significance Who acts: Significance, something, Statistical significance, result, teacher, red rose · What happens: be, have, mean, ask, explain, not worry · To what, where: special meaning, us, significance, special significance, story, great historical significance · Speech: someone speaks here
«significance» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: significance in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Significance is how important or meaningful something is.
nsubj cop advmod cc conj nsubj cop punct root Significance NOUN is AUX how ADV important ADJ or CCONJ meaningful ADJ something PRON is AUX . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Significance significance NOUN Number=Sing 4 important nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 important cop 3 how how ADV PronType=Int 4 important advmod 4 important important ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 meaningful cc 6 meaningful meaningful ADJ Degree=Pos 4 important conj 7 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 important nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 important cop 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 important punct
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1 is present Significance important property tree rules 2 be Significance not said here tree rules
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 Significance is the special meaning that something has.
nsubj cop det amod mark nsubj advcl punct root Significance NOUN is AUX the DET special ADJ meaning NOUN that SCONJ something PRON has VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Significance significance NOUN Number=Sing 5 meaning nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 meaning cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 meaning det 4 special special ADJ Degree=Pos 5 meaning amod 5 meaning meaning NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 that that SCONJ _ 8 has mark 7 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 8 has nsubj 8 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 meaning advcl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 meaning punct
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1 is a present Significance the special meaning tree rules 2 have present something vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Meaning 3 Usage: maths, science — kept apart, not parsed.
Statistical significance means a result is probably real and not just luck.
amod nsubj det nsubj cop advmod ccomp cc advmod advmod conj punct root Statistical ADJ significance NOUN means VERB a DET result NOUN is AUX probably ADV real ADJ and CCONJ not PART just ADV luck NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Statistical statistical ADJ Degree=Pos 2 significance amod 2 significance significance NOUN Number=Sing 3 means nsubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 result det 5 result result NOUN Number=Sing 8 real nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 real cop 7 probably probably ADV _ 8 real advmod 8 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 3 means ccomp 9 and and CCONJ _ 12 luck cc 10 not not PART Polarity=Neg 12 luck advmod 11 just just ADV _ 12 luck advmod 12 luck luck NOUN Number=Sing 8 real conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 mean present Statistical significance vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is present a result probably, real property tree rules
Example 1 The teacher asked us to explain the significance of the battle.
det nsubj iobj mark xcomp det obj case det nmod punct root The DET teacher NOUN asked VERB us PRON to PART explain VERB the DET significance NOUN of ADP the DET battle NOUN . PUNCT 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 asked nsubj 3 asked ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 asked iobj 5 to to PART _ 6 explain mark 6 explain explain VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 asked xcomp 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 significance det 8 significance significance NOUN Number=Sing 6 explain obj 9 of of ADP _ 11 battle case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 battle det 11 battle battle NOUN Number=Sing 8 significance nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 asked punct
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1 ask speech: ask past the teacher us vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic 2 explain speech: assert not said to happen to-infinitive the teacher not said here the significance of the battle vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Topic
Example 2 The red rose has a special significance in the story.
det amod nsubj det amod obj case det nmod punct root The DET red ADJ rose NOUN has VERB a DET special ADJ significance NOUN in ADP the DET story NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 rose det 2 red red ADJ Degree=Pos 3 rose amod 3 rose rose NOUN Number=Sing 4 has nsubj 4 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 significance det 6 special special ADJ Degree=Pos 7 significance amod 7 significance significance NOUN Number=Sing 4 has obj 8 in in ADP _ 10 story case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 story det 10 story story NOUN Number=Sing 7 significance nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 has punct
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1 have present the red rose a special significance the story vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Patient
Example 3 The discovery was of great significance for medicine.
det nsubj cop case amod case nmod punct root The DET discovery NOUN was AUX of ADP great ADJ significance NOUN for ADP medicine NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 discovery det 2 discovery discovery NOUN Number=Sing 6 significance nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 significance cop 4 of of ADP _ 6 significance case 5 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 6 significance amod 6 significance significance NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 for for ADP _ 8 medicine case 8 medicine medicine NOUN Number=Sing 6 significance nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 significance punct
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1 is past the discovery of great significance; for medicine tree rules
Example 4 Don't worry — the mistake is of little significance.
aux advmod punct det nsubj cop case amod obl punct root Do AUX n't PART worry VERB — PUNCT the DET mistake NOUN is AUX of ADP little ADJ significance NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 worry aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 worry advmod 3 worry worry VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 — - PUNCT _ 10 significance punct 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 mistake det 6 mistake mistake NOUN Number=Sing 10 significance nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 significance cop 8 of of ADP _ 10 significance case 9 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 10 significance amod 10 significance significance NOUN Number=Sing 3 worry obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 worry punct
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1 not worry imperative · do-support you not said here vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 2 is present the mistake of little significance tree rules
Example 5 Scientists checked the significance of their results.
nsubj det obj case nmod:poss nmod punct root Scientists NOUN checked VERB the DET significance NOUN of ADP their PRON results NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scientists scientist NOUN Number=Plur 2 checked nsubj 2 checked check VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 significance det 4 significance significance NOUN Number=Sing 2 checked obj 5 of of ADP _ 7 results case 6 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 results nmod:poss 7 results result NOUN Number=Plur 4 significance nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 checked punct
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1 check past Scientists the significance of Scientists's results vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Theme 2 result Scientists = scientist nom result «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent
Example 6 The castle has great historical significance.
det nsubj amod amod obj punct root The DET castle NOUN has VERB great ADJ historical ADJ significance NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 castle det 2 castle castle NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 6 significance amod 5 historical historical ADJ Degree=Pos 6 significance amod 6 significance significance NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present the castle great historical significance vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Patient
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