plausibility Who acts: something, detective, thief, you, your, plausibility · What happens: be, seem, doubt, excuse, check, estimate · To what, where: plausibility, fake news, idea, plane
«plausibility» 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: plausibility in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 How believable or likely to be true something seems.
advmod advcl cc conj mark cop xcomp nsubj punct root How ADV believable ADJ or CCONJ likely ADJ to PART be AUX true ADJ something PRON seems VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 2 believable advmod 2 believable believable ADJ Degree=Pos 9 seems advcl 3 or or CCONJ _ 4 likely cc 4 likely likely ADJ Degree=Pos 2 believable conj 5 to to PART _ 7 true mark 6 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 true cop 7 true true ADJ Degree=Pos 4 likely xcomp 8 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 9 seems nsubj 9 seems seem VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 seems punct
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1 is to-infinitive something not said here true property tree rules 2 seem present something vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
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 detective doubted the plausibility of the thief's excuse.
det nsubj det obj case det nmod:poss case nmod punct root The DET detective NOUN doubted VERB the DET plausibility NOUN of ADP the DET thief NOUN 's PART excuse NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 doubted nsubj 3 doubted doubt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 plausibility det 5 plausibility plausibility NOUN Number=Sing 3 doubted obj 6 of of ADP _ 10 excuse case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 thief det 8 thief thief NOUN Number=Sing 10 excuse nmod:poss 9 's 's PART _ 8 thief case 10 excuse excuse NOUN Number=Sing 5 plausibility nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 doubted punct
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1 doubt past the detective the plausibility of the thief's excuse vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plausibility=Theme 2 excuse the thief nom excuse «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 2 Check the plausibility of your answer by estimating.
det obj case nmod:poss nmod mark advcl punct root Check VERB the DET plausibility NOUN of ADP your PRON answer NOUN by SCONJ estimating VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Check check VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 plausibility det 3 plausibility plausibility NOUN Number=Sing 1 Check obj 4 of of ADP _ 6 answer case 5 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 answer nmod:poss 6 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 3 plausibility nmod 7 by by SCONJ _ 8 estimating mark 8 estimating estimate VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Check advcl 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 Check punct
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1 check imperative you not said here the plausibility of your answer vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plausibility=Theme 2 estimate gerund you not said here vn estimate-34.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent 3 answer your nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 3 The plausibility of the story made people believe the fake news.
det nsubj case det nmod nsubj xcomp det amod obj punct root The DET plausibility NOUN of ADP the DET story NOUN made VERB people NOUN believe VERB the DET fake ADJ news NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 plausibility det 2 plausibility plausibility NOUN Number=Sing 6 made nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 story case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 story det 5 story story NOUN Number=Sing 2 plausibility nmod 6 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 people people NOUN Number=Plur 8 believe nsubj 8 believe believe VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 made xcomp 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 news det 10 fake fake ADJ Degree=Pos 11 news amod 11 news news NOUN Number=Sing 8 believe obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 made punct
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1 make past the plausibility of the story tree rules 2 believe infinitive people the fake news vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer news=Stimulus
Example 4 Scientists test an idea, not just its plausibility.
nsubj det obj punct advmod advmod nmod:poss conj punct root Scientists NOUN test VERB an DET idea NOUN , PUNCT not PART just ADV its PRON plausibility NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scientists scientist NOUN Number=Plur 2 test nsubj 2 test test VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 idea det 4 idea idea NOUN Number=Sing 2 test obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 plausibility punct 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 plausibility advmod 7 just just ADV _ 9 plausibility advmod 8 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 plausibility nmod:poss 9 plausibility plausibility NOUN Number=Sing 4 idea conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 test punct
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1 test present Scientists a idea and its plausibility vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Theme
Example 5 His excuse had some plausibility, but it wasn't true.
nmod:poss nsubj det obj punct cc nsubj cop advmod conj punct root His PRON excuse NOUN had VERB some DET plausibility NOUN , PUNCT but CCONJ it PRON was AUX n't PART true ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 excuse nmod:poss 2 excuse excuse NOUN Number=Sing 3 had nsubj 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 some some DET PronType=Ind 5 plausibility det 5 plausibility plausibility NOUN Number=Sing 3 had obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 11 true punct 7 but but CCONJ _ 11 true cc 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 true nsubj 9 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 true cop 10 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 11 true advmod 11 true true ADJ Degree=Pos 3 had conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 had punct
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1 have past His excuse some plausibility vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plausibility=Patient 2 not is past excuse true property tree rules 3 excuse His = he nom excuse «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 6 The plot lost its plausibility when the dog started flying a plane.
det nsubj nmod:poss obj advmod det nsubj advcl xcomp det obj punct root The DET plot NOUN lost VERB its PRON plausibility NOUN when ADV the DET dog NOUN started VERB flying VERB a DET plane NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 plot det 2 plot plot NOUN Number=Sing 3 lost nsubj 3 lost lose VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 plausibility nmod:poss 5 plausibility plausibility NOUN Number=Sing 3 lost obj 6 when when ADV PronType=Int 9 started advmod 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 dog det 8 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 9 started nsubj 9 started start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 lost advcl 10 flying fly VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 started xcomp 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 plane det 12 plane plane NOUN Number=Sing 10 flying obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 lost punct
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1 lose past the plot plot's plausibility vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plausibility=Eventuality 2 start past the dog vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 3 fly gerund the dog not said here a plane vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location plane=Theme
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