incompetence Who acts: ability, you, bridge, incompetence, She, company · What happens: need, do, not know, lack, fall down, make · To what, where: ability, job, something, skill, story, many crashes
«incompetence» 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: incompetence in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Lack of the skill or ability needed to do a job properly; doing something badly because you do not know how.
The tree, 21 words case det nmod cc conj acl mark xcomp det obj advmod punct conj obj advmod mark nsubj aux advmod advcl advmod punct root Lack NOUN of ADP the DET skill NOUN or CCONJ ability NOUN needed VERB to PART do VERB a DET job NOUN properly ADV ; PUNCT doing VERB something PRON badly ADV because SCONJ you PRON do AUX not PART know VERB how ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lack lack NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 of of ADP _ 4 skill case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 skill det 4 skill skill NOUN Number=Sing 1 Lack nmod 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 ability cc 6 ability ability NOUN Number=Sing 4 skill conj 7 needed need VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 ability acl 8 to to PART _ 9 do mark 9 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 needed xcomp 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 job det 11 job job NOUN Number=Sing 9 do obj 12 properly properly ADV _ 9 do advmod 13 ; ; PUNCT _ 14 doing punct 14 doing do VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Lack conj 15 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 14 doing obj 16 badly badly ADV Degree=Pos 14 doing advmod 17 because because SCONJ _ 21 know mark 18 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 21 know nsubj 19 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 21 know aux 20 not not PART Polarity=Neg 21 know advmod 21 know know VERB VerbForm=Inf 14 doing advcl 22 how how ADV PronType=Int 21 know advmod 23 . . PUNCT _ 1 Lack punct
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1 need participle ability not said here vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 2 do not said to happen to-infinitive ability not said here a job properly property vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality 3 do gerund something badly property vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality 4 not know present · do-support you vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 5 lack the skill or ability nom lack «state transitive»: of=patient
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 The bridge fell down because of the builder's incompetence.
det nsubj advmod case fixed det nmod:poss case obl punct root The DET bridge NOUN fell VERB down ADV because ADP of ADP the DET builder NOUN 's PART incompetence NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 bridge det 2 bridge bridge NOUN Number=Sing 3 fell nsubj 3 fell fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 down down ADV _ 3 fell advmod 5 because because ADP ExtPos=ADP 10 incompetence case 6 of of ADP _ 5 because fixed 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 builder det 8 builder builder NOUN Number=Sing 10 incompetence nmod:poss 9 's 's PART _ 8 builder case 10 incompetence incompetence NOUN Number=Sing 3 fell obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 fell punct
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1 fall down past the bridge because the builder's incompetence; down property vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 2 The robbers' incompetence made the story funny.
det nmod:poss case nsubj det obj xcomp punct root The DET robbers NOUN ' PART incompetence NOUN made VERB the DET story NOUN funny ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 robbers det 2 robbers robber NOUN Number=Plur 4 incompetence nmod:poss 3 ' 's PART _ 2 robbers case 4 incompetence incompetence NOUN Number=Sing 5 made nsubj 5 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 story det 7 story story NOUN Number=Sing 5 made obj 8 funny funny ADJ Degree=Pos 5 made xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 made punct
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1 make past the robbers's incompetence the story funny property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset story=Product
Example 3 Toad's incompetence at driving caused many crashes.
nmod:poss case nsubj case nmod amod obj punct root Toad PROPN 's PART incompetence NOUN at ADP driving NOUN caused VERB many ADJ crashes NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Toad Toad PROPN Number=Sing 3 incompetence nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Toad case 3 incompetence incompetence NOUN Number=Sing 6 caused nsubj 4 at at ADP _ 5 driving case 5 driving driving NOUN Number=Sing 3 incompetence nmod 6 caused cause VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 8 crashes amod 8 crashes crash NOUN Number=Plur 6 caused obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 caused punct
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1 cause past Toad's incompetence at driving many crashes vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition crash=Patient
Example 4 She was angry at the incompetence of the company that lost her parcel.
nsubj cop case det obl case det nmod nsubj acl:relcl nmod:poss obj punct root She PRON was AUX angry ADJ at ADP the DET incompetence NOUN of ADP the DET company NOUN that PRON lost VERB her PRON parcel 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 3 angry nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 angry cop 3 angry angry ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 at at ADP _ 6 incompetence case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 incompetence det 6 incompetence incompetence NOUN Number=Sing 3 angry obl 7 of of ADP _ 9 company case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 company det 9 company company NOUN Number=Sing 6 incompetence nmod 10 that that PRON PronType=Rel 11 lost nsubj 11 lost lose VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 company acl:relcl 12 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 parcel nmod:poss 13 parcel parcel NOUN Number=Sing 11 lost obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 3 angry punct
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1 is past She the incompetence of the company angry property tree rules 2 lose past the company her parcel vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parcel=Eventuality
Example 5 Losing the keys three times was pure incompetence.
csubj det obj nummod obl:unmarked cop amod punct root Losing VERB the DET keys NOUN three NUM times NOUN was AUX pure ADJ incompetence NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Losing lose VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 incompetence csubj 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 keys det 3 keys key NOUN Number=Plur 1 Losing obj 4 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 times nummod 5 times time NOUN Number=Plur 1 Losing obl:unmarked 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 incompetence cop 7 pure pure ADJ Degree=Pos 8 incompetence amod 8 incompetence incompetence NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 incompetence punct
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1 lose gerund the keys time vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Eventuality 2 is a past Losing pure incompetence tree rules
Example 6 The coach was blamed for the team's incompetence.
det nsubj:pass aux:pass case det nmod:poss case obl punct root The DET coach NOUN was AUX blamed VERB for ADP the DET team NOUN 's PART incompetence NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 coach det 2 coach coach NOUN Number=Sing 4 blamed nsubj:pass 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 blamed aux:pass 4 blamed blame VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 for for ADP _ 9 incompetence case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 team det 7 team team NOUN Number=Sing 9 incompetence nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 team case 9 incompetence incompetence NOUN Number=Sing 4 blamed obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 blamed punct
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1 blame past · passive the coach for the team's incompetence vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for incompetence=Attribute
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