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**Author:** [@system](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/welcome-to-delph-in-discourse/8 "2017-11-09T19:57:47Z")
Welcome to DELPH-IN Discourse! This is a resource for DELPH-IN-related Q&A. We hope to have both to-the-point Q&A, stack-exchange style, and free-form discussion. Consider creating a topic here and then advertising it … --- ## [Wiki documentation fixes — missing wiki pages (incl. BergenTop) now showing, plus two pending PRs](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/wiki-documentation-fixes-missing-wiki-pages-incl-bergentop-now-showing-plus-two-pending-prs/1203)
**Author:** [@bond](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/bond)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2026, 7:51am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/wiki-documentation-fixes-missing-wiki-pages-incl-bergentop-now-showing-plus-two-pending-prs/1203 "2026-07-24T07:51:26Z")
Some wiki pages that clearly existed weren’t showing up on the docs site (https://delph-in.github.io/docs/) — most visibly, BergenTop was 404ing despite being linked from SummitTop. This is because the site generator onl… --- ## [Getting ready for a stream of questions](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/getting-ready-for-a-stream-of-questions/1202)
**Author:** [@ebender](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ebender)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/getting-ready-for-a-stream-of-questions/1202 "2026-07-17T17:39:22Z")
Hi all, @ecconrad has a bunch of questions about which analysis is right for various given strings. We wanted to create a tag she could use in the hopes that the resulting discussions will serve as some type of document… --- ## [Spam/changes to settings](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/spam-changes-to-settings/1200)
**Author:** [@ebender](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ebender)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/spam-changes-to-settings/1200 "2026-06-07T02:09:18Z")
Hi all, We just got hit by a wave of spam. I’ve tweaked the settings in a way that I think means new users won’t be able to post, but I’ll keep keeping an eye on it. If any established users are having trouble posting,… --- ## [Grammarium?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/grammarium/1188)
**Author:** [@ecconrad](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ecconrad)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/grammarium/1188 "2026-05-01T19:23:27Z")
Someone asked me if there’s a public facing list of grammars made with the Grammar Matrix they could point students to to show “an example of a grammar architecture being applied consistently to x languages.” Emily poin… --- ## [VSCode messing with white space segmentation (LKB)](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/vscode-messing-with-white-space-segmentation-lkb/1154)
**Author:** [@ebender](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ebender)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/vscode-messing-with-white-space-segmentation-lkb/1154 "2026-02-08T18:23:20Z")
Hi all, I have a student using VSCode for git interaction and finding that doing so corrupts the files in some invisible way such that the segmentation stops working—when we input a sentence with three words, the LKB ju… --- ## [2026 Summit in Bergen](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/2026-summit-in-bergen/1147)
**Author:** [@Dan](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/Dan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/2026-summit-in-bergen/1147 "2025-11-30T19:15:22Z")
Dear @delph-in/participants, We are pleased to announce that the 2026 Summit will be hosted by Western Norway University of Applied Sciences in Bergen, from July 27-31. You will soon be able to find information about t… --- ## [Developing: TDL Extension in VSCode](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/developing-tdl-extension-in-vscode/1133)
**Author:** [@AlexHsu](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/AlexHsu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/developing-tdl-extension-in-vscode/1133 "2025-10-18T00:30:07Z")
Hi everyone, I am currently developing a TDL extension for VSCode to improve my local coding experience, since I am still not used to doing everything on emacs … I want to share this here in case it can help anyone else… --- ## [Alternative displays for AVMs on MAC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/alternative-displays-for-avms-on-mac/1105)
**Author:** [@Stefan](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/Stefan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/alternative-displays-for-avms-on-mac/1105 "2025-03-26T19:57:26Z")
Hi, I has been a while that I worked with the LKB. I try to check what the ERG does and because of the diff lists one always gets huge AVMs even if one just looks at a single node of a tree. I know that delphin is a hug… --- ## [ERG vs. MRS Algebra for non-scopal modification with pre-nominal adjectives](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/erg-vs-mrs-algebra-for-non-scopal-modification-with-pre-nominal-adjectives/1100)
