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imprecise

Who acts: Measuring, hundred, exact answer, instructions, we, Old maps · What happens: not express, measure, be, build, use, describe · To what, where: imprecise instructions, imprecise answer, 97, model, ruler, thief

«imprecise» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: imprecise in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Not exact or accurate; rough or vague.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 exact	advmod
2	exact	exact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 accurate	cc
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 exact	conj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 rough	punct
6	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 exact	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 vague	cc
8	vague	vague	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rough	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 exact	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

Not clearly expressed: imprecise instructions.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 expressed	advmod
2	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	3 expressed	advmod
3	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 instructions	punct
5	imprecise	imprecise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 instructions	amod
6	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 expressed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 expressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not express	participle		imprecise instructions				clearly property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Measuring with your hand span is imprecise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Measuring	measure	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 imprecise	csubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	5 span	case
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 span	nmod:poss
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 span	compound
5	span	span	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Measuring	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 imprecise	cop
7	imprecise	imprecise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 imprecise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	gerund						with your hand span	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	Measuring					imprecise property	tree rules

Example 2

«About a hundred» is an imprecise answer; the exact answer is 97.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 hundred	punct
2	About	about	ADV	_	4 hundred	advmod
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hundred	det
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 answer	nsubj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 hundred	punct
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 answer	cop
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 answer	det
8	imprecise	imprecise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 answer	amod
9	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 97	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 answer	det
12	exact	exact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 answer	amod
13	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 97	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 97	cop
15	97	97	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 answer	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a hundred	a imprecise answer					tree rules
2	is a	present	the exact answer	97					tree rules

Example 3

The instructions were imprecise, so we built the model wrong.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 instructions	det
2	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 imprecise	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 imprecise	cop
4	imprecise	imprecise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 built	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 built	advmod
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 built	nsubj
8	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 imprecise	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 model	det
10	model	model	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 built	obj
11	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 built	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 imprecise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the instructions					imprecise property	tree rules
2	build	past	we	the model				wrong property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent model=Product

Example 4

Old maps were imprecise about the size of countries.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 maps	amod
2	maps	map	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 imprecise	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 imprecise	cop
4	imprecise	imprecise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 size	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 size	det
7	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 imprecise	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 countries	case
9	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 size	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 imprecise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Old maps					about the size of countries; imprecise property	tree rules

Example 5

Use a ruler; guessing is too imprecise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ruler	det
3	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 imprecise	punct
5	guessing	guessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 imprecise	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 imprecise	cop
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 imprecise	advmod
8	imprecise	imprecise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Use	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a ruler					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ruler=Patient
2	is	present	guessing					imprecise property	tree rules

Example 6

His description of the thief was imprecise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 description	nmod:poss
2	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 imprecise	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 thief	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thief	det
5	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 description	nmod
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 imprecise	cop
7	imprecise	imprecise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 imprecise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	His description of the thief					imprecise property	tree rules
2	describe		His = he	the thief					nom description «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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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