[erg] Missing article in a sentence causes a problem in parsing?

[Emily M. Bender]

Hi David,

The problem isn't the "adjectival nature" but that the
lexical entry for the noun "male" treats it as a count
noun, i.e. one which requires a determiner when used in
the singular.  So yes, a new entry would fix this.

Emily


On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 9:39 AM, David Mott <mottdh at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have noticed the following behaviour of the ERG in different variants of a
> sentence:
>
> call from a male to a female   ( parses)
> call from man to a female      ( parses)
>
> call from male to a female     ( *** does not parse)
>
>
> Is this because of the adjectival nature of "male"? Do I need to make a new
> lexical entry for "male"?
>
> thanks



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Emily M. Bender
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Department of Linguistics
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