earliest Who acts: one, earliest time, earliest train, earliest memory, earliest people, We · What happens: be, come, not mean, leave, make, wake up · To what, where: Earliest superlative, others, soonest possible one, earliest, six, tools
«earliest» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: earliest in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Earliest is the superlative of «early»: the first one in time, or the one that comes before all the others.
The tree, 20 words amod cop det case punct nmod punct punct det amod conj case nmod punct cc det appos nsubj acl:relcl case det:predet det obl punct root Earliest ADJ is AUX the DET superlative NOUN of ADP « PUNCT early ADJ » PUNCT : PUNCT the DET first ADJ one NOUN in ADP time NOUN , PUNCT or CCONJ the DET one NOUN that PRON comes VERB before ADP all DET the DET others NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Earliest early ADJ Degree=Sup 4 superlative amod 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 superlative cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 superlative det 4 superlative superlative NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 of of ADP _ 7 early case 6 « « PUNCT _ 7 early punct 7 early early ADJ Degree=Pos 4 superlative nmod 8 » » PUNCT _ 4 superlative punct 9 : : PUNCT _ 12 one punct 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 one det 11 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 12 one amod 12 one one NOUN Number=Sing 4 superlative conj 13 in in ADP _ 14 time case 14 time time NOUN Number=Sing 12 one nmod 15 , , PUNCT _ 18 one punct 16 or or CCONJ _ 18 one cc 17 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 one det 18 one one NOUN Number=Sing 12 one appos 19 that that PRON PronType=Rel 20 comes nsubj 20 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 18 one acl:relcl 21 before before ADP _ 24 others case 22 all all DET PronType=Tot 24 others det:predet 23 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 24 others det 24 others other NOUN Number=Plur 20 comes obl 25 . . PUNCT _ 4 superlative punct
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1 is a present the Earliest superlative and the first one in time of early tree rules 2 come present the one all others vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before other=Location
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 earliest time or moment is the soonest possible one.
det amod nsubj cc conj cop det amod amod punct root The DET earliest ADJ time NOUN or CCONJ moment NOUN is AUX the DET soonest ADJ possible ADJ one NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 time det 2 earliest early ADJ Degree=Sup 3 time amod 3 time time NOUN Number=Sing 10 one nsubj 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 moment cc 5 moment moment NOUN Number=Sing 3 time conj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 one cop 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 one det 8 soonest soon ADJ Degree=Sup 10 one amod 9 possible possible ADJ Degree=Pos 10 one amod 10 one one NOUN Number=Sing root root 11 . . PUNCT _ 10 one punct
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1 is a present the earliest time or moment the soonest possible one tree rules
Meaning 3 At the earliest means not before this time, and possibly later.
case det obl advmod case det obl punct cc advmod advmod punct root At ADP the DET earliest ADJ means VERB not PART before ADP this DET time NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ possibly ADV later ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 At at ADP _ 3 earliest case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 earliest det 3 earliest early ADJ Degree=Sup 4 means obl 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 not not PART Polarity=Neg 4 means advmod 6 before before ADP _ 8 time case 7 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 8 time det 8 time time NOUN Number=Sing 4 means obl 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 later punct 10 and and CCONJ _ 12 later cc 11 possibly possibly ADV _ 12 later advmod 12 later late ADV Degree=Cmp 4 means advmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 4 means punct
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1 not mean present the earliest time late property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Example 1 The earliest train leaves at six in the morning.
det amod nsubj case obl case det obl punct root The DET earliest ADJ train NOUN leaves VERB at ADP six NUM in ADP the DET morning NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 train det 2 earliest early ADJ Degree=Sup 3 train amod 3 train train NOUN Number=Sing 4 leaves nsubj 4 leaves leave VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 at at ADP _ 6 six case 6 six six NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 leaves obl 7 in in ADP _ 9 morning case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 morning det 9 morning morning NOUN Number=Sing 4 leaves obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 leaves punct
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1 leave present the earliest train six morning vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at six=Location
Example 2 My earliest memory is of a red balloon.
nmod:poss amod nsubj cop case det amod punct root My PRON earliest ADJ memory NOUN is AUX of ADP a DET red ADJ balloon NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 memory nmod:poss 2 earliest early ADJ Degree=Sup 3 memory amod 3 memory memory NOUN Number=Sing 8 balloon nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 balloon cop 5 of of ADP _ 8 balloon case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 balloon det 7 red red ADJ Degree=Pos 8 balloon amod 8 balloon balloon NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 balloon punct
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1 is present My earliest memory of a red balloon tree rules
Example 3 The earliest people made tools from stone.
