suboptimal

Who acts: it, results, we, weather, route, other way · What happens: be, lose, say, go, find, forget · To what, where: ten nil, fancy way, suboptimal answer, PE kit · Speech: someone speaks here

«suboptimal» 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: suboptimal in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: euphemism, jargon — kept apart, not parsed.

not as good as it could be; in plain words, poor or bad.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 good	advmod
2	as	as	ADV	_	3 good	advmod
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	11 words	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 words	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 words	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 words	cop
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 words	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 words	case
10	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 words	amod
11	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 good	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 poor	punct
13	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 good	parataxis
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 bad	cc
15	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 poor	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 good	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	could	it					as plain words	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

Usage: technical — kept apart, not parsed.

not the best possible solution in maths or computing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 solution	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 solution	det
3	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 solution	amod
4	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 solution	amod
5	solution	solution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 maths	case
7	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 solution	nmod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 computing	cc
9	computing	computing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 maths	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 solution	punct

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

Example 1

The results were suboptimal: we lost ten nil.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 results	det
2	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 suboptimal	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 suboptimal	cop
4	suboptimal	suboptimal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 lost	punct
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 lost	nsubj
7	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 suboptimal	conj
8	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 nil	nummod
9	nil	nil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lost	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 suboptimal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the results					suboptimal property	tree rules
2	lose	past	we	ten nil					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nil=Eventuality

Example 2

The weather for the picnic was suboptimal.

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	7 suboptimal	nsubj
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 picnic	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 picnic	det
5	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weather	nmod
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 suboptimal	cop
7	suboptimal	suboptimal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 suboptimal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the weather for the picnic					suboptimal property	tree rules

Example 3

That route is suboptimal; the other way is shorter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 route	det
2	route	route	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 suboptimal	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 suboptimal	cop
4	suboptimal	suboptimal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 shorter	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shorter	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 shorter	cop
10	shorter	short	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 suboptimal	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 suboptimal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that route					suboptimal property	tree rules
2	is	present	the other way					short property	tree rules

Example 4

"Suboptimal" is a fancy way of saying it went wrong.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Suboptimal	punct
2	Suboptimal	suboptimal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	nsubj
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Suboptimal	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 way	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	SCONJ	_	9 saying	mark
9	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 way	acl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 saying	ccomp
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 went	xcomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Suboptimal	a fancy way		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund	a fancy way not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	go	past	way		wrong property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

The computer found a suboptimal answer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 computer	det
2	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	nsubj
3	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 answer	det
5	suboptimal	suboptimal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 answer	amod
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	the computer	a suboptimal answer					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Topic

Example 6

Forgetting your PE kit on match day is suboptimal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forgetting	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 suboptimal	csubj
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 kit	nmod:poss
3	PE	pe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kit	compound
4	kit	kit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Forgetting	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 day	case
6	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 day	compound
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Forgetting	obl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 suboptimal	cop
9	suboptimal	suboptimal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 suboptimal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	gerund		your PE kit			day		tree rules
2	is	present	Forgetting					suboptimal property	tree rules

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