investigation

Who acts: facts, open task, class, paper towel, police, cause · What happens: find out, plan, answer, explore, find, do · To what, where: truth, question, numbers, patterns, investigation, most water · Speech: someone speaks here

«investigation» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: investigation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A careful search for facts to find out the truth about something, such as a crime or an accident.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 search	det
2	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 search	amod
3	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 find	mark
5	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 find	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 find	mark
7	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 search	acl
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 find	compound:prt
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 truth	det
10	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 find	obj
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 something	case
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 truth	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 crime	punct
14	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	17 crime	case
15	as	as	ADP	_	14 such	fixed
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 crime	det
17	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 something	nmod
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 accident	cc
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 accident	det
20	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 crime	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 search	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find out	to-infinitive	facts	the truth				about something	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Topic

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: school/science — kept apart, not parsed.

A planned experiment or study to answer a question by testing and measuring.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 experiment	det
2	planned	plan	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 experiment	amod
3	experiment	experiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 study	cc
5	study	study	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 experiment	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 answer	mark
7	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 experiment	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 question	det
9	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 answer	obj
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 testing	case
11	testing	testing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 answer	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 measuring	cc
13	measuring	measuring	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 testing	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 experiment	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	participle							vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	answer speech: assert	to-infinitive		a question				by testing and measuring	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality

Meaning 3

Usage: maths — kept apart, not parsed.

An open task where you explore numbers or shapes to find patterns and rules.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 task	det
2	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 task	amod
3	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 explore	nsubj
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 explore	advmod
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 explore	nsubj
6	explore	explore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 explore	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 shapes	cc
9	shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 numbers	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 find	mark
11	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 explore	advcl
12	patterns	pattern	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 find	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 rules	cc
14	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 patterns	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 explore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explore	present	a open task	numbers or shapes					vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent number=Location
2	find	to-infinitive	a open task not said here	patterns and rules					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pattern=Topic

Example 1

Our class did an investigation into which paper towel soaks up the most water.

The tree, 14 words

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	2 class	nmod:poss
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 investigation	det
5	investigation	investigation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 soaks	obl
8	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 towel	compound
9	towel	towel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 soaks	nsubj
10	soaks	soak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 investigation	acl:relcl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 soaks	compound:prt
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 water	det
13	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 water	amod
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 soaks	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Our class	a investigation					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent investigation=Eventuality
2	soak up	present	paper towel	the most water		a investigation			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent water=Source

Example 2

The police started an investigation after the bike was stolen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 police	det
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 started	nsubj
3	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 investigation	det
5	investigation	investigation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 started	obj
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 stolen	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bike	det
8	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stolen	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 stolen	aux:pass
10	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 started	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 started	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	past	the police	a investigation					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent investigation=Eventuality
2	steal	past · passive		the bike					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 3

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cause	det
2	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 investigation	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 fire	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fire	det
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cause	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 investigation	cop
7	still	still	ADV	_	9 investigation	advmod
8	under	under	ADP	_	9 investigation	case
9	investigation	investigation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 investigation	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the cause of the fire			investigation	still		tree rules
2	cause			the fire					nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient

Example 4

In our maths investigation, we found a pattern in the square numbers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 investigation	case
2	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 investigation	nmod:poss
3	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 investigation	compound
4	investigation	investigation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 investigation	punct
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 found	nsubj
7	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pattern	det
9	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 numbers	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 numbers	det
12	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 numbers	compound
13	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 pattern	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	we	a pattern		our maths investigation		in the square numbers	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pattern=Topic
2	investigate		our						nom investigation «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

A good science investigation must be a fair test.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 investigation	det
2	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 investigation	amod
3	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 investigation	compound
4	investigation	investigation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 test	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 test	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 test	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 test	det
8	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 test	amod
9	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 test	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	must	a good science investigation	a fair test					tree rules

Example 6

The detective's investigation led her to the old lighthouse.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 detective	det
2	detective	detective	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 investigation	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 detective	case
4	investigation	investigation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 led	nsubj
5	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 led	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 lighthouse	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lighthouse	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 lighthouse	amod
10	lighthouse	lighthouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 led	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 led	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	the detective's investigation	her = she		the old lighthouse			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to lighthouse=Destination
2	investigate		the detective						nom investigation «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 7

The school ran an investigation into who had broken the window.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 school	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 investigation	det
5	investigation	investigation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	obj
6	into	into	SCONJ	_	9 broken	mark
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 broken	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 broken	aux
9	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 ran	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 window	det
11	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 broken	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the school	a investigation					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent investigation=Theme clause=Eventuality
2	break	past · perfect		the window					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer window=Patient

Example 8

We wrote up our investigation with a method, results and conclusion.

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 wrote	nsubj
2	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 wrote	compound:prt
4	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 investigation	nmod:poss
5	investigation	investigation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrote	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 method	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 method	det
8	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrote	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 results	punct
10	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 method	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 conclusion	cc
12	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 method	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wrote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write up	past	We	our investigation				with a method and results and conclusion	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent investigation=Theme
2	investigate		our						nom investigation «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 9

We have seen enough to know that a very interesting line of investigation has been opened."

The tree, 16 words

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	3 seen	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 seen	aux
3	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	enough	enough	ADV	_	3 seen	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 know	mark
6	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 seen	xcomp
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 opened	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 line	det
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 interesting	advmod
10	interesting	interesting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 line	amod
11	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 opened	nsubj:pass
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 investigation	case
13	investigation	investigation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 line	nmod
14	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 opened	aux
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 opened	aux:pass
16	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 know	ccomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 seen	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 seen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	present · perfect	We		enough property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	know	to-infinitive	We not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	open	present · perfect · passive		a interesting line of investigation		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

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