det amod nsubj obj case obl punct root The DET earliest ADJ people NOUN made VERB tools NOUN from ADP stone NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 people det 2 earliest early ADJ Degree=Sup 3 people amod 3 people people NOUN Number=Plur 4 made nsubj 4 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 tools tool NOUN Number=Plur 4 made obj 6 from from ADP _ 7 stone case 7 stone stone NOUN Number=Sing 4 made obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 made punct
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1 make past the earliest people tools stone vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent tool=Product from stone=Material
Example 4 Who woke up earliest today?
nsubj compound:prt fixed obl:unmarked punct root Who PRON woke VERB up ADP earliest ADJ today NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 2 woke nsubj 2 woke wake VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 up up ADP _ 2 woke compound:prt 4 earliest early ADJ Degree=Sup 3 up fixed 5 today today NOUN Number=Sing 2 woke obl:unmarked 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 woke punct
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1 wake up past today vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 5 We can finish the project by Friday at the earliest.
nsubj aux det obj case obl case det obl punct root We PRON can AUX finish VERB the DET project NOUN by ADP Friday PROPN at ADP the DET earliest ADJ . 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 3 finish nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 finish aux 3 finish finish VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 project det 5 project project NOUN Number=Sing 3 finish obj 6 by by ADP _ 7 Friday case 7 Friday Friday PROPN Number=Sing 3 finish obl 8 at at ADP _ 10 earliest case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 earliest det 10 earliest early ADJ Degree=Sup 3 finish obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 finish punct
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1 finish can We the project the earliest friday vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector project=Eventuality
Example 6 Cave paintings are some of the earliest art we know.
compound nsubj cop case det amod nmod nsubj acl:relcl punct root Cave NOUN paintings NOUN are AUX some DET of ADP the DET earliest ADJ art NOUN we PRON know VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cave cave NOUN Number=Sing 2 paintings compound 2 paintings painting NOUN Number=Plur 4 some nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 some cop 4 some some DET PronType=Ind root root 5 of of ADP _ 8 art case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 art det 7 earliest early ADJ Degree=Sup 8 art amod 8 art art NOUN Number=Sing 4 some nmod 9 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 10 know nsubj 10 know know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 art acl:relcl 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 some punct
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1 know present we the earliest art not said here vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer art=Stimulus
Example 7 Which runner finished earliest? She had the shortest time.
Sentence 1: Which runner finished earliest?
det nsubj obj punct root Which DET runner NOUN finished VERB earliest ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which DET PronType=Int 2 runner det 2 runner runner NOUN Number=Sing 3 finished nsubj 3 finished finish VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 earliest early ADJ Degree=Sup 3 finished obj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 finished punct
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1 finish past which runner earliest vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality early=Eventuality
Sentence 2: She had the shortest time.
nsubj det amod obj punct root She PRON had VERB the DET shortest ADJ time 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 2 had nsubj 2 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 time det 4 shortest short ADJ Degree=Sup 5 time amod 5 time time NOUN Number=Sing 2 had obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 had punct
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1 have past runner time vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 8 The present volume attempts to begin the pleasant captivity from the earliest years.
det amod compound mark acl det amod obj case det amod obl punct root The DET present ADJ volume NOUN attempts NOUN to PART begin VERB the DET pleasant ADJ captivity NOUN from ADP the DET earliest ADJ years NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 attempts det 2 present present ADJ Degree=Pos 4 attempts amod 3 volume volume NOUN Number=Sing 4 attempts compound 4 attempts attempt NOUN Number=Plur root root 5 to to PART _ 6 begin mark 6 begin begin VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 attempts acl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 captivity det 8 pleasant pleasant ADJ Degree=Pos 9 captivity amod 9 captivity captivity NOUN Number=Sing 6 begin obj 10 from from ADP _ 13 years case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 years det 12 earliest early ADJ Degree=Sup 13 years amod 13 years year NOUN Number=Plur 6 begin obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 4 attempts punct
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1 begin to-infinitive the pleasant captivity year vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent captivity=Eventuality
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