# Grammar Matrix **URL:** https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/c/grammar-matrix/5.md?page=4 [Latest](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/latest.md) · [Categories](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/categories.md) · [Tags](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/tags.md) **Page:** 5 --- ## [Code-review: intersective-mod-lex in matrix.tdl](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/code-review-intersective-mod-lex-in-matrix-tdl/310)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/code-review-intersective-mod-lex-in-matrix-tdl/310 "2019-06-07T20:05:28Z")
Based on the recent adverbs discussion, here’s a proposed change to matrix.tdl: CURRENT: intersective-mod-lex := no-hcons-lex-item & \[ SYNSEM \[ LOCAL.CAT.HEAD.MOD \< \[ LOCAL intersective-mod & \[ CONT.HOOK.INDEX … --- ## [SYNSEM.ATTACH constraints](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/synsem-attach-constraints/315)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/synsem-attach-constraints/315 "2019-06-07T19:49:26Z")
Could anyone explain the purpose of these constraints: ;Constraint on MC used to be part of matrix.tdl ;;it applies to all wo implementations, except for v2 head-initial-head-nexus := head-initial & \[ SYNSEM.ATTACH l… --- ## [Basic-filler-phrase and second DTR's QUE](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/basic-filler-phrase-and-second-dtrs-que/311)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/basic-filler-phrase-and-second-dtrs-que/311 "2019-05-30T20:10:38Z")
The current version of the Head Filler Rule, which is a natural choice for a wh-question phrase, inherits from basic-filler-rule which restricts its second daughter to be QUE-empty: basic-filler-phrase := binary-phrase &… --- ## [QUE for NPs like "which book"](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/que-for-nps-like-which-book/309)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 10:36am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/que-for-nps-like-which-book/309 "2019-05-23T10:36:53Z")
I realized my wh-determiner (for the GM library for wh-question) is not quite done yet because it isn’t doing about QUE. So, an NPs like which book looks just like a regular NP and the reason the whole thing gets a parse… --- ## [Looking for a cool toy "linguistic hypothesis" example to use with GM](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/looking-for-a-cool-toy-linguistic-hypothesis-example-to-use-with-gm/307)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/looking-for-a-cool-toy-linguistic-hypothesis-example-to-use-with-gm/307 "2019-05-21T18:18:24Z")
I will be demoing the Grammar Matrix in my lecture tomorrow, and I am looking for a cool toy example of how to use it for linguistic hypothesis testing. For now I am thinking to just use English and ask them to pretend t… --- ## [Where do stem names come from?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/where-do-stem-names-come-from/304)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/where-do-stem-names-come-from/304 "2019-05-13T23:58:52Z")
I am not setting stems’ names in matrixdef and there aren’t corresponding lines in the choices file, however in customization, some stems have names and others don’t. Why is that? Where in customization does this happen? … --- ## [Indicating pronouns in GM lexicon page](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/indicating-pronouns-in-gm-lexicon-page/303)
**Author:** [@kphowell](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/kphowell)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/indicating-pronouns-in-gm-lexicon-page/303 "2019-05-09T18:52:02Z")
The lexicon page has a “this is a pronoun” check box for nouns (which adds the choice pron=on). From grepping the linglib it looks like this choice is primarily used by the adnominal possession library. I’m trying to ge… --- ## [Unification failure in SLASH list](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/unification-failure-in-slash-list/298)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/unification-failure-in-slash-list/298 "2019-05-03T00:39:31Z")
Here’s a unification failure: The path to that is: ARGS.FIRST.SYNSEM.LOCAL.CAT.VAL.SUBJ.FIRST.NON-LOCAL.SLASH What I did here was feed a VP which is output of the complement extraction rule to the subject extractio… --- ## [Argument Optionality and Morphology](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/argument-optionality-and-morphology/291)
**Author:** [@kphowell](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/kphowell)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/argument-optionality-and-morphology/291 "2019-05-02T00:02:14Z")
I always get a bit confused by the argument optionality choices on the morphology page. If I have a language where subject agreement is required when a subject is dropped and not permitted if the subject is overt, I wou… --- ## [Installing a 'sandbox' copy](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/installing-a-sandbox-copy/292)
