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title: brilliant — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «brilliant» in the school dictionary: Brilliant means very clever or talented. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# brilliant

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**Who acts:** Brilliant, She, sun, parrot, We, diamond · **What happens:** mean, shine, be, have · **To what, where:** brilliant scientist, blue sky, brilliant green feathers, beach, light, brilliant idea

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«brilliant» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [brilliant in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brilliant.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Brilliant means very clever or talented.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brilliant:m1:1
# text = Brilliant means very clever or talented.
1	Brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	talented	talented	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Brilliant |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Brilliant means very bright and shining, like brilliant sunshine.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brilliant:m2:1
# text = Brilliant means very bright and shining, like brilliant sunshine.
1	Brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Brilliant |  |  |  |  | bright *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shine** | gerund | Brilliant *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

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In British, Irish and Australian everyday speech, brilliant means really good or great.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brilliant:m3:1
# text = In British, Irish and Australian everyday speech, brilliant means really good or great.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
2	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	Australian	Australian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
7	everyday	everyday	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	nsubj	_	_
11	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	really	really	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | brilliant |  |  |  |  | in British everyday speech; good *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in speech=Attribute |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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What a brilliant idea!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brilliant:x1:1
# text = What a brilliant idea!
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det:predet	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She is a brilliant scientist.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brilliant:x2:1
# text = She is a brilliant scientist.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | She | a brilliant scientist |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sun was brilliant in the blue sky.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brilliant:x3:1
# text = The sun was brilliant in the blue sky.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the sun |  |  | the blue sky |  | brilliant *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The parrot has brilliant green feathers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brilliant:x4:1
# text = The parrot has brilliant green feathers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the parrot | brilliant green feathers |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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We had a brilliant time at the beach.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brilliant:x5:1
# text = We had a brilliant time at the beach.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | We |  |  | the beach | time |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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Brilliant work on your story, Sam!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brilliant:x6:1
# text = Brilliant work on your story, Sam!
1	Brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 7 {#x7}

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The diamond was brilliant in the light.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brilliant:x7:1
# text = The diamond was brilliant in the light.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	diamond	diamond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the diamond |  |  | the light |  | brilliant *property* | tree rules |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I’m sure to have a brilliant idea for you before long.’

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brilliant:x8:1
# text = I’m sure to have a brilliant idea for you before long.’
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	’m	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
11	before	before	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | I |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a brilliant idea |  |  |  | for you; long *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient |

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