similar

Who acts: jumper, mine, twins, Frogs, small square, you · What happens: be, have, look, not be, write · To what, where: yours, stripes, similar shapes, similarities, similar ideas

«similar» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: similar in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Almost the same as something else, but not exactly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Almost	almost	ADV	_	3 same	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 same	det
3	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 something	case
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 same	obl
6	else	else	ADV	_	5 something	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 exactly	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 exactly	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 exactly	advmod
10	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	3 same	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 same	punct

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

Meaning 2

Usage: maths — kept apart, not parsed.

Of shapes: the same shape but maybe a different size, with all angles equal and sides in the same ratio.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Of	of	ADP	_	2 shapes	case
2	shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 shape	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shape	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shape	amod
6	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shapes	appos
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 size	cc
8	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	11 size	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 size	det
10	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 size	amod
11	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shape	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 angles	punct
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 angles	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 angles	det
15	angles	angle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shape	conj
16	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 angles	amod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 sides	cc
18	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 angles	conj
19	in	in	ADP	_	22 ratio	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 ratio	det
21	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 ratio	amod
22	ratio	ratio	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 angles	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shapes	punct

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

Example 1

My jumper is similar to yours, but mine has stripes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 jumper	nmod:poss
2	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 similar	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 similar	cop
4	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 yours	case
6	yours	your	PRON	Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 similar	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 has	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 has	cc
9	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 has	nsubj
10	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 similar	conj
11	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 has	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 similar	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	My jumper		yours			similar property	tree rules
2	have	present	mine	stripes					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stripe=Patient

Example 2

The twins look very similar.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 twins	det
2	twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 look	nsubj
3	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 similar	advmod
5	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 look	xcomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	the twins					similar property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 3

Frogs and toads are similar but not the same.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 similar	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 toads	cc
3	toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Frogs	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 similar	cop
5	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 same	cc
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 same	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 same	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 similar	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 similar	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Frogs and toads					similar property	tree rules
2	not be		Frogs and toads not said here						tree rules

Example 4

A small square and a big square are similar shapes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 square	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 square	amod
3	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shapes	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 square	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 square	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 square	amod
7	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 square	conj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 shapes	cop
9	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 shapes	amod
10	shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 shapes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a small square and a big square	similar shapes					tree rules

Example 5

Write the similarities and differences between the two stories.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 similarities	det
3	similarities	similarity	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Write	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 differences	cc
5	differences	difference	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 similarities	conj
6	between	between	ADP	_	9 stories	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stories	det
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 stories	nummod
9	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 similarities	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here	the similarities and differences				between the two stories	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent similarity=Theme

Example 6

We have similar ideas for the project.

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 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ideas	amod
4	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 project	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 project	det
7	project	project	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	We	similar ideas				for the project	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient

Example 7

These two triangles are similar: each side of the big one is twice as long.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	These	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	3 triangles	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 triangles	nummod
3	triangles	triangle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 similar	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 similar	cop
5	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 side	punct
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 side	det
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 long	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 one	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 one	det
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 one	amod
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 side	nmod
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 long	cop
14	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	16 long	advmod
15	as	as	ADV	_	16 long	advmod
16	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 similar	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 similar	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this two triangles					similar property	tree rules
2	is	present						each side of the big one obl; long, twice property	tree rules

Example 8

The weather today is similar to yesterday.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weather	det
2	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 similar	nsubj
3	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weather	nmod:unmarked
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 similar	cop
5	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 yesterday	case
7	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 similar	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 similar	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the weather today				yesterday	similar 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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