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topic/hobbies/digitizing
2026-01-31

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

  • -er / -or: worker, runner, actor
  • -ist: pianist, socialist
  • -ant / -ent: assistant, respondent

Theta role

  • -ee (often recipient rather than doer, but related): employee, trainee