plausible

Who acts: people, Good making people, That, you, ice, story · What happens: seem, be, believe, make, sound, give · To what, where: it, things, 000 pupils, one class, plausible reason, lie · Speech: someone speaks here

«plausible» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: plausible in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Seeming likely to be true or reasonable, so people can believe it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seeming	seem	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 believe	csubj
2	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Seeming	xcomp
3	to	to	PART	_	5 true	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 true	cop
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 likely	xcomp
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 reasonable	cc
7	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 true	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 believe	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 believe	advmod
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 believe	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 believe	aux
12	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 believe	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 believe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	seem	gerund			likely property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive			true property	tree rules
3	be					tree rules
4	believe	can	people	it		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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: of a person — kept apart, not parsed.

Good at making people believe things, sometimes when not true.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 people	amod
2	at	at	SCONJ	_	3 making	mark
3	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 people	amod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 believe	nsubj
5	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 believe	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 true	punct
8	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 true	advmod
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 true	advmod
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 true	advmod
11	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 believe	parataxis
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 believe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund							vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	believe	present	Good making people	things					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus

Example 1

That sounds like a plausible excuse.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 sounds	nsubj
2	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	6 excuse	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 excuse	det
5	plausible	plausible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 excuse	amod
6	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sounds	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sounds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	present	That					like a plausible excuse	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Example 2

Is 5 000 pupils in one class a plausible answer? No!

Sentence 1: Is 5 000 pupils in one class a plausible answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pupils	cop
2	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 000	compound
3	000	000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 pupils	nummod
4	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 class	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 class	nummod
7	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pupils	nmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 answer	det
9	plausible	plausible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 answer	amod
10	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pupils	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 pupils	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		000 pupils and a plausible answer		one class			tree rules

Sentence 2: No!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	root	root
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 3

Give a plausible reason why the ice melted.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	plausible	plausible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
5	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 melted	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ice	det
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 melted	nsubj
8	melted	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	a plausible reason					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	melt	past	the ice						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 4

The story was plausible, but it was a lie.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 story	det
2	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plausible	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 plausible	cop
4	plausible	plausible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lie	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 lie	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lie	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 lie	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lie	det
10	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plausible	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 plausible	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the story					plausible property	tree rules
2	is a	past	story	a lie					tree rules

Example 5

The detective needed a plausible suspect.

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 needed	nsubj
3	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 suspect	det
5	plausible	plausible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 suspect	amod
6	suspect	suspect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needed	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 needed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	past	the detective	a plausible suspect					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot suspect=Theme

Example 6

It is plausible that it will rain later.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 plausible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 plausible	cop
3	plausible	plausible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 rain	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rain	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 rain	aux
7	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plausible	obl
8	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 rain	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 plausible	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					plausible property	tree rules
2	rain	future	it					late property	tree rules

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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