Polarity

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== UNL ==
 
== UNL ==
In UNL, the attribute polarity may assume two values:
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In UNL, the attribute polarity may assume the following values:
  
 
{{#tree:id=unl_polarity|openlevels=0|root=Polarity|
 
{{#tree:id=unl_polarity|openlevels=0|root=Polarity|
 
*@yes
 
*@yes
 
*@not
 
*@not
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*@maybe
 
}}
 
}}
  
;The attribute @yes is the default value and may be omitted:
 
:I do live here = live (or live.@yes)
 
  
;The attribute polarity, when lexicalized, must not be informed:
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;Affirmative is the default value and must be omitted. The attribute @yes is used only for emphatic affirmative:
:never = never (and not never.@not)
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:I live here = live
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:I do live here = live.@yes
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;Polarity attributes must be assigned according to the scope of the affirmative or negative
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:She didn't come = come.@not
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:I don't know whether she came = know.@not (but not <strike>came.@not</strike>)
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;Polarity attributes must not be informed when lexicalized:
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:never = never (and not <strike>never.@not</strike>)
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:I never lived here = live (and not <strike>live.@not</strike>)
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;Double negatives must be rewritten as simple negatives
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:I don't know nothing = I don't know anything (know.@not) or I know nothing (know)
  
 
=== Examples ===
 
=== Examples ===
*@not: I don't live here = live.@not
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*I live here = live
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*I do live here = live.@yes
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*I don't live here = live.@not
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*Maybe I live here = live.@maybe

Latest revision as of 15:40, 12 July 2010

Polarity is a category that indicates the distinction between affirmative and negative.

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Natural Language

In the UNLarium, polarity may assume two values:

Examples

  • English
    • not = NEG
    • never = NEG
    • none = NEG

UNL

In UNL, the attribute polarity may assume the following values:


Affirmative is the default value and must be omitted. The attribute @yes is used only for emphatic affirmative
I live here = live
I do live here = live.@yes
Polarity attributes must be assigned according to the scope of the affirmative or negative
She didn't come = come.@not
I don't know whether she came = know.@not (but not came.@not)
Polarity attributes must not be informed when lexicalized
never = never (and not never.@not)
I never lived here = live (and not live.@not)
Double negatives must be rewritten as simple negatives
I don't know nothing = I don't know anything (know.@not) or I know nothing (know)

Examples

  • I live here = live
  • I do live here = live.@yes
  • I don't live here = live.@not
  • Maybe I live here = live.@maybe
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