**Author:** [@ecconrad](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ecconrad)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/erg-vs-mrs-algebra-for-non-scopal-modification-with-pre-nominal-adjectives/1100 "2025-02-19T22:33:08Z")
My project, POGG, aims to build MRSs from scratch by adhering to composition as it is defined in the MRS Algebra paper and then pass these MRSs to the ERG for generation. It has been explained to me before that the alge… --- ## [Test message - please ignore](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/test-message-please-ignore/1081)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 9:03am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/test-message-please-ignore/1081 "2024-09-05T09:03:31Z")
This is a test message. Trying to post… --- ## [Test topic - please disregard](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/test-topic-please-disregard/1080)
**Author:** [@ebender](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ebender)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/test-topic-please-disregard/1080 "2024-09-04T13:50:48Z")
This is just a test. --- ## [LKB quantifiers scope resolution](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/lkb-quantifiers-scope-resolution/1064)
**Author:** [@arademaker](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/arademaker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/lkb-quantifiers-scope-resolution/1064 "2024-07-29T16:38:43Z")
Dear @AnnC, as we discussed in the Summit. I am working with @Dan in a experiment where he suggested the function produce-one-scope could be a implified approach for taking one simple scope of quantifiers that follows th… --- ## [MRS specification](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/mrs-specification/1056)
**Author:** [@arademaker](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/arademaker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/mrs-specification/1056 "2024-06-14T22:54:20Z")
The r is not a bag right? It is a set. I am assuming that \[ \_cat\_n\_1\<4:7\> LBL: h7 ARG0: x3 \] is different from \[ \_cat\_n\_1\<19:22\> LBL: h12 ARG0: x8 \] in The cat caught the cat. SENT: The cat caught the cat. \[ LTOP: h0 … --- ## [Examples of HPSG/MRS (or any syntax/semantics formalism) being used in applications?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/examples-of-hpsg-mrs-or-any-syntax-semantics-formalism-being-used-in-applications/1041)
**Author:** [@ecconrad](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ecconrad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 11:30am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/examples-of-hpsg-mrs-or-any-syntax-semantics-formalism-being-used-in-applications/1041 "2024-05-06T11:30:31Z")
I am teaching an introductory course on computational linguistics this quarter. For some of the upcoming lectures, I want to give them examples of syntax and semantics being used in applications, sort of as a way to show… --- ## [Generates in lkb/runs out of RAM in ace (clausal mods marked by adverbs)](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/generates-in-lkb-runs-out-of-ram-in-ace-clausal-mods-marked-by-adverbs/1035)
**Author:** [@ebender](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ebender)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/generates-in-lkb-runs-out-of-ram-in-ace-clausal-mods-marked-by-adverbs/1035 "2024-04-09T19:32:09Z")
@sweaglesw and @johnca – if you are interested, I have a grammar from 567 this quarter where there are some sentences that will generate in the LKB but not in ace. The issue seems connected with the semantically empty ad… --- ## [2024 Summit in Czechia: July 1-5 \*save the date\*](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/2024-summit-in-czechia-july-1-5-save-the-date/1031)
**Author:** [@bond](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/bond)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/2024-summit-in-czechia-july-1-5-save-the-date/1031 "2024-03-03T19:57:02Z")
Dear all, We are pleased to announce that the 2024 Summit will be hosted by Palacký Unviersity in Olomouc, Czechia, from July 1-5. It will be followed by a Workshop on Formal Approaches to Under-resourced Languages (Jul… --- ## [The end of NLP?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/the-end-of-nlp/1007)
**Author:** [@arademaker](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/arademaker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/the-end-of-nlp/1007 "2023-12-15T19:01:31Z")
So NLP does not demand CL anymore? The representations we used to created from strings such as, morphological features, parsing trees, semantic representations… they are not useful anymore? Maybe this kind of discussi… --- ## ["What(x) are your specials?" -\> shouldn't x be plural?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/what-x-are-your-specials-shouldnt-x-be-plural/982)
**Author:** [@EricZinda](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/EricZinda)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/what-x-are-your-specials-shouldnt-x-be-plural/982 "2023-11-25T18:56:13Z")
The first parse for “What are your specials?” (as in a restaurant scenario), gives this MRS: \[ "what are your specials" TOP: h0 INDEX: e2 \[ e SF: ques TENSE: pres MOOD: indicative PROG: - PERF: - \] RELS: \< \[ thing\<… --- ## [DEBUG 2: Admin Test](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/debug-2-admin-test/962)
**Author:** [@linghelp2](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/linghelp2)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/debug-2-admin-test/962 "2023-08-16T19:28:14Z")
This is a test. Please disregard. --- ## [Truth conditional differences between these?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/truth-conditional-differences-between-these/966)
