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Meeting 11

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	This video was produced by Clemens Naumann as part of a term paper assignment.		This video was produced by Clemens Naumann as part of a term paper assignment.

			== Basic combinatorics: Canonical examples ==

			(the following exercises are adapted from the textbook material to [[Exercise-ch5#Basic_combinatorics:_Canonical_examples\|Chapter 5]].

			<quiz display=simple>

			{Sentence: ''Pat snored.''<br />Logical form: '''snore'''('''pat''')<br />
			Which parts of the logical form are contributed by which word?
			\|type="[]"}
			\|'''pat''' ¦ \| '''snore''' ¦\| __ ( __ )
			+-- ''Pat''
			-++ ''snored''


			{Sentence: ''Pat likes Chris.''<br />Logical form: '''like'''('''pat''','''chris''')<br />
			Which parts of the logical form are contributed by which word?
			\|type="[]"}
			\|'''pat''' ¦\| '''chris''' ¦\| '''like''' ¦\| __ ( __ , __ )
			+--- ''Pat''
			--++ ''likes''
			-+-- ''Chris''

			</quiz>

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Video

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			This video was produced by Clemens Naumann as part of a term paper assignment.

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Manfred: /* Meeting 11 */

2026-01-12T20:49:52Z

Meeting 11

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			== Video ==

			This video illustrates the basic mechanism of the LRS combinatorics.

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			https://youtu.be/5fgfXCt1lYc?feature=shared
			</embedvideo>

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Meeting 10

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Meeting 9

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			== Analysis of simple sentences ==

			<quiz display=simple>
			{Indicate the missing values of the VAL and the HEAD features using tags ([1], ...) or "-" for empty lists.
			\|type="{}"}

			''Alex snored.''

			syntactic structure: [[File:Tree-AlexSnored.jpeg\|300px]]


			Words:{{TenSpaces}}{{TenSpaces}}{{TenSpaces}}         Phrase:
			''Alex''{{TenSpaces}}{{TenSpaces}} ''snored'' {{TenSpaces}}     S: ''Alex snored.''
			HEAD [4]''noun''{{TenSpaces}}    HEAD [5]''verb''{{TenSpaces}}      HEAD { [5] _3 }
			SUBJ < { - _3 } >{{TenSpaces}}    SUBJ < { [1] _3 } > {{TenSpaces}}     SUBJ < { - _3 } >
			SPR   < { - _3 } >{{TenSpaces}}    SPR < { - _3 } > {{TenSpaces}}      SPR < { - _3 } >
			COMPS < { - _3 } >{{TenSpaces}}COMPS < { - _3 } > {{TenSpaces}}COMPS < { - _3 } >

			</quiz>


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Meeting 10

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			== Lexical entries as Attribute-Value Matrix ==

			Provide the required information on the lexical properties of the underlined words in the following sentences.<br>
			'''Note:'''
			* Put a minus ("-") if a slot should not receive any filling.
			* Write NP, PP, Det, VP into the valence lists, if such elements are selected.
			* Use ''det'', ''noun'', ''prep'' or ''verb'' for the HEAD values.

			<quiz display=simple>
			{Alex <u>read</u> a book yesterday.
			\|type="{}"}

			PHON { read _8 }<br>
			HEAD { verb _8 }<br>
			SUBJ < { NP _8 } ><br>
			SPR < { - _8} > <br>
			COMPS < { NP _8 } ><br>

			{Alex talked <u>to</u> a friend.
			\|type="{}"}

			PHON { to _8 }<br>
			HEAD { prep _8 }<br>
			SUBJ < { - _8 } ><br>
			SPR < { - _8 } > <br>
			COMPS < { NP _8 } ><br>


			{Pat liked this new <u>documentary</u> on African wild life.
			\|type="{}"}

			PHON { documentary _15 }<br>
			HEAD { noun _8 }<br>
			SUBJ < { - _8 } ><br>
			SSPR < { Det _8 } > <br>
			COMPS < { PP _8 } ><br>

			{<u>Alex</u> talked to a friend.
			\|type="{}"}

			PHON { Alex _8 }<br>
			HEAD { noun _8 }<br>
			SUBJ < { - _8 } ><br>
			SPR < { - _8 } > <br>
			COMPS < { - _8 } ><br>


			</quiz>

			{{FeedbackExercises}}

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Manfred: /* Meeting 9 */

2025-12-16T21:05:54Z

Meeting 9

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			== Videos ==

			This video shows which information is inside a lexcial entry.
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			https://youtu.be/impaNluIyNM
			</embedvideo>

			The second video shows the HPSG analysis of two simple sentences (37'):
			::''Duncan died.'' (the first 18+ minutes)
			::''Macbeth killed Duncan.'' (the rest of the video)

			<embedvideo service="youtube" dimensions="400">
			https://youtu.be/7lLWmA_cmy4
			</embedvideo>


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2025-12-08T22:00:24Z

Meeting 8

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	</embedvideo>		</embedvideo>


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Meeting 7

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			== Videos ==

			Watch the following video (33') on the basic step in a syntactic analysis as we need it in our course.

