moot

Who acts: moot point, people, wolf, teacher, moot question · What happens: be, argue, not settle, moot, settle, write · To what, where: question, idea, moot point, trip, Nobody, tale

«moot» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: moot in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A moot point is a question that people still argue about and have not settled.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 point	det
2	moot	moot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 point	compound
3	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 question	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 question	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 question	det
6	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 argue	obj
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 argue	nsubj
9	still	still	ADV	_	10 argue	advmod
10	argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 question	acl:relcl
11	about	about	ADV	_	10 argue	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 settled	cc
13	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 settled	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 settled	advmod
15	settled	settle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 argue	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 question	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a moot point	a question			tree rules
2	argue speech: disagree	present	people	a question	still	about property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent that=Topic
3	not settle	present · perfect	people not said here				vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: 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.

Meaning 2

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To moot an idea is to raise it for discussion.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 moot	mark
2	moot	moot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 raise	advcl
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 idea	det
4	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 moot	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 raise	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 raise	mark
7	raise	raise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 raise	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 discussion	case
10	discussion	discussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 raise	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 raise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	moot	to-infinitive		a idea					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent idea=Theme
2	is	present						for discussion; raise property	tree rules

Example 1

Whether the wolf was really a dog is a moot point.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	_	11 point	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wolf	det
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 point	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 point	cop
5	really	really	ADV	_	11 point	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 point	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 point	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 point	det
10	moot	moot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 point	compound
11	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 point	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the wolf	a moot point					tree rules

Example 2

The teacher mooted a trip to the zoo.

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 mooted	nsubj
3	mooted	moot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 trip	det
5	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mooted	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 zoo	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 zoo	det
8	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trip	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mooted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	moot	past	the teacher	a trip				to the zoo	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent trip=Theme to zoo=be'

Example 3

Nobody has settled the moot question of who first wrote the tale.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 settled	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 settled	aux
3	settled	settle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 question	det
5	moot	moot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 question	compound
6	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 settled	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 who	case
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 wrote	nsubj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 wrote	advmod
10	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 question	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tale	det
12	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wrote	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 settled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	settle	present · perfect · passive		Nobody					tree rules
2	write	past	the moot question	the tale				first property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Theme

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