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title: 2026-01-31 12:48:00
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# 2026-01-31 12:48:00

Follow-up to [[2026-01-19_11-57-39]]

a **natural-language parser**
could easily determine where hyphens should be replaced with em dashes.

"deep-set" `{ADJECTIVE}-{VERB_PAST_TENSE}` -> `{COMPOUND_ADJECTIVE}`
"leather-covered" `{NOUN}-{VERB_PAST_TENSE}` -> `{COMPOUND_ADJECTIVE}`
"magic-worker" `{NOUN}-{AGENT_NOUN}` -> `{COMPOUND_NOUN}`
"eon-old" `{NOUN}-{ADJECTIVE}` -> `{COMPOUND_ADJECTIVE}`
"one-armed" `{NUMBER_ADJECTIVE}-{ADJECTIVE}` -> `{COMPOUND_ADJECTIVE}`
"twenty-two" `{NUMBER_ADJECTIVE}-{NUMBER_ADJECTIVE}` -> `{NUMBER_ADJECTIVE}`

[Agent noun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_noun)

* **-er / -or**: _worker, runner, actor_
* **-ist**: _pianist, socialist_
* **-ant / -ent**: _assistant, respondent_

[Theta role](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theta_role)

* **-ee** (often recipient rather than doer, but related): _employee, trainee_