correctness Who acts: Correctness, Political correctness, idea, words, people, others · What happens: be, behave, avoid, praise, mock, check · To what, where: quality, proper way, idea, words, correctness, five · Speech: someone speaks here
«correctness» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: correctness in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Correctness is the quality of being right or true, with no mistakes.
nsubj cop det case cop nmod cc conj punct case det conj punct root Correctness NOUN is AUX the DET quality NOUN of ADP being AUX right ADJ or CCONJ true ADJ , PUNCT with ADP no DET mistakes NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Correctness correctness NOUN Number=Sing 4 quality nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 quality cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 quality det 4 quality quality NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 of of ADP _ 7 right case 6 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 right cop 7 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 4 quality nmod 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 true cc 9 true true ADJ Degree=Pos 7 right conj 10 , , PUNCT _ 13 mistakes punct 11 with with ADP _ 13 mistakes case 12 no no DET PronType=Neg 13 mistakes det 13 mistakes mistake NOUN Number=Plur 4 quality conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 4 quality punct
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1 is a present Correctness the quality and no mistakes tree rules 2 is gerund right property tree rules 3 be tree rules
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 Correctness is also behaving in the proper, polite and accepted way.
nsubj aux advmod case det amod punct conj cc conj obl punct root Correctness NOUN is AUX also ADV behaving VERB in ADP the DET proper ADJ , PUNCT polite ADJ and CCONJ accepted ADJ way NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Correctness correctness NOUN Number=Sing 4 behaving nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 behaving aux 3 also also ADV _ 4 behaving advmod 4 behaving behave VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 in in ADP _ 12 way case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 way det 7 proper proper ADJ Degree=Pos 12 way amod 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 polite punct 9 polite polite ADJ Degree=Pos 7 proper conj 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 accepted cc 11 accepted accepted ADJ Degree=Pos 7 proper conj 12 way way NOUN Number=Sing 4 behaving obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 4 behaving punct
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1 behave present · progressive Correctness the proper way vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
Meaning 3 «Political correctness» is the idea of avoiding words and actions that might be unfair or hurtful to groups of people; some people praise it and others mock it.
The tree, 28 words punct amod nsubj punct cop det mark acl obj cc conj nsubj aux cop acl:relcl cc conj case obl case nmod punct det nsubj parataxis obj cc nsubj conj obj punct root « PUNCT Political ADJ correctness NOUN » PUNCT is AUX the DET idea NOUN of SCONJ avoiding VERB words NOUN and CCONJ actions NOUN that PRON might AUX be AUX unfair ADJ or CCONJ hurtful ADJ to ADP groups NOUN of ADP people NOUN ; PUNCT some DET people NOUN praise VERB it PRON and CCONJ others NOUN mock VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 3 correctness punct 2 Political political ADJ Degree=Pos 3 correctness amod 3 correctness correctness NOUN Number=Sing 7 idea nsubj 4 » » PUNCT _ 3 correctness punct 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 idea cop 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 idea det 7 idea idea NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 of of SCONJ _ 9 avoiding mark 9 avoiding avoid VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 idea acl 10 words word NOUN Number=Plur 9 avoiding obj 11 and and CCONJ _ 12 actions cc 12 actions action NOUN Number=Plur 10 words conj 13 that that PRON PronType=Rel 16 unfair nsubj 14 might might AUX VerbForm=Fin 16 unfair aux 15 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 16 unfair cop 16 unfair unfair ADJ Degree=Pos 10 words acl:relcl 17 or or CCONJ _ 18 hurtful cc 18 hurtful hurtful ADJ Degree=Pos 16 unfair conj 19 to to ADP _ 20 groups case 20 groups group NOUN Number=Plur 16 unfair obl 21 of of ADP _ 22 people case 22 people people NOUN Number=Plur 20 groups nmod 23 ; ; PUNCT _ 26 praise punct 24 some some DET PronType=Ind 25 people det 25 people people NOUN Number=Plur 26 praise nsubj 26 praise praise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 idea parataxis 27 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 26 praise obj 28 and and CCONJ _ 30 mock cc 29 others other NOUN Number=Plur 30 mock nsubj 30 mock mock VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 26 praise conj 31 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 30 mock obj 32 . . PUNCT _ 7 idea punct
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1 is a present Political correctness the idea tree rules 2 avoid gerund the idea not said here words and actions vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent word=Location 3 is might words and actions to groups of people; unfair property tree rules 4 be words and actions not said here tree rules 5 praise present some people correctness vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 6 mock present others correctness vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
Example 1 The teacher checked the correctness of each sum.
det nsubj det obj case det nmod punct root The DET teacher NOUN checked VERB the DET correctness NOUN of ADP each DET sum NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 teacher det 2 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 3 checked nsubj 3 checked check VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 correctness det 5 correctness correctness NOUN Number=Sing 3 checked obj 6 of of ADP _ 8 sum case 7 each each DET PronType=Tot 8 sum det 8 sum sum NOUN Number=Sing 5 correctness nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 checked punct
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1 check past the teacher the correctness of each sum vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent correctness=Theme
Example 2 Please check the correctness of your spelling before you hand it in.
