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Who acts: Significant figures, digits, number, That, significant drop, She · What happens: notice, matter, have, be, round, give · To what, where: significant amount, special meaning, digits, number, significant day, history

«significant» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings 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: significant in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Important; worth noticing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 worth	punct
3	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Important	conj
4	noticing	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 worth	xcomp
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Important	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	gerund							vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Large enough to matter: a significant amount.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	enough	enough	ADV	_	1 Large	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 matter	mark
4	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Large	advcl
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 amount	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 amount	det
7	significant	significant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 amount	amod
8	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 matter	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Large	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	to-infinitive		a significant amount					tree rules

Meaning 3

Having a special meaning: a significant look.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 look	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 meaning	det
3	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 meaning	amod
4	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Having	obj
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Having	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 look	det
7	significant	significant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 look	amod
8	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund		a special meaning					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient

Meaning 4

Usage: maths — kept apart, not parsed.

Significant figures are the digits that matter in a number for rounding.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Significant	significant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 figures	amod
2	figures	figure	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 digits	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 digits	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 digits	det
5	digits	digit	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 matter	nsubj
7	matter	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 digits	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 number	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 number	det
10	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 matter	obl
11	for	for	SCONJ	_	12 rounding	mark
12	rounding	round	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 number	acl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 digits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Significant figures	the digits					tree rules
2	matter	present	the digits			a number			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3	round	gerund	a number not said here						vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 1

That was a significant day in history.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 day	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 day	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 day	det
4	significant	significant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 day	amod
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 history	case
7	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 day	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 day	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	That	a significant day		history			tree rules

Example 2

There was a significant drop in temperature.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 drop	det
4	significant	significant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 drop	amod
5	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 temperature	case
7	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drop	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	a significant drop in temperature			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

Round 0.04567 to 2 significant figures.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Round	round	ADV	_	2 0.04567	advmod
2	0.04567	0.04567	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Frac	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 figures	case
4	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 figures	nummod
5	significant	significant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 figures	amod
6	figures	figure	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 0.04567	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 0.04567	punct

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

Example 4

She gave him a significant look.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 look	det
5	significant	significant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 look	amod
6	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	She	a significant look	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient look=Theme

Example 5

We saw no significant difference between the plants.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 difference	det
4	significant	significant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 difference	amod
5	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
6	between	between	ADP	_	8 plants	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 plants	det
8	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 difference	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	We	no significant difference				between the plants	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer difference=Stimulus

Example 6

A significant number of pupils walk to school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 number	det
2	significant	significant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 number	amod
3	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walk	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 pupils	case
5	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 number	nmod
6	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 school	case
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walk	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	a significant number of pupils					to school result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to school=Result

Example 7

‘Here she broke off with a significant look, and mounting my enemy the unicorn, speedily disappeared.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	‘	'	PUNCT	_	4 broke	punct
2	Here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 broke	advmod
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 broke	nsubj
4	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 broke	compound:prt
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 look	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 look	det
8	significant	significant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 look	amod
9	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broke	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mounting	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 mounting	cc
12	mounting	mount	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 broke	advcl
13	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 enemy	nmod:poss
14	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mounting	obj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 unicorn	det
16	unicorn	unicorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mounting	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 disappeared	punct
18	speedily	speedily	ADV	_	19 disappeared	advmod
19	disappeared	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 broke	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 broke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break off	past	she			here		with a significant look	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with look=Instrument
2	mount	gerund	she not said here	my enemy					vn put-9.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent enemy=Theme unicorn=Destination
3	disappear	past	she not said here					speedily property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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