punct
14	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	16 germs	case
15	as	as	ADP	_	14 such	fixed
16	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 something	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 chemicals	punct
18	chemicals	chemical	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 something	conj
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 dirt	cc
20	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 chemicals	conj
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 water	case
22	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 dirt	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 food	punct
24	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 dirt	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 air	punct
26	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 food	conj
27	or	or	CCONJ	_	28 soil	cc
28	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 food	conj
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 substance	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	a substance	something					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product

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

The water was tested for contaminants.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tested	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tested	aux:pass
4	tested	test	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 contaminants	case
6	contaminants	contaminant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tested	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tested	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	past · passive		the water				for contaminants	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for contaminant=Attribute

Example 2

Bacteria are a common contaminant in raw chicken.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bacteria	bacterium	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 contaminant	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 contaminant	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 contaminant	det
4	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 contaminant	amod
5	contaminant	contaminant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 chicken	case
7	raw	raw	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 chicken	amod
8	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 contaminant	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 contaminant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Bacteria	a common contaminant				in raw chicken	tree rules

Example 3

Microplastics are a contaminant in the oceans.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Microplastics	microplastic	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 contaminant	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 contaminant	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 contaminant	det
4	contaminant	contaminant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 oceans	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 oceans	det
7	oceans	ocean	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 contaminant	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 contaminant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Microplastics	a contaminant		the oceans			tree rules

Example 4

The filter removes contaminants from the water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 filter	det
2	filter	filter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removes	nsubj
3	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	contaminants	contaminant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 removes	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removes	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 removes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present	the filter	contaminants		the water			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent contaminant=Theme from water=Source

Example 5

Lead used to be a contaminant in old water pipes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	6 contaminant	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 contaminant	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 contaminant	det
6	contaminant	contaminant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 pipes	case
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pipes	amod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pipes	compound
10	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 contaminant	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	Lead						vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	to-infinitive	Lead not said here	a contaminant		old water pipes			tree rules

Example 6

Factories must stop contaminants getting into rivers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Factories	factory	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stop	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stop	aux
3	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	contaminants	contaminant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stop	obj
5	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 contaminants	acl
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 rivers	case
7	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 getting	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	must	Factories	contaminants					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality contaminant=Eventuality
2	get	gerund	contaminants not said here			rivers			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into river=Destination

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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