[03:18:43] Now to do the same thing as "a lot of " and "no " with " ", ie the zero determiner. [03:18:55] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_determiners#Zero_determiner [03:27:26] The RGL has aPl_Det for the case of plural nouns. [03:55:54] By the way, I wonder if this line, aPl_Det = mkCompCat ("DetQuant" ++ "DefArt" ++ "NumPl") ; [04:02:11] in lib/src/api/abstract_to_api/AbsToAPIAbs.gf [04:39:39] the "DefArt" should be "IndefArt", as in the line before,↩ aSg_Det = mkCompCat ("DetQuant" ++ "IndefArt" ++ "NumSg") ; [04:49:54] ↩" [04:59:32] *** Joins: Eidel_ (~eidel@c83-249-247-253.bredband.comhem.se) [05:02:41] *** Quits: Eidel (~eidel@c83-249-247-253.bredband.comhem.se) (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [05:15:00] In Constructors.gf, they are aSg_Det = DetQuant IndefArt NumSg ; --% [05:15:02] aPl_Det = DetQuant IndefArt NumPl ; --% [05:26:12] *** Joins: Eidel (~eidel@c83-249-247-253.bredband.comhem.se) [05:27:22] Of mass nouns, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_noun, the RGL seems to have no conception. [05:28:54] I have been getting around the fact they may not have a determiner by making them NPs. [05:29:22] *** Quits: Eidel_ (~eidel@c83-249-247-253.bredband.comhem.se) (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) [05:29:24] This prevents them having a determiner. [05:31:21] I want 'Let's drink wine,' 'Let's drink some wine' and 'Let's drink the wine.' [05:36:01] But I want to prevent the use of the zero determiner with singular count nouns. [05:37:15] I don't want 'Let's call waiter,' but do want 'Let's call some waiter' and Let's call the waiter.' [07:01:43] *** Joins: bakibour (549febf0@gateway/web/freenode/ip.84.159.235.240) [07:02:41] Greetings [08:18:24] *** ChanServ sets mode: +o jstar [08:18:31] *** ChanServ sets mode: +o inariksit [10:00:52] hi bakibour! [10:01:25] drbean: yeah, in aPl_Det, it should be IndefArt [10:01:31] and there is a mass noun constructor too [10:01:36] will look it up later, just woke up [10:04:24] *** Quits: jmvanel (~jmvanel@37.163.51.68) (Ping timeout: 250 seconds) [10:04:33] *** Quits: jmv (~jmvanel@37.163.51.68) (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [11:50:34] *** Joins: Eidel_ (~eidel@c83-249-247-253.bredband.comhem.se) [11:53:32] *** Quits: Eidel (~eidel@c83-249-247-253.bredband.comhem.se) (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) [13:29:48] *** Joins: spectie (~fran@unaffiliated/spectie) [13:40:14] *** Joins: jmvanel (~jmvanel@37.163.150.188) [13:40:23] *** Joins: jmv (~jmvanel@37.163.150.188) [14:19:29] I don't think there is a mass noun category. But even if I had one, I think I would also need one for mass noun determiners. [14:20:23] ah yeah no mass noun, just mass NP [14:23:49] Using MassNP : CN -> NP ? [14:24:09] yeah [14:38:34] *** Joins: Eidel (~eidel@c83-249-247-253.bredband.comhem.se) [14:41:44] *** Quits: Eidel_ (~eidel@c83-249-247-253.bredband.comhem.se) (Ping timeout: 250 seconds) [14:44:53] The way to go I think is to create a MassDet category, linearized as Det, and have a MassItem : MassDet -> N -> NP function, linearized as mkNP. [14:45:57] ah yeah, now I see, I didn't read your examples carefully [14:46:10] And not let any count nouns into the abstract syntax module as N, but only as CN. [15:28:00] Hey :) [15:28:41] The gf files for english and german in the Github repo are they usable in a way that you could parse a book? 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