ja: prefix in context or not?

ACE warns of duplicated type names, and often the resolution is obvious, but see the following:

prepositions.mtr:

;;;
;;; This is to prevent prepositions from occurring before words like `here'.
;;;                                                             (23-sep-10; ph)
ni_p_rel-loc_nonsp_rel := preposition_mtr &
[ CONTEXT.RELS < [ PRED place_n_rel, ARG0 #x ] >,
  INPUT.RELS < [ PRED "ja:_ni_p_rel", ARG2 #x ] >,
  OUTPUT.RELS < [ PRED loc_nonsp_rel ] > ].

lex-exp.mtr

;;; 彼女 は どこ に 行っ た の >> Where did she go?
ni_p_rel-loc_nonsp_rel := arg12_v_mtr &
[ CONTEXT.RELS < [ PRED "ja:place_rel", ARG2 #x ] >,
  JA.RELS < [ PRED "ja:_ni_p_rel", ARG0 #x ] >,
  EN.RELS < [ PRED loc_nonsp_rel, ARG0 #x ] > ].

Note how the second has ja: prefixed to the context predicate but the first one doesn't? Which will match?

Of course, this is not the only difference between the two.

In theory both could, ja:place_rel is rewritten to place_rel at the end of lex-exp.mtr, before prepositions.mtr.

But place_n_rel does not have an ARG 2, so I think the second rule is badly written and should not match.

I will try to find time to test it properly later.

On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 5:26 AM, Michael Wayne Goodman < notifications@github.com> wrote:

ACE warns of duplicated type names, and often the resolution is obvious, but see the following:

prepositions.mtr:

;;;;;; This is to prevent prepositions from occurring before words like `here'.;;; (23-sep-10; ph) ni_p_rel-loc_nonsp_rel := preposition_mtr & [ CONTEXT.RELS < [ PRED place_n_rel, ARG0 #x ] >, INPUT.RELS < [ PRED "ja:_ni_p_rel", ARG2 #x ] >, OUTPUT.RELS < [ PRED loc_nonsp_rel ] > ].

lex-exp.mtr

;;; 彼女はどこに行ったの >> Where did she go? ni_p_rel-loc_nonsp_rel := arg12_v_mtr & [ CONTEXT.RELS < [ PRED "ja:place_rel", ARG2 #x ] >, JA.RELS < [ PRED "ja:_ni_p_rel", ARG0 #x ] >, EN.RELS < [ PRED loc_nonsp_rel, ARG0 #x ] > ].

Note how the second has ja: prefixed to the context predicate but the first one doesn't? Which will match?

Of course, this is not the only difference between the two.

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