[erg] Intrinsic Arguments

[Alexandre Rademaker]

http://moin.delph-in.net/ErgSemantics/Basics

says

> Moreover, no variable will appear as the intrinsic argument of more than one predication in the semantic representation of an utterance.

In agreement with the documentation above, pydelphin gives me a warning with the sentence:

>>> response = ace.parse('/Users/ar/hpsg/ace/erg.dat', 'The St. Flavien gas field was discovered in 1972 in the overthrust area by Shell Oil Company.', cmdargs=['-n', '1'])
NOTE: parsed 1 / 1 sentences, avg 118494k, time 1.56320s
>>> x = response.result(0).mrs()
/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/delphin/mrs/simplemrs.py:248: XmrsWarning: e42 is the intrinsic variable for more than one EP.
  warn(str(ex), XmrsWarning)

Looking for the ACE output, I identified the EPs:

...
[ _thrust_v_1<56:66> LBL: h41 ARG0: e42 [ e SF: prop TENSE: untensed MOOD: indicative PROG: bool PERF: - ] ARG1: i43 ARG2: x37 ]
[ _over-_a_1<56:66> LBL: h41 ARG0: e42 ARG1: e42 ]
...

The page is outdated? Is it a bug in ACE?


Best,

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Alexandre Rademaker
http://arademaker.github.io