**Author:** [@ebender](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ebender)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/installing-a-sandbox-copy/292 "2019-04-27T00:39:20Z")
I’m trying to install a sandbox copy of the Grammar Matrix customization system (to test out some suggested patches to speed up the page rendering with large choices files – yay!), and I’m stuck. When I try this command… --- ## [Extra qeq in sentences of "which book"-type](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/extra-qeq-in-sentences-of-which-book-type/289)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/extra-qeq-in-sentences-of-which-book-type/289 "2019-04-25T00:26:55Z")
Here’s my current lextype for which (I am still seeking advice on how to find a suitable supertype in matrix.tdl though!): which-word-lex := no-ltop-lex-item & \[ SYNSEM \[ LOCAL \[ CAT \[ VAL \[ SPR \< \>, … --- ## [A lextype for "which" and generally linking things in the MRS](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/a-lextype-for-which-and-generally-linking-things-in-the-mrs/287)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/a-lextype-for-which-and-generally-linking-things-in-the-mrs/287 "2019-04-25T00:22:53Z")
I am working on lexical types for question words for my constituent questions library. right now I am working on the word which. Now, I have been trying to adapt various types which I have from e.g. 567 (such as a type f… --- ## [Constraining order of head-opt-comp](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/constraining-order-of-head-opt-comp/285)
**Author:** [@davinman](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/davinman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/constraining-order-of-head-opt-comp/285 "2019-04-19T20:42:28Z")
I have an issue that I feel like I have run into before but don’t remember how to solve. I have a language that is Verb-initial, but is flexible about SO vs OS ordering. So VSO and VOS are both possible. There is free c… --- ## [Morphology: position classes, lexical rule types/instances, and inputs](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/morphology-position-classes-lexical-rule-types-instances-and-inputs/271)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/morphology-position-classes-lexical-rule-types-instances-and-inputs/271 "2019-04-11T01:41:55Z")
(This is just some notes, not a concrete question or proposal.) Currently in the Grammar Matrix, I can in principle specify verb types based on their inflectional properties, but then it is position classes that constra… --- ## [Complementizers as heads in the GM](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/complementizers-as-heads-in-the-gm/273)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/complementizers-as-heads-in-the-gm/273 "2019-04-10T17:11:06Z")
I think I’ve asked this before but I cannot locate the email, so I will ask here: What is behind the decision to not use P&S’s analysis of complementizers as markers? (And treating them as heads instead). --- ## [Wh-questions in 567: wh-ques-phrase and SUBJ](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/wh-questions-in-567-wh-ques-phrase-and-subj/276)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/wh-questions-in-567-wh-ques-phrase-and-subj/276 "2019-04-03T20:07:41Z")
(10-minute rule) Here are the instructions on how to implement wh-questions for the 567 class: basic-head-filler-phrase :+ \[ ARGS \< \[ SYNSEM.LOCAL.COORD - \], \[ SYNSEM.LOCAL.COORD - \] \> \]. wh-ques-phrase := basic-he… --- ## [Wh-questions in Ling567](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/wh-questions-in-ling567/275)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/wh-questions-in-ling567/275 "2019-04-01T22:41:28Z")
I am reviewing the Ling567 lab instructions in order to see if I can borrow something for the Grammar Matrix implementation of constituent questions. The first question that I have is: what is the purpose of this? The i… --- ## [Noun determiner choice validation logic](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/noun-determiner-choice-validation-logic/268)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/noun-determiner-choice-validation-logic/268 "2019-03-14T22:36:22Z")
Currently for nouns in the Lexicon, parent’s choice for determiner is only considered by the validation code if it is “impossible” or “obligatory” (but not “optional”). As a result, I get a validation error when I am tr… --- ## [Choices data structure and loading a python dict into ChoiceDict](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/choices-data-structure-and-loading-a-python-dict-into-choicedict/264)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/choices-data-structure-and-loading-a-python-dict-into-choicedict/264 "2019-03-14T22:22:20Z")
I would like to write a custom constructor for the ChoiceDict class in the Matrix’s Choices.py (I am working with a copy of that for MOM but I could eventually merge it into the Matrix’s copy if it seems useful). Curren… --- ## [Losing my RELS in 2P analyses](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/losing-my-rels-in-2p-analyses/265)
**Author:** [@davinman](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/davinman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/losing-my-rels-in-2p-analyses/265 "2019-03-13T22:28:37Z")
I’ve modified how I define my 2nd position elements and suddenly my RELS are disappearing when they go through head-comp and head-subj rules. Any help would be appreciated (I have well exceeded the “10 minute rule”). He… --- ## [Regression tests hanging at Sahaptin-short](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/regression-tests-hanging-at-sahaptin-short/99)
