efficient

Who acts: work, LED bulbs, new school secretary, efficient car, We, Recycling · What happens: work, waste, tidy up, organise, get, do · To what, where: work, most, energy, useful energy, efficient way, big numbers

«efficient» 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: efficient in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Working well without wasting time, energy, money or materials, as in «an efficient way to tidy up».

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 way	csubj
2	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Working	advmod
3	without	without	SCONJ	_	4 wasting	mark
4	wasting	waste	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Working	advcl
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wasting	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 energy	punct
7	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 time	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 money	punct
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 time	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 materials	cc
11	materials	material	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 money	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 way	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 way	mark
14	in	in	ADP	_	18 way	case
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 way	punct
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 way	det
17	efficient	efficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 way	amod
18	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
19	to	to	PART	_	20 tidy	mark
20	tidy	tidy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 way	acl
21	up	up	ADP	_	20 tidy	compound:prt
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 tidy	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	when	other	roles by
1	work	gerund		well property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	waste	gerund	time		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	tidy up in a quote	to-infinitive			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

Usage: of a person — kept apart, not parsed.

Good at organising work and getting it done quickly and well.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	at	at	SCONJ	_	3 organising	mark
3	organising	organise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Good	advcl
4	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 organising	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 getting	cc
6	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 organising	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 getting	obj
8	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 getting	xcomp
9	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	8 done	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 well	cc
11	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 quickly	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Good	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	organise	gerund		work		tree rules
2	get	gerund		work		tree rules
3	do	participle	work not said here		quickly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

Turning most of the energy put in into useful energy, as in «an energy-efficient light bulb».

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	1 Turning	obj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 energy	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 energy	det
5	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 most	nmod
6	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 energy	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	6 put	compound:prt
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 energy	case
9	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 energy	amod
10	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 put	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 bulb	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 bulb	mark
13	in	in	ADP	_	20 bulb	case
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	20 bulb	punct
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 bulb	det
16	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 efficient	compound
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 energy	punct
18	efficient	efficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 bulb	amod
19	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 bulb	compound
20	bulb	bulb	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turning	obl
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 bulb	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Turning	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	gerund		most of the energy				in a efficient light bulb	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent most=Patient in bulb=Topic
2	put in	participle		the energy not said here		useful energy			vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Example 1

LED bulbs are more efficient than old bulbs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	LED	led	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bulbs	compound
2	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 efficient	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 efficient	cop
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 efficient	advmod
5	efficient	efficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 bulbs	case
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bulbs	amod
8	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 efficient	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 efficient	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	LED bulbs					than old bulbs; efficient property	tree rules

Example 2

Chunking is an efficient way to divide big numbers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chunking	chunk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	efficient	efficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 divide	mark
7	divide	divide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 numbers	amod
9	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 divide	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	chunk	gerund		vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	a efficient way	tree rules
3	divide	to-infinitive	big numbers	vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Theme

Example 3

Our new school secretary is very efficient.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 secretary	nmod:poss
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 secretary	amod
3	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 secretary	compound
4	secretary	secretary	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 efficient	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 efficient	cop
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 efficient	advmod
7	efficient	efficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 efficient	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Our new school secretary					efficient property	tree rules

Example 4

An efficient car uses less fuel.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 car	det
2	efficient	efficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 car	amod
3	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uses	nsubj
4	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 fuel	amod
6	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uses	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 uses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	a efficient car	less fuel					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fuel=Patient

Example 5

We worked efficiently and finished the poster early.

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 worked	nsubj
2	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	efficiently	efficiently	ADV	_	2 worked	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 finished	cc
5	finished	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 worked	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 poster	det
7	poster	poster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finished	obj
8	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 finished	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 worked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	past	We					efficiently property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	finish	past	We not said here	the poster				early property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality poster=Eventuality

Example 6

Recycling is an efficient use of materials.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Recycling	recycling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 use	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 use	det
4	efficient	efficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 use	amod
5	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 materials	case
7	materials	material	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 use	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Recycling	a efficient use				of materials	tree rules

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