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			https://youtu.be/IN3VsH3Jn1o
			</embedvideo>

			The next video (14') introduces the way we talk about syntactic trees. Please watch it.

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			https://youtu.be/57TfLZJQgCM
			</embedvideo>



			The final video is a more general video (12', produced in 2008) on basic steps in a syntactic analysis. Note, only steps 1-5 apply to our course (i.e. the first 9'30'' of the video). Step 6 is based on a different syntactic theory.

			<embedvideo service="youtube" dimensions="400">
			https://youtu.be/EDbaCAVgHUI
			</embedvideo>


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Manfred: /* Meeting 7 */

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Meeting 7

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			== Video ==

			Watch the following video on logical determiners:

			<embedvideo service="youtube" dimensions="400">http://youtu.be/5PRL23XcaFY</embedvideo>
			<!-- old video with less optimal audio: http://youtu.be/b0iLejXP9C8 -->

			== Exercises ==

			After having watched the video, work on the following tasks.

			'''Task 1''' Identify the logical determiners in the following sentence.

			(a) Juliet talked to some stranger at the party.

			(b) Every Capulet is an enemy to some Montague.

			(c) Many people in Verona are not happy about the Capulet-Montague feud.

			<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:800px">
			Check your solutions here:
			<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
			(a) ''some''

			(b) ''every'', ''some''

			(c) ''many''</div>
			</div>



			'''Task 2''' Identify the formula that corresponds to the translation of the sentence.

			<quiz display=simple>

			{''Some Montague who was at the party fell in love with Juliet.''
			\|type="()"}
			- ∃''x'' ('''montague<sub>1</sub>'''(''x'') : ('''at-party<sub>1</sub>'''(''x'') &and; '''fall-in-love-with<sub>2</sub>'''(''x'','''juliet''')))
			\|\| In restricted quantifier notation, the "complete" semantic representation of the noun phrase (NP) appears in the restrictor (-> square brackets).
			+ ∃''x'' (('''montague<sub>1</sub>'''(''x'') &and; '''at-party<sub>1</sub>'''(''x'')) : '''fall-in-love-with<sub>2</sub>'''(''x'','''juliet'''))
			- ∃''x'' ('''montague<sub>1</sub>'''(''x'') : ('''at-party<sub>1</sub>'''(''x'') &and; '''fall-in-love-with<sub>2</sub>'''(''x'','''juliet'''))
			\|\| In restricted quantifier notation, the semantic representation of the noun phrase (NP) appears in the restrictor.
			- ∃''x'' (('''montague<sub>1</sub>'''(''x'') &and; '''fall-in-love-with<sub>2</sub>'''(''x'','''juliet''')) : '''at-party<sub>1</sub>'''(''x''))
			\|\| In restricted quantifier notation, the semantic representation of the noun phrase (NP) appears in the restrictor, that of the VP in the scope.

			</quiz>

			'''Task 3''' The sentence: ''Some Tybalt loved some Montague.'' is translated into the formula<br>∃ y ('''montague<sub>1</sub>'''(''y'') : '''love<sub>2</sub>'''('''tybalt''',''y'').

			<quiz display=simple>
			{Mark all the cells in the table that stand for a true statement.
			\|type="[]"}
			\| '''montague<sub>1</sub>'''(''y'') <span style="color:white">zwisch</span>\| '''love<sub>2</sub>'''('''tybalt''',''y'')<span style="color:white">zwisch</span>
			+- ''Romeo''
			+- ''Mercutio''
			-- ''Juliet''
			-- ''Tybalt''
			-- ''Laurence''
			-- ''Paris''
			</quiz>

			Given this table, is the overall formula true or false? (Give a reason for your answer.)
			<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:800px">
			Check your solutions here:
			<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
			The formula is false, because there is no individual in our model for which both the restrictor and the scope are true.
			</div>
			</div>

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