teachable Who acts: Kindness, Puppies, broken window, He, Good manners, Parrots · What happens: learn, teach, be, become · To what, where: teachable puppy, something, teachable moment, age
«teachable» 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: teachable in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: of a person or animal — kept apart, not parsed.
Able and willing to learn: a teachable puppy.
cc conj mark xcomp punct det amod obl punct root Able ADJ and CCONJ willing ADJ to PART learn VERB : PUNCT a DET teachable ADJ puppy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Able able ADJ Degree=Pos root root 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 willing cc 3 willing willing ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Able conj 4 to to PART _ 5 learn mark 5 learn learn VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 willing xcomp 6 : : PUNCT _ 9 puppy punct 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 puppy det 8 teachable teachable ADJ Degree=Pos 9 puppy amod 9 puppy puppy NOUN Number=Sing 5 learn obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Able punct
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1 learn to-infinitive a teachable puppy vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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 subject or skill — kept apart, not parsed.
Able to be taught.
mark aux:pass xcomp punct root Able ADJ to PART be AUX taught VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Able able ADJ Degree=Pos root root 2 to to PART _ 4 taught mark 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 taught aux:pass 4 taught teach VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Able xcomp 5 . . PUNCT _ 1 Able punct
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1 teach speech: other to-infinitive · passive vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:
Kindness is teachable.
nsubj cop punct root Kindness NOUN is AUX teachable ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kindness kindness NOUN Number=Sing 3 teachable nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 teachable cop 3 teachable teachable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 . . PUNCT _ 3 teachable punct
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1 is present Kindness teachable property tree rules
Meaning 3 «A teachable moment»: a chance in real life to learn something useful.
The tree, 12 words punct det amod punct punct det conj case amod nmod mark acl obj amod punct root « PUNCT A DET teachable ADJ moment NOUN » PUNCT : PUNCT a DET chance NOUN in ADP real ADJ life NOUN to PART learn VERB something PRON useful ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 4 moment punct 2 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 moment det 3 teachable teachable ADJ Degree=Pos 4 moment amod 4 moment moment NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 » » PUNCT _ 4 moment punct 6 : : PUNCT _ 8 chance punct 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 chance det 8 chance chance NOUN Number=Sing 4 moment conj 9 in in ADP _ 11 life case 10 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 11 life amod 11 life life NOUN Number=Sing 8 chance nmod 12 to to PART _ 13 learn mark 13 learn learn VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 chance acl 14 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 13 learn obj 15 useful useful ADJ Degree=Pos 14 something amod 16 . . PUNCT _ 4 moment punct
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1 learn to-infinitive something vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic
Example 1 Puppies are very teachable when they are young.
nsubj cop advmod advmod nsubj cop advcl punct root Puppies NOUN are AUX very ADV teachable ADJ when ADV they PRON are AUX young ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Puppies puppy NOUN Number=Plur 4 teachable nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 teachable cop 3 very very ADV _ 4 teachable advmod 4 teachable teachable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 when when ADV PronType=Int 8 young advmod 6 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 young nsubj 7 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 young cop 8 young young ADJ Degree=Pos 4 teachable advcl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 teachable punct
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1 is present Puppies teachable property tree rules 2 is present Puppies = puppy young property tree rules
Example 2 Is creativity teachable?
cop compound punct root Is AUX creativity NOUN teachable ADJ ? PUNCT 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 3 teachable cop 2 creativity creativity NOUN Number=Sing 3 teachable compound 3 teachable teachable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 teachable punct
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1 is present teachable property tree rules
Example 3 The broken window became a teachable moment about safety.
det amod nsubj det amod xcomp case nmod punct root The DET broken ADJ window NOUN became VERB a DET teachable ADJ moment NOUN about ADP safety NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 window det 2 broken broken ADJ Degree=Pos 3 window amod 3 window window NOUN Number=Sing 4 became nsubj 4 became become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 moment det 6 teachable teachable ADJ Degree=Pos 7 moment amod 7 moment moment NOUN Number=Sing 4 became xcomp 8 about about ADP _ 9 safety case 9 safety safety NOUN Number=Sing 7 moment nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 became punct
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1 become past the broken window a teachable moment about safety vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
Example 4 He is curious and teachable.
nsubj cop cc conj punct root He PRON is AUX curious ADJ and CCONJ teachable ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 curious nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 curious cop 3 curious curious ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 teachable cc 5 teachable teachable ADJ Degree=Pos 3 curious conj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 curious punct
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1 is present He curious property tree rules 2 be He not said here tree rules
Example 5 Good manners are teachable at any age.
amod nsubj cop case det obl punct root Good ADJ manners NOUN are AUX teachable ADJ at ADP any DET age NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Good good ADJ Degree=Pos 2 manners amod 2 manners manners NOUN Number=Ptan 4 teachable nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 teachable cop 4 teachable teachable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 at at ADP _ 7 age case 6 any any DET PronType=Ind 7 age det 7 age age NOUN Number=Sing 4 teachable obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 teachable punct
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1 is present Good manners at any age teachable property tree rules
Example 6 Parrots are surprisingly teachable.
nsubj cop advmod punct root Parrots NOUN are AUX surprisingly ADV teachable ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Parrots parrot NOUN Number=Plur 4 teachable nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 teachable cop 3 surprisingly surprisingly ADV _ 4 teachable advmod 4 teachable teachable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 teachable punct
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1 is present Parrots surprisingly, teachable property tree rules
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