contestant Who acts: person, ten contestants, contestant, youngest contestant, judges, She · What happens: take, try, win, be, answer, have · To what, where: part, competition, question, car, eight, contestant
«contestant» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: contestant in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A person who takes part in a competition, quiz or game show and tries to win.
The tree, 16 words det nsubj acl:relcl obj case det obl punct conj cc compound conj cc conj mark xcomp punct root A DET person NOUN who PRON takes VERB part NOUN in ADP a DET competition NOUN , PUNCT quiz NOUN or CCONJ game NOUN show NOUN and CCONJ tries VERB to PART win VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 person det 2 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 who who PRON PronType=Rel 4 takes nsubj 4 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 person acl:relcl 5 part part NOUN Number=Sing 4 takes obj 6 in in ADP _ 8 competition case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 competition det 8 competition competition NOUN Number=Sing 4 takes obl 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 quiz punct 10 quiz quiz NOUN Number=Sing 8 competition conj 11 or or CCONJ _ 13 show cc 12 game game NOUN Number=Sing 13 show compound 13 show show NOUN Number=Sing 8 competition conj 14 and and CCONJ _ 15 tries cc 15 tries try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 takes conj 16 to to PART _ 17 win mark 17 win win VERB VerbForm=Inf 15 tries xcomp 18 . . PUNCT _ 2 person punct
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1 take present a person part a competition and quiz or game show vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent part=Value in competition=Location 2 try present a person not said here vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 3 win not said to happen to-infinitive a person not said here vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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 There were ten contestants in the spelling bee.
expl nummod nsubj case det compound nmod punct root There PRON were VERB ten NUM contestants NOUN in ADP the DET spelling NOUN bee NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 were expl 2 were be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 ten ten NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 contestants nummod 4 contestants contestant NOUN Number=Plur 2 were nsubj 5 in in ADP _ 8 bee case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 bee det 7 spelling spelling NOUN Number=Sing 8 bee compound 8 bee bee NOUN Number=Sing 4 contestants nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 were punct
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1 be past ten contestants in the spelling bee there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 2 The contestant answered every question right and won a car.
det nsubj det obj advmod cc conj det obj punct root The DET contestant NOUN answered VERB every DET question NOUN right ADV and CCONJ won VERB a DET car NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 contestant det 2 contestant contestant NOUN Number=Sing 3 answered nsubj 3 answered answer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 every every DET PronType=Tot 5 question det 5 question question NOUN Number=Sing 3 answered obj 6 right right ADV _ 3 answered advmod 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 won cc 8 won win VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 answered conj 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 car det 10 car car NOUN Number=Sing 8 won obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 answered punct
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1 answer speech: assert past the contestant every question right property vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality 2 win past the contestant not said here a car vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Eventuality
Example 3 Each contestant had two minutes to sing.
det nsubj nummod obj mark acl punct root Each DET contestant NOUN had VERB two NUM minutes NOUN to PART sing VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Each each DET PronType=Tot 2 contestant det 2 contestant contestant NOUN Number=Sing 3 had nsubj 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 minutes nummod 5 minutes minute NOUN Number=Plur 3 had obj 6 to to PART _ 7 sing mark 7 sing sing VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 minutes acl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 had punct
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1 have past each contestant minute vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 sing speech: express to-infinitive each contestant not said here vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 4 The youngest contestant was only eight.
det amod nsubj cop advmod punct root The DET youngest ADJ contestant NOUN was AUX only ADV eight NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 contestant det 2 youngest young ADJ Degree=Sup 3 contestant amod 3 contestant contestant NOUN Number=Sing 6 eight nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 eight cop 5 only only ADV _ 6 eight advmod 6 eight eight NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 eight punct
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1 is a past the youngest contestant eight tree rules
Example 5 The judges cheered for all the contestants.
det nsubj case det:predet det obl punct root The DET judges NOUN cheered VERB for ADP all DET the DET contestants NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 judges det 2 judges judge NOUN Number=Plur 3 cheered nsubj 3 cheered cheer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 for for ADP _ 7 contestants case 5 all all DET PronType=Tot 7 contestants det:predet 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 contestants det 7 contestants contestant NOUN Number=Plur 3 cheered obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 cheered punct
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1 cheer past the judges for all contestants vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
Example 6 She was a contestant on a cooking show for kids.
nsubj cop det case det compound nmod case nmod punct root She PRON was AUX a DET contestant NOUN on ADP a DET cooking NOUN show NOUN for ADP kids 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 4 contestant nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 contestant cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 contestant det 4 contestant contestant NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 on on ADP _ 8 show case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 show det 7 cooking cooking NOUN Number=Sing 8 show compound 8 show show NOUN Number=Sing 4 contestant nmod 9 for for ADP _ 10 kids case 10 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 8 show nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 contestant punct
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1 is a past She a contestant a cooking show for kids tree rules
Example 7 Proudly she presented her baby among the other contestants.
advmod nsubj nmod:poss obj case det amod obl punct root Proudly ADV she PRON presented VERB her PRON baby NOUN among ADP the DET other ADJ contestants NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Proudly proudly ADV _ 3 presented advmod 2 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 presented nsubj 3 presented present VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 baby nmod:poss 5 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 3 presented obj 6 among among ADP _ 9 contestants case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 contestants det 8 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 9 contestants amod 9 contestants contestant NOUN Number=Plur 3 presented obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 presented punct
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1 present past she her baby among the other contestants; proudly property vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme
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