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guesswork

Who acts: answer, My, recipe, Science, path, teacher · What happens: find, guess, work out, be, answer, take · To what, where: answer, enough facts, pure guesswork, guesswork, baking, evidence · Speech: someone speaks here

«guesswork» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: guesswork in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Finding an answer by guessing, without enough facts or careful working out.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 answer	det
3	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Finding	obj
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 guessing	mark
5	guessing	guess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Finding	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 facts	punct
7	without	without	ADP	_	9 facts	case
8	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 facts	amod
9	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 guessing	obj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 careful	cc
11	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 facts	conj
12	working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 careful	advcl
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 working	compound:prt
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 facts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	gerund		a answer					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Topic
2	guess	gerund		enough facts					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme
3	work out	gerund							vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: 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

My answer was pure guesswork, but it was right!

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	2 answer	nmod:poss
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 guesswork	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 guesswork	cop
4	pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 guesswork	amod
5	guesswork	guesswork	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 right	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 right	cc
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 right	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 right	cop
10	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 guesswork	parataxis
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 guesswork	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	My answer	pure guesswork					tree rules
2	is	past	answer					right property	tree rules
3	answer		My						nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

A recipe takes the guesswork out of baking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 recipe	det
2	recipe	recipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 takes	nsubj
3	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 guesswork	det
5	guesswork	guesswork	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 takes	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	8 baking	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 baking	case
8	baking	baking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 takes	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 takes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	a recipe	the guesswork		baking			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent guesswork=Theme out baking=Initial_Location

Example 3

Science uses evidence, not guesswork.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 guesswork	punct
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 guesswork	advmod
6	guesswork	guesswork	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 evidence	appos
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 uses	punct

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

Example 4

Without a map, finding the path was guesswork.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Without	without	ADP	_	3 map	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 map	det
3	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finding	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 map	punct
5	finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 path	det
7	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 guesswork	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 guesswork	cop
9	guesswork	guesswork	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finding	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 finding	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	gerund						without a map	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the path	guesswork					tree rules

Example 5

The teacher said, «I want calculations, not guesswork.»

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 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 want	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 want	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 want	nsubj
7	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
8	calculations	calculation	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 want	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 guesswork	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 guesswork	advmod
11	guesswork	guesswork	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 calculations	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the teacher						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	want in a quote	present	the teacher = teacher	calculations and guesswork					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot calculation=Theme

Example 6

Weather forecasts used to involve much more guesswork.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forecasts	compound
2	forecasts	forecast	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	nsubj
3	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 involve	mark
5	involve	involve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 used	xcomp
6	much	much	ADV	_	7 more	advmod
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 guesswork	amod
8	guesswork	guesswork	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 involve	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	Weather forecasts						vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	involve	to-infinitive	Weather forecasts not said here	more guesswork					vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guesswork=Theme

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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