Deriving Nouns from Numerals Deriving Adjectives and Nouns

Deriving Nouns from Numerals Deriving Adjectives and Nouns from Numerals Kristina Vučković, Sara Librenjak, Zdravko Dovedan University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science {kvuckovi, slibrenj, zdovedan}@ffzg. hr Noo. J 2010 Komotini 1/15

Overview of the work Deriving Nouns from Numerals 1. about numerals in Croatian : pg. 3 2. counting masculine nouns : pg. 4 - 6 3. different meanings -ICA : pg. 7 - 8 4. approximate number : pg. 9 5. dividers : pg. 10 – 11 6. different meanings –OJKA|-ORKA : pg. 12 – 13 Noo. J 2010 Komotini 2/15 7. results : pg. 14

About numerals Deriving Nouns from Numerals § numerals as numbers § 1, 3, 5, 15, 25, 100, 1450, … § numerals as words § jedan, tri, petnaest, dvadeset i pet, sto, … § one, three, five, fifteen, twenty five, hundred, … § numerals as prefix to adjectives § jednodnevni, tromjesečni, petogodišnji, … § of one day, of three months, of five years, … § numerals as nouns § numerals + suffix (-ICA | -ORKA | - AK | -INA) § dvadesetica, dvadesetorka, dvadesetak, dvadesetina Noo. J 2010 Komotini 3/15

counting masculine nouns Deriving Nouns from Numerals § intead of using a number § dva dječaka -> two boys § numeral nouns can be used § § § § § Noo. J 2010 Komotini 4/15 2: dva -> dvojica dječaka 3: tri -> trojica dječaka 4: četiri -> četvorica dječaka 5: pet -> petorica dječaka 6: šest -> šestorica dječaka 7: sedam -> sedmorica dječaka 8: osam -> osmorica dječaka 9: devet -> devetorica dječaka 10: deset -> desetorica dječaka followed by <N+G+m+p> Noun Genitive masculine plural

Deriving Nouns from Numerals ICA Noo. J 2010 Komotini 5/15

Deriving Nouns from Numerals ICA -> 2 -10 (2. . 9)*10 Noo. J 2010 Komotini 6/15 11 -19 (2. . 9)*100

grade in school|size of clothes | money bill Deriving Nouns from Numerals § dvica – (2) grade in school|size of clothes § trica – (3) grade in school|size of clothes § petica – (5) grade in school|size of clothes § jedanaestica – (11) size of clothes § pedesetica – (50) size of clothes | money bill of 50 § stotica – (100) size of clothes | money bill of 100 Noo. J 2010 Komotini 7/15

Deriving Nouns from Numerals ICA 2 Noo. J 2010 Komotini 8/15

approximate number Deriving Nouns from Numerals § numerals: § 9 through 20 § 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 § 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 § meaning ‘approximately’ § devetak dječaka – around 9 boys followed by <NP+G+p+m|f|n> § stotinjak dječaka – around 100 boys Noo. J 2010 Komotini 9/15

Deriving Nouns from Numerals dividers § when part of something (not time): § trećina dječaka – one third of boys § petina dječaka – one fifth of boys § dvije trećine dječaka – two thirds of boys § when part of time: § trećinka vremena – one third of time § petinka vremena – one fifth of time § all are in feminine gender <N+f> Noo. J 2010 Komotini 10/15

Deriving Nouns from Numerals INA -> 1/3, 3/5, 7/27… Noo. J 2010 Komotini 11/15

Deriving Nouns from Numerals Grade | group of # people § dvojka – 2 | twins | group of 2 people § petorka – 5 | quintuplets| group of 5 people § dvanaestorka – 12 | duodecaplets | group of 12 people § tridesetorka – 30 | twins | group of 30 people § all are Nouns in feminine gender <N+f> Noo. J 2010 Komotini 12/15

Deriving Nouns from Numerals OJKA|ORKA -> Noo. J 2010 Komotini 13/15

Deriving Nouns from Numerals Measures § 288 examples § all were marked § all were correct § Precision : 100 § Recall : 100 § f-measure : 100 Noo. J 2010 Komotini 14/15

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