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title: correctness — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «correctness» in the school dictionary: Correctness is the quality of being right or true, with no mistakes. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# correctness

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**Who acts:** Correctness, Political correctness, idea, words, people, others · **What happens:** be, behave, avoid, praise, mock, check · **To what, where:** quality, proper way, idea, words, correctness, five · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«correctness» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [correctness in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/correctness.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Correctness is the quality of being right or true, with no mistakes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:correctness:m1:1
# text = Correctness is the quality of being right or true, with no mistakes.
1	Correctness	correctness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Correctness | the quality and no mistakes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Correctness is also behaving in the proper, polite and accepted way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:correctness:m2:1
# text = Correctness is also behaving in the proper, polite and accepted way.
1	Correctness	correctness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	behaving	behave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
7	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	accepted	accepted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **behave** | present · progressive | Correctness |  |  | the proper way |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Political correctness» is the idea of avoiding words and actions that might be unfair or hurtful to groups of people; some people praise it and others mock it.

<!-- fold The tree, 28 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:correctness:m3:1
# text = «Political correctness» is the idea of avoiding words and actions that might be unfair or hurtful to groups of people; some people praise it and others mock it.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Political	political	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	correctness	correctness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	avoiding	avoid	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	actions	action	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
14	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
16	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	acl:relcl	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	hurtful	hurtful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
24	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	25	det	_	_
25	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nsubj	_	_
26	praise	praise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
27	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
29	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nsubj	_	_
30	mock	mock	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	conj	_	_
31	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Political correctness | the idea |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **avoid** | gerund | the idea *not said here* | words and actions |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent word=Location |
| 3 | **is** | might | words and actions |  |  |  |  | to groups of people; unfair *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | words and actions *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **praise** | present | some people | correctness |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 6 | **mock** | present | others | correctness |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The teacher checked the correctness of each sum.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:correctness:x1:1
# text = The teacher checked the correctness of each sum.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	checked	check	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	correctness	correctness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | past | the teacher | the correctness of each sum |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent correctness=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Please check the correctness of your spelling before you hand it in.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:correctness:x2:1
# text = Please check the correctness of your spelling before you hand it in.
1	Please	please	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	correctness	correctness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	hand	hand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correctness of your spelling |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent correctness=Theme |
| 2 | **hand in** | present | you | correctness |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **spell** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom spelling «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The computer tested the correctness of the program.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:correctness:x3:1
# text = The computer tested the correctness of the program.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tested	test	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	correctness	correctness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	program	program	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | past | the computer | the correctness of the program |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent correctness=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandad always dressed with great correctness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:correctness:x4:1
# text = Grandad always dressed with great correctness.
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	correctness	correctness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress** | participle | Grandad |  |  |  |  | with great correctness; always *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We argued about the correctness of the answer to question five.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:correctness:x5:1
# text = We argued about the correctness of the answer to question five.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	argued	argue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	correctness	correctness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	question	question	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
11	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | We |  |  |  |  | about the correctness of the answer | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about correctness=Topic |
| 2 | **question** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | five |  |  |  |  | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent five=Recipient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The judge doubted the correctness of the witness's story.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:correctness:x6:1
# text = The judge doubted the correctness of the witness's story.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	doubted	doubt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	correctness	correctness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	witness	witness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **doubt** | past | the judge | the correctness of the witness's story |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent correctness=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some people say political correctness has gone too far, and others say it is just being kind.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:correctness:x7:1
# text = Some people say political correctness has gone too far, and others say it is just being kind.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	political	political	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	correctness	correctness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	just	just	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	cop	_	_
18	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | some people |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | present · perfect | political correctness |  |  |  |  | far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | others |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present | correctness |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |

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