**Author:** [@ebender](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/ebender)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/truth-conditional-differences-between-these/966 "2023-08-09T04:36:39Z")
Hi all, In the context of discussing light verb constructions, we came to these examples: (1) Kim took the train. (2) Kim rode the train. I’d like to say that they don’t mean exactly the same thing — there’s some nua… --- ## [DEBUG3: Admin Test](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/debug3-admin-test/963)
**Author:** [@linghelp2](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/linghelp2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/debug3-admin-test/963 "2023-07-26T14:42:06Z")
Another Test message. Please disregard. --- ## [DEBUG: Testing](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/debug-testing/961)
**Author:** [@bmgraves](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/bmgraves)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/debug-testing/961 "2023-07-25T19:35:18Z")
This is a test. Please disregard --- ## [New dev docs for: Building Well-Formed MRS Trees](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/new-dev-docs-for-building-well-formed-mrs-trees/916)
**Author:** [@EricZinda](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/EricZinda)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/new-dev-docs-for-building-well-formed-mrs-trees/916 "2023-06-02T23:52:28Z")
I’ve put together developer-focused documentation for “Building Well-Formed MRS Trees”. Same idea as the MRS developer focused documentation: I tried to capture what I’ve learned the hard way over the last few years, an… --- ## [ACE Parse/Generation round-tripping "unknown" and synonyms](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/ace-parse-generation-round-tripping-unknown-and-synonyms/931)
**Author:** [@EricZinda](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/EricZinda)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2023, 7:39am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/ace-parse-generation-round-tripping-unknown-and-synonyms/931 "2023-05-25T07:39:13Z")
I am experimenting with a templating system that uses the ERG to generate phrases with the noun phrase replaced. Step 1 is to use ACE to parse a phrase and then see if ACE will regenerate the same phrase back. I am test… --- ## [HPSG as model-theoretic and generative grammar?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/hpsg-as-model-theoretic-and-generative-grammar/921)
**Author:** [@arademaker](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/arademaker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/hpsg-as-model-theoretic-and-generative-grammar/921 "2023-05-16T11:07:25Z")
The page Model-theoretic grammar - Wikipedia says Model-theoretic grammars , also known as constraint-based grammars, contrast with generative grammars in the way they define sets of sentences: they state constraints o… --- ## [Are the forward reading (with respect to word order) well-formed trees the best (initial) choice?](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/are-the-forward-reading-with-respect-to-word-order-well-formed-trees-the-best-initial-choice/920)
**Author:** [@EricZinda](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/EricZinda)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/are-the-forward-reading-with-respect-to-word-order-well-formed-trees-the-best-initial-choice/920 "2023-05-02T18:43:58Z")
While MRS gives a nicely sorted list of MRS readings based on tree-banking, the same is not available for the well-formed trees that get generated for each MRS. So far, I’ve simply been trying them out in the order my tr… --- ## [Admin announcement: Try to not try to respond by email for now](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/admin-announcement-try-to-not-try-to-respond-by-email-for-now/911)
**Author:** [@olzama](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/olzama)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2023, 9:25am UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/admin-announcement-try-to-not-try-to-respond-by-email-for-now/911 "2023-04-20T09:25:23Z")
The reply by email feature doesn’t work for some people. For now, please keep that in mind, and try to either reply through the forum website or check that your email reply actually got posted. Sorry for the inconvenie… --- ## [Fw\_seq doesn't offer parse with \`quoted\` predications for "where is '/'"](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/fw-seq-doesnt-offer-parse-with-quoted-predications-for-where-is/892)
**Author:** [@EricZinda](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/EricZinda)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/fw-seq-doesnt-offer-parse-with-quoted-predications-for-where-is/892 "2023-02-02T13:31:17Z")
The 2020 ERG produces 4 parses for: Where is “/”? But none of them include a quoted predication (from pydelphin output): \ \ **Author:** [@EricZinda](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/u/EricZinda)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/t/fw-seq-often-has-unscoped-x-args/890 "2023-01-26T17:10:05Z") Is it by design or a bug that the ERG 2020 will generate MRS that has fw\_seq using x args that aren’t scoped by a quantifier? I believe the i arguments in the fw\_seq predications below are i type (and not x) because the… [Next page](https://delphinqa.ling.washington.edu/c/uncategorized/1.md?page=1)