Using sentence plausibility to learn the semantics of transitive verbs
… In the following experiments we consider a transitive verb as a map that takes noun vectors
representing the subject and object as arguments, and produces a vector in the sentence …
representing the subject and object as arguments, and produces a vector in the sentence …
A probabilistic model of semantic plausibility in sentence processing
U Padó, MW Crocker, F Keller - Cognitive Science, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
… In the semantic plausibility model, we use CB smoothing for … 5 states that sleep is an intransitive
verb, always forming a VP … We present a qualitative evaluation for one study on each of …
verb, always forming a VP … We present a qualitative evaluation for one study on each of …
Input to verb learning: Evidence for the plausibility of syntactic bootstrapping.
LR Naigles, E Hoff-Ginsberg - Developmental Psychology, 1995 - psycnet.apa.org
… verbs that involve actor–patient relations, and do sentence … , we used the same broad frames
and semantic categories … for transitive versus intransitive verbs (AAP and AO verbs, in our …
and semantic categories … for transitive versus intransitive verbs (AAP and AO verbs, in our …
The contributions of verb bias and plausibility to the comprehension of temporarily ambiguous sentences
SM Garnsey, NJ Pearlmutter, E Myers… - Journal of memory and …, 1997 - Elsevier
… that its direct verb is used in a particular structure and the plausibility of particular verb–object …
The subject NPs used in the plausibility norming study were retained, verb failed to agree, …
The subject NPs used in the plausibility norming study were retained, verb failed to agree, …
Evidence for the immediate use of verb control information in sentence processing
JE Boland, MK Tanenhaus, SM Garnsey - Journal of Memory and …, 1990 - Elsevier
… to know how plausibility effects changed across the sentence. … we often used two-place
transitive verbs as the infinitive verb. … evidence that people use the semantic information provided …
transitive verbs as the infinitive verb. … evidence that people use the semantic information provided …
The semantics of the transitive causative construction: Evidence from a forced-choice pointing study with adults and children
… use construction semantics to learn the meanings of novel … further demonstrates the plausibility
of the sentence-repair … al. included ungrammatical intransitive uses of transitive verbs, as …
of the sentence-repair … al. included ungrammatical intransitive uses of transitive verbs, as …
The integration of syntax and semantic plausibility in a wide-coverage model of human sentence processing
U Padó - 2007 - publikationen.sulb.uni-saarland.de
… to assign its input a semantic interpretation – to understand it – as … manipulations in the
experimental studies we will use to … (such as transitive and intransitive verbs) and relative clauses …
experimental studies we will use to … (such as transitive and intransitive verbs) and relative clauses …
Learning transitive verbs from single-word verbs in the input by young children acquiring English
A Ninio - Journal of Child Language, 2016 - cambridge.org
… verb learning, full sentences are needed to demonstrate the … the verbs’ correct semantics,
we should observe the verbs … Input to verb learning: evidence for the plausibility of syntactic …
we should observe the verbs … Input to verb learning: evidence for the plausibility of syntactic …
The use of verb-specific information for prediction in sentence processing
M Arai, F Keller - Language and Cognitive Processes, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
… conjunction with the lexical semantics of the verb and the pre-… study (Experiment 1), we
compare transitive and intransitive … as a plausible direct object entity on hearing a transitive verb …
compare transitive and intransitive … as a plausible direct object entity on hearing a transitive verb …
Verb argument structure predicts implicit causality: The advantages of finer-grained semantics
JK Hartshorne, J Snedeker - Language and Cognitive Processes, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
… verbs cannot be solely attributed to the plausibility of the material after the pronoun. These
verb effects are apparent even in cases where the sentence is … patterns for transitive verbs that …
verb effects are apparent even in cases where the sentence is … patterns for transitive verbs that …