**Author:** [@ekayen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ekayen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/regression-tests-hanging-at-sahaptin-short/99 "2019-01-31T22:31:13Z")
Has anyone had this issue? When running all of the regression tests, the grammar creation stalls at Sahaptin-short. I tried running the customize script on the Sahaptin-short choices file from the command line, and it wo… --- ## [CLAUSE-KEY in Nominalized Clause head-opt-subj](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/clause-key-in-nominalized-clause-head-opt-subj/246)
**Author:** [@kphowell](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/kphowell)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/clause-key-in-nominalized-clause-head-opt-subj/246 "2019-01-24T18:01:08Z")
The nominalized clauses analysis in the GM requires a special head-subj and head-opt-subj rule that does not require the head daughter to be an event. The basic-head-opt-subj-phrase in matrix.tdl specifies event on the … --- ## [Evidentials in the GM for proximity](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/evidentials-in-the-gm-for-proximity/217)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2018, 12:05pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/evidentials-in-the-gm-for-proximity/217 "2018-11-10T12:05:10Z")
Can/should the evidentials library be used to model levels of proximity of the event? Here’s a hierarchy from Abui (Kratochvil, 2007): --- ## [Oblique cases in the Grammar Matrix](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/oblique-cases-in-the-grammar-matrix/216)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/oblique-cases-in-the-grammar-matrix/216 "2018-11-10T02:49:43Z")
Context: creating a test suite for a new GM library. To what degree are oblique cases supported in the Grammar Matrix, if at all? We can list however many cases we want, but the only thing we are supposed to say about a… --- ## [Can PPs be modeled via the GM?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/can-pps-be-modeled-via-the-gm/214)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/can-pps-be-modeled-via-the-gm/214 "2018-11-06T23:24:09Z")
I slept in the house or something like that. I am assuming no (nothing in the GM is intended for this, including the case marking adpositions?) but wanted to double check. It is currently possible to model clausal m… --- ## [Why is intonation-marking for yes/no questions not supported by the GM?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/why-is-intonation-marking-for-yes-no-questions-not-supported-by-the-gm/213)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/why-is-intonation-marking-for-yes-no-questions-not-supported-by-the-gm/213 "2018-11-06T13:58:43Z")
Are there some technical difficulties (at a first glance, this seems easy to do, just have a non-branching rule activated by the choice, adding \[SF ques\])? Or is it because this choice would mean there will always be amb… --- ## [How to model English Yes/No questions in the GM?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/how-to-model-english-yes-no-questions-in-the-gm/210)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/how-to-model-english-yes-no-questions-in-the-gm/210 "2018-11-05T16:12:06Z")
Which are the correct choices for English yes/no questions? I loaded the mini-English choices (btw, here’s an instance without the iso-code bug leading to mini-English not working) and added: But I am not sure… --- ## [Error adding regression test: No such file: item](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/error-adding-regression-test-no-such-file-item/195)
**Author:** [@kphowell](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/kphowell)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/error-adding-regression-test-no-such-file-item/195 "2018-10-10T19:45:37Z")
I’m trying to add a regression test to the Grammar Matrix. I’m getting an error message that complains that there isn’t already an item file. I’m in my branch and using -C gmcs/ to set the CUSTOMIZATIONROOT… Does anyone … --- ## [FORM validation for unit testing](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/form-validation-for-unit-testing/172)
**Author:** [@dljarvis](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/dljarvis)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/form-validation-for-unit-testing/172 "2018-08-06T22:26:21Z")
Is it intended to be the case that in a choices file, if there is has-aux, that there must be form-fin-nf? Should it be possible the opposite be true (that there is form-fin-nf without has-aux)? --- ## [Transfer rules for semantically empty words](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/transfer-rules-for-semantically-empty-words/141)
**Author:** [@kphowell](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/kphowell)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/transfer-rules-for-semantically-empty-words/141 "2018-05-11T00:44:47Z")
Do we have instructions or an example of how to add transfer rules for semantically empty words? For example, I have adverb subordinators for which the pred value is added via a non-branching rule, not in the lexical ent… [Previous page](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/c/grammar-matrix/5.md?page=3) [Next page](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/c/grammar-matrix/5.md?page=5)