discourse det obj case nmod:poss nmod mark nsubj advcl obj compound:prt punct root Please INTJ check VERB the DET correctness NOUN of ADP your PRON spelling NOUN before SCONJ you PRON hand VERB it PRON in ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Please please INTJ _ 2 check discourse 2 check check VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 correctness det 4 correctness correctness NOUN Number=Sing 2 check obj 5 of of ADP _ 7 spelling case 6 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 spelling nmod:poss 7 spelling spelling NOUN Number=Sing 4 correctness nmod 8 before before SCONJ _ 10 hand mark 9 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 hand nsubj 10 hand hand VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 check advcl 11 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 hand obj 12 in in ADP _ 10 hand compound:prt 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 check punct
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1 check imperative you not said here the correctness of your spelling vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent correctness=Theme 2 hand in present you correctness vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 3 spell your nom spelling «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 3 The computer tested the correctness of the program.
det nsubj det obj case det nmod punct root The DET computer NOUN tested VERB the DET correctness NOUN of ADP the DET program NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 computer det 2 computer computer NOUN Number=Sing 3 tested nsubj 3 tested test VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 correctness det 5 correctness correctness NOUN Number=Sing 3 tested obj 6 of of ADP _ 8 program case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 program det 8 program program NOUN Number=Sing 5 correctness nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 tested punct
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1 test past the computer the correctness of the program vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent correctness=Theme
Example 4 Grandad always dressed with great correctness.
nsubj advmod case amod obl punct root Grandad PROPN always ADV dressed VERB with ADP great ADJ correctness NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 3 dressed nsubj 2 always always ADV PronType=Tot 3 dressed advmod 3 dressed dress VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 with with ADP _ 6 correctness case 5 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 6 correctness amod 6 correctness correctness NOUN Number=Sing 3 dressed obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 dressed punct
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1 dress participle Grandad with great correctness; always property vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 5 We argued about the correctness of the answer to question five.
nsubj case det obl case det nmod mark advcl obj punct root We PRON argued VERB about ADP the DET correctness NOUN of ADP the DET answer NOUN to PART question VERB five NUM . PUNCT 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 argued nsubj 2 argued argue VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 about about ADP _ 5 correctness case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 correctness det 5 correctness correctness NOUN Number=Sing 2 argued obl 6 of of ADP _ 8 answer case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 answer det 8 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 5 correctness nmod 9 to to PART _ 10 question mark 10 question question VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 argued advcl 11 five five NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 10 question obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 argued punct
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1 argue speech: disagree past We about the correctness of the answer vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about correctness=Topic 2 question speech: other to-infinitive We not said here five vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent five=Recipient
Example 6 The judge doubted the correctness of the witness's story.
det nsubj det obj case det nmod:poss case nmod punct root The DET judge NOUN doubted VERB the DET correctness NOUN of ADP the DET witness NOUN 's PART story NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 judge det 2 judge judge NOUN Number=Sing 3 doubted nsubj 3 doubted doubt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 correctness det 5 correctness correctness NOUN Number=Sing 3 doubted obj 6 of of ADP _ 10 story case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 witness det 8 witness witness NOUN Number=Sing 10 story nmod:poss 9 's 's PART _ 8 witness case 10 story story NOUN Number=Sing 5 correctness nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 doubted punct
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1 doubt past the judge the correctness of the witness's story vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent correctness=Theme
Example 7 Some people say political correctness has gone too far, and others say it is just being kind.
The tree, 17 words det nsubj amod nsubj aux ccomp advmod advmod punct cc nsubj parataxis nsubj cop advmod cop ccomp punct root Some DET people NOUN say VERB political ADJ correctness NOUN has AUX gone VERB too ADV far ADV , PUNCT and CCONJ others NOUN say VERB it PRON is AUX just ADV being AUX kind ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 people det 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 say nsubj 3 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 political political ADJ Degree=Pos 5 correctness amod 5 correctness correctness NOUN Number=Sing 7 gone nsubj 6 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 gone aux 7 gone go VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 3 say ccomp 8 too too ADV _ 9 far advmod 9 far far ADV Degree=Pos 7 gone advmod 10 , , PUNCT _ 13 say punct 11 and and CCONJ _ 13 say cc 12 others other NOUN Number=Plur 13 say nsubj 13 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 say parataxis 14 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 18 kind nsubj 15 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 18 kind cop 16 just just ADV _ 18 kind advmod 17 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 18 kind cop 18 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos 13 say ccomp 19 . . PUNCT _ 3 say punct
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1 say speech: assert present some people vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 go present · perfect political correctness far property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 say speech: assert present others vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 4 is present correctness kind property tree rules
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