1. LING/C SC 581: Advanced Computational Linguistics
Lecture 21
April 2nd

2. Administrivia Reminder: Homework 8 due tomorrow night
Reviewed on Thursday

3. free relative Taken from Caponigro, I. (proceedings of WECOL 2002)
Lots of literature on the topic.
Some background (FR = free relative, DP = Determiner Phrase, really a NP):

4. free relative
Free vs. Headed relatives:

5. free relative

6. free relative
I asked what he asked (ambiguous)

7. free relative

8. free relative
/^SBAR-NOM/
775

9. free relative
/^SBAR-NOM/ 775
FR what(ever) 542

10. free relative
/^SBAR-NOM/ 775
FR what* 542
FR where(ver) 21

11. free relative /^SBAR-NOM/ 775 FR what* 542 FR where* 21
FR when(ever) 14

12. free relative /^SBAR-NOM/ 775 FR what* 542 FR where* 21 FR when* 14
FR who(ever) whose/whom

13. free relative /^SBAR-NOM/ 775 FR what* 542 FR where* 21 FR when* 14
FR who* 26
FR how 104

14. free relative /^SBAR-NOM/ 775 FR what* 542 FR where* 21 FR when* 14
FR who* 26
FR how* 104
FR whether 15

15. free relative /^SBAR-NOM/ 775 FR what* 542 FR where* 21 FR when* 14
FR who* 26
FR how* 104
FR whether 15
FR which(ever) 13
"three of which"

16. free relative /^SBAR-NOM/ 775 FR what* 542 FR where* 21 FR when* 14
FR who* 26
FR how 104
FR whether 15
FR which* 13
FR why 8

17. free relative
leftmost descendant (<<,) not always right…

18. free relative /^SBAR-NOM/ 775 FR what* 542 ADVP 4 FR where* 21 0
FR when*
FR who*
FR how
FR whether 15 0
FR which*
FR why 8 0

19. free relative /^SBAR-NOM/ 775 FR what* 553 ADVP 4 QP 3 FR where* 21 0
FR when* 14 0
FR who* 26 0
FR how 104 0
FR whether 15 0
FR which* 13 0
FR why 8 0

20. free relative
Inconsistent
annotation

21. free relative 782 total due to overlaps, e.g. coordination
/^SBAR-NOM/ 775
/^SBAR-NOM/ <<, (/^WHNP/ << /[Ww]hat/) 554 ADVP/QP 7
/^SBAR-NOM/ <<, (/^WH/ << /[Ww]here/) 21
/^SBAR-NOM/ <<, (/^WH/ << /[Ww]hen/) 14
/^SBAR-NOM/ <<, (/^WH/ << /[Ww]ho/) 26
/^SBAR-NOM/ <<, (/^WH/ << /[Hh]ow/) 118
/^SBAR-NOM/ <<, (/^IN/ << /[Wh]ether/) 15
/^SBAR-NOM/ <<, (/^WH/ << /[Ww]hich/) 19
/^SBAR-NOM/ <<, (/^WH/ << /[Ww]hy/) 8
782 total
due to
overlaps, e.g.
coordination

22. Annotation: free relative
A mistake in annotation?

23. Sentential subject as free relative

24. Unanalyzed as wh-movement: free relative

25. Analyzed as long distance wh-movement: free relative

26. Analyzed as long distance wh-movement: free relative

27. Analyzed as long distance wh-movement: free relative