unreliable Who acts: old car, He, websites, results, we, weather forecast · What happens: trust, depend on, work, promise, not believe, check · To what, where: facts, good book
«unreliable» 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: unreliable in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Not able to be trusted or depended on to work well or do what is promised.
The tree, 16 words advmod mark aux:pass xcomp cc conj compound:prt mark advcl advmod cc aux nsubj:pass aux:pass conj punct root Not PART able ADJ to PART be AUX trusted VERB or CCONJ depended VERB on ADP to PART work VERB well ADV or CCONJ do AUX what PRON is AUX promised VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Not not PART Polarity=Neg 2 able advmod 2 able able ADJ Degree=Pos root root 3 to to PART _ 5 trusted mark 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 trusted aux:pass 5 trusted trust VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 able xcomp 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 depended cc 7 depended depend VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 trusted conj 8 on on ADP _ 7 depended compound:prt 9 to to PART _ 10 work mark 10 work work VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 depended advcl 11 well well ADV Degree=Pos 10 work advmod 12 or or CCONJ _ 16 promised cc 13 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 promised aux 14 what what PRON PronType=Int 16 promised nsubj:pass 15 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 promised aux:pass 16 promised promise VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 depended conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 2 able punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 trust to-infinitive · passive vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S» 2 depend on participle vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent 3 work to-infinitive well property vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 promise speech: promise present · passive · do-support vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
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 information — kept apart, not parsed.
Possibly wrong, so not to be believed without checking.
advmod punct advmod advmod mark aux:pass conj mark advcl punct root Possibly ADV wrong ADJ , PUNCT so ADV not PART to PART be AUX believed VERB without SCONJ checking VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Possibly possibly ADV _ 2 wrong advmod 2 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 8 believed punct 4 so so ADV _ 8 believed advmod 5 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 believed advmod 6 to to PART _ 8 believed mark 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 believed aux:pass 8 believed believe VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 wrong conj 9 without without SCONJ _ 10 checking mark 10 checking check VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 believed advcl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 wrong punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not believe to-infinitive · passive vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» 2 check gerund vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 1 Our old car is unreliable and often won't start.
nmod:poss amod nsubj cop cc advmod aux advmod conj punct root Our PRON old ADJ car NOUN is AUX unreliable ADJ and CCONJ often ADV wo AUX n't PART start VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 car nmod:poss 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 car amod 3 car car NOUN Number=Sing 5 unreliable nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 unreliable cop 5 unreliable unreliable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 and and CCONJ _ 10 start cc 7 often often ADV _ 10 start advmod 8 wo will AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 start aux 9 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 10 start advmod 10 start start VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 unreliable conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 unreliable punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Our old car unreliable property tree rules 2 not start future Our old car not said here often property vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Example 2 He is unreliable: he never turns up on time.
nsubj cop punct nsubj advmod conj compound:prt case obl punct root He PRON is AUX unreliable ADJ : PUNCT he PRON never ADV turns VERB up ADP on ADP time NOUN . 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 unreliable nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 unreliable cop 3 unreliable unreliable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 7 turns punct 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 turns nsubj 6 never never ADV PronType=Neg 7 turns advmod 7 turns turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 unreliable conj 8 up up ADP _ 7 turns compound:prt 9 on on ADP _ 10 time case 10 time time NOUN Number=Sing 7 turns obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 unreliable punct
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1 is present He unreliable property tree rules 2 not turn up present he time vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 3 Some websites are unreliable, so check facts in a good book.
det nsubj cop punct advmod parataxis obj case det amod obl punct root Some DET websites NOUN are AUX unreliable ADJ , PUNCT so ADV check VERB facts NOUN in ADP a DET good ADJ book NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 websites det 2 websites website NOUN Number=Plur 4 unreliable nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 unreliable cop 4 unreliable unreliable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 check punct 6 so so ADV _ 7 check advmod 7 check check VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 4 unreliable parataxis 8 facts fact NOUN Number=Plur 7 check obj 9 in in ADP _ 12 book case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 book det 11 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 12 book amod 12 book book NOUN Number=Sing 7 check obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 4 unreliable punct
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1 is present some websites unreliable property tree rules 2 check infinitive facts a good book vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme
Example 4 The results were unreliable because we only tested once.
det nsubj cop mark nsubj advmod advcl advmod punct root The DET results NOUN were AUX unreliable ADJ because SCONJ we PRON only ADV tested VERB once ADV . PUNCT 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 unreliable nsubj 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 unreliable cop 4 unreliable unreliable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 because because SCONJ _ 8 tested mark 6 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 tested nsubj 7 only only ADV _ 8 tested advmod 8 tested test VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 unreliable advcl 9 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 8 tested advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 unreliable punct
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1 is past the results unreliable property tree rules 2 test past we once property vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 5 The weather forecast was unreliable that week.
det compound nsubj cop det obl:unmarked punct root The DET weather NOUN forecast NOUN was AUX unreliable ADJ that DET week NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 forecast det 2 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 3 forecast compound 3 forecast forecast NOUN Number=Sing 5 unreliable nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 unreliable cop 5 unreliable unreliable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 7 week det 7 week week NOUN Number=Sing 5 unreliable obl:unmarked 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 unreliable punct
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1 is past the weather forecast week unreliable property tree rules
Example 6 The narrator of the story turned out to be unreliable.
det nsubj case det nmod compound:prt mark cop xcomp punct root The DET narrator NOUN of ADP the DET story NOUN turned VERB out ADP to PART be AUX unreliable ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 narrator det 2 narrator narrator NOUN Number=Sing 6 turned nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 story case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 story det 5 story story NOUN Number=Sing 2 narrator nmod 6 turned turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 out out ADP _ 6 turned compound:prt 8 to to PART _ 10 unreliable mark 9 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 10 unreliable cop 10 unreliable unreliable ADJ Degree=Pos 6 turned xcomp 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 turned punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 turn out past the narrator of the story vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 is to-infinitive the narrator of the story not said here unreliable property tree rules
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