Complex predicates raise the question of how to encode them in computational lexicons. Their computational implementation in South Asian languages is in its infancy. This paper examines in detail the variety of complex predicates in Telugu revealing the syntactic process of their composition and the constraints on their formation. The framework used is First Phase Syntax (Ramchand 2008). In thi...

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Semantic Role Labeling annotation task depends on the correct identification of predicates, before identifying arguments and assigning them role labels. However, most predicates are not constituted only by a verb: they constitute Complex Predicates (CPs) not yet available in a computational lexicon. In order to create a dictionary of CPs, this study employs a corpus-based methodology. Searches ...

This paper presents an event semantics-based investigation of Japanese complex predicates of the form V1+V2, to clarify their syntactic and semantic constitution. The Japanese V1+V2 formation primarily exploits the aspectual modification of a core event; of particular interest here are complex predicates composed of intentional active verbs with te-form + the existential verb a-ru; this complex...

Topological predicates on spatial objects have ever been a main area of research on spatial data handling, reasoning, and query languages. The focus of research has definitely been on the design of and reasoning with these predicates, whereas implementation issues have been largely neglected. The goal of this paper is to show how an abstract design of topological predicates for complex regions ...

The term “complex predicate” in syntactic theory is still semantically transparent; it can refer to any predicate that a particular researcher finds difficult—whether due to semantic complexity, syntactic complexity, morphological complexity, or whatever. For purposes of this work, I use the term to mean a single “inflectional domain” which contains two or more distinct morphemes, each of which...

Practitioners of English Natural Language Processing often feel fortunate because their tokens are clearly marked by spaces on either side. However, the spaces can be quite deceptive, since they ignore the boundaries of multi-word expressions, such as noun-noun compounds, verb particle constructions, light verb constructions and constructions from Construction Grammar, e.g., caused-motion const...

This book is mainly concerned with the theoretical analysis and consequences of two phenomena which are found in a range of languages, namely complex predicate formation and serial verb constructions. The book concentrates on complex predicates in the Romance languages and of serial verbs in Miskitu (Nicaragua, Honduras) and Tariana (Brazil), but frequently mentions data from other languages as...

We study the use of SIMD instructions to support complex conjunctive numerical predicates. Compared to previous studies, we aim to model more realistic use scenarios, where different data types, different comparison operations, and different predicate types can be mixed in a single filtering clause. Moreover, the evaluation of the predicates on a set of columns can take advantage of multiple pr...