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grammar

vr.tr.grammar · thing-q8091

Let an agent handle grammar by language, component, approach and usage, supporting learners, writers and language technology.

Thing Registry Information and virtual systems INF.KNW
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

Language Which grammar.

Which

Language.

Which

Language.

  1. Which language and variety is meant? definition
  2. Which reference grammar describes it? provenance

Component

Area.

Component

Grammar area.

  1. Is the question about morphology, syntax or usage? definition
  2. Which rule applies? provenance
Approach Descriptive or prescriptive.

Descriptive

Usage.

Descriptive

Descriptive view.

  1. How do speakers actually use this construction? provenance
  2. Does it vary by dialect? boundary

Prescriptive

Style rules.

Prescriptive

Prescriptive view.

  1. What do style guides or academies recommend? provenance
  2. Is it a rule or a preference? boundary
Learning Learners.

Explain

Rules.

Explain

Explanation.

  1. How can this rule be explained with examples? action
  2. What exceptions exist? definition

Errors

Correction.

Errors

Error correction.

  1. Is this an error or an acceptable variant? boundary
  2. How should it be corrected? action
Technology Tools.

Checkers

Grammar tools.

Checkers

Grammar checkers.

  1. How reliable is a grammar checker for this issue? boundary
  2. Should a human review it? action

Formal

Computing.

Formal

Formal grammars.

  1. Is a formal grammar for parsing meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Information and virtual systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
INF
Domain
INF.KNW
Other names and narrower kinds
normative grammar, reduced grammar, head grammar, historical grammar, Greenlandic phonology, cognitive approaches to grammar, descriptive grammar, Evenki grammar, phrase structure grammar, Egyptian Arabic grammar, relational grammar, cognitive grammar

What it is Filled

The set of structural rules governing the composition of words, phrases and sentences in a language, including morphology and syntax, and the study or description of those rules, whether descriptive or prescriptive.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle grammar by language, component, approach and usage, supporting learners, writers and language technology.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Rules of structure
  • Language-specific
  • Descriptive and prescriptive traditions
  • Changes over time

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Present the grammar of one prestige variety as the only correct form of a language.
  • Judge a person's intelligence, education or worth from their grammar.
  • Silently change the meaning of a text while correcting its grammar.
  • Invent grammatical rules or examples for a language it has no reliable sources on.

Only with a human decision

  • Grading or rejecting a person's work, application or test on the basis of grammar.

May

  • Describe the grammar of a language from reference grammars and corpora, naming the variety described.
  • Check and suggest corrections to a text when its author asks for it.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Dialect and second-language grammar are often stigmatised, which feeds discrimination in schools and jobs.
  • Grammar descriptions of endangered languages carry the authority of a community's heritage.

Who is affected

  • Speakers of non-standard varieties
  • Language learners
  • Speech communities

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns grammar; speech communities shape it and language academies or reference grammars describe it where they exist.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q367293 - registry parent class
  • Q8162 - registry parent class

related

  • linguistics and convention - category
  • syntax and morphology - parts
  • reference grammar - source
  • inflection and transitivity - topics

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.grammar
  • Wikidata: Q8091 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8091)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane INF: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Morphology and syntax
  • Reference grammars and style guides
  • Formal grammars in computing are a related sense
  • Not physical; described in grammars, textbooks and style guides.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain grammar rules of a language
  • distinguish descriptive and prescriptive views
  • correct errors with explanations
  • find reference grammars

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Presenting prescriptive preferences as universal rules
  • Ignoring dialect variation

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Language academies in some countries

Context of use required Filled

  • Understanding and using language correctly and clearly.
  • descriptive grammar
  • prescriptive grammar
  • historical grammar
  • generative and cognitive approaches
  • formal grammars (computing)

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q8091: grammar - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Grammar - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should grammars per language be separate entries?
  • How should reference grammars be linked?
  • How should formal grammars 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-q8091/spec.json