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Dead parrots make bad pets: Exploring modifier effects in noun phrases
Sometimes modifiers have a strong effect on core aspects of the meaning of the nouns they are attached to: A parrot is a desirable pet, but a dead parrot is, at the very least, a rather unusual household companion. In order to stimulate computational research into the impact of modification on phrase meaning, we collected and made available a large dataset containing subject ratings for a varie...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Emu
سال: 1910
ISSN: 0158-4197
DOI: 10.1071/mu910134f