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neoteny

Who acts: axolotl, Neoteny, animal, scientists, like dogs, science teacher · What happens: keep, grow up, be, mean, think, show · To what, where: young features, famous example, baby features, neoteny, salamanders, gills · Speech: someone speaks here

«neoteny» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: neoteny in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

Keeping young or baby-like features after growing up, in animals or people.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 features	amod
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 like	cc
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 like	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 baby	punct
6	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 young	conj
7	features	feature	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keeping	obj
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 growing	mark
9	growing	grow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Keeping	advcl
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 growing	compound:prt
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 animals	punct
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 animals	case
13	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 growing	obl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 people	cc
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 animals	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Keeping	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	gerund		young features					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feature=Theme
2	grow up	gerund						in animals or people	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in animal=Location

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 axolotl is a famous example of neoteny.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 axolotl	det
2	axolotl	axolotl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 example	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 example	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 example	det
5	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 example	amod
6	example	example	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 neoteny	case
8	neoteny	neoteny	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 example	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 example	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the axolotl	a famous example				of neoteny	tree rules

Example 2

Neoteny means an animal keeps baby features as an adult.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neoteny	neoteny	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 animal	det
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keeps	nsubj
5	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
6	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 features	compound
7	features	feature	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 keeps	obj
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 adult	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keeps	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Neoteny						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	keep	present	a animal	baby features				as a adult	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feature=Theme

Example 3

Some scientists think puppy-like dogs show neoteny.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 scientists	det
2	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 think	nsubj
3	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 like	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 puppy	punct
6	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dogs	amod
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 show	nsubj
8	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 think	ccomp
9	neoteny	neoteny	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 show	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	some scientists						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	show	present	like dogs	neoteny					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent neoteny=Recipient

Example 4

Our science teacher explained neoteny using salamanders.

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	3 teacher	nmod:poss
2	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teacher	compound
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explained	nsubj
4	explained	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	neoteny	neoteny	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explained	obj
6	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 explained	advcl
7	salamanders	salamander	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 using	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 explained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	past	Our science teacher	neoteny					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neoteny=Topic
2	use	gerund	Our science teacher not said here	salamanders					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salamander=Patient

Example 5

Humans show some neoteny compared with chimpanzees.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Humans	human	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 show	nsubj
2	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 neoteny	det
4	neoteny	neoteny	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 show	obj
5	compared	compare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 neoteny	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 chimpanzees	case
7	chimpanzees	chimpanzee	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 compared	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	Humans	some neoteny					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent neoteny=Recipient
2	compare	participle		some neoteny not said here				with chimpanzees	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with chimpanzee=Co-Patient

Example 6

Because of neoteny, the axolotl keeps its gills.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	3 neoteny	case
2	of	of	ADP	_	1 Because	fixed
3	neoteny	neoteny	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keeps	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 neoteny	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 axolotl	det
6	axolotl	axolotl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keeps	nsubj
7	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 gills	nmod:poss
9	gills	gill	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 keeps	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	the axolotl	axolotl's gills				because neoteny	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gill=Theme

Example 7

Neoteny can make adult animals look cute.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neoteny	neoteny	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 make	aux
3	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 animals	amod
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 look	nsubj
6	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 make	ccomp
7	cute	cute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 look	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	can	Neoteny						tree rules
2	look	present	adult animals					cute property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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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