Mova0.5 pre-release⌕

☰

home / corpora / dictionaries / school dictionary / I / improbable

improbable

Who acts: It, Rolling, underdog team, dog, Getting, that · What happens: happen, be, snow, roll, win, have · To what, where: row, improbable victory, improbable friendship, answer

«improbable» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: improbable in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Not likely to happen or to be true.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 likely	advmod
2	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 happen	mark
4	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 likely	xcomp
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 true	cc
6	to	to	PART	_	8 true	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 true	cop
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 likely	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 likely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	to-infinitive							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive						true property	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

Strange and surprising: an improbable friendship between a cat and a duck.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 friendship	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 surprising	cc
3	surprising	surprising	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Strange	conj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 friendship	punct
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 friendship	det
6	improbable	improbable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 friendship	amod
7	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	between	between	ADP	_	10 cat	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cat	det
10	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 friendship	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 duck	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 duck	det
13	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cat	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 friendship	punct

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

Example 1

It is improbable that it will snow in July in London.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 improbable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 improbable	cop
3	improbable	improbable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 snow	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 snow	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 snow	aux
7	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 improbable	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 July	case
9	July	July	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 snow	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 London	case
11	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 July	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 improbable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					improbable property	tree rules
2	snow	future	it				july		tree rules

Example 2

Rolling a six ten times in a row is highly improbable.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rolling	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 improbable	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 times	det
3	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 times	nummod
4	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 times	nummod
5	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Rolling	obl:unmarked
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 row	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 row	det
8	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rolling	obl
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 improbable	cop
10	highly	highly	ADV	_	11 improbable	advmod
11	improbable	improbable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 improbable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	gerund				a row	time		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in row=Trajectory
2	is	present	Rolling					highly, improbable property	tree rules

Example 3

The underdog team won an improbable victory.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 team	det
2	underdog	underdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 team	compound
3	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 won	nsubj
4	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 victory	det
6	improbable	improbable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 victory	amod
7	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 won	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 won	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	the underdog team	a improbable victory					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victory=Eventuality

Example 4

The dog and the rabbit had an improbable friendship.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 rabbit	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rabbit	det
5	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dog	conj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 friendship	det
8	improbable	improbable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 friendship	amod
9	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the dog and the rabbit	a improbable friendship					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Patient

Example 5

It's improbable but not impossible.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 improbable	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 improbable	cop
3	improbable	improbable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 impossible	cc
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 impossible	advmod
6	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 improbable	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 improbable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					improbable property	tree rules
2	not be								tree rules

Example 6

Getting every answer right by guessing is very improbable.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 improbable	csubj
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 answer	det
3	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Getting	obj
4	right	right	ADV	_	6 guessing	advmod
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 guessing	mark
6	guessing	guess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Getting	conj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 improbable	cop
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 improbable	advmod
9	improbable	improbable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 improbable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	gerund		every answer					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus
2	guess	gerund						right property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	Getting					improbable property	tree rules

Example 7

Nay, that is almost too improbable; and yet it is true.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nay	nay	INTJ	_	7 improbable	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 improbable	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 improbable	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 improbable	cop
5	almost	almost	ADV	_	7 improbable	advmod
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 improbable	advmod
7	improbable	improbable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 true	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 true	cc
10	yet	yet	ADV	_	13 true	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 true	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 true	cop
13	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 improbable	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 improbable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					almost, improbable property	tree rules
2	is	present	it				yet	true property	tree rules

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/improbable/