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contamination

Who acts: something, process, Unwanted material, Cross-contamination, raw meat, Food labels · What happens: make, contaminate, spoil, find, happen, touch · To what, where: state, something, sample, cooked food, gloves, contamination

«contamination» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: contamination in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The state of being made dirty, impure or harmful by something unwanted (water contamination).

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 state	det
2	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 made	mark
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 state	acl
6	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 made	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 impure	punct
8	impure	impure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dirty	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 harmful	cc
10	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dirty	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 something	case
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 made	obl:agent
13	unwanted	unwanted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 something	amod
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	16 contamination	punct
15	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 contamination	compound
16	contamination	contamination	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 something	appos
17	)	)	PUNCT	_	16 contamination	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund · passive	something	the state not said here				dirty property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material

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

The act or process of contaminating something.

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	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 process	cc
4	process	process	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 act	conj
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 contaminating	mark
6	contaminating	contaminate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 process	acl
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 contaminating	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 act	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contaminate	gerund	process not said here	something					vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme something=Destination

Meaning 3

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

Unwanted material spoiling a sample or experiment.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unwanted	unwanted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 material	amod
2	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	spoiling	spoil	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 material	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sample	det
5	sample	sample	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoiling	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 experiment	cc
7	experiment	experiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sample	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 material	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spoil	gerund	Unwanted material not said here	a sample or experiment					tree rules

Example 1

The water company found contamination in the reservoir.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 company	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 company	compound
3	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 contamination	nsubj
4	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 contamination	amod
5	contamination	contamination	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 reservoir	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reservoir	det
8	reservoir	reservoir	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 contamination	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 contamination	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	participle							vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Cross-contamination happens when raw meat touches cooked food.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cross-contamination	cross-contamination	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 happens	nsubj
2	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 touches	advmod
4	raw	raw	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 meat	amod
5	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 touches	nsubj
6	touches	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 happens	advcl
7	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 food	amod
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 touches	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	Cross-contamination						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	touch	present	raw meat	cooked food					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme food=Co-Theme
3	cook	participle							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 3

Food labels warn about contamination with nuts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 labels	compound
2	labels	label	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 warn	nsubj
3	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 contamination	case
5	contamination	contamination	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warn	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 nuts	case
7	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 warn	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 warn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present	Food labels					about contamination; with nuts	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about contamination=Topic

Example 4

Scientists wear gloves to avoid contamination.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wear	nsubj
2	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	gloves	glove	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wear	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 avoid	mark
5	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wear	advcl
6	contamination	contamination	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 avoid	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	Scientists	gloves					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent glove=Theme
2	avoid	to-infinitive	Scientists not said here	contamination					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent contamination=Location

Example 5

Radioactive contamination stayed near Chernobyl for many years.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Radioactive	radioactive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 contamination	amod
2	contamination	contamination	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stayed	nsubj
3	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	near	near	ADP	_	5 Chernobyl	case
5	Chernobyl	Chernobyl	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 stayed	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 years	case
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 years	amod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stayed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	Radioactive contamination			Chernobyl	year		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near chernobyl=Location

Example 6

The beach was closed because of sewage contamination.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 beach	det
2	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 closed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 closed	aux:pass
4	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	8 contamination	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 because	fixed
7	sewage	sewage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 contamination	compound
8	contamination	contamination	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 closed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 closed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	past · passive		the beach				because sewage contamination	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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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