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**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 0
--- ## [Adding a new page to the wiki](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/adding-a-new-page-to-the-wiki/1096)
**Author:** [@bond](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/bond)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/adding-a-new-page-to-the-wiki/1096 "2025-02-07T19:38:56Z")
Hi, I added AmsterdamTop to the sitesdefinitions.json yesterday but I still can’t see it. @EricZinda is there something else I should be doing? Francis --- ## [Docs for one approach to using MRS for building natural language interfaces to software](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/docs-for-one-approach-to-using-mrs-for-building-natural-language-interfaces-to-software/1090)
**Author:** [@EricZinda](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/EricZinda)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/docs-for-one-approach-to-using-mrs-for-building-natural-language-interfaces-to-software/1090 "2024-10-30T18:49:11Z")
Thanks to the DELPH-IN technologies and the generous help from many people on this forum, I’ve been able to get the Perplexity engine I’ve been working on to a place where I can pull together a reasonably thorough set … --- ## [New Dev Docs for: Understanding the MRS Format](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/new-dev-docs-for-understanding-the-mrs-format/915)
**Author:** [@EricZinda](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/EricZinda)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/new-dev-docs-for-understanding-the-mrs-format/915 "2023-06-07T18:36:28Z")
I’ve put together developer-focused writeup of “Understanding the MRS Format”. I’ve included lots of information from this forum such as: The thread on MRS Index The thread on u, i variables And many others. I’ve tri… --- ## [Distributive/Collective/Cumulative reading scenario question](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/distributive-collective-cumulative-reading-scenario-question/906)
**Author:** [@EricZinda](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/EricZinda)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/distributive-collective-cumulative-reading-scenario-question/906 "2023-04-25T17:04:32Z")
I’m still working on a sample and documentation for collective, distributive, cumulative readings and have a general (maybe rudimentary) linguistics question about how they work. Imagine a world where: Sasha is liftin… --- ## [Shouldn't "card(cex)" and "ord(cex)" be shaped more like a quantifier?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/shouldnt-card-cex-and-ord-cex-be-shaped-more-like-a-quantifier/864)
**Author:** [@EricZinda](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/EricZinda)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/shouldnt-card-cex-and-ord-cex-be-shaped-more-like-a-quantifier/864 "2023-04-13T23:13:36Z")
This is a case that has always vexed me and that I finally need to address now that I’m trying to write up some documentation that touches on it. All of the parses for “There are two rocks” include card(cex), \_rock\_n\_1(… --- ## [How can I determine what "kind" of predications can appear for a particular verb scopal arg?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/how-can-i-determine-what-kind-of-predications-can-appear-for-a-particular-verb-scopal-arg/894)
**Author:** [@EricZinda](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/EricZinda)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/how-can-i-determine-what-kind-of-predications-can-appear-for-a-particular-verb-scopal-arg/894 "2023-02-02T21:43:14Z")
I’m trying to describe in the docs and implement a more general approach to evaluating (I’m not sure of the right term here, "causal verbs’?) “verbs that take a scopal arg because they are going to cause something to ha… --- ## [Determining ordering of adjectives in an MRS conjunction](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/determining-ordering-of-adjectives-in-an-mrs-conjunction/865)
**Author:** [@EricZinda](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/EricZinda)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/determining-ordering-of-adjectives-in-an-mrs-conjunction/865 "2022-12-25T04:19:42Z")
Thinking more about the case of adjectives which do “little q quantification” as we’re discussing in this thread, I’m noticing that at least these types of adjectives don’t seem to be associative when they are represent… --- ## [Understanding neg(e, h): "which rocks are not blue"](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/understanding-neg-e-h-which-rocks-are-not-blue/860)
**Author:** [@EricZinda](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/EricZinda)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/understanding-neg-e-h-which-rocks-are-not-blue/860 "2022-12-01T18:27:45Z")
I’m working to understand how to interpret the neg(e, h) predication as part of writing up some documentation. I’m using what I thought was a straightforward example: “which rocks are not blue?”. Below are the first fo… --- ## [Docs: What does the MRS "Index" identify?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/docs-what-does-the-mrs-index-identify/850)
**Author:** [@EricZinda](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/EricZinda)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/docs-what-does-the-mrs-index-identify/850 "2022-11-22T17:30:10Z")
I want to make sure I have my head around (so to speak) what the Index clause of an MRS is identifying. I suspect it is such a basic topic that it really doesn’t get defined anywhere in the wiki. Cutting to the chase, … --- ## [Docs: Help understanding underspecified variable types: dropped arguments, shared 'i' variables and 'u'](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/docs-help-understanding-underspecified-variable-types-dropped-arguments-shared-i-variables-and-u/844)
**Author:** [@EricZinda](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/EricZinda)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/docs-help-understanding-underspecified-variable-types-dropped-arguments-shared-i-variables-and-u/844 "2022-11-21T22:02:42Z")
\[This question is part of the working group effort to update the Delph-In docs\] I’ve never fully understood how to interpret argument types beyond x and e and I’m hoping someone can explain some scenarios I’ve encounter… --- ## [Chart mapping documentation](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/chart-mapping-documentation/853)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/chart-mapping-documentation/853 "2022-11-11T14:19:16Z")
I am working with documentation on chart mapping and am thinking that it would be good if, right at the beginning, there was some summary statement as to why it even exists and is needed (hello, @EricZinda !) Would it b… --- ## [Going to be posting "Docs:" questions to gather information for beefing up our documentation](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/going-to-be-posting-docs-questions-to-gather-information-for-beefing-up-our-documentation/845)
**Author:** [@EricZinda](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/EricZinda)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/going-to-be-posting-docs-questions-to-gather-information-for-beefing-up-our-documentation/845 "2022-10-25T21:10:15Z")
As part of our effort at filling in the documentation, I’m working at pulling together a section of the docs that describes the intricacies of the MRS, focused on developers who want to build apps using it. As I hit are…