|
|
English |
800 millions a year |
|
UNL |
per (
million.@entry.@pl, year ) |
Example 2
|
English |
He appears twice a day. |
|
UNL |
man
( appear.@entry, twice ) |
Example 3
|
English |
The Olympic Games are held every four years. |
|
UNL |
man
( hold.@entry, once ) |
Comments on Example 2 & 3
Instead of "twice" and "once", "qua( time.@pl, 2 )" and "qua( time, 1 )" are possible to use.
A quantity is often used in comparison. The following shows an example of using quantity in comparison. The example is explained in 4.3 BAS / CAG / CAO / COB / PTN in detail.
Example 1
|
English |
the rope is more than three meters longer than the stick |
|
UNL |
aoj (
long.@entry, rope.@def ) |
UWs which express meanings of quantifiers such as “a number of", "a lot of", "any", "some", "many", "none", etc. are using relation “qua” to express. The UW of “a number of” and “numbers of” is “number(icl>quantity)”, and the UW of “a lot of” and “lots of” is “lot(icl>quantity)” for example.
Example 2
|
English |
a large number of people |
|
UNL1 |
qua (
people.@entry, number(icl>quantifier) ) |
|
UNL2 |
qua (
people.@entry, :01 ) |
About "each"
“each” is not a quantifier, but a selector. For “each” relation “mod” should be used. For example, the UNL of sentence “each country” is “mod ( country.@entry, each )”.
Example 3
|
English |
2% |
|
UNL |
qua ( "%".@entry, 2 ) |
Comments on Example 3
In UNL of example 3, “%” is allowed to use as an temporary UW means “1%”. Using it, any percentages can simply be expressed by using relation “qua”.
Last updated : 2000/09/21