Unanalyzability

[omriabnd]

Unify chapter 9 and 6, consider "the real deal" as unanalyzable.

[nschneid]

An initial attempt to clarify the criteria for unanalyzability—thoughts?:

If somebody who hadn't heard the expression or name before would be able to figure out what/who it is based on the meanings of the individual words/parts, it is probably analyzable. Unanalyzable expressions include:

• personal names like "John Q. Smith" (excluding titles like "Dr.", "St.", "President", "Queen", which are E)
• titles of works of art/literature/law: A Tale of Two Cities (book), Marbury v. Madison (court case)
• idiomatic multiword expressions with unpredictable (opaque or not-fully-transparent) meaning: "hot dog" (food), "give up" ('quit'), "the real deal", "kick the bucket" ('die'). This includes phrases from another language: "crème de la crème" (in English).

Proper names of places, organizations, and events are often analyzable, as are many specialized/technical terms:

• Silicon_E Valley_C
• Microsoft_C Corporation_E
• University_C of_R California_E
• UC_C Berkeley_C
• Society_C of_R [Linguistics_E Undergraduate_E Students_C]_E
• World_E War_C II_Q
• [natural_E language_C]_A processing_P (?)
• time_E signature_C (music)

However, a name embedded within another name generally is not:

• [St. Lawrence UNA]_E River_C

[nschneid]

Another unanalyzable MWE: "French horn" (a kind of musical instrument, with a particular shape and physical properties, not necessarily made in France)

[omriabnd]

The criterion is: are you able to recognize the semantic input of the part in the whole. Names are an exception. By that token, "French horn" is analyzable.

Add a criterion: if something is named after something else, that something else is not analyzed internally: [St._E Lawrence_C]_A was a kind man

But: I live [by_R the_E [St. Lawrence]_E River_C]_A I live [in_R [St. Paul]_C]_A

So no inner analysis of St. Paul / St. Lawrence.

Dotan?

[nschneid]

Instead of "named after something else", "named after a completely different kind of thing (e.g. city named after person)".

[dotdv]

I live [by_R the_E [St. Lawrence]_E River_C]_A I live [in_R [St. Paul]_C]_A So no inner analysis of St. Paul / St. Lawrence. Dotan?

Yes, that's what I tell annotators if they ask. Sure we can add something about it.