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vr.tr.case · thing-q128234

Let an agent handle grammatical case by language, case inventory, forms and usage, for learning and translation.

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.QTY
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

System Case inventory.

Language

Which language.

Language

Language.

  1. Which language is concerned, and how many cases does it have? definition
  2. Is it nominative-accusative or ergative? definition

Names

Case labels.

Names

Case names.

  1. What is this case called in this tradition? definition
  2. What gloss abbreviation applies? definition
Forms Declension.

Declension

Endings.

Declension

Declension.

  1. What is the form of this word in this case? definition
  2. Which declension class does it belong to? definition

Irregular

Exceptions.

Irregular

Irregular forms.

  1. Is the form irregular? boundary
  2. Which reference grammar confirms it? provenance
Usage When to use.

Governance

Verbs and prepositions.

Governance

Case government.

  1. Which case does this verb or preposition require? definition
  2. Are there exceptions? boundary

Meaning

Function.

Meaning

Case meaning.

  1. What meaning does the case express here? definition
  2. How would it be rendered in English? action
Senses Disambiguation.

Other senses

Legal, medical, container.

Senses

Other senses.

  1. Is a legal, medical or container case meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Learning

Study.

Learning

Learning cases.

  1. How can learners master case usage? action
  2. Which resources help? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Cross-cutting context
Entry kind
thing
Plane
XCT
Domain
XCT.QTY
Other names and narrower kinds
Iḍāfah, adnominal case, local case, deep case, inherent case, cases of Russian nouns, Finnish noun case, marginal case

What it is Filled

A grammatical category of nouns, pronouns and adjectives marking their function in a clause, such as nominative, accusative, genitive, dative and locative, expressed by inflection or particles.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle grammatical case by language, case inventory, forms and usage, for learning and translation.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Marks grammatical function
  • Languages have from zero to dozens of cases
  • Expressed by inflection or adpositions
  • Legal case or container case are other senses

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Apply one language's case rules to another without checking.
  • Mark a speaker's dialect or regional usage as wrong.
  • Present uncertain analyses of under-described languages as settled.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing language teaching material for a minority language.

May

  • Tag, analyse and generate the grammatical cases of a language correctly.
  • Explain case systems when teaching or translating.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Treating some speakers' grammar as incorrect can stigmatise them.

Who is affected

  • Speakers and learners of the language
  • Translators

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns it; it belongs to the language and its speakers.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q980357 - registry parent class

related

  • grammatical category - category
  • noun and pronoun - words
  • linguistics - field
  • legal case - another sense

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.case
  • Wikidata: Q128234 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128234)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Case endings in declension tables
  • Case names such as genitive
  • Deep case is a semantic role concept
  • Word endings, particles or word order in text.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • identify the case of a word
  • decline nouns
  • learn case usage
  • translate case meanings

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Mislabelling cases across traditions
  • Translating case literally

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Leipzig Glossing Rules abbreviations

Context of use required Filled

  • Marking relationships between words in a sentence.
  • core cases: nominative, accusative, ergative, absolutive
  • oblique cases: genitive, dative
  • local cases: locative, ablative, allative
  • deep cases (semantic roles)

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q128234: case - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Grammatical case - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should individual cases be separate entries?
  • How should case systems per language be linked?
  • How should other senses be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q128234/spec.json