disk
Who acts: disk, flat round plate, sun, She, box, you · What happens: be, make, store, look, polish, shine · To what, where: flat round thing, plate, computer information, metal disk, silver disk, disk
«disk» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: disk in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A disk is a flat round thing, like a plate or a coin, often made of metal or plastic; also a flat round plate that stores computer information.
The tree, 28 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 disk | det |
| 2 | disk | disk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thing | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 thing | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 thing | det |
| 5 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 thing | amod |
| 6 | round | round | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 thing | amod |
| 7 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 plate | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 plate | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 plate | det |
| 11 | plate | plate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thing | appos |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 coin | cc |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 coin | det |
| 14 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 plate | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 made | punct |
| 16 | often | often | ADV | _ | 17 made | advmod |
| 17 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 plate | acl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 metal | case |
| 19 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 made | obl |
| 20 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 21 plastic | cc |
| 21 | plastic | plastic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 metal | conj |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 plate | punct |
| 23 | also | also | ADV | _ | 27 plate | advmod |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 plate | det |
| 25 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 plate | amod |
| 26 | round | round | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 plate | amod |
| 27 | plate | plate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thing | appos |
| 28 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 stores | nsubj |
| 29 | stores | store | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 plate | acl:relcl |
| 30 | computer | computer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 information | compound |
| 31 | information | information | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 stores | obj |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 thing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a disk | a flat round thing | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | participle | a plate or a coin not said here | of metal or plastic; often property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 3 | store | present | a flat round plate | computer information | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=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.
Example 1
The sun looked like a bright disk.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sun | det |
| 2 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 looked | nsubj |
| 3 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 disk | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 disk | det |
| 6 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 disk | amod |
| 7 | disk | disk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 looked | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 looked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | the sun | like a bright disk | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Example 2
She polished the metal disk until it shone.
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 | 2 polished | nsubj |
| 2 | polished | polish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 disk | det |
| 4 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 disk | compound |
| 5 | disk | disk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 polished | obj |
| 6 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 8 shone | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 shone | nsubj |
| 8 | shone | shine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 polished | advcl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 polished | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | polish | past | She | the metal disk | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent disk=Destination | ||||
| 2 | shine | past | disk | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
The box held a silver disk.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 box | det |
| 2 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 held | nsubj |
| 3 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 disk | det |
| 5 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 disk | amod |
| 6 | disk | disk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 held | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 held | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | past | the box | a silver disk | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disk=Theme |
Example 4
Put the disk in the computer.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 disk | det |
| 3 | disk | disk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 computer | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 computer | det |
| 6 | computer | computer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | the disk | the computer | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent disk=Theme in computer=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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